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Arts & Entertainment••June 5, 2024
Explore Coastal Wetlands With Alice McEnerney Cook
Representational landscape painter Alice McEnerney Cook is a full-time exhibiting artist whose work is found at the m.t. burton gallery in Surf City. Her main medium is oils, her preferred method en…
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Sports••June 5, 2024
St. Joseph a Little Too Much for Pinelands Regional in Sectional Final
To reach the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 2 final two consecutive years takes a lot of hard work, commitment and solid play throughout a season. But when your program is just four years old…
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Opinion•June 5, 2024
Alarming Lack of Info
As a long-term LBI resident who was impacted by the destruction caused by Superstorm Sandy, I am concerned about new predictions that the country will have an increase this year in more powerful…
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Business••June 5, 2024
Mermaid Ale Wins Gold; Crafts, Workshops at Reynolds; Check Out Smudging, Pickleball, Vendor Fairs; AtlantiCare Prioritizes LGBTQ+ Patients’ Care
Ship Bottom Brewery of Beach Haven earned a gold medal for Mermaid Blonde Ale in the Golden/Blonde Ale category at the World Beer Cup in Las Vegas, Nev. on April 24.
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Business••June 5, 2024
Beach Haven Chamber Initiates Paid Parking Survey
The Beach Haven Chamber of Commerce is asking local businesses for their thoughts on the possibility of paid parking on Taylor Avenue in the lots west of Bay Village and Schooner’s Wharf.
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Opinion•June 5, 2024
Carving His Role
Malcolm Robinson, a decoy carver from Little Egg Harbor who lives in the Sunrise Bay community, deserves congratulations after receiving an Ocean County Lifetime Achievement Award. He was nominated…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 5, 2024
Redbird’s Folk Set Soars at Joe Pop’s Shore Bar
As the sun began its slow descent beyond the coastline, and a warm and gentle breeze took the place of an otherwise humid day, patrons of Joe Pop’s Shore Bar and Restaurant brought in the start of…
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Columns••June 5, 2024
Unseeable Drivers’ Day in the Sun; Shocking ‘Unknowns’ Within Final Statement on Turbines
I’m in the dark about window tinting on vehicles in N.J. Quite obviously, the number of fully “blacked out” vehicles has skyrocketed.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 5, 2024
Art Notes, June 6
Buy, Buy, Love: The sixth annual Beach Haven Art Walk is Saturday, June 8, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fine art, music and community are the themes of the day as vendors line the sidewalks through the…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 5, 2024
Music Festival Season Has Arrived, Don‘t Forget the Essentials
Finally, a beautiful summer weekend, sans rain, to usher in June after a wishy washy spring. As this column was written from an outdoor concert on a Friday night, knocking on wood or some other…
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News••June 5, 2024
Long Beach Township Lauds Police Promotions
Following the promotion of former captain Ed Bernhard to the role of chief of the Long Beach Township Police Department, three other officers ascended to new ranks, while a fourth was hired to join…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 5, 2024
Festival of the Sea Gearing Up for Earlier Summer Dates
Mark the calendars for the July 4th holiday week: The Festival of the Sea has new dates – Tuesday, July 2, through Saturday, July 6 – and all-new attractions for 2024. Don’t miss this summer…
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Sports••June 5, 2024
Eberlin, Cahill, Goodwin Carry Pinelands Tennis Team Through Fierce Battle With Seneca
To win at tournament time, a good closer is a must. But equally important is the setup man. In the case of the Pinelands Regional boys tennis team on May 29, it needed setup men to keep its hopes…
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News••June 5, 2024
Beach Haven Signs Off on $15.4 Million Budget
At its May 30 agenda meeting, the Beach Haven Borough Council adopted a 2024 municipal budget of $15,435,861, approximately $140,000 less than last year’s spending plan.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 5, 2024
Register Now for Pinelands Summer Short Course on June 28
From fungi to reptiles, orchids to agriculture, “this year’s Pinelands Summer Short Course offers a diverse lineup of presentations that will educate and inspire,” notes Pinelands Commission…
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Opinion••June 5, 2024
Overweight? Forgetful? Tired of TV Drug Commercials!?
I want to begin by saying I have no medical training whatsoever. The only thing I know about medicine is taking it when prescribed and applying Band Aids when needed.
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News••June 5, 2024
Friends of Beach Haven Gathering Momentum
Friends of Beach Haven is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was established in the beginning of 2024 with a goal to support the local community and aimed to improve public parks and places…
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Opinion•June 5, 2024
Shared Stories
Recently I had the privilege to listen to two amazing American stories. My soon to be 100-year-old Aunt Mary reluctantly moved from her house of over 30 years to assisted living recently. Aunt Mary…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 5, 2024
Jonah Tolchin
STYLE: An indie folk fusion of American roots and electric blues.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 5, 2024
Meet Housemaid Series Author McFadden Online
Do you love those shadowy fictional tales with more unexpected turns than a mega-roller coaster? Buckle up for an Ocean County Library Virtual Author Talk with the “Queen of Twists,” Freida McFadden…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 5, 2024
Holy Innocents’ Presenting Capital Singers
The Capital Singers of Trenton close out the spring concert series hosted by Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church in Beach Haven on Sunday, June 9 at 4 p.m. Admission is free, but donations are…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 5, 2024
‘Drugs 101’ Discussed at Lacey Library
Illicit drugs infest all parts of the world. Do you know which of them plague Ocean County? Are you, or is someone you know, vulnerable? Raise your awareness of menaces masquerading as medicine…
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Opinion•June 5, 2024
Wrong Impression
Regarding your May 23 article “Temporary Relief for Outdoor Dining Approved in Surf City,” I fear readers were left with the impression that earlier in the year the land use board denied the Surf…
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Sports••June 5, 2024
Southern Regional Sprinter Runs State’s Third-Fastest 100-Meter Time of Season
Southern Regional junior Cole Cramer set the 100-meter dash on fire May 31, recording New Jersey’s third-fastest time of the season. Unfortunately, the guy with the second-fastest time competed in…
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Sports••June 5, 2024
Southern Regional Falls to Old Bridge in Thrilling Sectional Title Clash
The deep-seated feud between the Southern Regional boys volleyball program and Old Bridge added perhaps its most complex and dramatic chapter yet on June 3.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 5, 2024
Interesting Mix of Competitive Narrative Features at 2024 LIFF
One of the great things about the Lighthouse International Film Festival’s competitive films is that audiences get to vote for which competitive documentary and what competitive narrative they think…
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Sports••June 4, 2024
Pinelands Flag Football Squad Takes Aim at Conference Crown
A perfect regular season, the top seed in the divisional playoffs, and several players among the state’s stats leaders. It doesn’t get much better than that for the Pinelands Regional girls flag…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 4, 2024
Gear Up for Big Birthday Bash at Stafford Founders Day
On Saturday, June 8, Stafford Township residents and anybody else in Southern Ocean County are invited to gather for the town’s 60th Founders Day festivities to wish their beloved town a happy 275th…
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News••June 3, 2024
Residents Schooled in Condemnation Process as Hearing Pushed to July
Calling the relationship between Ship Bottom officials and their LBI Consolidated School District counterparts over the last decade adversarial, resident Jeff Miller told the borough’s land use board…
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News••June 2, 2024
New Season, New Look for Harvey Cedars’ Sunset Park
Earlier this year, the borough of Harvey Cedars sold a buildable lot it owned and immediately passed a resolution dedicating $750,000 of the proceeds for improvements in Sunset Park, with a plan to…
