Southern Regional High School’s Food Drive a Mammoth Team Effort and Labor of Love

Reporter's Notebook

Editor’s Note: Last week, reporter David Biggy went inside Southern Regional High School for a look at its annual food drive to benefit the Atlantic City Rescue Mission. This is the first of two parts. Granola bars galore. Hordes of canned vegetables. Towers of soups and snack foods. Cases of ramen pretty much everywhere. What had been the Southern Regional […]

First Day Hikes in Bass River State Forest


Ring in 2022 and kick off 2022 on New Year’s Day with a healthy hike in a state park or forest, thanks to the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection, which is offering 28 hikes and one lighthouse climb throughout the state. “Spending time outdoors to appreciate New Jersey’s beautiful state parks and forests while breathing in fresh air is a […]

Southern Regional Christmas Program 12-23-21

Little Egg Harbor Car Thefts Related to Larger Ring of Thefts


The Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department is investigating two motor vehicle thefts that occurred the week of Dec. 16 in retail parking lots. The thefts are believed to be part of a larger ring of multiple motor vehicle thefts that have occurred in the Atlantic County and Southern Ocean County region in the past several months. The cars were […]

Coast Guard Rescues Three From Boat Stranded in Little Egg Harbor


The Coast Guard rescued three mariners from a grounded pleasure craft near the entrance of Little Egg Harbor on Sunday, Dec. 26. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay command center received a report via VHF channel 16 from the 36-foot pleasure craft Phyllis II stating the vessel had run aground near the entrance to Little Egg Harbor inlet […]

Fire at Pirates Cove Termed Accidental


A three-alarm fire at Pirates Cove on Osborn Island in Little Egg Harbor Township on Dec. 24 was limited to one unit only, thanks to the work of the volunteer firefighters of Little Egg Harbor and Tuckerton. Fire whistles went off a little after noon as Little Egg Harbor police raced to the scene. They were joined by fire trucks […]