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•May 28, 2021
Lights on, Road Work Halted: Unofficial Start to Summer Arrives on LBI
Reduced speed limits running the length of Long Beach Boulevard have been in effect for nearly two weeks, and as of Monday, traffic signals along the 18-mile main thoroughfare on Long Beach Island…
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•May 27, 2021
In a Much Different Venue, SRHS Seniors Celebrate Having Their Prom
As soon as the opening notes to Justin Bieber’s song “Baby” began playing through DJ Const’s speakers, a flood of students descended upon the dance floor, which for a “normal” senior prom wouldn’t…
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•May 27, 2021
June 1 Deadline Set for Parties Interested in Buying LBI School
The Long Beach Island Consolidated Board of Education put parties interested in negotiating with it for the sale of the LBI Grade School in Ship Bottom on notice, setting a June 1 deadline for…
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•May 27, 2021
County’s Summer Bathing Beach Water Quality Monitoring Has Begun
LBI’s beaches figure to be ultra-crowded this summer, what with pandemic protocols finally being relaxed, a huge pent-up demand for summer fun among families who were pretty much stuck in their homes…
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•May 27, 2021
99 Years Young Woman Gets Parade in Little Egg Harbor
For Mildred Richmond’s 99th birthday, on Saturday, May 22, the Great Bay Women’s Club, of which she has been a treasured member for 38 years, staged a congratulatory parade by her Oakleaf Drive house…
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•May 27, 2021
Memorial Day Events Around LBI Region Honor the Fallen
Did you know the origin of Memorial Day dates back to the days following the Civil War, when it was known as Decoration Day in which the men and women who died while serving the nation were honored?…
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•May 27, 2021
Surflight Exploring Inside/Outside Options After Murphy’s New Decree
Surflight Theatre had planned on playing it safe in regard to COVID-19 and starting its 2021 season outside in a big top set up in Beach Haven’s Veterans Memorial Park, just as it did in 2020.
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•May 27, 2021
Reasons to Feel Good and Many Other Topics of Land and Sea Into the Big Weekend
So much to talk about. There’s a summer on the way in and a pandemic on the way out. We hit 93 degrees on Sunday and 53 on Monday. We just had a bombing Tropical Storm Ana swell, it’s barely rained…
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•May 27, 2021
Eye for Detail Is Artist’s Handiwork
The most frequent reaction to Howell artist Greg DiNapoli’s work is “I thought these were photographs.” So realistic and detailed are his pencil drawings that at first glance they indeed appear to…
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•May 24, 2021
New Rules Keep Demand for Pickleball Courts In Bounds in Barnegat Light
Last year, there were some tense times for players just trying to score a spot on Barnegat Light’s pickleball courts. Vacationing renters and many year-rounders naturally wanted to exercise the right…
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•May 23, 2021
LBI Cultural Fabric Part of Surf City Opposition to Offshore Wind Farms
Citing socio-economic/cultural, environmental and safety concerns, Surf City Councilman Peter Hartney penned the borough’s objections to the proposed Atlantic Shores Wind Farm to the federal Bureau…
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•May 22, 2021
Planning the Potential Post-Pandemic Party
For the folks out there who love statistics, let’s take a look at some of the good news numbers we’re looking at.
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•May 21, 2021
Work on New Ship Bottom Municipal Complex Can Begin
Construction of a new Ship Bottom municipal complex has the OK to move forward after Ocean County Superior Court Judge Ronald Brenner upheld his previous ruling pending an appeal by the plaintiff in…
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•May 20, 2021
Township Land Use Board Hears Applications for Mr. Tee’s, Kubel’s Too and Hagler’s Marina Lots
The Long Beach Township Land Use Board, at its Zoom meeting last Wednesday night, May 12, heard applications related to three businesses on LBI, including a request for minor subdivision of the…
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•May 20, 2021
With Second Notice of Violations at The Boatyard, Developer Sues Stafford, DEP
Continued work at Causeway Marina and The Boatyard last summer following a notice of violation from the state Department of Environmental Protection resulted in a stop work order being issued by…
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•May 20, 2021
Film Festival’s Competitive Documentaries Cover a Wide Range of Subjects
There are just two weeks before the 2021 Lighthouse International Film Festival, which kicks off this year on June 3.
