Sometimes, shorts can be a pain in the rear end. Such was the case in Barnegat Light on July 7 after a communicative mishap occurred between Borough Councilwoman Mary Ellen Foley and the beach patrol.

“The No. 1 thing is communication,” said Foley, who recently had taken photos of several female beach patrol lifeguards not wearing their shorts and raised the issue with Capt. Scott Caffrey, setting off a series of complaints from the guards and terse letters from angry parents.