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Ocean Township, New Jersey
Township
Township of Ocean
Motto: 
The Community of Gracious Living
Map of Ocean Township in Monmouth County. Inset: Location of Monmouth County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Map of Ocean Township in Monmouth County. Inset: Location of Monmouth County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°15′16″N 74°01′55″W / 40.254412°N 74.031937°W / 40.254412; -74.031937[1][2]
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyMonmouth
IncorporatedFebruary 21, 1849
Government
[7]
 • TypeFaulkner Act (Council-Manager)
 • BodyTownship Council
 • MayorChristopher P. Siciliano (term ends June 30, 2019)[3][4]
 • AdministratorMichael F. Muscillo[5]
 • Municipal clerkVincent Buttiglieri[6]
Area
[1]
 • Total11.002 sq mi (28.493 km2)
 • Land10.877 sq mi (28.170 km2)
 • Water0.125 sq mi (0.323 km2)  1.13%
 • Rank201st of 566 in state
13th of 53 in county[1]
Elevation
[8]
66 ft (20 m)
Population
 (2010 Census)[9][10][11]
 • Total27,291
 • Estimate 
(2016)[12]
26,729
 • Rank85th of 566 in state
8th of 53 in county[13]
 • Density2,509.1/sq mi (968.8/km2)
  • Rank250th of 566 in state
29th of 53 in county[13]
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP code
07712[14][15]
Area code(s)732[16]
FIPS code3402554270[1][17][18]
GNIS feature ID0882601[1][19]
Websitewww.oceantwp.org

Ocean Township is a township located in east central Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Ocean Township consists of three main unincorporated communities: Wanamassa, Oakhurst and Wayside. The township is divided into two zip codes, 07755 (Oakhurst)[20] and 07712 (Wanamassa & Wayside, main city Asbury Park).[21] Small portions have Allenhurst (07711), Deal (07723) and Long Branch (07740) zip codes.

As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 27,291,[9][10][11] reflecting an increase of 332 (+1.2%) from the 26,959 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,901 (+7.6%) from the 25,058 counted in the 1990 Census.[22]

History

The Township of Ocean was created by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1849, from portions of Shrewsbury Township,[23] at which time the newly formed township stretched from the Shrewsbury River to the southern tip of Avon-by-the-Sea.[24] Portions of the township have been taken to form Long Branch (April 11, 1867), Eatontown (April 4, 1873), Asbury Park (March 26, 1874), Neptune Township (February 26, 1879), Sea Bright (March 21, 1889), Allenhurst (April 26, 1897), Deal (March 7, 1898), Monmouth Beach (March 9, 1906), Interlaken (March 11, 1922) and Loch Arbour (April 23, 1957).[23][25] The township derives its name from its original seaside location.[26]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 11.002 square miles (28.493 km2), including 10.877 square miles (28.170 km2) of land and 0.125 square miles (0.323 km2) of water (1.13%).[1][2]

Oakhurst (2010 Census population of 3,995[27]) and Wanamassa (2010 population 4,532[28]) are unincorporated communities and census-designated places (CDPs) located within Ocean Township.[29][30]

Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Cold Indian Springs, Colonial Terrace,[citation needed] Deal Lake, Deal Park, Dogs Corners,[citation needed] Edgemere, Elberon Park,[citation needed] Green Grove,[citation needed] Indian Springs, Oakhurst Manor,[citation needed] Poplar, Shadow Lawn Manor,[citation needed] Wayside, Wertheins Corner,[citation needed] West Allenhurst[citation needed] and West Deal.[citation needed][31][32]

Deal Lake covers 158 acres (64 ha) and is overseen by the Deal Lake Commission, which was established in 1974. Seven municipalities border the lake, accounting for 27 miles (43 km) of shoreline, also including Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Deal, Interlaken, Loch Arbour and Neptune Township.[33]

