All Ship Bottom beaches are closed as of 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 4 because of the public’s refusal to adhere to Gov. Phil Murphy’s travel ban stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed the lives of three local people in the last few weeks.
“It is the last thing I wanted to do,” Mayor William Huelsenbeck said Saturday afternoon. “But the amount of people disregarding the governor’s travel ban and the amount of people on the beaches today once the sun came out is outrageous.”
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