Visitors were able to access the beach after 9 a.m. Sunday, ending a controversial tradition tied to the community's Christian roots.
People enjoy the Ocean Grove beach after it opens for the first time in more than a century, Ocean Grove, N.J. Sunday May 26, 2024.It would have been a routine Sunday morning anywhere else on the Jersey Shore, as families pulled wagons of beach gear across the sand, and children splashed in the surf, but in
It was a Christian tradition loyally defended by some residents. But others objected to public displays of religion in the Ocean Grove section of Neptune Township, which includes a new $2 million pier built in the shape of a Christian cross. The association continues to challenge the state decision in court, citing religious freedom and its 19th century origins as a Methodist community retreat.
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