Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Seaside Heights is a popular shore resort that has a year round population of 3,155. Seaside Heights is a wonderful example of a small beach community; only .three miles square, with only a maximum stroll of four blocks from our ocean to bayfront beaches. Homes are reasonably priced, with a good availability of values that lend themselves well to renovation.

The welcome sign is always out in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. This friendly beach community on the Barnegat Peninsula in Ocean County offers wonderful sites, scenes, and activities for people of all ages and interests. From its beautiful beaches and its mile-long boardwalk filled with many attractions to its magnificent sunrises and sunsets and exhilarating ocean air, Seaside Heights is magnetic.

A community of 3,155 year-round residents, Seaside Heights expands to more than 30,000 in the summer. It's a compact town: almost a mile long and a third of a mile wide with everything within walking distance. And it is conveniently located for day-trippers from New York City, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City.

Seaside Heights is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 3,155. Seaside Heights is situated on the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier peninsula that separates Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.Seaside Heights is a resort community, with a mile-long beach and an amusement-oriented boardwalk. Seaside Heights calls itself, "Your Home For Family Fun Since 1913!" Peak months are July and August, but the season actually runs March-October. Summer population explodes upwards to one hundred thousand persons, clogging roadways into the area. Route 37 is routinely gridlocked on Friday afternoons in the summer months as vacationers pack the barrier islands.The Seaside Heights Boardwalk is one of the most famous boardwalks in the world, having been featured worldwide, most notably by MTV in 1998 and 2002.

Tourism at the Jersey Shore is on the rise and
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in Seaside Heights, Ocean County is heating up fast.

From our beautiful New Jersey shore beaches…to the famous Jersey shore boardwalk… to our fabulous amusements…
to the tranquil sunsets on Barnegat Bay…
to the best night clubs in NJ, don’t miss out.

The Borough of Seaside Heights' governing body consists of a Mayor and six Council Members elected at large. Members of the Council are elected for three-year terms with two Council Members being elected each year, while the Mayor is elected to serve a four-year term.

In the borough form of government, the Mayor retains all general law authority, presides over council meetings, and can vote in case of a tie. With the advice and consent of the council, the Mayor appoints all subordinate officers of the Municipality. The Council is the legislative body of the Borough and is responsible for formulating all local ordinances.

The Mayor of Seaside Heights is P. Kenneth Hershey. Borough Council members are William Akers, Joyce Camera, Joann Duszczak, Arline Ottoson, Richard Tompkins, and Agnes Polhemus. As of January 2006, Seaside Heights has an historic, first-time four woman majority on its governing body .

Mayor Hershey has been in politics in Seaside Heights uninterrupted for over 35 years. He has been Mayor since 1992. His predecessor George Tompkins (father of current councilman Rich Tompkins) served 16 years from 1985-1991, and lengendary Mayor J. Stanley Tunney served for 25 years from 1939-1964.

Seaside Heights Borough Attorney George R. Gilmore, Esq. is grandson of the late Seaside Heights Mayor J. Stanley Tunney, and is the New Jersey State Republican Chairman.

Mayor Hershey has been in politics in Seaside Heights uninterrupted for over 35 years. He has been Mayor since 1992. His predecessor George Tompkins (father of current councilman Rich Tompkins) served 16 years from 1985-1991, and legendary Mayor J. Stanley Tunney served for 25 years from 1939-1964.

Seaside Heights Borough Attorney George R. Gilmore, Esq. is grandson of the late Seaside Heights Mayor J. Stanley Tunney, and is the New Jersey State Republican Chairman.