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•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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•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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•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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•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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•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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•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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•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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•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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•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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•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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•August 21, 2023
Wildflowers Dog Show Supports Friends of Animal Shelter
Spirits weren’t dampened by an afternoon sprinkle at the 22nd annual Wildflowers Dog Show in Barnegat Light to benefit the Friends of the Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter.
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•August 20, 2023
Native Captain Karl Anderson Returns to LBI With Papa’s Pilar Rum
American novelist Ernest Hemingway would not have been able to write his classics had he not lived the adventures himself. Hemingway saw action in World War I, was a great sportsman, international…
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•August 19, 2023
Ship Bottom Mermaid Classic Succeeds as Fun Season Finale
Maggie Bogacz and five of her teammates had just completed possibly the most fun event of any lifeguard tournament in which they had participated, and it wasn’t even for points toward their total…
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•August 18, 2023
Longboard Classic ‘Infinitely Precious,’ Shares Stoke Across Generations
A common refrain heard Saturday at the Alliance for a Living Ocean’s Longboard Classic was “the best day of the summer.” The 68th Street beach in Brant Beach was the site for competitive surfing…
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•August 17, 2023
GoFundMe Started for Maui Victim With LBI Connections
When former Long Beach Island resident Elizabeth Montoya vacationed in Maui, her life took a very positive turn as she met her future husband, a local named Miles LaVoie.
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•August 17, 2023
County Funds Stormwater Projects in Long Beach Township and Manahawkin Lake
The rehabilitation of the Manahawkin Lake dam in Stafford Township and two stormwater drainage improvement projects in Long Beach Township are slated to receive funding under Ocean County’s latest…
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•August 17, 2023
Home-Grown Icon Danny Clinch Sees All, Hears All, Tells All
Danny Clinch brought a glimpse of his famed Transparent Clinch Gallery from Asbury Park to the south end of LBI, with a celebrated pop-up exhibit inside the Ann Coen Gallery on Aug. 12. Ahead of the…
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•August 17, 2023
Ship Bottom Putting Open Space Question on November Ballot
Ship Bottom voters will have an opportunity to cast a ballot this November for or against allowing the governing body to create an open space tax that, if approved, will be used for the acquisition…
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•August 17, 2023
Family Ties Run Deep at Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club’s Down Bay Regatta
Kelly McGlynn loves sailing with her father. Unfortunately, Kevin McGlynn has some bad luck when it comes to getting in or near a boat.
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•August 17, 2023
Volunteer Firefighting Bonds Father, Daughter
Scott and Emily Peraria share more than a last name. They share a commitment to their community and to serving that community as members of the Ship Bottom Volunteer Fire Co.
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•August 17, 2023
Brant Beach Yacht Club Juniors Deliver 40,000 Meals to Fulfill as LBI Gives Together
Every few minutes, a cheer echoed through the main reception space inside Brant Beach Yacht Club. The buzz created by dozens of people working together was loud, but the cheers were louder.
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•August 17, 2023
Follow Along Online as Terrapins Hatch at LBT Field Station
For the next few weeks, volunteers will take turns keeping an eye on the diamondback terrapin hatcheries at the Long Beach Township Field Station, on the bay in Holgate, to make sure all baby turtles…
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•August 15, 2023
Long Beach Township Adopts Ordinance to Dredge Some High Bar Harbor Lagoons
Long Beach Township faced a few voices of opposition at Monday’s Board of Commissioners meeting, but ultimately adopted, on second reading, an ordinance that would allow for the dredging of various…
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•August 14, 2023
Contractors Working Through Final Punch List at New Municipal Complex
The move-in date for the new Ship Bottom municipal complex is expected to be just a few weeks away.
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•August 13, 2023
Recalling My Wild and Free Summer of ’65 on the Island
I turned 15 in 1965 and a completely different side of me emerged. Dr. Jekyll got a run for his money from Mr. Hyde. You just never know …
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•August 12, 2023
Island Native Returns to Shoot Short Film Set in 1970s LBI
It has been said the best art comes from suffering. On the second day Bruce Novotny was directing his first film, “Six Miles at Sea,” on the bay, his legs were covered with greenheads. For eight…
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•August 10, 2023
At Age 100, Herbert Shapiro Takes Stock of LBI Now and Then
When he first laid eyes on Long Beach Island, around age 10, Herbert L. Shapiro saw a lot of wildness: cactuses, blackberries, beach plums, bayberries, cattails and phragmites dominating the wide…
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•August 10, 2023
Little Egg Harbor Aims for Grants to Install Wildlife Tunnels Beneath Great Bay Boulevard
During Little Egg Harbor’s July 13 township committee meeting, the township authorized the submission of an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration…
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•August 10, 2023
Remembering ESPN Hot Summer Nights Programming and Living Our Own Hot Summer
Back in the early ’90s, ESPN used to run a Tuesday-night lineup in the summer called Hot Summer Nights. It had its own graphics – pretty heavily ’80s influenced in colors and aesthetic with a catchy…
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•August 10, 2023
Barnegat Light Race Team Captain Westerberg Calls Foul Over Rules Decision
While Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol celebrated another Island Lifeguard Tournament title and most members of the other patrols began packing up their stuff, Zak Westerberg sat in the sand, facing the…
