With more than a month until the unofficial start of summer and preparations for the busiest season underway, holiday beach badges sold out in Surf City earlier this month, raking in $54,000 in revenue and highlighting a demand unhindered even by Mother Nature.

“In terms of the beaches themselves, they continue to take a beating,” Councilman Peter Hartney said during his report on beaches and the environment April 8, adding the light at the end of the tunnel is Congressman Jeff Van Drew’s…