Seventy-three people, including 21 juveniles, were arrested in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, over Memorial Day weekend.

Police shut down the boardwalk temporarily on Monday after three stabbings were reported. None of the stabbings were fatal. The boardwalk reopened later that day.

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Detective Steve Korman, Seaside Heights police spokesman, said one of the arrested adults was charged with possessing a firearm. Korman said the boardwalk was shut down to take “a proactive approach to ensure public safety.”

Korman noted that more than 100,000 visitors were in the borough over the holiday weekend.

Sarah Frailey, a bartender at EJ’s Tap House on the boardwalk, told the Asbury Park Press that “the last few days have been mayhem in this town.”

“It’s normally not like this,” Frailey said. “There’s a ton of kids here over Memorial Day weekend, more than the usual in the last few years, a lot of fights on the boardwalk.”

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This year, due to previous unruly incidents, police planned to increase their presence and enforce a curfew on minors from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

“While I am disappointed by the conduct of some of the people who came to visit Seaside Heights this weekend, the Seaside Heights Police Department and all of the assisting agencies, by and large, did a great job this weekend ensuring the safety of the majority of our visitors and our locals,” Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.