Cancer Funding Lobbyist Says Many Snowflakes Make an Avalanche

Elisheva Chamblin Is ‘Volce for Cancer Patients'

Who knows better than a cancer survivor what new laws are needed to provide more research funding and quality of life care? Breast cancer survivor and local Relay for Life committee member Elisheva Chamblin, a Beach Haven resident raised in Israel, took her requests to Washington in September as an ambassador/volunteer with the ACS CAN, American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action […]

Long Beach Township Police Present SIDNE Program to St. Francis Community Center Staff

What It's Like to Drive While Drunk

Members of the Long Beach Township Police Department visited the St. Francis Community Center in Brant Beach last week with a small vehicle dubbed SIDNE – a Simulated Intoxicated DriviNg Experience – to teach the staff about the dangers of impaired or distracted driving. According to Megan E. Keller, LBTPD community policing officer, SIDNE “is a battery-powered remote control go-cart […]

Pine Shores Art Association’s Art Harvest Show Showcases Bushels of Talent


The best way to gauge how well an organization is doing is by seeing how many members show up for events. In the case of the Pine Shores Art Association, the number of participants inits Art Harvest Show (52) and how many folks from the public came to the art opening on Nov. 1 tells the story ofits success. And […]

Militia Troops Called to Barnegat Park

200 Plus

On Jan. 5, 1891, most of the country learned of the strange happenings in the Pines of New Jersey. The Los Angeles Herald’s front page story was typical. “A riot, which occurred at Barnegat Park, yesterday, caused the governor to order the militia put under arms today. The trouble was so serious at midnight, last night, that Lieutenant Farrow, U.S.A., […]

Ocean County College’s Southern Education Center Marks 15 Years

Ocean County College’s Southern Education Center in Manahawkin is celebrating its 15-year anniversary this month, nearly three decades after the satellite location was first conceived. As explained in an article in the college’s Summer-Fall 2015 Ocean Views newsletter, “It’s been almost 30 years since Dr. Richard Parrish took the first steps towards building the Southern Education Center,” located at 195 […]

Our Gang Players Performing Two Shows for the Holidays

2015 Holiday Guide

What with the disappearance of the area’s two pro theater companies – Surflight Theatre and the Ocean Professional TheatreCo. -it might seem there will be a theatrical void in Southern Ocean County during the upcoming holiday season. Luckily, that’s not totally true. At 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28, Our Gang Players, Ocean County’s longest-running community theater troupe, will be […]

Barnegat’s Harrington Sisters Record a Musical on CD

Sisters Brigid and Shannon Harrington of Barnegat Township recentlyadded to their extensive show biz resume byrecording “Once ‘Round the Circle,” a musical in one act by Shanan Estreicher, at Avatar Studios in New York. This new musical is currently being shopped to theaters around New York City for workshop and production opportunities. “Once ‘Round the Circle” tells the story of […]

Eat at Manahawkin Olive Garden, Help Southern Regional Students

Dine at Olive Garden on Tuesday, Nov. 17 any time between 4 and 10 p.m. to support Southern Regional High School’s athletic program. During Spirit Night, 10 percent of every table’s bill will be donated to the high school. The restaurant, located at 234 Stafford Park Blvd., will be decorated in Southern Regional colors of black, gold and white – […]

LBI’s Great Gas Pump Disappearance; Sam, 6, Displays His Striper Prowess

The Fish Story

GAS IS A GONER : A critical gas crisis has befallen LBI. We’ve damn near run out of service stations. I discovered this the hard way – and I was fuming, literally. Not having assorted fill-up sites close at hand is doubly troubling for those of a truck-owning ilk. I’ll be the first to admit my beloved heavy-Chevy is the […]

‘Fishing You a Merry Christmas’ With a Parade in Ship Bottom

2015 Holiday Guide

Everybody’s a kid again when the Ship Bottom Christmas Parade rolls out the cheer. This year’s festivity in motion steps out on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 1 p.m. The theme, “Fishing You a Merry Christmas,” invites everyone to join in, so if you’re reading this before parade time, think about getting in the spirit as a participant. “We really want […]