As summer approaches and the novel coronavirus remains a reality, Long Beach Township is working to ensure that the LBI Shuttle service is as safe as possible when the fleet returns to the road. The first of the nine buses was recently outfitted with a decontamination mist system, as well as a plexiglass divider to help shield the driver, and […]
LBI Shuttle Adding Decontamination Feature to Fleet
Meeting COVID-19 Challenges for Summer 2020By Juliet Kaszas-Hoch | on May 21, 2020
By Juliet Kaszas-HochCoast Guard Identifies Damaged Channel Markers in Inspection South of LBI Causeway
By Gina G. Scala | on May 21, 2020
By Gina G. ScalaAhead of Memorial Day weekend, the U.S. Coast Guard inspected channel markers in the Intracoastal Waterway off Long Beach Island from the Causeway to Beach Haven, setting additional aids to navigation where appropriate. The ICW is a 3,000-mile inland waterway running from Boston south along the Atlantic seaboard, around the southern tip of Florida and around the Gulf Coast to […]
State Pandemic Restrictions Under Fire on LBI
By Gina G. Scala | on May 21, 2020
By GINA G. SCALASome Long Beach Island officials and business owners are pushing back against Gov. Phil Murphy’s phased reopening of the state’s economy after two months of a near shutdown, saying the restrictions he put into place as a result of the coronavirus pandemic are unenforceable and confusing. “They’re cumbersome, almost ridiculous,” Ship Bottom Mayor William Huelsenbeck said Tuesday morning. “The state created […]
A-Rod Crashes Local Zoom Meeting to Offer Encouragement
By Monique M. Demopoulos | on May 21, 2020
By Monique M. DemopoulosBarnegat native Mike Powers, founder of Give Us a Shot Network, which supports and promotes a variety of podcasts, has spent the quarantine in an effort with cofounder Tyshan Edwards to interview as many athletes and celebrities as possible during the pandemic. As part of that commitment, they invited former Yankee Alex Rodriguez to participate in their Zoom Happy Hour. […]
May Holiday Beachiness Reign; Weirdest Methods of Selling Distancing
The Fish StoryBy Jay Mann | on May 21, 2020
By JAY MANNCOVID-19 circumstances might make this the most significant Memorial Day weekend since it was invented in 1868. While there will hopefully be no diminishing from the sanctity of “Decoration Day” – honoring those who have died in service to the nation – this year it will take on historic dimension in the war against invisible public enemy number one, being […]
The Other Effect of the Pandemic and an Early Tropical Storm
Liquid LinesBy Jon Coen | on May 21, 2020
By JON COENA pandemic, a tropical storm and a summer holiday weekend walk into a bar …. Well, actually they don’t walk into the bar. They stand outside the bar, with their pre-mixed cocktails to go, asking if they can just drink them out here on the sidewalk. Since everyone has been sipping medium lattes with extra foam and cinnamon outside the […]