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Mayor’s husband tapped town’s electric for their $13M beachfront property. But it’s not what you think, she s

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Town electrical cord at N.J. mayor's home
An electrical extension cord inside an Allenhurst beach badge hut that runs to a property owned by Allenhurst’s mayor, Frieda O. Adjmi, on Sept. 16, 2025.(Kevin Shea | NJ.com)

An orange extension cord runs from a Jersey Shore beach club through a white paneled fence and into the $13 million oceanfront lot where the mayor of the town is building a new home.

But if it looks like the mayor’s tapping into the town’s electric rather than footing her own bill, it’s not exactly what it looks like, she said.

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