If you are aching for summer, you can get one chore out of the way: buying your beach badge for Ortley Beach.

Seasonal badges for Toms River Township beaches (Ortley Beach and Shelter Cove Beach) and the Toms River Pool are now on sale at the pre-season rate.

Beach badges will be available at the pre-season rate of $35 per badge until Monday, May 28.  After that, the price jumps to $50.

If you are 62 or older, or in the military, the two beaches are free. Those 62 and older will get a beach ID badge.  Beach access for active military members is free upon presentation of a valid military ID card.

If you want to pick up a seasonal pool badge for the Toms River's pool in Snug Harbor, those badges also went on sale April 2. You can buy them at the Recreation Administration Building, at the pool.

Seasonal pool prices:

• Resident adult- $100.00
• Resident senior or child- $50.00
• Non-resident adult- $200.00
• Non-resident senior or child- $100.00

Beach badges will be sold Monday through Friday, 9 to 4 p.m. Head to the Recreation Administration Building, 1810 Warren Point Road, or the Toms River Senior Center on 652 Garfield Avenue.

Badges will also be sold on Memorial Day Weekend, May 26, 27, and 28, at the Ortley Beach Fourth Avenue Lifeguard Headquarters.