Seafood festival rescheduled due to its popularity

Officials moved the 30th annual New Jersey Seafood Festival in Belmar from mid-June to this weekend, well before Memorial Day, and a time when the town doesn't typically get as many visitors, Mayor Matt Doherty said.

The population swell caused Doherty to shut down all traffic into town for about four hours on the festival's final day because the town had reached capacity.