Il Forno Di Amici Features Chef Bob Trupia

Business Notes

Chef Bob Trupia’s star is shining at Il Forno Di Amici in the Driftwood Plaza at 511 Route 72 East, Manahawkin. Since the authentic Italian restaurant opened in August, it is drawing a growing following every week from diners who discover that their favorite chef is back – and from new customers pleased with the experience they find. Trupia, along […]

Eye-Opening Film

Letters

To the Editor: Living on an island, we are closer to the water than most people. The Beach Haven Library showed a most informative (and scary) film, “Bag It, on Monday, Nov. 9. Thanks to Linda Van Name and Angela Andersen for the eye-opening documentary, which shows the results of our disposable society. The amount of water bottles and plastic […]

New Highway Safety Features to Help Diminish Accidents Along Route 539

$3.6 Million Contract Awarded By Ocean County Freeholders

Much-needed safety improvements along a 25-mile stretch of Route 539 will help decrease wet weather accidents, sideswipes and centerline crossover crashes along the road. The improvements will be made on the road from the Garden State Parkway in Little Egg Harbor Township to one mile south of Long Swamp Road in Plumsted Township. This section of the highwayalso runs through […]

County Prosecutor Seeks Public Feedback for Accreditation Review

A team of assessors from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police will arrive in Toms River on Dec. 6to examine all aspects of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office policies and procedures, management, operations and support services. “Verification by the team that the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office meets the commission’s ‘best practice’ standards is part of a voluntary […]

Barnegat Rotary, High School Interact Club Seek ‘Christmas Elf’ Donations

The Barnegat Rotary Club is requesting monetary donations for its Christmas Elf program in which the Rotary, in conjunction with the Barnegat High School Interact Club, buys gifts for needy children. The group will be going to the Manahawkin Kmart on Friday, Dec. 11 to buy gifts for students who are referred through school nurses at the four elementary schools. […]

Buy Christmas Trees, Support Ship Bottom Fire Company

Beginning Tuesday, Dec. 1, the Ship Bottom Volunteer Fire Company offers Christmas trees for sale at its Central Avenue lot through Christmas Eve or until trees are sold out. Josh Traut, sale coordinator, said the price range is $20 for tabletop trees, to $90 for 12- and 13- footers. “But most of what we have are the standard 6- to […]

Christmas Satire Indie Film Screens at Waretown Library

The Ocean County Library will screen the independent film “Yearly Harvest” on Monday, Nov. 30, 7 p.m. at the Waretown branch. The film features scenes shot at the library, including a member of the staff. Neptune resident Ryan Callaway, who produced, wrote and directed the screenplay for the film, will attend the screening. The film is based on his 2008 […]

Annual Christkindlmarkt Returns to Tuckerton Seaport

The annual Christkindlmarkt at the Tuckerton Seaport will be held on the weekend of Dec. 4, 5 and 6. It starts on Friday, 4-8 p.m., and continues Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is a family-friendly holiday market and craft fair based on European markets and held under large, heated tents. Find […]

Ocean County Library Receives Children Creativity Grant

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) recently awarded a $7,500 Curiosity Creates grant to the Ocean County Library for six ‘Make Me’ kits. The portable kits will be used at all 21 Ocean County Library locations by more than 50 youth-serving librarians. They will also be used at outreach programs throughout Ocean County. ALSC, a division of the […]

Ocean County Soil Conservation District Hosts Dec. 12 Workshop

To commemorate the International Year of Soils – as declared by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization – the Ocean County Soil Conservation District has offered a free program each month of 2015. For the last workshop of the year on Saturday, Dec. 12, Fred Schoenagel III, of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, presents a hands-on exploration, discovery and […]