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News
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Pavilion to Hold Taxpayer Meeting, Picnic
By MARIA SCANDALE - Jun 19The Barnegat Light Taxpayer's Association general meeting will be the first to be held outdoors in the new pavilion at West Sixth Street on ...
Maristella’s Luncheonette: ‘Making a Name for Ourselves’
By MARIA SCANDALE - Jun 19Happiness was a window bench in a new Ship Bottom luncheonette, the ocean breeze blowing in the open screened window while customers were making ...
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LBI Native Jenn Linck Flexes ‘Military Muscle’ as Fitness Trainer, Bodybuilder
Jun 19Those who sweat under the direction of fitness trainer Jenn Linck or see her on stage for a bodybuilding competition might not be able to place ...
Van Drew Bill Draws GOP Support and Environmentalists’ Praise
By Rick Mellerup - Jun 19Democratic Congressman Jeff Van Drew, who took office this past January, is wasting no time following in the footsteps of two of his longtime ...
Sentence Handed Down in 2015 Barnegat Light Murder
By MARIA SCANDALE - Jun 19The man convicted in the November 2015 murder of retired Fire Department of New York Lt. Richard P. Doody in Doody's Barnegat Light home has been ...
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Surf City Officials, Residents Air Complaints During Comcast License Renewal Discussion
By GINA G. SCALA - Jun 19Robert Clifton, senior director of government and regulatory affairs for Comcast Cable, has likely heard the complaints against Long Beach ...
MATES Envirothon Team Headed to Nationals, Where It’s Not All Fun and Networking
By J.D. Watson - Jun 19So imagine that you are a high school student, academically gifted, at the county's highly competitive math and science high school, with a ...
Over $6 Million in MATES Scholarships Awarded
By J.D. WATSON - Jun 19The 66 students in this year's graduating class at the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science (MATES) in Stafford Township ...
Ship Bottom Police Arrest Man on Two Counts of Lewd Behavior
By GINA G. SCALA - Jun 19Borough police announced they arrested a man on two counts of lewdness after responding to the Wawa convenience store at the Causeway circle June ...
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Second Harvey Cedars Officer Charged With Theft
Jun 19In the wake of a second officer charged with theft of moveable property, Harvey Cedars Police Chief Robert Burnaford wants to reassure residents ...
Beach Haven’s Christa Steiner a Finalist in Miss New Jersey Competition
By RICK MELLERUP - Jun 19Beach Haven's Christa Steiner certainly had an exciting week during the 2019 Miss New Jersey Competition held at the Resorts Casino Hotel's ...
DOT Grant Monies to Ease Flooding Concerns in Surf City
By GINA G. SCALA - Jun 19Flood relief could be coming to North Seventh Street in Surf City thanks, in part, to a $380,000 state Department of Transportation Trust Fund ...
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Fun and Free Wednesdays for the Summer in Beach Haven
By ERIC ENGLUND - Jun 19When Beach Haven celebrated its 125th anniversary three years ago, residents and visitors had free access to the beach as well as to the borough's ...
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Long Beach Township Joins Street Smart NJ for Pedestrian Safety Campaign Kickoff
Jun 19New Jersey's pedestrian fatality rate is nearly double the national average, and Street Smart NJ is making an effort to emphasize the role ...
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LBI School Board Expected to Approve December Referendum
By GINA G. SCALA - Jun 19The Long Beach Island Consolidated Board of Education was expected to vote on multiple agenda items Tuesday night that could pave the way for a ...
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LBI Garden Club Digs Into Project to Replenish Monarch Numbers
Jun 19Sixteen huge pots of milkweed and butterfly-friendly flowers were recently created by the Garden Club of LBI members. Now in its third year, the ...
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Annual Meet the Mayor Event This Weekend in Surf City
By GINA G. SCALA - Jun 19The annual Surf City Taxpayer Association meeting with Mayor Francis Hodgson begins with coffee and breakfast at 9:45 a.m., Saturday, June 22 at ...
