George Nicholas, a geologist with the state Department of Environmental Protection,
led student volunteers on a cleanup around Twilight Lake in Bay Head.
Photo Credit: Kirk Moore

John Murray and his high school classmates battled wind and rain Wednesday as they cleaned up the area off Stafford Avenue. The group could not believe what they discovered rotting in the marsh.

“I never thought I would find a bike,’’ said Murray, a 17-year-old junior at the Ocean County Vocational School’s Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science. “Why would anyone have a bike out here? It’s been here a long time, it’s all rusted and has barnacles all over it.’’