The township is bordered by Eatontown and West Long Branch on the north; Long Branch, Deal, Allenhurst and Interlaken on the east; Neptune and Asbury Park on the south; and Tinton Falls on the west.[32][34]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18503,768—
18604,34615.3%
18706,189*42.4%
18802,194−64.6%
18902,978*35.7%
19004,25142.7%
19101,377*−67.6%
19201,58114.8%
19302,89282.9%
19404,20045.2%
19506,73460.3%
196011,622*72.6%
197018,64360.4%
198023,57026.4%
199025,0586.3%
200026,9597.6%
201027,2911.2%
2016 (est.)26,729[12][35]−2.1%
Population sources:
1850-1920[36] 1850-1870[37]
1850[38] 1870[39] 1880-1890[40]
1890-1910[41] 1910-1930[42]
1930-1990[43] 2000[44][45] 2010[9][10][11]
* = Lost territory in previous decade.[23]

Census 2010

Template:USCensusDemographics

The Census Bureau's 2006-2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $78,806 (with a margin of error of +/- $6,218) and the median family income was $100,682 (+/- $8,339). Males had a median income of $66,774 (+/- $6,581) versus $42,216 (+/- $5,707) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $40,432 (+/- $2,161). About 4.0% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over.[46]

Census 2000

As of the 2000 United States Census[17] there were 26,959 people, 10,254 households, and 7,341 families residing in the township. The population density was 2,443.3 people per square mile (943.7/km²). There were 10,756 housing units at an average density of 974.8 per square mile (376.5/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 84.48% White, 5.67% African American, 0.15% Native American, 6.27% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.58% from other races, and 1.92% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 4.51% of the population.[44][45]

There were 10,254 households out of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.4% were non-families. 24.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.14.[44][45]

In the township the population was spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males.[44][45]

The median income for a household in the township was $62,058, and the median income for a family was $74,572. Males had a median income of $52,376 versus $35,439 for females. The per capita income for the township was $30,581. About 3.6% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.[44][45]

Parks and recreation

Ocean Township has five named parks.[47] The largest, Joe Palaia Park (formerly the Deal Test Site), is the site of the Township's July 4 celebration, and the Italian American Association of the Township of Ocean's annual five-day festival.[48] Ocean Township also contains Weltz Park, an undeveloped parcel of the Monmouth County Park System.[49]

Ocean Township maintains a membership-based pool and tennis club for residents, with the pool open during the summer from Memorial Day to Labor Day.[50]

Government

Local government

Ocean Township operates within the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the Council-Manager form of government (Plan A), implemented based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission as of July 1, 1963.[51] The Township Council is elected at large by the voters in nonpartisan elections to serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis.[7] At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Council selects one of its members to serve as Mayor. The five-member Council sets policy and adopts local ordinances while the Council-appointed Township Manager oversees the day-to-day administration of the Township. The Mayor presides over the Council and, as a member, has a voice and a vote in its proceedings.[3]

As of 2017, members of the Township Council are Mayor Christopher P. Siciliano, Deputy Mayor Robert V. Acerra Sr., Richard H. Long, John P. Napolitani Sr. (appointed to serve an unexpired term) and Donna L. Schepiga, all serving concurrent terms of office ending on June 30, 2019.[3][52][53][54]

In January 2017, John Napolitani was chosen to fill the seat vacated by Deputy Mayor William Garofalo when he resigned from office in December 2016; Napolitani will serve on an interim basis until the November 2017 general election, when voters will select a candidate to serve the balance of the term of office.[55]

In the May 2015 municipal election, the One Ocean slate won, with incumbents William Garofalo, Richard Long, Donna Schepiga and Christopher P. Siciliano winning re-election together with Robert Acerra, who won his first term of office.[54][56]

At its January 1, 2015, meeting, the Township Council chose Christopher Siciliano to fill the position of mayor that was vacated when William Larkin resigned from office the previous November after 24 years on the council and the previous 12 years as mayor. The council appointed Richard Long to fill Larkin's vacant council seat.[57][58]

On October 10, 2002, former mayor Terrance D. Weldon, who was also the city manager of Asbury Park, pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in Newark to taking $64,000 in bribes from developers. His arrest was part of the first phase of a federal investigation known as Operation Bid Rig.[59] On August 25, 2007, after almost five years, Weldon was sentenced to 58 months of prison and assessed a fine of $20,000 by Senior U.S. District Judge William H. Walls.[60]

