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Arts & Entertainment••September 2, 2026
Play Some Golf, Support Southern Regional Baseball
There’s nothing like a round of golf in the fall. It’s cooler. The grass is lush. And on Monday, Oct. 19, getting in a round will be a benefit to the Southern Regional baseball program.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 2, 2026
Run, Walk a Few Miles to Help Southern Freshman Class
The Southern Regional Class of 2030 wants to get off to a great start as its four-year high school career begins, and runners and walkers of all kinds can help.
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News••September 2, 2026
New Jersey Pay It Forward Program Supports Ocean County College Nursing Students
Beginning this fall, students enrolled in Ocean County College’s nursing program will be eligible to apply for zero-interest, no-fee loans through the New Jersey Pay It Forward Program to help cover…
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News••September 2, 2026
ReClam the Bay, Beach Haven in ‘Watch Party’
The Beach Haven Parks and Recreation Department recently partnered with ReClam the Bay to raise awareness of the organization’s important work restoring and raising shellfish throughout Long Beach…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 2, 2026
Beach Haven Taxpayers Plan Public Meeting
The Beach Haven Taxpayers Association will hold a public meeting Saturday, Sept. 5 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Beach Haven First Aid Squad, located at 321 Engleside Ave.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 2, 2026
Author Takes Readers Into Deep Space
Prepare to launch into the darkest depths of deep space with master storyteller Daniel Kraus, winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, to celebrate the release of his new novel, The Sixth Nik…
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Business••September 2, 2026
New Salthaus Pilates Offers Mat Classes, More
When Karen Shaddow moved to Tuckerton Beach six years ago, she found herself driving all over Southern Ocean County to get to a Pilates class. The traffic, the time and the miles wore on her.
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News••September 2, 2026
LBI History Panels Installed at Long Beach Township Complex
Long Beach Island’s history is one of historic storms, shipwrecks, fishing and yacht clubs, business owners and vacationers, a tall lighthouse and a long bridge connecting this 18-mile strip to the…
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Opinion••September 2, 2026
Wrapping Up This Summer of ’Bundas on the Boulevard’
The slightest hint of autumn is in the air on this Saturday morning. This year’s “song of the summer,” the siren, has not played as incessantly as it did at summer’s beginning. For that, I am…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 2, 2026
Getting the Lead Out: An Ultra Marathoner’s Tale
TALL ORDER: Hoffman and Rich Airey spot their names among those of 657 competitors. The trail starts at 10,000 feet of elevation and climbs to 12,500 over the course of its hundred miles. Photo…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 2, 2026
Olympian Laurie Hernandez to Discuss Career at OCC
PIVOT: Since retiring from gymnastics at 21, the athlete has been an analyst and advocate. Photo credit: Supplied PhotoThe Grunin Center for the Arts will host “A Conversation with Laurie Hernandez,”
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Arts & Entertainment••September 2, 2026
Tequila Rose’s Music Goes Down Easy
NIGHT MOVES: Tequila Rose, comprised of (above, from right) Rick Newport, Katherine Maranino, Joe Luongo, Elliot Rubinich and John Bennett, play feel-good country hits as the sun goes down on Beach…
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Sports••September 2, 2026
Rams’ Big Plays Create Cushion as Abbato Claims First Victory
Matt Abbato always looked forward to the day he’d be a head coach. On Aug. 29, he received his first water-cooler bath after his Southern Regional football team scored his first victory.
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Sports••September 2, 2026
Southern Regional Returns Solid Group, Takes Aim at Division Title
FOCUSED: Southern Regional junior Mackenzie Sininsky scored seven goals last season while anchoring a solid defensive core. This fall, Sininsky will be among the leaders trying to help the Rams win a…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 1, 2026
Triple Rail Turn
LINEUP: Mark Elkind, guitar and vocals; Rebekah LaCorte, violin and vocals; Vince Monticciolo, bass; Mike Hostler, drums.
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Opinion••August 27, 2026
Five Generations Turn Right Off the Causeway
My grandmother came to Long Beach Island in the 1940s. Her sister, my great-aunt Bea, had weak lungs. Doctors thought the sea air – and an environment with less trees, pollen and grass – would be…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 27, 2026
The Seeing Eye Hosts Special Event at LBIF
Photo credit: Photos by Ryan MorrillThe Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences welcomed special visitors Sunday, Aug. 23 when The Seeing Eye hosted its annual Down the Shore event.…
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Business••August 27, 2026
Ship Bottom Centennial Campaign Scores National Awards
Ship Bottom’s centennial celebration coincided with a milestone of its own: a tourism video campaign created for the borough helped The Harrington Group Inc. claim its 100th national award – and now…
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Opinion•August 26, 2026
Powerful Impact
To the Editor: On Sunday, Aug. 2, the Nelson Avenue pickleball courts in Beach Haven hosted the 2nd Annual LBI Pickleball Friends fundraiser for Compassion Café. Over 200 players and spectators…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 26, 2026
Biggy Clashes With Rams Amid the Enchanted Gardens
RAM TOUGH: This year, Paul and Jeff Reilly (right) weren’t the only two Southern Regional golf team representatives on board to challenge Biggy. Cody Grob and Tyler Fenkel joined the fray at Mr.…
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Sports••August 26, 2026
72nd Annual LBI Surf Fishing Classic Starts Aug. 29
Photo credit: Photo by Ryan MorrillTAKE THE BAIT: Register for the tournament at one of the three participating tackle shops: Surf City Bait and Tackle, Fisherman’s Headquarters or Jingles Bait and…
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News••August 26, 2026
Southern Regional Board Appoints New Member as Field Project Remains on Schedule
With just a week until classes resume within the Southern Regional School District, the board of education last week had a lot on its agenda. But first, it had to fill an open seat.
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News••August 26, 2026
Stafford Township Council Puts Kibosh on Data Centers
In accordance with an amendment to the township code last week, data centers are no longer welcome within Stafford Township.
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News••August 26, 2026
Dredge Pipeline Shifted to Mill Creek Channel
The New Jersey Department of Transportation’s contractor has completed dredging the Beach Haven West Channel as part of an $8.4 million project to improve navigation in the bay waters around the…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 26, 2026
LBIF Applauds Members, Students, Faculty in End-of-Summer Exhibition
A stroll around the main gallery at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies might call to mind (well, a mind of a certain age, anyway) Bell Telephone’s 1979 ad slogan…
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Sports••August 26, 2026
To Begin Next Chapter, Oravets Blazes Path Straight to James Madison
NEW DIRECTION: After four years of helping lead the Southern Regional girls swim team to county and division titles, Sevanah Oravets heads into a collegiate career with incredible focus and an…
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News••August 26, 2026
Bocce Tournament Winds Up 33 Summers
Photo credit: Supplied PhotosThis year as America celebrates its 250th anniversary, in a Beach Haven neighborhood participants marked the 33rd year of the annual bocce tournament. The championship…
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Opinion•August 26, 2026
Antisemitic Language Directed at Teenager Must Be Condemned
The normalization of antisemitic language in our public discourse is not harmless. Words matter. They can create an atmosphere in which hatred becomes easier to express — and, eventually, easier to…
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News••August 26, 2026
NJBPU Advances Statewide Home Batteries Program
The N.J. Board of Public Utilities last week released a conversation starter for the second phase of the Garden State Energy Storage Program, outlining plans for approximately 150 megawatts of…
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Opinion•August 26, 2026
‘Tipping Point’ Passed
We are writing in regard to overdevelopment in Little Egg Harbor and Tuckerton, an area noted for its natural beauty, wetlands and natural resources. Additional development puts a strain on the…
