By Victoria Ford | June 13, 2023
According to the Stafford Township Volunteer Fire Co., just after 4 in the morning on Friday, June 9, a structure fire was reported at the Manahawkin Home Depot store. Stafford was dispatched, as were Stafford Township EMS, Barnegat Fire Co., a FAST Team from the Forked River Fire Department and...
By Juliet Kaszas-Hoch | June 13, 2023
Students from area schools met last week at the Long Beach Township Field Station for Marine Education and Research, situated next to the bay in Holgate, to release northern diamondback terrapins they’d raised as part of a hatchling headstart program. Angela Andersen, LBT sustainability director and manager of the facility,...
Open to Learning More About Wind EnergyBy Gina G. Scala | June 12, 2023
Later this month, federal officials will hear from Long Beach Island homeowners, among others, about their attitudes and beliefs regarding proposed offshore wind farms off the coast of New Jersey. Member organizations of the Joint Council of Taxpayers Associations of LBI already know how its members feel about one planned...
Onward and UpwardBy Maria Scandale | June 9, 2023
Those who feel up to climbing 217 steps will have their way again. What the state termed the “long-awaited and now-completed interior renovation” of Barnegat Lighthouse is official on June 10. The heavy door will swing open again to allow state park visitors inside the refurbished monument. “The lighthouse will...
By Eric Englund | June 8, 2023
The Beach Haven Land Use Board has reserved decision on an outdoor seating plan for the Holiday Snack Bar and will carry the matter over to a special meeting planned for Monday, July 17 at 6 p.m. The matter stems from when the establishment recently had its mercantile license denied...
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