Coronavirus NJ: Ocean Grove beach will open with reduced capacity, single-occupancy toilets. Austin Bogues. Asbury Park Press. ... No one can move into the tents until June 1. ...

Hundreds of sun-worshipers flocked to an Ocean Grove, NJ, beach for the first time in 155 years Sunday morning -- after state officials ordered the Christian sect that owns the sandy stretch to ...

Since 1869, Ocean Grove has closed its privately owned Jersey Shore beach for religious observation on Sunday mornings. Now, the OGCMA has been ordered by the state to open it for the summer.

The peaceful, quiet atmosphere in Ocean Grove has attracted beachgoers for more than 150 years. A dry town founded by Methodists, Ocean Grove has never shied away from its religious past.

After 100 years, the New Jersey Supreme Court deemed Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association’s charter unconstitutional, but the association still owns all the land and has a hand in governing the ...

Recent scenes from Ocean Grove, New Jersey, a town on the Jersey Shore that shows respect for religious observation on 15 seasonal Sundays every year. It's been facing pushback on this of late.