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•December 25, 2020
Give a Gift of Good Memories – in a Year We’d Like to Forget
This Christmas will be like none we’ve ever seen before and I pray we will never see again. But it is also a time when we should remember and share with our loved ones all the wonderful memories of…
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•December 24, 2020
Local Hospital Workers Among First to Receive Pfizer Vaccine
Last Thursday, Southern Ocean Medical Center began doling out its first supply of COVID-19 vaccines to healthcare workers and, in just three days, over 220 team members have received the vaccine.
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•December 23, 2020
Hotel LBI Owner Fined $1.49 Million for CAFRA Violations
The state Department of Environmental Protection has fined the owner of Hotel LBI, the 102-room hotel just off the Causeway in Ship Bottom, $1.49 million for continued noncompliance of the Coastal…
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•December 22, 2020
Plastic Bags Officially Unbanned in Stafford; Councilman Decries Masks, Other COVID Restrictions
Single-use plastic shopping bags are allowed once again in Stafford, at least as long as New Jersey is under a state of emergency or until the state’s stricter ban on plastics and polystyrene goes…
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•December 20, 2020
The Badlees, Led By Pete Palladino, Named to Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame
The roots rock band The Badlees, born decades ago out of the music department at Mansfield University and fronted by Pete Palladino of Manahawkin, has been named to the Central Pennsylvania Music…
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•December 19, 2020
Biologist Reports Successful Season for Piping Plovers
Conserve Wildlife Foundation staff continue assessing the results of the 2020 breeding season for beach nesting birds – specifically the highly endangered piping plovers – long after they have made…
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•December 18, 2020
Deer Hunters Have Long Tradition in West Creek
Bub Johnson of Little Egg Harbor Township is one of 20 deer hunters belonging to the Little Eagle Gunning Club off Stafford Forge Road in Eagleswood Township. On Wednesday, Dec. 9, with two days of…
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•December 17, 2020
Santa Claus Is Coming to LBI
If ever there was a year that Santa would understand a little pouting, it’s this one. However, his appearance on LBI leading up to the big day is just one reason to turn that frown upside down. On…
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•December 17, 2020
Contract Awarded for Final Phase of Causeway Project
The N.J. Department of Transportation awarded a more than $30 million contract to C.J. Hesse for the final phase of the multi-million-dollar federally funded Causeway rehabilitation and expansion…
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•December 17, 2020
NJ Sierra Club Opposes Dry Cask Expansion at Former Nuclear Plant Site
The New Jersey Sierra Club is speaking out against the proposed expansion of the dry cask storage pad at the defunct Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station ahead of a planned in-person meeting of…
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•December 17, 2020
Van Drew Supported Texas Effort to Overthrow 2020 Election Results
Last December Rep. Jeff Van Drew, who represents New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes all of Southern Ocean County except half of Stafford Township and all of Barnegat Township…
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•December 17, 2020
Striped Bass Selfies Being Targeted by Bassarian; Poachers Can’t Escape Wildlife Violators Compact
As 2020 begins its much-hoped-for exit, a pop analysis indicates the Island is, indeed, more crowded than in Decembers past. To a burdensome degree, as some feared? That remains to be seen in a…
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•December 17, 2020
Gesicki Snags Pair of Tagovailoa Touchdown Passes During Loss to Chiefs
Going by Sunday’s clash with the Kansas City Chiefs, Mike Gesicki is quickly becoming a prominent target for Miami Dolphins rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
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•December 17, 2020
Ocean County Prepared to Weather the Winter
When the weather forecast turns to predictions of snow, ice, wintry mix or nor’easters, Ocean County road crews, buildings and grounds and other departments have already worked to be ready for…
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•December 15, 2020
Learning the Mumblese Dialect; When Fishing Had No Impact on Fishes
I utilize the English language to the nth degree, professionally. Now, I’m being stunningly alerted to the fact I’m not nearly as adept as I thought at comprehending it, so to speak. It seems I’m…
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•December 14, 2020
So Many Coyote Experts; Big Swells to Kick Off Winter
If anyone is interested, I have a fantastic holiday gift idea. There’s always one person on your list who is never in need of anything.
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•December 13, 2020
LBT Construction Department Coordinates $7,200 Donation to St. Francis Food Pantry
’Tis the season for giving and, as such, the Long Beach Township construction department continued its tradition of donating to the food pantry at the St. Francis Community Center in Brant Beach.
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•December 12, 2020
Manahawkin Woman ‘Scales’ 100 Years With Service, Strength and Determination
In 1920, women in the U.S. were given the right to vote, Warren Harding was elected the 29th president, movies were silent and televisions didn’t yet exist, the American Civil Liberties Union was…
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•December 11, 2020
Mia Cucina Sauces Have Famous Family Connections
His buddy called him “Maestro” for the way he orchestrated the ingredients to 100-gallon batches of marinara sauces.
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•December 10, 2020
LBI Fifth-Grader All Business When It Comes to Giving Back
When Richie Southwick dreams, he dreams big. His dream of owning his own sport fishing boat led him, at age 10, to launch Bunker Broz, a clothing line that is rooted in his love of the water and Long…
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•December 10, 2020
Holiday House Decorator Has a Charitable Side
Traffic on Grace Place in Barnegat Township usually slows down this time of year during the evening. That’s because drivers are taking their time viewing the elaborate Christmas display in front of…
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•December 10, 2020
Stafford Cops Apprehend Grinch, Save Christmas
A suspect in a series of Christmas-related thefts around Stafford Township has been identified as none other than The Grinch. Police have apprehended the yuletide villain and saved Christmas.
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•December 10, 2020
Simply Sunni: Pinelands Senior DiElmo Grows Into Solid, Positive Leader
The story behind Sunni DiElmo’s name is an interesting one.
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•December 10, 2020
For Two Giant Schnauzers, Nose Work Is Good Work and Play, Anytime
In any kind of specialized canine training, the bond between dog and handler is stronger than companionship. They share a wavelength; they’re sympatico, partners.
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•December 7, 2020
Stafford Makes Moves to Lift Plastic Bag Ban for Duration of State of Emergency
With a new state plastic waste law taking effect in May 2022 and consideration of business hardships due to the pandemic, Stafford Township introduced an ordinance to repeal its plastic bag ban at…
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•December 6, 2020
Tips for Safe Holiday Decorating
Lighted Christmas trees in the windows of Ocean Boulevard homes on Long Beach Island on a Monday morning brightened the bleakness of the rain and wind under a sunless sky and a year dominated by…
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•December 5, 2020
Don’t Be Scared of Coyotes; Scare the Coyotes
I’m a member of the Little Egg Foundation and head of its local Project IMMA, the Island Mammal Monitoring Association. I have been actively monitoring, filming and collecting data on LBI’s wild…
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•December 4, 2020
Girl Scouts Join Project Linus for the Holidays
With the holidays approaching, eight Girl Scouts from Troop 127, in Manahawkin, put their minds together and devised a community service project that is compliant with COVID-19 guidelines.
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•December 3, 2020
Here’s Looking at You, Mister Coyote; the Littering Ways of Shotgun Shells
I know I do the LBI coyote thing to death, though hopefully not to the death of ’yotes. There are plenty of them going to Wiley heaven via hunters around the state, most of whom kill coyotes for…
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•December 3, 2020
Artificial Reef Project Is a Go Off Beach Haven
An artificial reef project initiated by the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association is expected to begin this week with the sinking of four vessels on Little Egg Reef, located approximately 5 miles…