Federal, state and county representation

Ocean Township is located in the 4th Congressional District[61] and is part of New Jersey's 11th state legislative district.[10][62][63] Prior to the 2010 Census, Ocean Township had been part of the 6th Congressional District, a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.[64]

For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 4th congressional district is represented by Chris Smith (R, Manchester Township).[65][66] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)[67] and George Helmy (Mountain Lakes, term ends 2024).[68][69]

For the 2024-2025 session, the 11th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Vin Gopal (D, Long Branch) and in the General Assembly by Margie Donlon (D, Ocean Township) and Luanne Peterpaul (D, Long Branch).[70] Template:NJ Governor

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Politics

As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 18,379 registered voters in Ocean Township, of which 4,936 (26.9%) were registered as Democrats, 3,813 (20.7%) were registered as Republicans and 9,621 (52.3%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 9 voters registered to other parties.[71]

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 50.6% of the vote (6,621 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 48.3% (6,326 votes), and other candidates with 1.1% (140 votes), among the 13,185 ballots cast by the township's 19,049 registered voters (98 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 69.2%.[72][73] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 50.7% of the vote (7,278 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 46.9% (6,737 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (134 votes), among the 14,364 ballots cast by the township's 19,444 registered voters, for a turnout of 73.9%.[74] In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 50.3% of the vote (6,941 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry with 48.7% (6,721 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (112 votes), among the 13,791 ballots cast by the township's 18,237 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 75.6.[75]

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 67.6% of the vote (5,335 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 31.1% (2,456 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (103 votes), among the 7,995 ballots cast by the township's 19,142 registered voters (101 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 41.8%.[76][77] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 56.7% of the vote (5,314 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 35.4% (3,324 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 6.7% (625 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (59 votes), among the 9,377 ballots cast by the township's 18,743 registered voters, yielding a 50.0% turnout.[78]

Education

Ocean Township is part of the Ocean Township School District, a consolidated school district serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its five schools had an enrollment of 3,877 students and 364.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.6:1.[79] Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[80]) are Ocean Township Elementary School[81] (in Oakhurst; with 422 students, in grades PreK-4), Wanamassa Elementary School[82] (Wanamassa; 306, K-4), Wayside Elementary School[83] (Wayside; 663, PreK-4), Ocean Township Intermediate School[84] (Wayside; 1,140, 5-8) and Ocean Township High School[85] (Oakhurst; 1,213, 9-12).[86][87]

At the end of the 2016-17 school year, Loch Arbour left the district after getting approval from the New Jersey Department of Education and following the overwhelming passage of a referendum; with 14 public school students and school property taxes of $2 million, Loch Arbour had been paying an average of $143,000 per pupil, which would be significantly reduced under new sending/receiving relationships established with the West Long Branch Public Schools for PreK-8 and Shore Regional High School for 9-12, under which Loch Arbour would pay tuition to each district based on the number of students.[88]

Transportation

Roads and highways

As of May 2010, the township had a total of 131.98 miles (212.40 km) of roadways, of which 119.74 miles (192.70 km) were maintained by the municipality, 4.56 miles (7.34 km) by Monmouth County and 7.68 miles (12.36 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[89]

Ocean Township is accessible by several major roads. The Route 18 freeway traverses the western part[90] while Route 35 passes through in the east.[91] Route 66 runs along the southern border with Neptune[92] and Route 71 straddles the eastern border with Deal and West Long Branch.[93] The Garden State Parkway is located west of Ocean in neighboring Tinton Falls.

Public transportation

A brief stretch of NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line passes through in the east, but the closest stations are Allenhurst and Elberon.[94]

NJ Transit provides local bus transportation on the 832 and 837 routes.[95]

Notable people

See also: Category:People from Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Ocean Township include:

