JERSEY SHORE — The weather has warmed up and summer is here. Topics of town recreation took center focus at the June Jersey Shore Borough Council Meeting.

One such topic was the newly revived Jersey Shore Bombers Basketball program. Volunteers requested use of the basketball courts, on Thompson Street, in August for a tournament.

“I’m here on behalf of Bombers, because (president) Jon Boob could not be here tonight,” Heidi Roupp, a coach and member of the Bombers’ board of directors, said.

She explained the program began in the late 90s and early 2000s and eventually faded away.

“With (growing programs offering) competitions outside of our area, we want (Jersey Shore to have a) traveling basketball for the kiddos from third to 12th grade,” she said. “This is only our second year, and I would really actually call this probably our first year.”

The program has about “$500 in our (bank) account,” and her appearance at the meeting was to “generate (news) for our program, and bring in a little bit of revenue.”

“We thought we’d jump on the bandwagon and try to get something together this summer in August,” Roupp said.

Borough Manager Sean Simcox said the courts on Thompson Street were repaired and redone last summer. For example, the courts were upgraded, three pickleball courts were added and the park was made accessible to all residents.

Roupp said members of the Bombers program wanted to take advantage of that. “We are so, so very thankful for the courts that we now have,” she said. “I absolutely love seeing them packed… down there with the youth. Playing basketball and we thought that’d be a great opportunity for us to be able to host something there.”

She explained the tentative plans for the tournament would be for “the second Saturday in August.”

The event would begin at 9 a.m. and end about 3 p.m. The tournament would feature a “round robin” of coed teams of three-on-three, with each match lasting 10 minutes.

“We’re not sure that we’ll even get a huge turnout, but we’re going with whatever we get. We just need this, essentially a reservation, to be able to host it there that day,” Roupp said.

The event was approved when Council President Barbara Schmouder asked for a motion. Councilman Jeremy Frantz made the first motion and Councilwoman Molly Hollick seconded it.

In other recreation news, Councilman Scott Bierly mentioned that 2026 would be the last year for Jersey Shore’s Bicycle Safety Fair.

“The turnout was low this year,” he said. The fair was held May 9 and it was quite rainy.

“As far as the future of it, our committee is going to suspend the fair for next year, unless somebody else wants to take over,” Bierly said.

Bonnie Messersmith, who headed up the fair, said the fair had “a 10-year run.” She said only “one person brought their bike to have it checked out” but the problem was people only attended the event for the chance to win a free bicycle.

“We’ve put a lot of money into those bikes (for the giveaway),” she said. “I’m hoping that somebody else, some other club or anything, will pick up the gauntlet and take over the bike fair.”

Simcox reminded attendees that the bike fair “turned from a safety event, safety fair, and to a bike giveaway.” The fair’s intended purpose was to help bicyclists stay safe but eventually it became about the potential freebies and wins.

Finally, Simcox mentioned that the swimming pool, also on Thompson Street, was leaking about three inches of water a day. It was estimated that by the end of the summer this could cost the borough $14,000. Pool repairman Ken Cooper, of Danville, would be on hand at 9 a.m. on June 9th in SCUBA gear to fix the leaks.

Also in attendance at the meeting were Councilpersons Josh Glunk, Steve Kanski, Crystal Kitchen, Denny Thompson and Mayor Lon Myer. The next meeting of the Jersey Shore Borough Council will be Monday, July 13, at 7 p.m., at the municipal building located at 232 Smith St., Jersey Shore.