The Beach Haven Chowder Cook-Off is right around the corner on Oct. 5 and 6, with a new name, traditional format, and a mission to fight hunger and food insecurity in the region through area food banks. Saturday is the free-admission merchants’ mart, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday is the soup-tacular, for ticketholders only, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Beach Haven Chamber of Commerce and Hunger Foundation of Southern Ocean have taken up the reins and are driving home a message of community…