This hound can’t believe her eyes: No dogs on the boardwalk or the beach. Even Spring Lake has a dog beach. Blogfinger photo. Click on photos to read the signs. July, 2018. ©
Ocean Grove is an extremely dog-friendly town, but the Township and the CMA cannot find it in their hearts to provide a dog park or an after (or before) hours dog beach. Such places are as much for the owners as they are for the animals. It’s a quality of life issue.
Want to smoke on the OG beach? Well, you cannot; read the sign. Oh, you can smoke on the Boardwalk. Blogfinger photo.
The NJ Governor just signed a law forbidding smoking on public beaches. The price of a ticket is $250.00.
OGCMA banned smoking on our beaches some time ago, but would the OG beach be considered a “public beach” making such OG puffers eligible for that fine? And what about those vapor puffers?
And is it OK to smoke in Auditorium Square Park? There’s a big fire risk building over there.
Re-post from one year ago.
ANITA O’DAY:
If you decide to have a dog, you should understand the limits of what you can do with them. Not everyone wants dogs on the beach, and with good reason.
Just yesterday our beach locker neighbor stepped in poop right in front of his locker when trying to get his stuff out. Mind you the sand at the time was 150 degrees. This is unacceptable. Rules are created for a reason, but if the town is not going to enforce them, people won’t bother to follow.
Lots of folks ignore the no dogs, no bicycle rules (10am til 3am) on the boardwalk apparently with no repercussions from law enforcement.
Recently, while I was walking on the boardwalk around 10:00 pm, I observed a golf cart occupied by four teenage girls drive down the middle of the boardwalk from the Asbury Park end, drive out onto Ocean Ave and then turn down Webb Ave, all with no headlights on!
If dogs and bicycles are prohibited on the boardwalk, are golf carts allowed? To be clear, none of the girls were smoking!