COVID-19 has forced a combination of pressures further into a sensitive balance of dependence on active volunteers in the Barnegat Light First Aid Squad. After managing a suddenly hectic spring and summer, a call is out for a few more responders with a drive to serve.

September has not reverted to as quiet of a season as it once was for a north-end autumn. A number of both current and new homeowners and renters have chosen to weather the pandemic in the picturesque town under the lighthouse beam…