Take the ‘Plunge’ on Super Bowl Sunday

11th Annual Super Plunge Fundraiser Set for Feb. 1

Take a quick dip in the ocean on Super Bowl Sunday, with plenty of time to warm up and get home for the big game! The 11th annual Super Plunge, organized by St. Francis Community Center and the Southern Regional High School swim teams, is scheduled for 1 p.m. Feb. 1, on the 48th Street beach in Brant Beach. “The […]

Developer Aims to See Holgate Lot Preserved By Trust for Public Land

Land Use Board Meets Wednesday, Jan. 14

Local developer Mark Davies will have an application before the Long Beach Township Land Use Board this Wednesday, Jan. 14, for preliminary approval to subdivide the approximately 6½-acre property between Rosemma and Beck avenues in Holgate into a dozen buildable lots. Davies has worked out a contract with the Trust for Public Land, and, pending approval of the subdivision, the […]

Get an Inside Look at ‘Downton Abbey’ Jan. 24

PBS has had a long history of offering outstanding programs on its “Masterpiece” (formerly “Masterpiece Theater”) series. Some of its offerings over the past 44 years have included “Upstairs Downstairs,” “I, Claudius,” “The Jewel in the Crown,” “Dickens of London,” “King Lear,” “Great Expectations,” “Goodbye Mr. Chips” and “Silas Marner.” Its current series is the very highly-acclaimed”Downton Abbey,” which this […]

Friends of Island Library Book Sale on Jan. 20

The Friends of the Island Library hold a book sale on Tuesday, Jan. 20, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the lobby of the Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City. Judy Bouton, Friends president, said books sell six for $1, including paperbacks and hardcovers. “We also have books on tape, DVDs and CDs and […]

Little Egg Harbor School District Loses Battle for Additional State Funds

Little Egg Harbor School District’slong-term battle with the state Department of Education over special needs funding of the elementary school and pre-school has been lost. In August last year, the Little Egg Harbor Board of Education voted to join with the 15 other poorer rural districts, known as Bacon districts, to bring a suit against the Department of Education to […]

Stress, Tech Workshops at Stockton’s Manahawkin Instructional Site

Two free workshops will be held at Stockton’s Manahawkin Instructional Site on Monday, Jan. 19 – one to help members of the public cope with stress, and one to enhance their understanding of the many electronics devices currently on the market. “Winter Stress-Buster,” a hands-on stress relief workshop, will be held from10 to 11:30 a.m. “Mastering Your Technology”will run from […]

Ocean County Sandy Survivors at Governor’s Address Tell Christie to ‘Finish the Job’ of Rebuilding

State of the State
Local Activists Get Their Word Out to National News Media in Trenton

It’s one of the lasting images from Superstorm Sandy – as iconic as the Jet Star roller coaster fallen to the sea, or flooded subways in Lower Manhattan. It was Chris Christie greeting President Obama on the tarmac of Atlantic City International Airport the day after the storm. It’s possible that this highly publicized visual carried Obama to his second […]