With limited in-person shopping and dining this year, there is little that can make things more difficult for business owners. One of those things is the theft of goods or services, which is why business owners in Surf City are adopting a zero-tolerance policy for such behavior.  

“We were troubled to learn recently of a group of teenagers targeting multiple local merchants and shoplifting from them,” Dan Malay, president of the Surf City Business Cooperative, said earlier this week via email.