LBI’s beaches figure to be ultra-crowded this summer, what with pandemic protocols finally being relaxed, a huge pent-up demand for summer fun among families who were pretty much stuck in their homes for much of the last year, and a general feeling that the country is returning to a near normal thanks to vaccines and much lower numbers of new cases, hospitalizations and COVID-19 deaths.

The Ocean County Health Department says it is ready to make sure bathers will be running into clean water this summer.

“People can’t wait to get back to our beautiful bathing beaches we have here in Ocean County now that the warm weather…