The extended Fourth of July holiday on Long Beach Island hit all the marks of what some dream of, but, as usual, kept local police departments busy.

Of the 1,421 calls answered by Long Beach Township police between July 1 and July 7, 35 were for fireworks. Still, Detective Sgt. Patrick Mazzella said fireworks and local ordinance violations (80 this year) were about the same over the past few years.