Seaside

South Seaside Park, N.J. — A dispute over the financial responsibility for beach replenishment in South Seaside Park has culminated in a $4.7 million jury verdict favoring the community’s private beach association, Midway Beach Condominium Association. The association sued Berkeley Township and the state of New Jersey, claiming they were unfairly burdened with the costs of a local beach nourishment project that benefitted public lands as well. The legal battle, which has drawn attention to the complex interplay between private and public interests in coastal management, centers on a beachfront that sustained significant erosion. Local … Read more