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•April 16, 2022
Barnegat Light House Blaze Claims No Injuries
Authorities say an older woman inside a burning three-story house at 507 Central Ave. in Barnegat Light on Friday, April 15 escaped with no injuries. At least nine fire companies, three rescue squads…
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•April 16, 2022
Yet Another Above-Average Hurricane Season Predicted
The Colorado State University Tropical Meteorology Project released its first Atlantic Basin hurricane forecast for 2022 last Thursday.
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•April 14, 2022
Tall Order for Summer: Lighthouse Closed for Facelift
Now Barnegat Lighthouse is one of the most photographed sites in New Jersey for another reason – the encircling scaffolding that is climbing its way up the structure.
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•April 14, 2022
Eighth Street’s Final Configuration to Address Ship Bottom Fire Official’s Concern
New Jersey Department of Transportation officials said the final configuration of Eighth Street in Ship Bottom in the vicinity of Hotel LBI is still being designed, even as the Causeway expansion and…
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•April 14, 2022
Southern Regional Graduate From Stafford Township Goes for It All on ‘Jeopardy!’
She made it to the Final Jeopardy! round with a shot to win, and Stafford Township 19-year-old and Southern Regional graduate Reagan White bet it all. Unfortunately, she didn’t have the correct…
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•April 14, 2022
While Our Guitars Gently Weep: End of Watch for Butch McCaffrey
Retired Chief of Beach Haven Police James “Butch” McCaffrey Jr. passed away Saturday, April 9, after a year-long battle with ALS, which he fought with the utmost courage, strength and dignity.
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•April 14, 2022
Barnegat Girls Snatch County Title for First Time While Pinelands’ Klements Wins Individual Crown Again
Sue Rogers has been coaching for a few decades, so, by now, probably not much shocks her. Monday evening, she experienced one of those rare occasions.
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•April 14, 2022
ALO’s Reusable Bag Program Helps Consumers Prepare for Plastic Bag Ban
In an effort to help area residents prepare for the state’s plastic bag ban, which takes effect May 4, Alliance for a Living Ocean is unveiling a reusable bag recycling program. “Our goal is to…
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•April 14, 2022
Lacey Teen Ninja Warrior Goes Back for More in Season 14 This Summer
It’s impossible to spell “savage” without AVA.
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•April 14, 2022
Spring Tradition Underway as Trout Season Opens
As of this past Saturday, April 9, trout season is open in New Jersey, and the state Department of Environmental Protection has already stocked waterways with 250,000 rainbow trout. By the end of the…
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•April 11, 2022
Jacob Coupe Golfs His Way to Special Olympics Berth
Barnegat Township resident Jacob Coupe will be going to the Special Olympics USA Games in Orlando, Fla., June 5-12. He will be representing Special Olympics Team New Jersey for golf.
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•April 9, 2022
Our Weekly Friday South Swell and a Global Surfing Gentrification Issue That Hits Close to Home
You see, last Monday every columnist in America received an email from the American Content Editorial Society. (We call ourselves the ACES.) I believe that Jay Mann, Monique Demopoulos and Tom Farner…
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•April 8, 2022
Public Safety Concerns Arise During Final Phase of Causeway Project
After motorists emerge from a maze of orange and white barriers along Route 72 East in Stafford Township, the view from the 4-mile span connecting the mainland community to Long Beach Island is…
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•April 7, 2022
Young Bull Gets Loose in Stafford, Wrecks Neighbor’s Mailbox, Sent to New Home
March came in like a lion and went out like a bull in Stafford Township last Thursday. Well, sort of.
