Generous People

Letters

To the Editor: On behalf of the Long Beach Island Historical Museum, we would like to express our appreciation to all those who participated in the bake sale on Sept. 1 and made it a success. Thank you, all our very generous bakers, for your time and effort to produce all the delicious goodies. Thank you to all our very […]

Fighting Back

Letters

To the Editor: A yard sale was recently held at the still badly damaged VFW Post 3729 on Winafred Avenue/79th Street in Beach Haven Crest. The post and its ladies auxiliary continue to run fundraisers in order to restore the building after Superstorm Sandy last October. If you would like to help or make a donation, please make checks payable […]

Tuckerton Seaport Holds Antique Car and Truck Show

More than100 antique and classic cars and trucks were on display at the Tuckerton Seaport this past weekend. The Seaport Antique Car and Truck Show had great fall weather and was well attended. The show is put on in conjunction with the Vintage Auto Museum of New Jersey.

A Perfect Time of Year and a Way to Quantify What Good Beaches Are Worth

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A Very Important Survey We All Should Fill Out

This is it. October. Rocktober. Oct”tube”er. Does it get any better than this? Every day for the past two weeks has been in the mid-70s. Are we hitting 80 on Wednesday? Yes, the sun is starting to descend quite a bit earlier now, but you can throw on a hoodie (just don’t carry Skittles) and be stoking the fire pit […]

Former Local Journalist With Deep LBI Ties Pursues Lifelong Dream, Authors Superstorm Sandy Book


Those of us who have grown up around Long Beach Island know the 18-mile stretch of land has been ravaged again and again by tumultuous weatherlong before the Great March Storm of 1962,regarded as one of the 20th century’s10 worst storms, and beyond the Great December Storm of 1992, which formed record high tides and snowfall across the northeastern United […]

Saying Goodbye to the Beach House, Not the Beach

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I’m never quite right when it comes to the end of a summer season on LBI. In the summer, it just feels so good down here.A succession of weekends and summer vacation weeks are spent pursuing a full range of fun things that make you feel happy, energized, youthful and healthy. For me and my family, this means plenty of […]

Former Mayor’s Letter Leads to Arrest

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Today it’s hard to believe that many U.S. citizens from both North and South considered Abraham Lincoln a tyrant and dictator. But with the advantage of more than 150 years having passed, their accusations deserve a closer look. During the summer of 1861 following the Union defeat at Bull Run, Lincoln’s postmaster general, Montgomery Blair, ordered that several newspapers from […]

EDA Offers Grant Workshops in October at NJ Maritime Museum

If you’re thinking about applying for a New Jersey Economic Development Authority grant or loan, but want more information or help with the paperwork, a workshop will be held every Thursday in October at the New Jersey Maritime Museum, at 528 Dock Rd. inBeach Haven. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The EDA is hosting the workshops. Appointments […]

Little Egg Harbor Planning Board Concedes Right of Sea Oaks Owner to Build Townhouses 

According to the terms of a settlement between the Little Egg Harbor Township Planning Board and Sea Oaks Country Club and golf course owner Joseph Mezzina, Mezzina has won the right to build 29 townhouses on a section of the driving range and 10th hole. Mezzina’s concession to the township was that he would drop his lawsuit challenging the township’s […]

2013 Decoy and Gunning Show Is Traditionally a Success

Maybe the crowds were not as large as they have been in the past and the size of the show has diminished somewhat from before the recession hit, but those who did go enjoyed perfect weather and a somewhat slower pace this past Saturday and Sunday at the Ocean County Decoy and Gunning Show in Tuckerton. There were all the […]