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News••January 17, 2024
Imperiale to Serve on Beach Research Panel
A four-year program is underway by researchers from the Stevens Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and Stockton University to study shoreline evolution, current flood mitigation practices…
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Columns••January 17, 2024
How Safe Is Dirigible Flight?
With the christening of the ZR-1 with the name Shenandoah at Lakehurst in the fall of 1923, the nation’s love affair with the American-made dirigible began. As the airship made its early flights…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 17, 2024
PTA Sponsors Barnegat Brawl 2024 on Jan. 20
The Barnegat Elementary Parent Teacher Association will welcome Independent Superstars of Pro Wrestling on Saturday, Jan. 20 at, 7 p.m. in Barnegat High School gym.
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News••January 17, 2024
Pirate’s Day Will Now Be a May Event
People checking out Barnegat Township Recreation Department activities for 2024 will notice a major change as Pirate’s Day will be held on Saturday, May 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Russell…
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Opinion••January 17, 2024
On Beach Haven Governance: Where Do We Go From Here?
This is the time of year to set resolutions, to review the year past and decide what to double down on and what to let go of in the year to come. I always include, as my father taught me, a renewed…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 17, 2024
Grunin Center Offering Chinese Dance and Classical Winds Music This January
The date for the 2024 Chinese Lunar New Year is Saturday, Feb. 10. But it will be celebrated early – on Sunday, Jan. 21 at 1 p.m. – on the main stage of the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts…
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News••January 17, 2024
Federal Funds Secured for Route 72 Improvements
Part of the $10.3 million in federal funds secured by Congressman Jeff Van Drew (R-2nd Dist.) for community projects in southern New Jersey will address safety improvements on Route 72 in Stafford…
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News••January 17, 2024
Congressional Hearing to Take Deep Dive Into Offshore Wind Impact
A year after offshore wind opponents sounded the alarm on the number of humpback whale strandings off the East Coast, two of New Jersey’s congressional leaders are expected to attend a hearing in…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 17, 2024
Barnegat Quakers Present Guitarist in Concert
The Barnegat Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) will present a concert by guitarist Keith Calmes on Sunday, Jan. 21 at at 2 p.m. The concert can be seen in-person at the meeting house, located at…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 17, 2024
Retirement Planning Pitfalls to Be Discussed
Your post-working life will require more adjustments than simply filling time. A large portfolio, estate plan, and long-term care insurance offer no guarantees against financial catastrophes.
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News••January 17, 2024
Beach Haven Junior Firefighters Are Up and Running
In a move to hopefully draw young people interested in joining, the town has started a junior firefighters auxiliary program. An ordinance authorizing the program was adopted by borough council last…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 17, 2024
Sign Up for Blood Donor Drive at LBI Library
The Ocean County Library’s Long Beach Island branch in Surf City, in conjunction with the American Red Cross, invites people to a blood donation drive in its meeting room on Tuesday, Jan. 30 from 1…
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Business••January 17, 2024
Business Notes, Jan. 17
The Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce’s first Women in Business Roundtable of the year will be held Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. at Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven. Associate Artistic…
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Sports••January 17, 2024
Southern Bounces Back Against Toms River East After Tough Loss to CBA
Wherever the Southern Regional wrestling team goes, there’s a target on its back. Last year, a two-point win over Christian Brothers Academy increased the size of that target significantly, and on…
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Sports••January 17, 2024
Barnegat Wrestlers Get Pins Early to Knock Off Rival Pinelands
Through the first few weeks of the season, there’s been a common theme with the Barnegat wrestling team, and it’s this: Most other teams are beatable except those in the Shore Conference Class B…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 17, 2024
Setting the Tone for 2024 With Last Year’s Top Releases
Living legend Bob Dylan has said the purpose of art is to stop time, and the artist is in a perpetual state of becoming. So, before time marches on into 2024, we’re called to celebrate some of the…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 16, 2024
Pinelands Regional Actors Shine Once Again at Governor’s Awards Competition
For the 19th year in a row the actors of Pinelands Regional High School proved to be a force at the Speech and Theatre Association of New Jersey’s annual Governor’s Awards Competition.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 14, 2024
Some Tasty Memories at Beach Haven Library
The Beach Haven Public Library announces a three-part series, “Making Memories With Millie: Vintage Desserts and Great Books,” on Fridays, Jan. 19, Feb. 9 and March 1. All sessions are at 2 p.m.…
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News••January 14, 2024
Henken, Otte, Block Selected Potential Successors to Myhre as Stafford Mayor
Take note, Stafford Township. Carl Block could be the mayor once again.
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News••January 14, 2024
Kanu the Lion a New Resident at Popcorn Park Animal Refuge
Santa delivered a very large package to the Popcorn Park Animal Refuge just a few days before Christmas: On Dec. 19, Kanu the lion was welcomed to the sanctuary, on Humane Way in Forked River, where…
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Columns••January 12, 2024
Old Year Goes Out With Historic Monster Swell; January Wave Train Continues
Well, it has been a minute since the last Liquid Lines. I fully admit that was me picking up my dried-out old fir tree off the bridge last Friday when it bounced out of the bed of my truck (much…
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News••January 11, 2024
Seal Rescued From Surf City Beach Recovering in Brigantine
An injured male harbor seal discovered on a Surf City beach on Christmas Day is on his way to recovery.
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News••January 11, 2024
Councilwomen Reinstalled in Barnegat Light
“Keep women on council” was the theme of this year’s reorganization in the borough of Barnegat Light, as exclaimed by resident, artist and small business owner Jill Belloff after the Jan. 5 meeting…
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News••January 11, 2024
Hartney Raises Traffic Impact Concerns as Causeway Project Resumes
With the new year come new questions about the impact of the final phase of the multi-year Causeway project, this time in Surf City.
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Sports••January 11, 2024
Stellar Sports Year for Many But One Individual Rises Above the Rest
All things were normal in 2023. No more pandemic. No more weird schedules. And no nonsense for many of our local athletic teams and individuals. It was a fun year, to put it simply. Here are the The…
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News••January 11, 2024
Imperiale Era Begins in Harvey Cedars
A new era unfolded in Harvey Cedars Jan. 5 when John M. Imperiale was named mayor, as it marked the first time in more than 30 years that a new person was handed the gavel.
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News••January 11, 2024
Ship Bottom Greenlights LBI School Condemnation Investigation
The Ship Bottom Borough Council recently authorized the borough land use board to begin a preliminary investigation into whether the Long Beach Island Grade School property qualifies as an area for…
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News••January 11, 2024
Rutgers Researchers Observe Unusual Ocean Conditions
Two Rutgers University scientists recently discussed the possible implications of their findings last summer of low dissolved oxygen and pH off the New Jersey coast, which concurred with numerous…
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News••January 11, 2024
State’s Beach-Nesting Birds Struggled in 2023, Conserve Wildlife Reports
2023 was a challenging year for New Jersey’s beach-nesting birds. According to Todd Pover, senior wildlife biologist with Conserve Wildlife Foundation, “Most of the species fared poorly on a…
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News••January 11, 2024
Stafford Democrats Anticipate Busy Year
As the Democratic Club of Stafford Township plans ahead for 2024, its first item of business is to join area clubs in supporting the 2nd District congressional candidates in the New Jersey Primary…
