Long Beach Township officials announced at their recent meeting that the deadline to submit 2023 Ocean County Community Development Block Grant applications to the municipality is Monday, Feb. 6. A public hearing on any applications for funding consideration will take place on that same day, at the 4 p.m. regular meeting in the municipal court room in Brant Beach, said Commissioner Ralph Bayard.

As the county planning department explains, its five-year consolidated plan – which spans 2020-24 – is designed to help…