But Board of Education Is Not SwayedBy Rick Mellerup | December 7, 2022
The months-long controversy over New Jersey’s new health and physical education guidelines at the Little Egg Harbor School District spilled over to the Pinelands Regional School District at the latter’s board of education November meeting. Joe Becker, a Little Egg Harbor resident and unsuccessful write-in candidate for the Pinelands BOE...
By Eric Englund | December 7, 2022
In a recent joint legislative resolution, the New Jersey state Senate and General Assembly praised the Harvey Cedars Police Department as being “highly esteemed in Ocean County and throughout the Garden State.” The resolution states the department “has set a standard of excellence and established a model to emulate through...
By Eric Englund | December 7, 2022
The Friends of the Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library are inviting nonprofit organizations that looking for volunteers to contact them about participating in Project InVOLve at the branch on Monday, Jan. 16, from 1 to 4 p.m. Interested organizations may contact the Friends of the Island...
By Juliet Kaszas-Hoch | December 7, 2022
Dreaming of a less wasteful Christmas? The Alliance for a Living Ocean executive board is as well, and has come up with some tips to help scale back holiday waste this year. “Between the holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas, Americans produce an average of 25% more trash – an estimated...
By Juliet Kaszas-Hoch | December 7, 2022
This fall, Ocean County College was re-awarded a Work Readiness Assistance Program grant to fund free services for out-of-school young adults from ages 16 to 24. The program provides workforce skill development, career guidance, on-the-job shadowing, mentoring and financial literacy for participants. OCC received $252,000 of the $450,000 funding it...
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