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•April 7, 2022
LBI Community, Beyond Rally Behind Marine Vet Who Lost Everything in Fire
Eighteen days after Paul Roberts’ home burned, rendering it uninhabitable, he sat at his neighbor’s dining table in Ship Bottom, playing cards and answering questions about how he had managed to keep…
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•April 7, 2022
Females in Folk Art: Seaport Profiles Five for StoryCorps Archives
Tuckerton Seaport has partnered with StoryCorps on a storytelling project in honor of Women’s History Month, with interviews recorded for posterity and to be kept permanently in the StoryCorps…
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•April 7, 2022
New Bag Bans Coming May 4; NJ Says ‘Get Past Plastic’
The day is almost here when shoppers in New Jersey will have to bag the idea that plastic bags will be there at the check-out counter. At big stores, there won’t be any paper bags at check-out…
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•April 7, 2022
‘Tis a Complicated Thing, the Whipping Wind; Time for Cursing to Take a Permanent Break
ALERT: This Thursday evening, a New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council decision will be made on 2022 fluke regs. You can take in the live 5 p.m. proceedings at state.nj.us/dep/fgw/mcnclmtg.htm. Once on…
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•April 7, 2022
Pinelands Baseball Already Surpasses 2021 Win Total
The opening days of the new spring sports season were successful ones for many local scholastic squads. The Pinelands Regional High School baseball team was among them.
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•April 7, 2022
LBI Chamber’s In-Person Job Fair April 16
Job seekers can spring into action by attending an in-person job fair sponsored by the LBI Chamber of Commerce, April 16 in the gymnasium of the St. Francis Community Center. The event runs from 10…
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•April 5, 2022
Onsite Parking, Loading Zone Highlight New Tuckerton Lumber Co. Site Plan
In approving a site plan that divests the Tuckerton Lumber Company of lots no longer needed for business operations, members of the Surf City Land Use Board acknowledged the new owners for keeping…
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•April 4, 2022
Little Egg Harbor Neighborhood Outraged Over Dredging Estimate
Phase 1 area dredging work was suspended at about 65% completion due to flounder spawning season, and is expected to resume around September, according to Little Egg Harbor Township Committeeman Ray…
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•April 1, 2022
Another Summer Season Saved for Coast Guard in Beach Haven
The U.S. Coast Guard stepped back from a proposal to eliminate a weekend crew and small rescue boat stationed in Beach Haven, beginning this summer, during the busy recreational season.
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•March 31, 2022
Beach Haven Donates Firefighting Gear to Ukraine
Protective gear no longer used by the Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co. is off to help firefighters in beleaguered, war-torn Ukraine.
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•March 31, 2022
Supply Slowdown Won’t Stop Construction at New Ship Bottom Municipal Complex
Construction crews have a work-around for the delay in steel delivery, which is now expected by the end of next month, as the building of the new municipal complex in Ship Bottom moves ahead.
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•March 31, 2022
Barbara Truncellito Remembered for Compassionate Involvement
Community organizations are mourning the unexpected loss of Barbara Truncellito, taxpayer association president in Barnegat Light and Island-wide, and an organizer on key service boards in Ocean…
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•March 31, 2022
Join the Volunteer Beach Sweeps Effort on Long Beach Island April 9
Clean Ocean Action’s annual Beach Sweeps take place – rain or shine – on one Saturday in April and one Saturday in October. This year, the nonprofit is asking volunteers to join the springtime…
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•March 31, 2022
Vietnam Veterans Gather at Barnegat Ceremony
Nearly 300 people, most of them Vietnam veterans, braved very frigid conditions March 29 for the Vietnam Veterans Day commemoration in Barnegat Township at the Fred Watts Gazebo Park.
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•March 31, 2022
Barnegat Man ‘Heartbroken’ Over Ukraine Rejection
As someone who survived Vietnam, 9/11 and cancer, Barnegat Township resident Fred Rubenstein didn’t flinch when he heard about the Ukraine government seeking veterans from other countries to help…
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•March 31, 2022
Holgate Section of Forsythe Refuge Seasonal Closure Begins April 1
At the end of March each year, staff from the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge erect seasonal closure signs on the southern tip of Long Beach Island to let the public know the 400-acre…
