Long Beach Island’s Early Cottages in Ship Bottom

The Beachcomber September 12, 2014
‘Ten Feet Wide and a Boat Inside'

In the beginning – the turn of the 20th century beginning – small communities clustered around life-saving stations up and down Long Beach Island. Ship Bottom’s east side between 26th and 28th streets is unique, as many of these cozy cottages are still standing. Even the 1872 Life-Saving Station is there, converted into a home, at the southwest corner of […]

Final Farewell to Retired Detective Sgt. James Given

Stafford Leader

Detective Sgt. James Mitchel Given was a man of the law, a man of business, a man of the church, a public servant, a family man (father of four, with seven grandchildren) and a community pillar. He passed away in June, but his memorial service was Sept. 6. Described as “the male version of Mother Teresa” by his friend the […]

Child Porn Conviction, Auto Crash Charges in Stafford Cases

Stafford Leader

A 40-year-old illegal immigrant living on Jane Drive in Stafford pleaded guilty to five counts of fourth-degree possession of child pornography, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced on Aug. 21. Alexi Y. Montoya Redondo is tentatively scheduled for sentencing in October. The guilty plea stemmed froman investigation that began in April 2013, and Redondo’s subsequent arrest, which resulted from […]

Meet and Greet the New Stafford Chamber of Commerce

The brand new Stafford Chamber of Commerce holds its kickoff gathering, an After-Hours Networking event, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 5:30 p.m. at Element Restaurant in Manahawkin. Admission is $25 for salad, entrée, dessert, coffee and soft drinks. The newly formed group seeks businesses to join. Those who sign up before Dec. 31 will be recognized as charter members. In […]