Ethel A. Jacobsen School Students Get in Gear for Bike Parade
Jun 19Cycle-ology might not be part of the curriculum at the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School, but last Tuesday, June 11, that was exactly the focus ...
School Consolidation, Rehabbing and Referendum Preparation OK’d by Majority of LBI Board
By GINA G. SCALA - Jun 19In a 5-3-1 vote, the Long Beach Island Consolidated Board of Education approved multiple motions June 18 that could pave the way for a $7.2 ...
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Live Music at Daddy O
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18Thursday 6/20 - ROB CONNOLLY at 6pm Saturday 6/22 - TED HAMMOCK at 6pm
Long Beach Island is Your Place for Live Music & Entertainment
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18Don't see a favorite watering hole listed here? Check their website or Facebook page for upcoming events at those venues.
Check Out The Old Causeway
By Mr. LBI Insider - Jun 18Friday 6/21 - NED RYERSON AND THE GROUND HOGS 10pm Saturday 6/22 - THE ROCK LOBSTERS 10pm Sunday 6/23 - JIMMY BROGAN 3-6pm Monday Night TAILGATE ...
Live Music at Bird and Betty's
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18Friday 6/21 - TRACKSUIT PANDA WITH DJ J KAPPS at 10pm Saturday 6/22 - DJ KEVIN DONG at 10pm Sunday 6/23 - DAQS ON DECK WITH DJ J KAPPS Monday 6/24 ...
Entertainment at Kubel's Too
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18Thursday - MAGGIE PIETRUCHA 6/20 6pm - 9pm Friday - CHRIS GUASTELLE 6/21 6pm - 9pm Saturday - DAN BROWN 6/22 8pm - 11pm Every Wednesday - KARAOKE ...
Entertainment at Tucker's Tavern
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18Friday 6/21 - JOEY B at 7pm Saturday 6/22 - DAN BARONE at 7pm Tuckers Tavern 101 S. West Ave., Beach Haven, New Jersey
Live Music & Entertainment at the Gateway
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18Friday 6/21 - DRUNKEN CLAMS at 8pm Saturday 6/22 - JASON BOOTH at 8pm Thursday 6/27 - THE KOOTZ at 7pm Friday 6/28 - BRANDON IRELAND BAND at ...
Live Music at The Mainland
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18Wednesday 6/19 - TY MARES at 5pm-8pm Thursday 6/20 - TED HAMMOCK DUO at 5pm-8pm Friday 6/21 - TODD MEREDITH at 4pm-7pm Friday 6/21 - TY MARES at ...
Live Music at Daymark
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18Thursday and Saturday - 6pm-9pm www.daymarklbi.com 404 Broadway, Barnegat Light, NJ 08006
Live Entertainment at Spray Beach Hotel
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18ALL SHOWS 5:30 - 9:30 Friday 6/21 - DYLAN CARTER Saturday 6/22 - PROBLEM CHILD 2 Sunday 6/23 - GARY PHILIPS Monday 6/24 - DAVID SODANO Tuesday ...
Sandbar Entertainment at The Engleside Inn
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18Wednesday 6/19 - DAN BROWN 3pm-7pm Thursday 6/20 - GARY AND MIKE 3pm-7pm Friday 6/21 - DAN BROWN AND THE EMPATHS 3pm-7pm Saturday 6/22 - THE ...
Live Entertainment at The Marlin
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18Friday 6/21 - DJ CONSTANTINE 10pm Saturday 6/22 - PULSE 10pm The Marlin 2 South Bay Avenue, Beach Haven, NJ 08008
Live Entertainment at The Sea Shell Resort & Beach Club
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18BY THE TIKI BAR - DAY: THE PICKLES Wednesday 6/19 - 3pm-6pm JAY ROBINSON Thursday 6/20 3pm-6pm CAPTAIN ERIC Monday 6/24 - 4pm-7pm TED HAMMOCK ...
