Badge prices doubled from between 2022 and 2023, going from $5 to $10. Prices are not expected to increase for the 2025 season. Belmar had the second highest revenue at $4.9 million.

The surfer tackled by a Belmar cop last summer during a confrontation over whether he needed a beach badge pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating the town’s badge ordinance. Liam Mahoney, the 29 ...