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Arts & Entertainment••August 30, 2023
Get Creative With Coffee at Three Library Branches
The worldwide popularity of coffee has yielded new flavor combinations and methods that offer a savory experience far beyond the old “cuppa joe.”
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Opinion•August 30, 2023
Vote for Problem Solver
Deciding on and voting for candidates of your choice are hallmarks of our democracy. The arrival of Labor Day suggests we in Harvey Cedars are coming close to decision time. All three of our…
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Opinion•August 30, 2023
Hero Donor
Last week a very dear friend of ours lost a relative who was unfortunately involved in an automobile accident. I did not know this person, but I now place her in my hero column along with so many…
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Sports••August 30, 2023
Stop Drop and Run in Barnegat Sept. 2
The Barnegat Township Volunteer Fire Co. invites runners of all ages and levels to its 11th annual Stop Drop and Run on Saturday, Sept. 2, starting at 8 a.m. The event will start and finish at the…
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Opinion•August 30, 2023
Parents, Put Down Your Phones, Watch Kids Carefully in Water
Four weeks ago I headed to the beach with my wife, daughter and 2-year-old grandson. We settled on a spot close to the ocean as it was close to low tide. We were also a good 150 feet away from the…
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News••August 30, 2023
Ship Bottom to Consider Electric Bike Regulations
As the summer season on Long Beach Island begins its annual winding down, there is mounting concern in Ship Bottom over bicycle and pedestrian safety, despite there being no serious accidents…
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Opinion•August 30, 2023
Dredging Explained
I am writing regarding inaccuracies in the article titled “Long Beach Township Adopts Ordinance to Dredge Some High Bar Harbor Lagoons.”
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Opinion•August 30, 2023
Sincere Appreciation
The Women’s Auxiliary of Surf City Volunteer Fire Co. #1 and EMS recently conducted our annual Auction and Flea Market. It is with sincere appreciation that we would like to recognize and thank our…
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Sports••August 30, 2023
Southern Regional Not Going NJ ‘Choice’ Despite Inquiries
While the last Southern Regional School Board of Education meeting of the summer produced very little in the way of earth-shattering information, Superintendent Craig Henry provided a recommendation…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 30, 2023
Late Summer Outings Abound at Bass River State Forest
With the dog days of summer cooling down, September offers cool, crisp weather to enjoy in nature. Fortunately, Bass River State Forest is offering a variety of free events for the whole family to…
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Sports••August 30, 2023
Pinelands Eyes Another Solid Campaign After ‘Huge Step Forward’
At the end of last year’s football season, Pinelands Regional High School head coach John Tierney had nothing but good things to say about his program. With good reason – the Wildcats finished 7-4…
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News••August 29, 2023
Mock Boat Accident Helps First Responders Prepare for Real Thing
A 10-year-old boy suffered internal injuries after the boat he was a passenger in struck a sandbar just off Barnegat Light on Aug. 16, also injuring his parents and grandparents. Or so went the…
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Sports••August 28, 2023
Top Two From Last Year Trade Places in Annual Dog Day Race
Runners who are often at the front of the field typically get to know each other a little. Such was the case with Max Manganiello and Eric Reitinger during last year’s Dog Day Road Race, which…
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News••August 27, 2023
Fantasy Island to Host September Fireworks Shows
At an agenda meeting last week, the Beach Haven Borough Council approved a fireworks show for Fantasy Island Amusement Park on Saturday, Sept. 2.
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Sports••August 26, 2023
Haven Beach Club Grabs Momentum Early, Carries It Through to Second Straight Title
In “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” the Whos in Whoville were singing a happy song when the sun rose on Christmas morning, despite the Grinch’s best efforts to stop Christmas from coming.
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News••August 25, 2023
Gliding Squadrons: The Story of New Jersey’s Increasing Brown Pelican Numbers
If you were on an LBI beach some 10 or 20 years ago, and saw out of the corner of your eye a large bird of prey fly straight down, essentially dive bombing off the beach, you were likely a bit…
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Sports••August 24, 2023
Bloody Hands, Greenheads, Nothing: Discussions Vary Through 5 Miles
Some may wonder what goes through the mind of a rower through the course of a 5-mile race in a bay. But for the Barnegat Bay Challenge on Aug. 21, the initial question centered on what some of the…
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News••August 24, 2023
Community Shares Memories, Bids Farewell to Iconic Surf Shop
Surfers have a custom called a paddle-out, as a way to say goodbye when someone has passed. It’s a subcultural tradition many decades old in which friends and family paddle out into the ocean, a…
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News••August 24, 2023
Celebrity Wedding Draws Swarm of Swifties to Beach Haven
While celebrity sightings are not unusual during the summer on Long Beach Island, the phenomenon was taken to a whole new level with last weekend’s appearance of pop megastar Taylor Swift in Beach…
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News••August 24, 2023
Offshore Wind Fight Headed to Next Legal Level
Two federal agencies and both wind energy companies with lease areas off the coast of the Jersey Shore want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit looking to block offshore surveying in the New Jersey…
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News••August 24, 2023
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Event Will Mark a Finale This Year
Matthew Stipicevic and Luke Pennisi were just 8 years old when they set up their Alex’s Lemonade Stand at the Surf City Fishery in Ship Bottom in 2014. They will be doing it again at the same…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 24, 2023
Three Comics, Hundreds of Laughs at Surflight on Aug. 28
If you plan on attending the final Comedy Night of the summer at Beach Haven’s Surflight Theatre at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 28, you may want to look your best.
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Opinion•August 24, 2023
Not Basic Objects
Re: “Out of Sight” (8/16) by Andy Matthews – let me put your wind turbine theory to rest. While you cite the National Weather Service that “basic objects on the horizon get lost beyond 10 miles,”…
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Opinion•August 24, 2023
LBI Wish List
As a longtime owner and summer resident of LBI, I have the following wishes for the Island:
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Opinion••August 24, 2023
Beach Treasure: Our Biggest Sand Dollar Yet
Every weekend you will spot my wife, Megan Smith, and me searching for sand dollars on the 84th Street beach in Brighton Beach, but on Aug. 13, my wife came up with her best find, as far as sand…
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Opinion•August 24, 2023
Misinformed Letter
All Andy Matthews’ letter titled “Out of Sight” (8/16) proves is that he knows how to calculate the length of the sides of a right triangle. He totally fails to account for the fact that the wind…
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Opinion•August 24, 2023
Thank You, Lifesavers
My family and I were on LBI for our annual two-week vacation in the middle of July in Beach Haven Crest on 75th Street. One afternoon, my son and his three preteen children were in the water after 5…
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Opinion•August 24, 2023
Unnecessary Tax
An open space tax in Ship Bottom would be a solution to a problem that has already been solved.
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Opinion•August 24, 2023
Mixed Advice
The letter headlined “Don’t Stop” in your Aug. 9 edition gives both bad and good advice.
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Business••August 24, 2023
Denny Wong Collections at Island Sun Raise Donations for Maui
Works of jewelry art were especially captivating at Island Sun in Beach Haven when customers learned technique from the award-winning designer, Denny Wong, in person on Aug. 14.
