Jersey Shore officials and lifeguards are using every method of communication to get the word out that beachgoers need to stay out of the ocean when lifeguards are not present. After an ocean drowning in Seaside Heights last week, officials there decided to issue summonses for people caught in the water after hours. So far, that type of action hasn’t been necessary on LBI.
“I understand issues in areas that don’t have the knowledge,” Hugh Shields, Barnegat Light Beach Patrol sergeant, said Aug.
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