Musical Entertainment at Surf City Hotel
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18Friday 6/21 - ROB CONNOLLY at 7pm Saturday 6/22 - LITTLE NIKKI'S RADIO at 9:30pm Surf City Hotel 800 Long Beach Boulevard, Surf City, LBI
Live Music at Black Whale
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18Thursday 6/20 - JEREMY RENNER at 10pm-1am Tuesday 6/25 - RYAN ZIMMERMAN at 10pm-1am Wednesday 6/26 - TY MARES at 10pm-1am Thursday 6/27 - TODD ...
Entertainment at Plantation
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18Wednesday - TED HAMMOCK - 6pm Thursday - GREG WARREN - 6pm Saturday - THE PICKLES - 9:30pm Plantation 7908 Long Beach Blvd, Harvey Cedars, NJ ...
Live Entertainment at Nardi's
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18Thursday 6/20 - PASTA AND SINATRA at 5-9pm Thursday 6/20 - COUNTRY NIGHT WITH TRIPLE RAIL TURN at 10pm Friday 6/21 - ELVIS at 5pm-9pm Friday 6/21 ...
Live Entertainment at Calloways
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18Friday 6/21 - Special Guest Appearance by CRAIG DANIEL Every Fridays 9pm - 80's and 90's Night with DJ C GROOVE www.callowaysrestaurant.com ...
Entertainment at Tuckerton Beach Grille
By Mr LBI Insider - Jun 18Thursday 6/20 - OPEN MIC NIGHT with JIMMY BROGAN Friday 6/21 - SMOKEY STARR Saturday 6/22 - NEAL N' ROGER Tuckerton Beach Grille 1000 S. Green ...
Enjoy Live Music at The Arlington
By Bargain Bin/The ... - Jun 18Friday - MATT FISHER 6pm Sunday - WARREN BROTHERS 6pm www.arlingtonlbi.com 1302 Long Beach Boulevard, Ship Bottom, NJ 08008
Columns
Two-Hour Forest Bathing Hits the Beach; Ancient Channels Turn the Tides Landward
By JAY MANN - Jun 19FORESTY FAST FIX: Apparently, it doesn't take much so-called forest bathing to cleanse the soul and banish the invasive evil spirits common to ...
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From Corn on the Cob Injuries to Skee-Ball Elbow, Be Safe This Summer
By JON COEN - Jun 19Any surfers ever wonder what happened to the old Nose Guard that used to be advertised in surf magazines? (Hey, for that matter, any surfers ever ...
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Is It Too Late to Save Barney?
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Jun 19During the winter of 1919, it became apparent the famous Barnegat Lighthouse was in danger of being washed into the Atlantic. At first, federal ...
Liquid Lines
‘Dudes, Brahs, Strobers and Koko,’ Six Decades of LBI Surf Conversations
By JON COEN - Jun 12First light will be before 5 a.m. this week. It won't be completely dark until 9 p.m. That's a lot of daylight for doing all the Island-y summer ...
Opinion
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Recalling the Ginza
Jun 19To the Editor: A great Beachcomber issue (Summer 2019, History Edition); however, Rick Mellerup incorrectly identified the psychedelic shop at the ...
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Find Common Ground
Jun 19To the Editor: It has taken me a while to figure out how to best respond to Joseph Orrico's June 5 letter about the “dictatorial plastic bag ...
Letters
Vegas-LBI Connection
Jun 19To the Editor: My family of five, visiting from Las Vegas, enjoyed another, albeit early, summer vacation on the shores of LBI this month. ...
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No More Destruction
Jun 19To the Editor: What has happened to my beloved LBI that I have known for over 25 years? I know, a group of politicians and an ambitious entrepreneu...
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Inhale and Take a Deep Breath
By KATHLEEN DONNELLY - Jun 17Summer's coming – officially this Friday, June 21 – and I await the seasonal aromas. I don't look forward to the heat and humidity, but I love the ...
