Local Yogis Offer Multiple Tropical Yoga Retreats This Winter

Yoga Bohemia Offers a Chance to ‘Disconnect to Reconnect'

Being healthy in the summer is easy. Fresh fruit and vegetables spring from the earth. Our environment and climate invite you to all manner of outdoor activity. There’s stand-up paddling, yoga classes and stand-up paddling yoga classes. Staying healthy through the long LBI winter is a different story. It’s important to stay on a schedule, scrape the ice off the […]

LBI Restaurant Representatives Earn Food Safety Manager Certificates

The Long Beach Island Health Department has announced that representatives from eight local restaurants passed the recent exam for the National Registry of Food Safety Professionals’ Certified Food Protection Manager Course. According to Health Officer Daniel J. Krupinski, “Food service personnel from area restaurants participated in a two-day class offered by the health department on food safety principles, instructed by […]

Stockton Expands Nursing, Health Science Degree Programs in Manahawkin

Stockton University’s Manahawkin Instructional Site (SUMIS) will take over the space being vacated by Rothman Institute Orthopaedics next year when Rothman relocates to the new AtlantiCare Health Park’s Manahawkin Campus on Route 72 West. The university will use the newly acquired 7,915 square feet for its School of Health Sciences, adjacent to the existing Manahawkin Instructional Site at 712 East […]

Barnegat Library Collecting for Friends’ Boutique

From Monday, Nov. 28, at 10 a.m. to Thursday, Dec. 1, at noon, the Barnegat branch of the Ocean County Librarywill betaking donations of items for the Friends of the Library’s book and boutique sale, which runs Friday and Saturday, Dec. 2 and 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Boutique items include new or gently used jewelry, handbags, scarves, […]

Art Notes Nov. 23

Glass Act: “Tumbled: New Works in Glass” by artist Mary Tantillo will open with an artist’s reception with music and refreshments on Friday, Nov. 25, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at SwellColors Glass Studio, 1715 Long Beach Blvd. in Surf City. This is Tantillo’s new collection of 30-plus works of glass landscapes and seascapes in transparent shadowboxes. Coming Up: […]

Ocean County Officials Educate Residents on Properly Recycling Unwanted Materials

In recognition of America Recycles Day, Ocean County’s Board of Chosen Freeholders and the Department of Solid Waste Management sponsored a series of brief presentations to give residents the most up to date information on what can be recycled and how. The discussions were led by Mary Jerkowicz, Solid Waste Management senior program monitor, at the Ocean County Connection in […]

A Shell of a Ship Bottom Christmas Parade on Dec. 3

Ship Bottom rings in the holiday season with its Christmas Parade on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 1 p.m.This year’s theme is “A Shell of a Christmas.” The procession steps off from the Ethel Jacobsen School atFifth Street and Barnegat Avenue. At the head of the parade wlll be grand marshal David Caldarella, founder of David’s Dream and Believe Cancer Foundation. […]

Holiday Decoration Swap at the Stafford Library

Do you have holiday decorations you no longer use, but are in still good condition? You can swap them at the Stafford branch of the Ocean County Library on Tuesday through Thursday, Dec. 6through 8, during library hours. People are welcome to drop their decorations off at the display tables located near the entrance, and exchange them for other ornaments […]

LBI School Board to Follow OPRA, OPMA as Per Lawsuit Settlement

Board Will Also Pay Legal Fees for Plai.jpg N.J. Foundation for Open Government

The Long Beach Island Board of Education has consented to follow the state Open Public Meetings Act and Open Public Records Act as per the resolution of a lawsuit lodged against it by the New Jersey Foundation for Open Government earlier this year. In addition, the board will pay the organization’s $3,042.37 legal fees. Nonprofit NJFOG seeks to increase transparency […]

$63 Million Contract Awarded for Rehabilitation of Original Route 72 Causeway Bridge, Hilliards Thorofare Bridge

As work continues on the Route 72 Causeway’s East and West Thorofare bridges, state Department of Transportation officials are preparing for the next phase of the project: rehabilitating the original Causeway Bridge along with Hilliards Thorofare, thewesternmost trestle bridge. A $63 million contract has been awarded to George Harms Construction Co. of Howell for the rehabilitation work. While the DOT […]