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Police believe a body recovered from the Great Egg Harbor Inlet is Jabed Ikbal, 24. He went missing in the water near Ocean City, NJ.

A fisherman found the man’s body Saturday morning and he was pulled onto a fire boat. A medical examiner still has to formally identify him, but the body is believed to be Jabed Ikbal, who went missing in the water while rescuing two relatives on Sunday. NBC10’s Stephania Jimenez reports.

The search continues for a 24-year-old man who went missing in the water off a beach in Ocean City on Sunday. The incident occurred a day after another man died while rescuing his two friends at a beach in Ventnor. NBC10’s Ted Greenberg speaks to friends and family of the two men.

A New Jersey Superior Court judge has denied a neighborhood’s attempt to leave a township and join a neighboring borough

A Jersey Shore community held a parade to honor retired Navy Seal Joseph Hahn and his family from Oklahoma. It was part of Wounded Warrior Week in Longport, New Jersey.

Dozens of dead sharks have been washing up on several beaches in Jersey Shore communities. Authorities are trying to figure out what is causing the deaths of the sharks.

Dozens of spiny dogfish sharks washed up on beaches across southern New Jersey last weekend.

Atlantic County, New Jersey’s parks just got a bit greener by banning plastic straws and bags in public parks.

A Jersey shore town has voted unanimously to ban plastic bags and straws from Monmouth Beach.

A ban on plastic bags in the town that makes up most of New Jersey’s Long Beach Island went into effect May 1 after a six-month grace period.

Businesses in Long Beach Township, New Jersey can no longer provide customers with traditional plastic bags. It’s part of an effort to protect waterways and wildlife. 

Beach badges, as much a part of summer at the New Jersey shore as sunscreen and salt water taffy, have changed little since the practice of charging to use the public beaches began during the Great Depression. While some towns have slowly begun to move into the digital age with apps to buy the badges, beachgoers up and down the…

NBC10’s Matt DeLucia is in Longport, NJ tracking the conditions along the shore as the Atlantic Ocean churns nearby.

If you have a birthday coming up in Atlantic City, don’t release your balloons into the air. If you do, you could get a hefty fine. NBC10’s Ted Greenberg has more on the new law.

Atlantic City officials have approved a measure banning outdoor balloon releases.

Atlantic City has joined several other Jersey Shore towns in criminalizing the outdoor release of helium balloons as a way to better protect the environment.

A member of the famous Wallenda thrill-seeking family attempts to set a world record in Atlantic City Thursday, dangling from a helicopter.

The wife of daredevil tight rope king Nik Wallenda hovered above Atlantic City beaches dangling from a helicopter. NBC10’s Cydney Long witnesses the stunt up close and spoke with Erendira Wallenda.

Three New Jersey towns are letting people purchase beach badges with their smartphones.

Sea Isle City, Ventnor and Longport became the latest shore towns to add phone-purchasing of beach badges.