Allaire State Park will reopen to the public at 8 a.m. The Historic Village at Allaire, the living history museum located in the park off Route 524 in Wall, will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Allaire State Park, the Historic Village, Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan, and other state parks and historic sites had closed when the state legislature failed to pass a budget by the midnight deadline on June 30.
Long Beach Island in Ocean County also was closed, a move that sent beachgoers scrambling to local and county beaches, which were not affected by the shutdown, which also saw government sites throughout the state, including facilities of the Motor Vehicle Commission, "shuttering up"on Saturday.
The sudden closures scrubbed camping plans and forced campers already on site to pack up and leave, disrupting plans for the long Fourth of July weekend.
The state Division of Parks and Forestry said on its Facebook page that camping reservations that began on July 1 would be refunded in full. User fees relating to non-camping activities that began July 1 and that were affected by the shutdown "will be addressed after government reopens."
Allaire State Park, the Historic Village, Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan, and other state parks and historic sites had closed when the state legislature failed to pass a budget by the midnight deadline on June 30.
Long Beach Island in Ocean County also was closed, a move that sent beachgoers scrambling to local and county beaches, which were not affected by the shutdown, which also saw government sites throughout the state, including facilities of the Motor Vehicle Commission, "shuttering up"on Saturday.
The sudden closures scrubbed camping plans and forced campers already on site to pack up and leave, disrupting plans for the long Fourth of July weekend.
The state Division of Parks and Forestry said on its Facebook page that camping reservations that began on July 1 would be refunded in full. User fees relating to non-camping activities that began July 1 and that were affected by the shutdown "will be addressed after government reopens."
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