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•February 23, 2023
Pharo Becomes First Pinelands Regional Freshman to Win District Championship
Wyatt Pharo wasn’t a wrestler until last year, as an eighth-grader. Interestingly, despite having little to no criteria, along with 12 losses, the Pinelands Regional freshman originally was given the…
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•February 23, 2023
Learn Something New at Tuckerton Seaport
The Tuckerton Seaport and Baymen’s Museum is not waiting for warmer temperatures to get the community active and engaged in both fun and learning. There is no time like the present to learn a little…
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•February 21, 2023
Barnegat Cheer Squad Rises to Take Third Place at UCA Nationals
It’s no small feat for any competition cheer squad to reach the Universal Cheerleaders Association National Championships. Months of preparation, withstanding injuries and recovery times, and…
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•February 20, 2023
We Must Do Our Civic Duty and Watch for UAOs; Their Bills Can Hold More Than Their Bellies Can
I’m compelled by the news of the day to reveal a revered life slogan: Never say things can’t get any weirder.
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•February 19, 2023
Is Tuckerton Blazing Trail for Cannabis in Southern Ocean County?
At Tuckerton borough’s Feb. 6 council meeting, Councilman Keith Vreeland mentioned the borough was in the beginning of discussions regarding business zoning, with some residents in attendance ready…
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•February 18, 2023
Barnegat Girls Bowling Squad Scores Second Straight Sectional Crown
The Barnegat High School girls bowling team last winter added a third NJSIAA sectional championship banner to the gymnasium’s wall. It hangs right next to the ones captured by the boys swimming and…
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•February 17, 2023
Residents Literally Have Stake Against Pickleball
At the suggestion of Beach Haven Borough Engineer Frank Little, the borough placed wooden stakes in the ground at the Nelson Avenue park field to mark the outlines where six additional pickleball…
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•February 16, 2023
Compromise Is Music to Ears of Outdoor Tunes Proponents
While it’s still winter on the calendar, the February meeting of the Surf City Borough Council looked and felt a lot like summer. Early chatter among attendees was almost exclusively about keeping…
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•February 16, 2023
State Forest Fire Service Prescribed Burning Underway
The N.J. Forest Fire Service has begun its annual controlled burns to reduce undergrowth and other forest floor materials that have the potential to fuel wildfires, Department of Environmental…
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•February 16, 2023
Southern Regional Grad’s ‘Voices in Garden’ Documents NJ Poetry Scene for PBS’ ‘Here’s The Story’
“Voices in the Garden” is a yearlong exploration of New Jersey’s robust poetry scene, produced by former Manahawkin resident and Southern Regional High School graduate (Class of 2014) Alexandra…
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•February 16, 2023
Nothing Cooler Than Super Plunge
FUNDRAISER: More than 160 brave souls supported the St. Francis Community Center and Southern Regional swim teams by taking a dip in the ocean in Brant Beach last Saturday Feb. 11. St. Francis…
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•February 16, 2023
Southern Regional Powers Past Passaic Tech, Phillipsburg on Way to Group V Crown
At the beginning of the wrestling season, many were saying this year’s Southern Regional squad not only could be the best public-school team in New Jersey, but, perhaps, the best crew Southern’s ever…
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•February 16, 2023
They’re All ‘Royalty’ at This Special Prom
After a two-year absence as a result of COVID-19 restrictions, the annual Tim Tebow Foundation’s Night to Shine event was held on Friday night, Feb. 10 at Bayside Chapel in Barnegat.
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•February 16, 2023
Appreciating the Raw Beauty of LBI in Winter
With the holidays behind us, the last present opened, the final seasonal cookie consumed, a hush falls over Long Beach Island. Long gone are the tourists of August frolicking in the waves and…
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•February 14, 2023
Cunliffe Brothers Experience a Day as Principals of Different Stafford Schools
Calmly strolling the Ocean Acres Elementary School hallways in his cool, gray suit on Feb. 1, Lucas Cunliffe did his best to look authoritative, a walkie-talkie in hand.
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•February 13, 2023
Not Falling for a Skaters vs. Pickleballers Battle; After Short Break, Winter Waves Return
Last July, alongside a nice turnout of local surfers and skateboard families, I attended and covered the regular Beach Haven Council meeting. It was there that I witnessed the most lovely and warm…
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•February 12, 2023
Nurse Has Loved Her Job for 50 Years, as Long as the Hospital Has Been There
The registered nurse whom co-workers have nicknamed “Mrs. SOCH” for her dedication to working with patients and staff at Southern Ocean County Hospital (now Hackensack Meridian Southern Ocean Medical…
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•February 12, 2023
Southern Regional Bowlers Snag Second Sectional Championship in Four Seasons
Every bowling coach knows nothing is a guarantee on the lanes. And when championships are on the line, the tension sometimes is a little too much to bear.
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•February 10, 2023
County Projects Target Street Flooding in Beach Haven, Ship Bottom
Two infrastructure projects on Long Beach Island are poised to receive funding under Ocean County’s American Rescue Plan Act proposal, which is expected to be adopted by the county board of…
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•February 9, 2023
Outdoor Dining Approved Again in Harvey Cedars
At its Feb. 1 meeting, the Harvey Cedars Borough Commission approved a resolution allowing outdoor dining for the borough’s four restaurants again this year, under the same provisions that had been…
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•February 9, 2023
Surflight’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ Voted Best Play in New Jersey in 2022
Surflight Theatre and Bellarine Theatre Co. turned out to be big winners when the BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards for 2022 were announced last week.
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•February 9, 2023
Causeway Project Shut Down in Stafford
While the final phase of the multi-year, federally funded Causeway expansion and rehabilitation project on Ninth Street in Ship Bottom continues, work just 2 miles west at Marsha Drive in Stafford…
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•February 9, 2023
Southern Boys and Girls Complete Fourth Straight Undefeated Regular Season
The Southern Regional boys and girls swim teams last week continued their dominance against not only Shore Conference Class A South division opponents but all regular-season rivals, again completing…
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•February 9, 2023
Getting Rid of Merciless Earworms; Colds, Viruses, Nurses and Unsliced Melons
That was a whip-fast cold snap. Saturday a.m. we were close to a real-time single-digit low and by Sunday up near 50.
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•February 9, 2023
Fisherman’s Cottage to Receive Preservation Award
The Ocean County Cultural and Heritage Commission has announced that the Long Beach Island Historical Association is the recipient of a county historic preservation award.
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•February 9, 2023
Brrring Giving Spirit to Arctic Outreach
The eighth annual Arctic Outreach (A Community Clambake of Arctic Proportions) combines giving, loving remembrance, laughing, eating and drinking, shopping, playing, dancing and celebrating the ties…
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•February 9, 2023
Meals on Wheels of Ocean County Served Over 240,000 Meals in 2022
If a restaurant had delivery numbers as high as Meals on Wheels of Ocean County, it would be one successful business indeed.
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•February 7, 2023
County Will Cover Beach Replenishment Cost; LBI Project May Begin in Fall
While $32 million for the anticipated Long Beach Island beach replenishment project was appropriated by federal officials late last year, a schedule of when the nourishment work will begin has not…
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•February 6, 2023
Restaurants Rally to Help Fight Hunger With Giving Kitchen
Several Island and mainland restaurants have formed a collective called the Giving Kitchen whereby each month a different restaurant prepares and donates 100-plus meals for the disadvantaged and…
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•February 5, 2023
Duck Hunters Cause a Squawk on the North End; A Shark Becomes the Most Valued Fish of All Time
I have to get some free-fire freakiness out of the way first. It comes from the North End.
