The clammers designed the sneakbox as a working platform from which it would be easy to dig for the clams with a heavy rake. Today, the waterfront is well developed with private homes set on man-made lagoons. There are several marinas with dockage for recreational boats, and one of them rents boats for excursions on the bay. The gazebo serves as another popular gathering place, in addition to The Hurricane House. Every Summer, we have weekly concerts at the gazebo.
People just love it.
It definitely has that kind of ambiance, both in a physical sense and in the way people get involved and often greet each other by name in the stores, according to Tom Hartman, president of the Barnegat Township Chamber of Commerce. Barnegat is clean, safe and quiet. You've got your open spaces along with residential neighborhoods, but on a small scale. Last Summer, for the first time, the township's recreation department put together an event typical of the small town of times past. On the municipal dock, a large movie screen was erected, and after the sun set over the pines to the west and the dark purples and blues of twilight faded over the bay beyond, the screen flickered with the images of a popular movie.