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•May 26, 2022
They Gave All So We Might Party Onward; The Pinelands Are Blazing With Pollen
It’s that holiday weekend when we let the summerness begin, despite the calendar technically clinging to springiness. The summer solstice, marking the longest day of the year, takes place on June 21…
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•May 26, 2022
Little Egg Harbor Artist’s Legacy Continues With Printmaking Press Donation to Stockton
When June Ann M. Sullivan of Little Egg Harbor passed away in 2021, she left behind a legacy of art, nurtured through her business, Watermark Gallery in Tuckerton.
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•May 26, 2022
Mixed Bag of Swell This Week and an Island for Sale
It really doesn’t matter if you’re busting out of 11th grade with a fresh driver’s license and a new twin fin or waxing your sailboat as you ready for your 90th summer on LBI, there’s a feeling of…
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•May 24, 2022
Compassion Café Kicks Off Year Two
A business devoted to giving work experience opportunities for adolescents and adults with special needs held a grand opening May 16 at the Sea Shell Resort and Beach Club in Beach Haven.
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•May 23, 2022
Club Gives Flower Baskets to Cheer Up Homebound
Here’s a way to cheer someone up on a nice spring day: The Garden Club of Long Beach Island recently delivered baskets of May flowers to local residents who are confined to home.
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•May 22, 2022
Language Arts Class Turns Strangers Into Family
On a Thursday morning in April, the atmosphere around the cafeteria table at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies didn’t match the calm surrounding of pale blue…
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•May 21, 2022
LBTBP Lovebirds Delight in Wet Wedding at Bonnet Island
Many former lifeguards cite beach patrol experience on their resumes, attribute their leadership and quick-thinking skills to the job, and reminisce about the athletic ability they gained from it.…
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•May 19, 2022
Zach Jones Returns to Jersey Shore as Sting’s Drummer
It’s not news to anyone that Sting was in the area Friday and Saturday evening, May 13 and 14, especially seeing as the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City was packed full of LBI locals…
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•May 19, 2022
Beach-Nesting Bird Monitoring Underway at Forsythe Refuge in Holgate
Over the past eight years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has contracted the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey to provide monitoring of beach-nesting birds at the Edwin B. Forsythe…
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•May 19, 2022
Capture the Moment, Think Horizontal; Trillion Trees Present Perfect Start to Bettering Skies
There’s now a slew of waterproof cases for smartphones, which have reached an Einstein-grade smartness, meaning they need serious protecting when in the hands of anglers, especially those of a boat…
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•May 19, 2022
Assessed Values Going Up With Teardowns on LBI
As municipal budgets are prepared and introduced this time of year, aggregate assessed value of residential properties comes into play. Across the board, these values are going up on Long Beach…
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•May 19, 2022
Off-Road Community Gathers for Annual Stump Jumper Hare Scramble
The 11th annual MCI Stump Jumper Hare Scramble tore through town May 14 and 15, bringing families together for a weekend of dirt, fun and competition while raising funds for local emergency…
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•May 19, 2022
Stafford Adopts Historic Preservation Ordinance
The victory for historic preservation in Stafford Township was hard won.
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•May 19, 2022
Coining the Term ‘Maysery,’ and Other Musings on Terrible Run of Surf and Weather
Since 2008, I have built this column by reporting, editorializing, hypothesizing and explaining the way that the weather, waves and climate of coastal New Jersey can create such pure joy and abject…
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•May 19, 2022
2022 LIFF Opening With Perhaps Best Film About Addiction in Almost Two Decades
The 2022 Lighthouse International Film Festival will kick off at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 2 when it screens its opening-night film, “To Leslie,” at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and…
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•May 17, 2022
NJ Tourism Spending Up 27% from 2020
“Tremendous gains” in tourism recovery in 2021 from the pandemic was the news from the New Jersey Tourism Industry Association (NJTIA) on May 5 as statewide leaders gathered in Trenton for National…
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•May 16, 2022
First Responders Learn Practical, Lifesaving Skills
REAL LIFE LESSONS: (From top) Rooftop training was held on the shuttered Surf City Square building ahead of high winds last week. Following through on the inside. Lessons are taught walking toward…
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•May 15, 2022
A Wind Whacking That Unlooses Naysayers; It’s Time to Begin Regreening LBI
It was quite the rollicking wind whacking we’re slowly shaking off. It was an old-fashioned three-day(-plus) nor’easter.
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•May 14, 2022
Circle Drive Work Postponed, Expected to Ease Some Summer Traffic Concerns
Even as the days are growing longer, the time for the N.J. Department of Transportation to address concerns about lane closures and night work expected to be conducted this summer at the entrance to…
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•May 12, 2022
LBI Garden Club Flower Show Back in Limelight
More than 200 visitors flocked to the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences for the Long Beach Island Garden Club’s Flower Show May 5. It was the first time the event was open to the…
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•May 12, 2022
Historic Harvey Cedars Home’s Fate Is Up in the Air
Attempts are underway in Harvey Cedars to save a home dating back to the early 20th century from the wrecking ball.
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•May 12, 2022
Awarded Contracts Power Start of NJ’s First Offshore Wind Project
Engineering, procurement and construction contracts have been awarded for New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm, to be constructed south of Long Beach Island, off the coast of Atlantic City.
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•May 12, 2022
Island Singers Return Post-Pandemic Just in Time to Celebrate 50 Years
It’s been a long, silent two years for the Island Singers, who had been delighting the region with choral magic since 1972. As the pandemic slowly subsides, the group readies to give a handful of…
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•May 12, 2022
2022 LIFF Competitive Documentaries a Magnificent Mix
The 14th Annual Lighthouse International Film Festival is right around the corner, kicking off on June 2 and running through June 5.
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•May 12, 2022
Pinelands Finds Some Offense in Victory Over Barnegat
With only a few seniors and a lot of youngsters taking on varsity roles this season, Pinelands Regional softball coach Keith Lowe has had a bit of a time trying to get a consistently potent lineup…
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•May 10, 2022
LBI Officials Take Wait, See Approach to Assessing Full Impact of Late-Season Storm
The National Weather Service predicts the nor’easter that pummeled the Long Beach Island region over the weekend with sustained winds as high as 70 mph in Tuckerton and nearly 3 inches of rainfall in…
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•May 9, 2022
Within Bay Mud Lurks the Rarest Fangs on the Planet; A Lone Star Tick Bite That Carries Vegan Aftereffects
It’s odd the way nature worms away some of its most stunning accomplishments. Take for rather ugly instance … bloodworms. Their metallic fangs make them one of the most unusual creatures on Earth…
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•May 8, 2022
To Celebrate Retiring Gym Teacher, McKinley Students, Staff Make Successful Ambush
At 1:30 p.m. on April 28, inside the McKinley Avenue Elementary School in Stafford Township, hundreds of youngsters and their teachers crammed into the hallways near the school’s gymnasium, awaiting…
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•May 7, 2022
Beach Haven Brings Out Its Dead: Cosmic Jerry Band Makes Island Debut at Buckalew’s
It wasn’t just one more Saturday night in Beach Haven last weekend. Buckalew’s rolled out the red carpet for the Cosmic Jerry Band, who, featuring local legend Chris Fritz as an honorary Bob Weir…
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•May 6, 2022
POSTPONED: LBI Taxpayer Associations Sponsor Island-Wide Cleanup
Due to predicted inclement weather, the Joint Council of Taxpayer Associations of Long Beach Island Island-wide cleanup planned for Saturday, May 7, will be rescheduled.