SpeakEasy
Photo of Dad on LBI Boardwalk Worth More Than 1,000 Words
By GLORIA C. ENDRES - Jun 12Browsing recently through an old photograph album, I came across a unique black and white photo of my father, Nick Cipollini. He is sitting on a ...
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Industry Propaganda
Jun 12To the Editor: A while ago I wrote to challenge a reader's citation of a definitive survey that ranked our congressmen based on their loyalty to ...
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Corral Conundrum
Jun 12To the Editor: $336, $480, $625 – what, may you ask, do these figures represent? They represent the amount of money a well-built, quality, brand ...
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Special Remembrance
Jun 12To the Editor: I am writing to say thank you to the brothers of Dr. Philip Donahue for putting up the marvelous bench in memory of their brother ...
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Liquid Gold
Jun 05To the Editor: Truly, I've been meaning to write this letter for at least a couple of years. All it took was a foggy morning and some rain that ...
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Summer Is Nigh
By LYNNE MacKNIGHT - Jun 19I have to admit my first taste of summer came when we were at the beach for a long weekend recently. It got warm enough for my first outdoor ...
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Selling Out U.S.
Jun 19To the Editor: The recent admission by Donald Trump that he would accept information from foreign sources to further his agenda confirms what I ...
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Unwelcome Lighting
Jun 19To the Editor: At first I thought the Hotel LBI was going to be something good. Then, last weekend when I walked the dogs, I could hear rock 'n' ...
Letters
Fan Mail
Jun 19To the Editor: I'm a big West Coast fan of Jimmy Ward (“Manahawkin Filmmaker's New Short to Screen,” 5/29). I followed him from a distance as the ...
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Wrong Clam Decision
Jun 12To the Editor: Although I am the president of ReClam the Bay, this is my personal view, not that of the organization. For 15 years ReClam the Bay ...
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Not-OK Corral Plan
Jun 12To the Editor: Let me begin this diatribe by admitting that we inherited a lovely white trash can corral when we bought our current home. That in ...
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Poop Happens
Jun 12To the Editor: I felt compelled to respond to Kathy DiMaggio's letter (“Such a Shame,” 6/5) regarding the Mill Creek Park geese “catastrophe.” ...
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Keep Golden Years Golden – ‘Don’t Let the Old Man In’
By VIN SPARANO - Jun 12I can't take credit for the title to this essay. It belongs to Clint Eastwood. I received a recent email that I would like to share with everyone ...
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Dictatorial Rulings
Jun 05To the Editor: The restricted use and/or banning of single-use plastic bags is a concise and calculated attack on our freedom as Americans. It has ...
Blogs
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Best Places to Eat in Long Beach Island, New Jersey
By Brian B. - Jun 01Are you vacationing in Long Beach Island and have no clue what to eat and where to eat? Are you visiting here the first time? Are you picky when ...
Whats Happening In Atlantic City
By Brian B. - May 02see full article below ~
Concerts to Look Forward to This Summer at PNC Arts Center
By Brian B. - Jun 01Who doesn't love music? Who doesn't enjoy grooving to a beat and feeling that bass surging through you? In our opinion, the best way to experience ...
Grand Opening: The Hotel LBI in Long Beach Island, NJ
By Brian B. - Apr 24~
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Re: Ship Bottom OK’s Hotel LBI Variances on Condition of Corrections
By Jean D Ragone - May 02This is so sad to read. Initially I welcomed Hotel LBI. Having seen the renderings many years ago, I thought it would be a beautiful addition. ...
Sports
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Southern Regional Sports Camps Offer Instruction All Summer Long
By DAVID BIGGY - Jun 19Each summer, Southern Regional High School athletic coaches provide opportunities for youngsters to hone their skills in a variety of sports – ...
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Angelini Dominates Stafford Run for Hope Triathlon; Manahawkin Teen Wins 5K
By DAVID BIGGY - Jun 12In 2016 and 2017, Yardville's Jeffrey Angelini raided Long Beach Island to win the triathlon held each September in Long Beach Township. On June ...
