Beaches re-opened in Seaside Heights, New Jersey

  Eyewitness NewsSEASIDE HEIGHTS -- Forecasters are predicting a high risk for rip currents along the New Jersey coast Monday.

Wave heights of 3 to 5 feet are possible as Tropical Storm Leslie continues to churn the ocean.

Seaside Heights police closed the beaches on Sunday evening after two water rescues.

Police Detective Steve Korman tells the Asbury Park Press an 18-year-old Basking Ridge man and a 21-year-old man from Far Hills were pulled from the surf after they got caught in a rip current.

A 28-year-old woman from New Rochelle, N.Y., and a 30-year-old woman from Albany, N.Y., managed to reach shore after they were gripped by a rip current three hours later.

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Seaside Heights beaches closed after water rescues

  Eyewitness NewsSEASIDE HEIGHTS -- Forecasters are predicting a high risk for rip currents along the New Jersey coast Monday.

Wave heights of 3 to 5 feet are possible as Tropical Storm Leslie continues to churn the ocean.

Seaside Heights police closed the beaches on Sunday evening after two water rescues.

Police Detective Steve Korman tells the Asbury Park Press an 18-year-old Basking Ridge man and a 21-year-old man from Far Hills were pulled from the surf after they got caught in a rip current.

A 28-year-old woman from New Rochelle, N.Y., and a 30-year-old woman from Albany, N.Y., managed to reach shore after they were gripped by a rip current three hours later.

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Man fatally stabbed on Seaside Heights boardwalk

  Eyewitness NewsSEASIDE HEIGHTS (WABC) -- A packed Jersey shore on Memorial Day led to a deadly stabbing, with police still searching for a killer.

A fight broke out on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights just after 8 p.m. Monday. During the fight, an unidentified man was stabbed.

He later died at the hospital.

The incident happened just blocks from the Big Top Arcade, as well as the house used in MTV's "Jersey Shore" reality show. (Copyright ©2011 WABC-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)
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Smoking ban taking hold in Seaside Park

SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (WABC) -- A new law kicks in Seaside Park this summer that could have smokers paying a price.

Seaside is enforcing a law where lighting up at public recreation areas may lead to a fine and even community service.

As of this season, every corner of Seaside Park's one and a half mile oceanfront, including the boardwalk, will be a no smoking zone.

There is no need for smokers to even look for a smoking section in Seaside because the restriction covers everything.

Livia Mihalyi is one Seaside resident who is happy with the new law.

"We absolutely love it. It's so many times you try to sit away, the smoke comes and you can smell it," Mihalyi said.

The law is so close to going into effect that the signs are already going up at the borough's ballparks and marinas. That's right - no smoking at those places either.

The law was passed in Seaside for two main reasons. Seaside Park Administrator Robert Martucci feels it is partly because of the environment.

"Borough leaders say they're taking this barrier island into clean and green mode, encouraging homeowners and businesses to look into green energy like solar panels and wind turbines, electric cars and so on. It's all part of a big vision," Martucci said.

Seaside wants to present a clean and green environment. Cigarette butts choking up the boardwalk and beaches threaten that goal.

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