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  77. ^ "Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Monmouth County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Elections. January 29, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
  78. ^ 2009 Governor: Monmouth County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 6, 2012.
  79. ^ District information for Township Of Ocean School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  80. ^ School Data for the Ocean Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  81. ^ Ocean Township Elementary School, Township of Ocean School District. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  82. ^ Wanamassa Elementary School, Township of Ocean School District. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  83. ^ Wayside Elementary School, Township of Ocean School District. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  84. ^ Ocean Township Intermediate School, Township of Ocean School District. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  85. ^ Ocean Township High School, Township of Ocean School District Ocean Township School District. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  86. ^ Home Page, Township of Ocean School District. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  87. ^ New Jersey School Directory for Township of Ocean School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  88. ^ Radel, Dan. "Loch Arbour votes to leave Ocean Twp. schools", Asbury Park Press, April 4, 2017. Accessed August 1, 2018. "Village voters have decided by an overwhelming margin to leave the Ocean Township School District and forge a (cheaper) different path. The tally Tuesday was 93 in favor to 4 opposed, according to the unofficial results from the Office of the Monmouth County Clerk.... The village's per-pupil education cost for Ocean Township now totals about $143,000, according to Mayor Paul Fernicola. He said the village will instead send students to West Long Branch and Shore Regional High School on a per-pupil tuition rate, not yet determined, that is substantially less than the current tab."
  89. ^ Monmouth County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed October 29, 2013.
  90. ^ Route 18 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed October 29, 2013.
  91. ^ Route 35 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed October 29, 2013.
  92. ^ Route 66 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed October 29, 2013.
  93. ^ Route 71 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed October 29, 2013.
  94. ^ North Jersey Coast Line, NJ Transit. Accessed December 24, 2013.
  95. ^ Monmouth County Bus / Rail connections, NJ Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 26, 2010. Accessed July 30, 2012.
  96. ^ Bowman, Bill. "Ocean Twp. woman enters race for GOP Assembly nod", Asbury Park Press, February 16, 2007. Accessed October 29, 2013. "She didn't go as public with her candidacy as others did, but Ocean Township resident Mary Pat Angelini is no less committed than her opponents to being one of the Republican candidates for the Assembly from the 11th District."
  97. ^ via Associated Press. "Lou Barbaro Is Dead; Won Jersey Golf Title", The New York Times, October 13, 1976. Accessed January 28, 2018. "Lou Barbaro. a professional golfer and former New Jersey state champion. died yesterday at the age of 60 in Paul Kimball Hospital at Lakewood. He was a resident or Oakhurst."
  98. ^ Wattkis, Michael A. "AM Edition: Newark celebrates less loss of life, James attempts to avoid prison, and is Google making us stupid?", NJ.com, July 2, 2008. Accessed October 29, 2013. "His name was Bruce Springsteen. He put her in a song, and Madam Marie became rock and roll legend. Marie Castello, of Oakhurst, who claimed to have told the fortunes of everyone from Judy Garland to Ray Charles to the Rolling Stones, has died."
  99. ^ "Paris When it Sizzles", Asbury Park Press, October 22, 2006. Accessed October 29, 2013. "The Dauphins then bought a home in the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township. 'We had a beautiful home; it was called Peter Pan Farm,' Eberhardt says."
  100. ^ Harvin, Al. "An Offseason Game; New Jersey Sports", The New York Times, January 12, 1973. Accessed December 15, 2007. "When Bob Davis was a senior at Neptune (N.J.) High School he had a decision to make-play basketball, or football. He chose football. "I was actually a much better basketball player in high school than I was a football player," says Davis, now a resident of Wayside, N.J., and the backup quarterback to Joe Namath of the New York Jets."
