The owners of Casino Pier in Seaside Heights will potentially dedicate as much as $40 million to a build a pier extension and new rides in what some hail as a reinvigoration of the famous boardwalk. Others, however, view the borough’s plan to give more than an acre of sand to the pier owners in exchange for a historic carousel and a boardwalk museum and as a giveaway that would erode a precious swath of beachfront property.

The owners of Casino Pier in Seaside Heights will potentially dedicate as much as $40 million to a build a pier extension and new rides in what some hail as a reinvigoration of the famous boardwalk. Others, however, view the borough’s plan to give more than an acre of sand to the pier owners in exchange for a historic carousel and a boardwalk museum and as a giveaway that would erode a precious swath of beachfront propert

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