Badges On Sale Now For Ortley Beach, Shelter Cove Beaches, Toms River Pool

Toms River residents who want to purchase beach badges for the summer will be glad to know that they will not see a price increase.

Instead of increasing the price of badges once the summer season starts, the Toms River Township Council voted recently to keep the season prices flat regardless of when they are purchased.

But they also warned that badges will be checked sooner than most residents have become accustomed to.

Councilwoman Maria Maruca said residents who are used to going onto Ortley Beach without a badge prior to June 15 will need to have badges to get on the beach there the weekend of June 5 and 6 because of the music festival coming to Seaside Heights that weekend.

“We want to be able to control access to the beach,” Maruca said at the council meeting last week. “So you will need your beach badge to get on the beach in Ortley that weekend.”

Beach badges for Ortley Beach and Shelter Cove Beach will be $35 for the entire season. They are available at the Recreation Administration Building, 1810 Warren Point Road, Toms River, and at the Toms River Senior Center, 652 Garfield Ave., Toms River. They can be purchased Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Beach badges will also be sold on Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25, at the Ortley Beach Fourth Avenue Lifeguard Headquarters, town officials said.

Those wishing to purchase season passes for the township pool can purchase them only at the recreation complex at 1810 Warren Point Road, where the pool is located.

Pool badges are $150 for adults and $75 for children who are Toms River residents; nonresidents pay $300 per adult and $150 per child.

Call the recreation department at 732-341-1000, ext 8415. The senior center can be reached at 732-341-1000 ext. 8462.