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•March 21, 2024
Van Drew Secures Funding for Little Egg Harbor Safety Improvements
A close relationship between Little Egg Harbor Township and Congressman Jeff Van Drew has, so far, paid off in spades.
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•March 21, 2024
Garden Club Participates in Beach Sweep
Candy wrappers, soda straws, coffee cups and construction boxes were found among a substantial amount of debris recently cleared up by members of the Garden Club of Long Beach Island.
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•March 21, 2024
Whale of a Use for AI: Commercial Fishermen Might Have No Choice
I’ve frequently been referencing artificial intelligence, knowing full well it is quickly altering the world for good … or possibly for bad.
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•March 21, 2024
Barnegat Light Revisits Boat Ramp Issues, and Town Budget
For a beach wedding this June, Barnegat Light will allow an exception to the borough code that expressly prohibits campfires on the oceanfront at any time.
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•March 18, 2024
Overnight Lane Closures on Route 72 This Week
For the second time in three days, the N.J. Department of Transportation’s contractor for the final phase of the multi-year, federally funded Causeway project is closing lanes overnight on Route 72…
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•March 18, 2024
Technical Side of Tadpole Bubbles Revealed in Filled Vernal Ponds; Scallops Dangerously Jumpy Amid Turbine Build
How about that weekend wind-whacking!? It blew me away, almost literally.
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•March 17, 2024
Sea Level Rise, Sinking Land Threaten Jersey Shore
For several years, Kenneth G. Miller, a distinguished professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Rutgers University, taught a course titled “Should I Sell My Shore House?” and –…
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•March 16, 2024
Outdoor Dining Debate on Menu as Restaurants Struggle to Survive
On the surface, last month’s Surf City Land Use Board meeting was just that – a meeting about land usage in the borough. In actuality, it showcased the dichotomy of a changing business model for…
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•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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•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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•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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•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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•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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•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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•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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•March 12, 2024
Coast Guard, Good Samaritans Rescue Crew of Commercial Fishing Vessel
Four mariners were rescued by crews from U.S. Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light and good Samaritans on Feb. 27 after their commercial fishing vessel, Monica, became disabled roughly 85 miles off the…
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•March 11, 2024
Ship Bottom Explores Adding Traffic Light at 31st Street to Help Bicycle Flow
Stencils painted on the sidewalks alerting bicycles of a dismount zone between 28th and 31st streets in Ship Bottom will not be the only change coming to the area, if a study determines there’s…
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•March 10, 2024
One Hundred Days ’Til Whenever, Countdown to Forever
I don’t remember exactly who said it recently – I’m sure there were several folks who mentioned, both out loud and on social media – “100 days until Memorial Day.”
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•March 9, 2024
Heater/AC Unit Suspected of Starting Fire Inside Oxycocus School Building
Editor’s Note: The original report was changed Sunday evening to include updated information with regard to opening the building to students and staff.
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•March 7, 2024
American Pickers Looking for Hidden Treasure This April
Calling all collectors and history enthusiasts! The American Pickers are traveling through on the hunt for leads throughout New Jersey.
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•March 7, 2024
Downtown Harvey Cedars Has New, Improved Look
The Streetscape initiative in Harvey Cedars, which began several years ago with a suggestion from then private resident and current borough commissioner Joe Gieger, is now coming to fruition, with…
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•March 7, 2024
DEP Forest Fire Service Amplifies Annual Prescribed Burning Program
The state Department of Environmental Protection Forest Fire Service’s annual prescribed burning program is ramping up as part of a proactive strategy to mitigate the risk of more frequent and…
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•March 7, 2024
New Drainage System Connected, Expected to Reduce Flooding in Ship Bottom
With nearly a week of anticipated rain in the extended forecast, there’s good news related to the final phase of the Causeway project in Ship Bottom.
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•March 7, 2024
Barnegat High School A Capella Group Makes Strides
As a music major at Millersville University in Pennsylvania, Noah Manno helped lead its a capella group Chromatic to various college-level championships. A 2023 graduate in music education and vocal…
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•March 7, 2024
Sweet Cacophony of Spring Peepers; Explaining Causeway Project Project’s Slow-Go; Pacific Whales Amid ‘Marine Heatwave’
It was still officially February when this year’s emergence of wonderfully rambunctious spring peeper frogs began their annual cascade of calls. I took in a number of locales where peepers were…
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•March 7, 2024
Henrich Captures Second State Crown as Six Southern Regional Boys Grab Top-Four Spots
Throughout this season, Matt Henrich had a target on his back as a defending state champion. It didn’t matter. The Southern Regional senior was on a mission to go out on top.
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•March 5, 2024
Ocean County WWII Vet Honored With Quilt of Valor
Last Friday, one of the nation’s last remaining World War II veterans, 98-year-old Bernard “Bernie” Foy, of Whiting, was honored with a Quilt of Valor. Foy’s quilt was presented by the newly formed…
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•March 4, 2024
Peregrine Falcon Future Continues to Look Up
It’s no surprise to hear that peregrine falcons have made a remarkable recovery since being extirpated from New Jersey in the mid-1960s. From the cliffs of the Palisades to bridges and buildings in…
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•March 3, 2024
Southern Regional’s Henrich Captures Second State Title, Mason Grabs Runner-Up Spot
Throughout this season, Matt Henrich had a target on his back as a defending state champion. It didn’t matter. The Southern Regional senior was on a mission to go out on top.
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•March 1, 2024
Pennsylvania Woman Guilty in 2021 Surf City Double Homicide
Following a nearly monthlong trial, the Pennsylvania woman charged in the double homicide of her father and his longtime companion at his Surf City bayfront home in September 2021 has been found…
