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Weather Service Confirms EF2 Tornado Hit High Bar Harbor


The National Weather Service confirmed an EF2 tornado with peak winds at 115 mph hit High Bar Harbor on July 29. The same weather system was responsible for an EF1 tornado with winds up to 105 mph in Barnegat Township, in a wooded area on Route 72 between Routes 532 and 539, the NWS said. Mike Borse, NWS meteorologist, said […]

Tornado Leaves Trail of Destruction in High Bar Harbor

Roofs Torn Off, Boats Overturned, Trees Uprooted, Power Lines Downed

“If it was during the day, we would have seen it coming,” marveled the owner of one of 35 damaged houses in the High Bar Harbor section of Long Beach Township the morning after an EF2 tornado skipped through the bayside area shortly before 9:30 p.m. July 29. Homeowner Ken Kuiken was among neighbors stepping outside to check on each […]

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Mid-Summer 2021

High Bar Harbor Storm

NJ State Oyster Shell Recycling Program Takes Cues From Long Beach Township


In honoring the Long Beach Township Oyster Shell Recycling Program with an award for leadership last year, the state Department of Environmental Protection described the initiative, which diverts oyster shells from restaurants to an oyster reef in Little Egg Harbor Bay, as “innovative.” As word of the program’s success spread, the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City was […]