36 Tickets, 7 Arrests in Mantoloking Since Route 35 Reopened
Several tickets for 'unwanted tourism,' officials say
Police in Mantoloking have issued 36 summonses and made seven arrests since the full reopening of Route 35 through the storm-damaged borough. Chris Nelson, special counsel for the borough's recovery effort, said at a borough council meeting Tuesday that the summonses include 12 issued for "unwanted tourism" and four for "scrapping." The borough is defining unwanted tourism as motorists stopping their vehicles to take pictures of the destruction from Superstorm Sandy. Scrapping refers to motorists who enter the borough to illegally take away pieces of scrap metal. "For the first time in my life, I saw a woman in her Mercedes driving 50 m.p.h. along Route 35 filming the length of the borough of Mantoloking," said Nelson. A 25 m.p.h. speed …
William Hammski
6:01 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
Resident > My response was to the SSH winter renter post to say it was not in SSH and not a winter renter. Two on the barrier island NOT IN SSH, and one west of Toms River. And TWO internet connections, Cablevision on the barrier and Comcast in the west. And NO connections in SSH. more ›