Southern 4x400 Relay, Five Individuals Culminate Season at Meet of Champions
By DAVID BIGGY - Jun 12Blazing through the final 100 meters of her high school career, Caitlin Hambor heard the cheers from the crowd in the bleachers next to the track ...
If You’re 60-Plus, Give Stafford Senior Softball a Go
By DAVID BIGGY - Jun 12If you're 60 or older and ever in the mood to play a little ball, the Doc Cramer sports complex in Stafford Township is a viable option. Really, ...
Southern Golfers Wrap Up Season with Another Tight Loss to Toms River North
By DAVID BIGGY - Jun 05Last spring, Peter Fabian clearly didn't need to be one of the leaders of the Southern Regional boys golf team. The Rams had veterans Caleb Rossi, ...
Tatiyana and Taylor, Southern Regional ‘Softball Sisters’
By DAVID BIGGY - Jun 14One dyed her hair purple for the summer softball season. The other was borderline obsessed with getting to know boys while sitting poolside ...
First Batch of Parker Nork Sportsmanship Awards Dealt to 27 Stafford Recreation Athletes
By DAVID BIGGY - Jun 12At the outset of his brief commentary on June 6, Rafael Torres described for the audience inside the Stafford Township Arts Center his first ...
Ready to Serve, Jacqueline Ward Takes Her Basketball to Coast Guard Academy
By DAVID BIGGY - Jun 12Sometime in 2012, Jacqueline Ward came across a TV show which set her on course for a future of service. A seventh-grader living in Monroe at the ...
South Jersey Champ Southern Falls Short of State Boys Volleyball Final
By DAVID BIGGY - Jun 05For the past 10 years, the Southern Regional High School boys volleyball team has had to go through several obstacles on the way to the NJSIAA ...
Barnegat Freshman Wins Group II High Jump as Bengals Send Three to Meet of Champions
By DAVID BIGGY - Jun 05As an experienced cheerleader for one of the premier programs in the country, Madison Cappuccio has developed a unique brand of athletic ability. ...
A & E
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Sign Up for the Sunshine Foundation Fishing Tournament
Jun 19The 22nd annual Sunshine Foundation Family Fun Day and Fishing Tournament will be held on Saturday, July 13, at the American Legion Post #493, 420 ...
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Overheard These Days
By STAFF - Jun 19… in Surf City: Man to son, through outdoor shower door: “When you're done, just be sure to turn the water all the way off, nice and tight!” * Guy ...
Island Stylin’
From Beautiful to Silly, Find Perfect Toppers at Mod Hatter, Where Fashion + Function = Win
By SANDRA WEYANT - Jun 19As we head into summer, it's time to start thinking about incorporating a hat into your wardrobe. Hats complement your style and are the perfect ...
Begin Your Summer Monday Mornings at the Surf City Farmers Market
By GINA G. SCALA - Jun 19It's that time of year in the Garden State, when the fruits (and vegetables, too) of labor unleash fresh ingredients for all to take a bite (a ...
Preview of What’s to Come at the LBI Artists Open Studio Tour
Jun 19The LBI annual Artists Open Studio Tour is Saturday, June 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., your chance to meet the artists of Long Beach Island in ...
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Thursday Is Custom Blend Night in Barnegat
Jun 19If you prefer your music unplugged and rootsy, stop by the downtown gazebo in Barnegat Township on Thursday nights to hear Custom Blend perform ...
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Myriad Summer Activities in Harvey Cedars
Jun 19Concerts, arts and crafts, local history, yoga on the beach and sports are part of the summer schedule of events happening in Harvey Cedars, which ...
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Ladies of Country Bluegrass Show at Albert Music Hall June 29
Jun 19The Pinelands Cultural and Historical Society presents “The Ladies of Country and Bluegrass Music Show” on Saturday, June 29, at 7:30 p.m. at the ...
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