Ocean County will receive a Clean Communities Grant of nearly $200,000 from the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection – the largest grant given to a county in 2020, Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari announced last week. In addition, the county’s 33 municipalities have been awarded a combined $1.34 million in grants.

“When our towns started questioning when and if they would see Clean Community Grants this year, I took the question directly to the governor’s office,” Vicari noted.