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To the Editor: A recent brief notice (“Watch DVD of ‘Andrea Chenier’ ” 10/1) contains an inaccuracy. It refers to “a ‘verismo’ opera, or one that is based on the life of a real person.” But long before the first verismo opera appeared in1890, hundreds of operas had been written about real people, from Moses and Julius Caesar, to Benvenuto […]

Microsoft Word Instruction Available at Beach Haven Library

The Beach Haven Public Library begins a six-week, free class, “Introduction to Microsoft Word,” beginning on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 10:30 a.m. Anna Serbek, library technical aide, will be teaching the one-hour class. It will cover how to format paragraphs, changing fonts, using spell/grammar check and setting up a formatted template among other topics. Serbek said the idea for the […]

Health Talk, Free Breakfast at Barnegat Diner Oct. 24

The Barnegat Rehabilitation and Nursing Center hosts a free breakfast forum on Friday, Oct. 24, at 9 a.m. at the Barnegat Diner, located in the Gunning River Mall in Barnegat Township.Karen Fitzpatrick, director of marketing and case management, said the guest speaker is Chana Lerner of HearUSA of Toms River. The talk is titled “Hearing Loss and Your Life: It’s […]

Halloween Good Time to Check Megan’s Law Website

With Halloween and trick-or-treating just around the corner, Ocean County Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari is encouraging parents to avoid a “true holiday horror” by checking the Megan’s Law website for updates on local sex offenders. “Not only is Halloween upon us, but Daylight Savings Time is coming to an end,” Vicari stated in a press release. “This is a […]

Homes to Replace Ocean Bay Market

Adviser Joins RM Financial Management

Ocean Bay Market in Surf City has been sold to Michael Walsh of LBI Realty Group, who plans to replace the property with three homes. Walsh said a variance was obtained in February 2014 for three building lots on the property at Long Beach Boulevard and South First Street. After the supermarket building is demolished, the two lots closest to […]

Pinelands Regional School District Launches New Mobile App

Wildcats always are on the run, so the Pinelands Regional School District recently launched a new custom mobile application (app) – now live – for students, their families and community members on the go. The free mobile app is available for iOS, Android and Windows users. “We are very proud to announce the launch of our new Pinelands Regional app […]

Pinelands’ Lauren Zodl Wins South Jersey Open in Cross Country

She'll Next Try to Defend Her Ocean County Crown

Maybe Pinelands Regional High School should be renamed Forrest Gump High. The Pinelands Wildcats sure can run. The Pinelands football team has presented opposing defenses with a solid rushing game all season long. It is even more impressive when you consider defenses can key on the run – Pinelands rarely throws the ball. There will be more on football later. […]

Author Completes ‘Batsto Village: Jewel of the Pines’

Details History of Historic Landmark in Burlington County

It was a book just waiting to be written. Lots of information about the iron town of Batsto Village has been in other books but there has never been a volume devoted to its history until now. Writer and historian Barbara Solem took that task to a delightful end, with the publication of Batsto Village: Jewel of the Pines, with […]

Geologist Blends Science and Folklore of the Jersey Devil

Some Old World Vampire Tales, Too

Many families have stories and legends that are retold over and over. My family speculates about a handgun found in my grandmother’s effects – grist for our story that our grandfather was probably a bootlegger in the Bronx. Most families like to romanticize such things. But how many families can say they have a real vampire-killer in their lineage? Recently, […]

Fashion Show Features Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories

The Center for Bariatrics at Southern Ocean Medical Center Celebrates Patient Accomplishments.

The first Bariatric Fashion Show displayed “amazing transformations and success stories” as it was hosted by The Center for Bariatrics at Southern Ocean Medical Center recently. As 18 patients modeled fitting fashions and shared their weight-loss stories, almost 100 friends and family attended the fashion show. Bariatric surgeon Jonathan Reich, M.D., served as master of ceremonies and spoke about each […]