My Bucket List for Heaven

Commentary

This is the way my bucket list for heaven started. I was driving my grandson down Route 9 this summer after picking him up from Vacation Bible School in Lacey, heading toward Regal Manahawkin 10 to see “Incredibles 2.” All through Waretown I listened patiently to the incredible powers of each Incredible character we’d been picking up with Happy Meals. […]

Pine Shores Art Association Annual Photography Show

The annual photography show at Pine Shores Art Association graces the gallery through September. It was started by the late Connie Purves, a founding member of PSAA and an avid photographer, as well as accomplished artist. An award in her name will be given to one of the photographers during the reception, at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 10. Over the […]

Artists Sought for Monthly Displays at LBI Library 

Are you an artist looking to showcase your work? The Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City is looking for artists to display their work in the branch’s meeting room. Currently, the room is hosting the painted poetry exhibit, which runs throughSeptember. “There are monthly slots available throughout the year,” said Toni Smirniw, branch manager. […]

Seems Ironic

Letters

To the Editor: Now 11½ years old, I’ve been coming to LBI since I was 1½ years old. I was extremely surprised when I discovered that a restaurant whose business relies on seafood uses plastic to serve their food – plasticthat is destroying the ocean and thereforeharming tons of fish, which their business relies on. It seems ironic. I would […]

Barnegat Taking Wait-And-See Approach With Plastic Bags 

A hot-button issue in local towns this year has been banning the use of single-use plastic bags by businesses. Area communitiesthat have enacted bans include Stafford Township, Long Beach Township, Beach Haven and Harvey Cedars. Proponents of the prohibition sayplastic bags are especially harmful to marine animals and are one of the most common garbage items on beaches.Inmarine environments, many […]

Walters Architectural Division Adds Three Professionals

Walters Homes, an award-winning custom design/build firm, has hired three new employees in its custom architectural services division, Walters Architecture LLC. They are Edward Fitzpatrick, project manager; Xiaonan Chen, junior architect; and Can Wang, junior architect. “Expanding our architectural team will allow us to keep up with the increased demand for design services as clients are opting for a more […]

Nuisance Flooding Measures Approved in Beach Haven

Beach Haven hopes to reduce nuisance flooding through a$3 million bond ordinance that was adopted by the borough council at its meeting Monday. Councilman Donald Kakstis said the project wasbased on an inventory of the stormwater system and a master plan for its improvement prepared by Owen, Little & Associates two years ago. Kakstis saidthe project includes removal and replacement […]

Beach Curfew Change Is Dead, for Now

An ordinancethat would have enacted a9 p.m. beach curfewfor juveniles failed at the Beach Haven Borough Council meeting Monday when it could not get a second to Councilman Tom Lynch’s motion to adopt it. “Without getting a second, the ordinance died,” said Deputy Borough Clerk Kristy Davis.”The council could reintroduce it at another time and it is going to be […]

Barnegat Appropriates Funds for New DPW Building

Two ordinances introduced by the Barnegat Township Committee on Sept. 4 will help finance anew public works building. The firstre-appropriates$750,000 of proceeds of obligations not needed for their original purposes in order to provide funding for a portion of the building’s cost. “That was money to be used for repaving the dock parking area, a project we had considered, but […]

Turtle Trauma

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I’ve had the privilege of coming to Harvey Cedars on Long Beach Island with my family for the summer for 20 years. Last month I was out running and on my way back through Loveladies I noticed up ahead in the road an object. As I got closer, I realized it was a turtle that had just gotten run over […]