  101. ^ Serrano, Ken via Asbury Park Press. "N.J. family sentenced in ex-husband's murder", USA Today, August 8, 2013. Accessed September 13, 2015. "Kathleen Dorsett addresses the court before she was sentenced to 58 years for the murder of her ex-husband outside her Ocean Township, N.J., home in 2010."
  102. ^ Method, Jason. "Dwek admired for kindness to sick boy, other generous acts", Asbury Park Press. Accessed October 29, 2013. "Solomon Dwek, 33, of Ocean Township, helped pay the hospital bills for the family, said Saberon, who has worked as a handyman and cook."
  103. ^ Staff. "Norma Eberhardt; Norma Eberhardt, who died on September 16 aged 82, was a New York fashion model who made headlines as an actress in the cult classic Live Fast, Die Young (1958), a sin-steeped story of the rise of the Beat Generation.", The Daily Telegraph, September 28, 2011. Accessed October 29, 2013. "She was born in 1929 at Oakhurst, New Jersey, and raised on a diet of Hollywood movies."
  104. ^ Lu, Adrienne. "Independent but solo no more Third-party gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett named professor Frank Esposito as his running mate", The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 28, 2009. Accessed October 29, 2013. "Independent New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett named a Kean University history and education professor as his running mate yesterday. Daggett called Frank Esposito, 68, of Ocean Township, 'a person of the highest integrity' who knows how to get things done and understands education."
  105. ^ Staff. "E. J. Hart Dead; Ex-Congressman; Jerseyan in House 20 Years -- Headed State Board", The New York Times, April 21, 1961. Accessed October 29, 2013. "Edward J. Hart, a member of the House of Representatives from 1935 to 1955 and a former president of the New Jersey Public Utilities Commission, suffered a heart attack at his home in West Allenhurst."
  106. ^ USF2000 – Summer Vacation Over for Hindman, Trent Hindman, August 12, 2012. Accessed October 25, 2015. "While Trent Hindman's senior year at Ocean Township High School doesn't begin until September 5th, his open-wheel education picks up after a six-week break this weekend at Mid-Ohio Sport Car Course, for Round 6 and 7 of the 2012 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda. 'I can't wait to get back into the car', said Hindman from his Wayside, N.J. home."
  107. ^ Staff. "Rowland Hughes, U.S. Ex-Aide, Dies; Director of Budget 1954 to 1955. Had Been Executive of National City Bank", The New York Times, April 4, 1957. Accessed December 16, 2012. "Mr. Hughes was born in Oakhurst, N. J., March 28, 1896, the son of Richard-Roberts Hughes, a. contractor, and Annie Van Note Hughes."
  108. ^ "Ocean Township Students Gain Diplomas, Honors", Asbury Park Press, June 18, 1976, page B2. Accessed January 28, 2018.
  109. ^ Lynn, Allison. "Nies 'n' easy: MTV stud Eric Nies has his life back in shape.", People, October 7, 1996. "It is a sunny morning in the spring of 1995, and Eric Nies is fiddling with the sunroof of the stretch limo heading to his hometown of Ocean Township, N.J."
  110. ^ Hall, Trisha. "Habitats/Elizabeth Street; A Loft for Living, Working and Sharing", The New York Times, April 23, 2000. Accessed July 31, 2012. "When Mr. Nies first saw the space he was, by his own description, living nowhere. Sometimes he stayed with friends in Manhattan, sometimes with his mother in Ocean Township, in southern New Jersey."
  111. ^ D'Alessandro, Dave. "This ref is doubly grand", The Star-Ledger, April 15, 2008. Accessed November 2, 2016. "And because he lived just down the street in Ocean Township, he was good enough that Holzman invited him back the next night, and the next, and the next."
  112. ^ Anderson, Teja. "People On The Move - John Nies", LivingMedia, June 27, 2010. Accessed August 14, 2012. "John Nies grew up in Ocean Township with his two sisters Kim and Tara and younger brother Eric (yes, the guy from MTV's The Real World), his parents, mother Anna May, a pre-school teacher and father Jack who was one of the longest running referees in NBA history. John Attended Ocean Township High School after his experiences in private school were not so pleasant. 'I went to RBC for two semesters and I got abused and hazed on the bus.'"
  113. ^ Staff. "Senator shuns controversy in 22 years in Statehouse", Asbury Park Press, August 21, 2007. Accessed October 29, 2013. "Sen. Joseph A. Palaia has avoided controversy during his two decades in the Legislature.He lives in a one-story home in Ocean Township assessed at $225,200, according to tax records."
