Bodner, Brett. "Ocean Gate councilmen resign over mayor's pay", Asbury Park Press, February 22, 2014. Accessed October 2, 2014. "The battle reached a fever pitch at a recent council meeting, ending with the governing body's two Democratic councilmen - James McGrath and Frank Santarpia - storming out and resigning their seats."
Ocean Gate Museum, FieldTrip.com. Accessed September 13, 2015. "In 1881, Ocean Gate was known as 'Good Luck Point.' The Pennsylvania Railroad cut a single track across a 600-acre farm and meadowlands owned by Captain Caleb Grant. Excursion trains passed through Good Luck Point on their way to beach resorts at Seaside Park and Bay Head."
Wildstein, David. 'New Ocean Gate councilman was a foe of disgraced ex-mayor; Bruce Cox appointed to vacant seat", New Jersey Globe, June 23, 2022. Accessed August 11, 2022. "The political scandal involving former Ocean Gate Mayor Paul Kennedy’s arrest for selling municipal property and pocketing the proceeds has led to the return of a onetime Kennedy foe. The Ocean Gate Borough Council voted on Wednesday to appoint Bruce R. Cox, a 71-year-old former councilman, to fill the vacant seat of David Kendrick. Kendrick became mayor after Kennedy resigned one day before he was to be ousted."
Larsen, Erik via Asbury Park Press. "Ocean Gate council cuts mayor’s pay to $1; Relieved of job duties as investigation continues", Beach Haven Times, April 7, 2022. Accessed August 11, 2022. "Alternating between words of regret and defensiveness, the six-member Borough Council voted unanimously to strip Mayor Paul J. Kennedy of all his supplemental duties and municipal jobs, and reduce his annual salary from $50,000 to $1.... According to the state of New Jersey’s criminal complaint against Kennedy, 66, he had been stealing from Ocean Gate taxpayers since 2017. On March 18, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office charged him with theft and official misconduct."
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Guion, Payton. "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 26. Ocean Gate Borough (tie); Enrollment: 149; Grades: Pre-K-6; County: Ocean; Town population: 2,011"
Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Central Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, June 30, 2019. Accessed May 21, 2020. "The School District is a Type II district located in the County of Ocean, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board has nine members appointed to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three members’ terms expire each year."
Miller, Patricia A. "No Man's Land In Bayville; Somewhat creepy site was once home to a major communications facility", Berkeley Patch, January 27, 2014. Accessed September 13, 2015. "The facilities were a high-frequency, shortwave radio transmitting station providing telephone high-seas service to ships at seas and to overseas locations under the callsign WOO, according to www.long-lines.net. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company liked what it saw at the Berkeley site - often referred to as the Ocean Gate or Good Luck Point site - back in the 1920s."
