Tuckerton Borough Council held a public hearing on the 2021 budget that will result in a 1.7-cent increase to the municipal tax rate. The increase could cost a median residential property owner about $56 a year extra, but as Chief Financial Officer Garrett Loesch explained, the overall tax bill will probably not go up because the Pinelands Regional School District tax is going down and the Ocean County tax will likely stay as it is.

A number of Tuckerton Beach residents asked why there isn’t a line item in the budget for lagoon dredging maintenance.