The mayor of Seaside Heights, N.J., says the arrest of a "Jersey Shore" cast member has thrust his beachside city into the national spotlight .

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"We couldn't pay a half-million dollars for this," Mayor Ken Hersey told the New York Post of the publicity the town's been getting since the Friday arrest of Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi.

The 22-year-old MTV reality star was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct and released.

"We're getting wonderful publicity," Hershey told the Post.