  114. ^ Staff. "Scholar-in-Residence welcomes first female rabbi, Sally Priesand", Parsippany Life", April 13, 2012. Accessed October 29, 2013. "On Friday, March 16, Temple Beth Am in Parsippany welcomed Rabbi Sally Priesand, America's first female rabbi, for the temple's annual Scholar-in-Residence Shabbat Services and Program.... Rabbi Priesand, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, lives in Ocean Township."
  115. ^ Shiba Russell, WNBC-TV. Accessed December 6, 2012. "Russell was raised in Ocean Township, New Jersey."
  116. ^ Morris, Tim. "Sarafian is national champion after Adidas meet", The Hub, June 25, 2004. Accessed January 1, 2017. "'Just hearing it is so cool,' said Ocean Township's Adam Sarafian, who can claim that title after winning the pole vault at last weekend's Adidas Outdoor Track and Field Championships at North Carolina State University in Raleigh."
  117. ^ "Brucebase.org.uk: 00/03/69 - Challenger Eastern Surfboards", WANAMASSA, New Jersey"
  118. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rob (2007). The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen, Greenwood Publishing Group, pp. 8 ISBN 0-275-98938-0 "The band's manager, Tinker West (who also owned the surfboard factory over which Springsteen lived) was from California..."
  119. ^ Gambaccini, Peter. "Bruce Springsteen, p. 71. Perigee Books, 1985. ISBN 9780399511509. Accessed July 24, 2014. "Carl 'Tinker' West, owner of a surfboard factory in Ocean Township, let Bruce live upstairs over the factory in 1970, and in that same year drove Springsteen to California for a gig that paid $2,200."
  120. ^ "'High School' success story", Asbury Park Press, March 7, 2006. "Even Ashley Tisdale is having a hard time believing her luck. Not only is the former Ocean Township resident starring in the hottest cable movie on the tube these days ... High School Musical ... and gracing the pages of Bop and Tiger Beat magazines, she's also sitting at No. 1 (along with her "High School Musical' cast mates) on the Billboard top 200 music chart."
  121. ^ Music, Asbury Park Press, July 7, 1946. Accessed February 14, 2018. "While not a native son, Tommy Tucker, popular orchestra leader, has been intimately connected with the Shore for a number of years. He has made his home in West Allenhurst since 1941 when he came here to fill an engagement with his band at the Berkeley-Carteret hotel during the summer of that year."
  122. ^ Voger, Mark. "'The Dark Knight Rises' executive producer remembers", The Star-Ledger, May 29, 2012. Accessed August 20, 2012. "Uslan, a Jersey City native who grew up in Ocean Township, achieved that goal as executive producer of eight Batman movies beginning with the 1989 film "Batman," directed by Tim Burton, and including the forthcoming "The Dark Knight Rises," directed by Christopher Nolan.... 'By the time I graduated Ocean Township High School (in 1969), I had a collection of 30,000 comic books dating back to 1936, which took up my folks' entire garage.'"
  123. ^ Staff. Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual, 1988, p. 245. Accessed September 3, 2016.
  124. ^ Harvin, Al. "An Offseason Game; New Jersey Sports", The New York Times, January 12, 1973. Accessed November 16, 2008. "Some of the other Jersey residents on the team, according to Davis, are Bob Tucker, the New York Giants' tight end from Lincroft; Phil Villapiano, Oakland Raider linebacker from Ocean Township, and Ron Johnson, Giant running back, now a resident of Fort Lee."
  125. ^ Lovegrove, Nick. The Mosaic Principle: The Six Dimensions of a Remarkable Life and Career, p. 53. PublicAffairs, 2016. ISBN 9781610395571. Accessed May 16, 2017. "At the time, Wigdortz was just the junior analyst on the McKinsey team, an American from Ocean Township, New Jersey, who had recently transferred to the London office after a series of early professional experiences in the United States and Far East, and who had been almost randomly assigned to this engagement."
  126. ^ Fishman, Steve. "How New York's Shock Jockette Got Supersized", New York (magazine), October 16, 2005. Accessed December 3, 2007. "As a youngster, Wendy did not seem destined for success on the radio, or anywhere else. She grew up in Wayside, New Jersey, an upper-middle-class part of Ocean Township, one of four black students in her class, and one of the heaviest of any race."
  127. ^ The Wendy Williams Experience, VH1. Accessed May 14, 2007. "Wendy grew up in Ocean Township, New Jersey where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Communications (with a minor in journalism) from Northeastern University in Boston."
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