At its May 4 meeting, the Ocean County Board of Commissioners adopted an ordinance appropriating $2.25 million for restoration of the historic Cox House in Barnegat Township.

The county has owned the iconic structure since 2019, when it was acquired from the township. An ordinance adopted by the township committee read, in part, that “the township finds it prudent and in the best interests of the taxpayers and the residents of the township to re-convey the property to the county so that the…