Steven Maglio

On Tap

HOME BASE: Hazlet STYLE: Standards in the style of Sinatra. But, to be clear, he’s not an impersonator. LINEUP: Steven Maglio, vocals and karaoke tracks. SOUND BYTE: “I recognize that I do sound like him because I grew up singing those songs. You absorb it, but it’s not a copy.” While fans tell him he sounds the most like Ol’ […]

Oyster Recycling Program a Local Partnership of Ecology and Culture

Shellfish Restoration Seeing Success in Barnegat Bay

Follow the oyster shells: From the bay to the plate and then back to the bay. Recycle and restore. A community collective – driven by Long Beach Township, Parsons Seafood, Stockton University, Jetty and its Jetty Rock Foundation – is partnering with area restaurants to gather empty oyster shells from patrons to cure and subsequently use to raise more oysters […]

Barefoot Adventures Is a Beach Camp With Some Very Different Activities for Children

Kids Camp
Creative Writing, Culinary and Meditation Mixed With Paddling

There are few better things than being a kid on Long Beach Island in the summer. There have always been the traditional forms of “camp” – basketball camp at St. Francis Community Center, swim lessons, sailing at the yacht clubs, and arts and crafts at the LBI Foundation of the Arts and Sciences. Today, youngsters also have cool options that […]

Funk Shway Leads Off Stafford Township Summer Concert Series on July 10

As it has been doing since the 1990s, the Stafford Township Historical Society will host its annual concert series this summer. Concerts are every Monday, starting at 7 p.m. at the pavilion in Manahawkin Lake Park. Residents and visitors alike are welcome, and attendees are encouraged to bring bug repellent, water and a chair or blanket, even though some bleacher […]

Discover Barnegat Light Day With a Jeep Show, Tours, Concert, Merchant Events

Discover Barnegat Light Day, on Monday, July 10, is full of special events and welcoming tours designed to spotlight the unique experience of visiting the town. The Barnegat Light Tourism Coalition hosts theday’s events,from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., for the fourth year. At the bayfront gazebo on West Eighth Street, find the featured events: a Jeep Show by day […]

Sandman Delivers Dreamy Sculptures on LBI to France


Retired Atlantic City firefighter Matthew Deibert always had a passion for art, and once he awakened his sand-sculpting talent, there was no stopping him. After earning a bachelor’s degree with a concentration in graphic design from Mercyhurst College in Pennsylvania, Deibert pursued a career as a graphic artist for an advertising agency. He also devoted 25 years of service to […]

Sunday Fun-day at The Sea Shell with Shorty Long & the Jersey Horns


Shorty Long and the Jersey Horns proclaims itself “the Jersey’s Shore’s hottest party band,” and with thousands of tracks in its song bank, including more than 30 originals, the dynamic 10-plus-person lineup really knows how to get a crowd moving and grooving. The Sea Shell Resort and Beach Club in Beach Haven is one of the best places on the […]

TNR Program Adopted in Harvey Cedars

Harvey Cedars recently became the fourth Long Beach Island community to establish a managed care system for feral cats. The borough commission last week introduced an ordinance establishing atrap-neuter-return program, referred to asTNR,under the sponsorship of and in conjunction with theFriends of the Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter. In the program, feral and stray cats are humanely trapped and taken […]

Stafford Township Installing Water Mains in Small Section of Town After Wells Test High for Mercury

After several residential water wells tested positive for elevated levels of mercury, Stafford Township started work on June 24 to install water mains in a four-street section east of Route 9 and south of Route 72. Once complete, 26 residences will be able to connect to the city water lines. “A resident who is putting his house up for sale […]

Conversion Complete: AtlantiCare’s Manahawkin Health Park Opens Its Doors

When Pathmark on Route 72 in Manahawkin closed its doors and powered down the lights for the last time several years ago, most wouldn’t have guessed a healthcare organization would do anything with it. But Jatin Motiwal had his eyes on the building and was confident AtlantiCare could do wonders with the vacant space in a prime location. “It’s hard […]