Memorial Day weekend curfew now in effect for teens in Seaside Heights
This isn’t entirely new to Seaside Heights. The curfew went into effect around this time last year.
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Crowds have already made it down to Seaside Heights for Memorial Day weekend, but there are some new rules now in place.
Officials say that there is now a 10 p.m. curfew in place for those under the age of 18.
This isn’t entirely new to Seaside Heights. The curfew went into effect around this time last year, after a chaotic incident on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. There were reports of shots fired - false reports - but people started running off the boardwalk in what the mayor called “a rampage.”
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This year, the curfew is going into effect ahead of the holiday weekend.
There are exceptions for children who are with a parent or guardian or any teens who are working along the boardwalk.
The curfew ends at 5 a.m.
Seaside Heights isn’t the only town taking this step. The Toms River Police Department posted a similar curfew to be enforced on its sections of the barrier island this weekend.
