Christmas Parade Steps Off in Ship Bottom Dec. 6

Ship Bottom officially rings in the holiday seasonwith its35th annual Christmas Parade scheduled Saturday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. The theme is “Rocking Through the Years.” The grand marshal is local artist Cathleen Engelsen. The procession steps off from the Ethel Jacobsen School atFifth Street and Barnegat Avenue, Surf City. The parade route follows Long Beach Boulevard through Ship Bottom […]

Youthful Inspiration

Letters

To the Editor: You recently published a letter from a 12-year-old girl, Hope VanVlymen from Xenia, Ohio, who wrote of her love for LBI (“Another Home,” 11/12). Every summer, Hope travels with her family for 10 hours by car to spend two weeks at her grandmother’s in Ship Bottom. She calls it “home.” Hope captured the magic of our beautiful […]

Princeton Professor Emeritus of Geosciences Defends Marine Seismic Surveys for Study of Earth

‘A Key Tool' for Scientific Research

For 10 days in 1994, Lincoln Hollister coordinated the path of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory-managed research vesselMaurice Ewing as it maneuvered in and out of the inland waterways of southeast Alaska and British Columbia, towing seismic airguns for a project called ACCRETE. Hollister, now 76, and emeritus professor of geosciences at Princeton University, served as lead principal investigator for the […]

Fill the Void

Letters

To the Editor: Ken Romas’ letter with regard to having movies at Surflight (11/19) is a positive, great idea. After years of a movie theater void on the Island, I think it would be a welcome addition to our economy and fill a need for places to go and things to do on LBI. I sincerely hope Surflight will be […]

Join the Club

Letters

To the Editor: Borrowing the Marine Corps slogan “We’re looking for a few good men,” as an officer of the Kiwanis Club of LBI, I prefer to say, “We’re looking for a few good people, men and women, to join our local Kiwanis club.” Kiwanis club members work together to help change the world, one child and one community at […]

Little Egg Harbor Introduces Ordinances to Stem Illegal Sales Per OC Prosecutor’s Recommendation

Little Egg Harbor has introduced two ordinances meant to keep stolen items out of the marketplace. The ordinances were suggested by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office as another way to foil the illegal drug trade of heroin and prescription drugs as it is known that theft of these items and their quick sale allow addicts to score their drugs and […]

Stafford Library Planning Holiday Decorations Swap

After Thanksgiving, people start looking to get their holiday decorations ready. That is, if they haven’t already started. If youhave decorations and ornaments youno longer use but that are in still good condition,you can swap them for other items atthe Stafford branch of the Ocean County Library on Tuesday through Thursday, Dec. 9, 10and 11,during business hours. Hours are 9 […]

Art Notes Nov. 26

Talk About Sandy: “The Aftermath” collection of artists’ works responding to Superstorm Sandy and curated by Doug Ferrari is at the Noyes Museum of Art in Oceanville through Jan. 11. Join in a panel discussion on the exhibit on Dec. 4 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. with four of the exhibiting artists and the curator. Winter exhibits include “George Kordis: […]

Faulty Math?

Letters

To the Editor: It is the obligation of the community to educate our children, and it does take lots of time to get the job done. After reviewing the local school district’s calendar, I find that the arithmetic needs to be corrected. The school calendar shows that the children go to school 180 days per year. After my review of […]

Lincoln’s Win Means Longer War

200 Plus

The fall of 1864 was a crucial time for the nation and those who fought for the Union. The men of the 9th New Jersey Regiment, whose ranks included most of the men from Ocean County, had received orders to leave the trenches outside Petersburg, Va., and redeploy to North Carolina, a place where they’d had one glory in 1862. […]