Former Sea Oaks Property Purchased, Rebranded and Golf Expected to Resume Soon


Golfers, rejoice! The golf club and resort formerly known as Sea Oaks, which closed two years ago, has a new name and soon will be open to the public. According to an announcement made by Accountable Equity LLC on Tuesday, April 26, the newly branded LBI National Golf & Resort is expected to reopen as a public course sometime in […]

1930s-Era Edwards School in Barnegat to Be Demolished


The almost 100-year-old Elizabeth V. Edwards School building in Barnegat Township will fall to the wrecking ball as plans are under way to demolish the Route 9 structure later this year. Constructed in 1930, the building was the home of the old Barnegat High School until 1957, when Southern Regional High School opened in Stafford Township. It stayed on as […]

‘The Center of It All’ Showcasing at Open House

St. Francis Center Starts 50th Year Observance

For the St. Francis Community Center, the milestone 50th year will be as busy as ever, as the nondenominational Brant Beach facility now serves over 9,000 people a year from all over Southern Ocean County with services as varied as counseling to a food pantry, to swimming indoors and out. Two open houses with activities will invite the public to […]

Survey Says: Visible Offshore Wind Turbines Would Impact LBI Economy


Only 50% of previous Long Beach Island renters said they would plan another vacation to the barrier island if offshore wind turbines were visible from the shoreline, according to a recent online survey. The survey, which polled 10,000 individuals who vacationed on the Island in the past, was based on a March 2018 University of Delaware survey, titled Atlantic Offshore […]

Speaker at Tuckerton Library Book Signing Made Piney a Good Word


William J. Lewis, who spoke to an overflow crowd at a book signing at the Tuckerton branch of the Ocean County Library last Wednesday evening, April 13, admits he has a chip on his shoulder when it comes to, of all people, Pulitzer Prize winning author, Princeton professor and lifelong New Jersey resident John McPhee. One of the prolific writer’s […]

Line Dancing Heats Up Eagleswood Firehouse


They keep the firehouse nice and cold for line dancing night. “We’ll get hot – don’t worry about that!” Maureen Ryan-Hawkins told the roomful of eager dancers. Ryan-Hawkins is the “Maur” in Dancemaur Co., based in Ocean Gate. She and her crew came down to Eagleswood last Friday night, April 22, to share their moves and spread their joy. Their […]

Ocean County Recycling Program Is on an Uptick


Ocean County’s recycling program had its most profitable year in 10 years in 2021. “Our residents have embraced recycling in Ocean County since it was first instituted in 1985,” said Ocean County Commissioner Barbara Jo Crea, who is liaison to the county’s recycling program. “After a few down years we have returned to a most robust profit as we continue […]