On Aug. 11, the Seaside Heights Fire Department was alerted to a report of multiple swimmers in distress off of Webster ...

Several beaches in the Northeast have closed to swimmers for the week as Hurricane Eric begins to travel closer to the U.S.

A fatal drowning at the Seaside Heights beach in New Jersey has led to stricter ocean access rules as rip current deaths ...

Thomas Walsh, a retired Monmouth County correctional police officer, saved the sister of the girl, 13, who drowned in Belmar ...

Jersey Shore officials are pleading with the public to avoid swimming in the ocean when no lifeguards are around, especially ...

Beaches in Seaside Heights typically open at 9 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. when lifeguards leave for the day, Vaz said.

The teen's death in Belmar came after the drowning death of a 31-year-old Trenton man, who drowned Aug. 11 in Seaside Heights ...

Following a drowning on Monday, Aug. 11, Seaside Heights Mayor Anthony Vaz announced the borough will be ordering people out ...

Seaside Heights beaches will close by 5 p.m. on days of rough surf and rip currents, two hours earlier than the previous 7 p.m. closure.

“There was an outcry from the public thinking we owned it,” Seaside Heights Mayor Anthony Vaz said of the 109-year-old hand-carved wooden carousel. “People came down with their mother, their ...