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Arts & Entertainment••March 15, 2024
Lessons Youngsters Learn Through Sailing Are Beneficial and Can Last a Lifetime
Given today’s technology-driven world, the benefits of outdoor activities are paramount in the development of children. And while options abound – from organized sports such as lacrosse or softball…
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••March 15, 2024
Surfrider Foundation Chapter Bringing Mission to LBI
Several weekends this past fall and winter Alliance for a Living Ocean has worked with the Surfrider Foundation’s Jersey Shore Chapter on beach cleanups and dune grass planting. It’s been a great…
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News••March 14, 2024
Beach Haven Salvage Captain Receives Meritorious Service Award for Rescue Work
It doesn’t take a long conversation with TowBoatUS Beach Haven Capt. Rick Ellenberg to understand how much he loves what he does and perhaps, more significantly, how important doing it correctly and…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 14, 2024
LIFS Screening Documentary About a Modern-Day Jonah
The Lighthouse International Film Society will screen the full-length feature “In the Whale” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 15 at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, located at…
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News••March 14, 2024
Surf City Is First on LBI to Use Drone for Beach Safety
The gulls no longer have the best bird’s eye view of the churning Atlantic Ocean in Surf City, thanks to the use of a drone that allows the beach patrol to scope out beach and water conditions daily…
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Sports••March 14, 2024
Southern Regional Junior Sprinter Sizzles at Nike Indoor Nationals
With the high school winter sports season officially winding down, a pair of Southern Regional track runners took one last opportunity to compete, this time not locally or regionally, but on national…
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News••March 14, 2024
Smoke Shop Break-In Investigated in Beach Haven
Pauline D’Andrea came upon a disturbing sight when arriving at her Olde Tyme Smoke Shoppe at 213 North Bay Ave. in Beach Haven this past Saturday morning.
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News••March 14, 2024
Waves of Strength Hits the Pool for Kids With Special Needs
For each of the six times the locally based surfing nonprofit Waves of Strength has run its event on the beach in Long Beach Township, there have been throngs of beachgoers, the smell of saltwater…
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News••March 14, 2024
New Aquaculture Apprenticeship Program Pitched to Local Students
Gavin Palamara knew a little about aquaculture prior to sitting in on an informational seminar detailing a new internship program being rolled out this summer. Following the Feb. 22 introduction to…
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News••March 14, 2024
Stafford Approves Plan for Self-Storage Facility Near McKinley Avenue
A big question arose during the Stafford Township zoning board meeting on March 6, and it simply came down to what sort of commercial building board members, and nearby residents, were willing to…
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News••March 14, 2024
Tuckerton Mayor, Councilman Participate in Read Across America
Councilman Brian Martin spoke about his experience with fifth-graders at Tuckerton Elementary School during Read Across America Week. Both he and Mayor Sue Marshall read to students at the school.…
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News••March 14, 2024
Little Egg Harbor Residents Protest Proposed Restaurant, Banquet Facility
Little Egg Harbor residents showed up en masse to the March 7 township planning board meeting in protest of a proposed restaurant, bar and banquet facility that would be located at Route 539 and Frog…
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Business••March 14, 2024
Stewart’s Root Beer Revamps Menu
Stewart’s Root Beer is gearing up for its second season under the ownership of proprietors Chuck and Marcella Klein, who have made it a point to keep its old-world values intact. However, in direct…
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Opinion•March 13, 2024
Wrong Direction
A comparison of more than three years of data collected during the Biden administration with data of his predecessor reveals many interesting facts. First, we hear and read almost daily how…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 13, 2024
Free Silver Linings Seniors Workshop Returning to Tuckerton April 6
Spring is well on its way, heralding in the return of the Silver Linings Senior Workshop, a free health and wellness event hosted by the First Presbyterian Church of Tuckerton. Now in its third year…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 13, 2024
Lines on the Pines
Artists, Artisans and Authors Gather To Showcase Skills at Annual Event
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News••March 13, 2024
Meadowedge Club Now Calls Firehouse Home
A program in Barnegat Township for adults with special needs has moved into its new home in a room at the Barnegat Volunteer Fire Co. headquarters on Birdsall Street.
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News••March 13, 2024
Two Men Charged With Aggravated Arson for Jan. 8 Blaze in LEH
Thomas Lester, 20, of Tuckerton, and Ethan Salter, 19, of Little Egg Harbor Township, have each been charged with aggravated arson, conspiracy to commit aggravated arson, arson, burglary, conspiracy…
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News••March 13, 2024
Stafford Township School District Expects Another Cut to State Aid
The Stafford Township School District recently took another hit from the New Jersey Department of Education by way of a state aid reduction. Fortunately, it’s not nearly as harsh as the one the…
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News••March 13, 2024
Exelon Says High Atlantic City Electric Bills Due to Winter Cold
Many Atlantic City Electric customers, upset about a huge increase in their January and February energy bills, have been complaining on social media sites, to municipal officials, and with calls to…
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News••March 13, 2024
Barnegat Township Bringing Back Rent Leveling
After dissolving it late last year, the Barnegat Township Committee is reinstituting the rent leveling board. An ordinance to authorize the move was introduced at its March 5 meeting and a public…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 13, 2024
Art Notes, March 13
How It’s Made: Barnegat resident and North Beach Haven vacationer Anna Continos has published her second children’s book, called The Naughty Seagull: A Sea Glass Journey, available at Things A Drift…
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News••March 13, 2024
Kim Versus Murphy Senate Race Turning Into Humdinger
New Jersey doesn’t hold its primaries this year until June 4, which means Joe Biden and Donald Trump will likely have their nominations already locked up for months, making the state’s votes…
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News••March 13, 2024
Parking, Pickleball/Tennis Fee Ordinances Introduced in Beach Haven
An ordinance introduced by the Beach Haven Borough Council at its March 11 meeting will prohibit parallel parking on the west side of Delaware Avenue from Taylor Avenue to Fifth Street.
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Arts & Entertainment••March 13, 2024
Reynolds Foundation Plans ‘Bunny Hop’ Event
Veterans Memorial Park in Beach Haven will be the site of the inaugural Reynolds Family Foundation’s “Bunny Hop” 5K run and 1-mile fun run/walk on Saturday, March 30. Registration begins at 7:30…
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Business••March 13, 2024
Jetty Design Director Lisa Joseph’s New Women’s Collection Is Beachy, Versatile
She’s busy. Not just busy – active. Outdoors, on the waves or in the woods, on a job site or in an office, running errands or a household, catching up with family and friends, taking care of pets…
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Sports••March 13, 2024
Southern Regional Senior Is Proof Drive, Application Lead to Success
Five days removed from climbing up to the third position on the medals podium inside Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, next to Delbarton’s Vincent Lee and Rumson-Fair Haven’s Hudson Skove, Collin…
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Opinion•March 13, 2024
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…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 13, 2024
‘Reclaiming Our Quaker Voice’ Is Zoom Topic
The Barnegat Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) will go transatlantic for its next Zoom presentation on Sunday, March 17 at 1 p.m.
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News••March 13, 2024
Retiring Police Chief Germain Receives Accolades
As his last day on the job approached, Barnegat Township Police Chief Keith Germain received accolades at the March 5 township committee meeting.
