News
-
Sports••April 30, 2025
Southern Regional Girls Grab First Conference Title; Pinelands Sophomores Among Top Five
Samantha Reilly didn’t go on a vacation during spring break. She spent much of her time working out some of the kinks in her golf game.
-
News••April 29, 2025
Duke the Osprey Returns to Barnegat Light; No Sign of Daisy Yet
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey’s Ben Wurst recently announced some exciting news for osprey watchers: Duke, who has long occupied a nest in Barnegat Light that is the focus of a CWF…
-
News••April 28, 2025
Late Pope Francis ‘Reached Out to Those Who Were Marginalized’
Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 2013, died Monday, April 21. As requested in his will, he is to be buried in an unadorned tomb at the…
-
News••April 25, 2025
Board Turns Down Proposed Harvey Cedars Restaurant
In an 8-0 vote last week, the Harvey Cedars Land Use Board denied an application by the owners of Azzurri Italian Cucina to expand their horizons by establishing a restaurant, Harvey Cedars House, at…
-
News••April 24, 2025
Jones Road Wildfire Devastates Pines
DESTRUCTION: According to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, the wildfire, which started in the Greenwood Wildlife Management Area in Barnegat Township, had burned 3,200 acres and was 5% contained…
-
News••April 24, 2025
Governor Honors Harvey Cedars Chaplain Smith
When the Rev. Wesley A. Smith was invited to attend the Harvey Cedars Borough Commission meeting Monday, April 21, he had no clue he was going to be the guest of honor.
-
Sports••April 24, 2025
Pinelands Tennis Squad Bounces Back With Three Shutouts
Since starting the season on March 28, the Pinelands Regional boys tennis team barely had played three matches in a week’s time, never mind won all of them. Last week, the Wildcats not only won three…
-
Arts & Entertainment••April 24, 2025
Pirate’s Day Brings Music, Re-enactments to Barnegat
Pirate’s Day in Barnegat Township will be held on Saturday, May 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Russell Brackman Middle School on Barnegat Boulevard North.
-
Arts & Entertainment••April 24, 2025
DeLorean Transports Pinelands Band Concert ‘Back to the Future’
Roads? Where we’re going (the Pinelands Regional High School auditorium stage), we don’t need roads!
-
Arts & Entertainment••April 24, 2025
American Angler Surf Fishing Tournament This Saturday, April 26
Don’t miss out on free 4×4 ocean beach access, prizes for adults and kids and, most importantly, a great day of fishing off Long Beach Island. This spring’s American Angler Classic Surf Fishing…
-
Business••April 24, 2025
Howard’s Restaurant Celebrates 75 Years as LBI Staple
The Long Beach Island of 1950 would be almost completely unrecognizable today. Few institutions remain, but a familiar face stands strong against the picturesque backdrop of Manahawkin Bay: Howard’s…
-
Opinion•April 24, 2025
Runtley Meets Another Menace Called Milton
This is another story from Runtley, a Harvey Cedars rescue cat, as told to “Mom” Sandi Appleby of Nokomis, Fla., a former long-time resident of Harvey Cedars. For 28 years she and her husband owned…
-
Opinion•April 24, 2025
Missed Opportunity
At last Thursday’s meeting of the land use board meeting in Harvey Cedars, I witnessed a missed chance for the north end of the Island.
-
News••April 24, 2025
Surf City Honors Longtime Water Utilities Foreman
While most individuals are looking forward to the day this spring that Mother Nature rights the temperature for more than just a 24-hour period, at least one person has his eyes set on a snow day…
-
Opinion•April 24, 2025
Thank You, Lou
It’s that time of year again, with welcome warmer weather, spring break and, of course, the Easter Bunny. Woohoo!
-
News••April 23, 2025
Jersey Shore Taxpayers Could Foot Entire Bill for Beaches
For as long as anyone can reasonably remember, maintaining and operating most of New Jersey’s beaches have been equally divided among all beachgoers via the purchase of a badge. But that could all…
-
Arts & Entertainment••April 23, 2025
A Jazzy Afternoon at Holy Innocents’
The spring concert series at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church in Beach Haven continues with an afternoon of jazz featuring Fotografia on Sunday, May 4 at 4 p.m.
-
Opinion••April 23, 2025
How Does Your Garden Grow? Ours in Barnegat Light Is a Joy
Now that it’s the beginning of spring, it’s time to start planning for this year’s vegetable garden. One thing about fresh garden vegetables compared to store vegetables is that we know they are…
-
Opinion•April 23, 2025
Huge Homes Don’t Fit
Our next door neighbor built a house over the winter. It is literally twice the size of our house, 5 feet, 1 inch from our property line on the east side. The windows on the east side overlook our…
-
Sports••April 23, 2025
Southern Regional Displays Solid Skills and Depth in Shutout of Northern Burlington
Winning 16 straight sets to start the season while going 6-0 may have been a mild surprise to some people, but certainly not to the Southern Regional boys volleyball team.
-
Columns••April 23, 2025
Nightmare Before Easter: The Time Coconut Eggs Destroyed My Vacation
First, a sad but fond farewell to our rock star Pope Francis. Here’s hoping his grassroots holiness and dedication to equality carry over to his successor – announced when white smoke next arises…
-
Opinion•April 23, 2025
Bah Humbug!
As a full-time resident and volunteer who works in the Edith Duff Gwynn Gardens behind the Barnegat Light Museum, I was shocked and saddened by the flippant comments from our mayor, Kirk Larson…
-
News••April 23, 2025
Offshore Wind Study Inconclusive on Extent of Potential Impacts
A study on the benefits and impacts of offshore wind energy issued this month by a watchdog agency to congressional leaders confirmed what many have long believed: The renewable source of electricity…
-
News••April 23, 2025
Imperiale Joins Ocean County Planning Board
On April 16, Harvey Cedars Mayor John M. Imperiale was sworn in to the Ocean County Planning Board. He fills an unexpired term effective until the end of the year.
-
News••April 23, 2025
Ocean County CASA Honors Volunteers
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Ocean County recently honored Extraordinary Heroes of CASA of Ocean County at a special reception at the Toms River Yacht Club, a special celebration for the…
-
Columns••April 23, 2025
The Sad Fate of the ‘Remedios Pascual’
To mark the centennial of Ship Bottom’s becoming an independent municipality, I am looking back at the stories that helped create the town’s identity.
-
Arts & Entertainment••April 23, 2025
‘MEternally’ Kits Available at Library Branches
Families, friends and caregivers of loved ones living with conditions involving memory loss have a new tool to keep their connections strong. Ocean County Library Senior Services is now offering…
-
Opinion•April 23, 2025
God in a Box
When my children were small, they had a toy called Jack-in-the-box. When they turned the handle attached to the box, a melody would begin to play. They continued turning the handle until a clown…
-
Arts & Entertainment••April 23, 2025
Enjoy the Guitar Stylings of Pete Wagula
Green is the dominant color of spring, and Jersey Shore guitarist Pete Wagula gives it his own shade of blue. The Ocean County Library presents “Spring Concerts with Pete Wagula” at the Tuckerton…
-
Arts & Entertainment••April 23, 2025
Turn in Your Unused, Expired Medications on Saturday
Police departments in Harvey Cedars, Surf City and Barnegat Township are participating in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 26. From 10…
