On the Saturday before Memorial Day weekend, with the uncertainty of a summer season on Long Beach Island looming, Surf City recorded a record-breaking sale of beach badges when it collected nearly $48,000. The news came just days after Councilman Peter Hartney announced the borough was lagging in preseason badge revenue from the same period last year.  

He said the record-breaking sales day puts the borough back on track for preseason badge sales, noting revenue from those sales makes up a good…