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•May 20, 2021
Over 600 Acres Consumed in Little Egg Harbor Forest Fire
A fire in Bass River State Forest that threatened 900 acres on Sunday night was 40% contained by 10 a.m. Monday morning.
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•May 20, 2021
Ocean County Library Presentation Wins Over Skeptics in Stafford, at Least Until Updated Cost Analysis
With a lower cost estimate for the construction of the new Stafford library branch, reduced to $9.7 million from the initial $12 million, the governing body is now unified in favor of moving forward…
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•May 20, 2021
Saturday Night Concerts Returning in Barnegat
Unlike last year when the pandemic was causing most summer special events to fall by the wayside, Barnegat Township is looking to host its free Saturday night summer concert series at the municipal…
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•May 20, 2021
Braddock Leads Way as Southern Boys Win Track and Field County Title
After climbing to the top of the chart in the Ocean County Relays a week earlier, the Southern Regional boys track and field squad kept it going at the Ocean County Championships over the weekend…
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•May 20, 2021
Wildfire Draws Admirably Huge Firefighting Crowd; Pine Barrens Tree Frog Most Handsome in Nation
I was in the vicinity of Sunday’s wildfire along Stage Road in Little Egg Harbor. Talk about a madhouse, though in the finest of ways. There were mustered firetrucks of every shape, size and purpose…
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•May 17, 2021
New Jersey’s Ban on Single-Use Plastic Products Takes Effect in One Year
Over the past few years, a number of New Jersey municipalities adopted single-use plastic bag bans for the shops within their communities – including, locally, Long Beach Township, Stafford Township…
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•May 14, 2021
Families Displaced Following Royal Timbers Fire
Several Little Egg Harbor families were displaced after fire consumed an eight-unit apartment building in the Royal Timbers complex on May 13. Little Egg Harbor Township police, fire and EMS were…
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•May 14, 2021
2021 Lighthouse International Film Festival Sure to Win Triple Crown
The 13th annual Lighthouse International Film Festival, scheduled for June 3 through 6, will hit a trifecta this year.
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•May 13, 2021
Beach Tent Restrictions Could Come to Ship Bottom
Ship Bottom officials are taking a closer look at how borough beaches are configured by beachgoers who use more than just a towel or blanket to stake their claim on the sand.
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•May 13, 2021
Southern Sailors Green, Shaw and Witt Outlast Ranney to Capture Mid-Atlantic Title
Following the second-place finish of Bridget Green and Natalie Shaw at the New Jersey Interscholastic Sailing Association Girls Championships regatta on May 5, the Southern Regional trio of Green…
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•May 13, 2021
Hundreds Rally Alongside Nurse Seeking to Scrap New Jersey Mask Mandate
Not long after Stafford Township School District nurse Erin Pein was suspended for violating the district policy on staff wearing masks inside school buildings, many jumped in behind her to fight…
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•May 13, 2021
Seeking Oceanic Siren Warning System; Fluke Offer Chance to Think Zero Waste
Over the weekend, I spent a ton of time outside looking skyward, donning my Yogi Berra catcher’s mitt, hoping to secure a bit of falling Chinese rocket debris. Hey, I couldn’t do any worse than the…
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•May 13, 2021
Abdullah Named ‘A Woman of Distinction’
Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore will recognize various individuals for their achievements in business, health care, youth development and public health, as well as contributions to the greater…
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•May 13, 2021
Dropspins, Flabjacks and Other Pickleball Terms; Decent Surf, Wind Talk, Events on Horizon
“On Sunday morning, I returned a dropspin with a flabjack, right past the kitchen on a rally, and we pickled ’em good.”
