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Check out the 2024 Ocean County Parks and Recreation Summer Program Guide. Enjoy all the events, classes and programs that Ocean County, New Jersey has to offer.

Each year, between May and September, the New Jersey State Park Service hires approximately 700 seasonal staff to fill peak-season jobs at New Jersey’s parks, forests, recreation areas and historic sites. No experience necessary to apply. Salaries for most positions start at $16.00 per hour. The minimum age to apply is is 16 years old.

Bus Fire on Garden State Parkway Leaves One Injured. A bus on the Garden State Parkway near the Judy Blume rest stop in Wall caught fire, sending one passenger to the hospital.