Ocean State Job Lot, the region’s premier discount retail chain, celebrated the opening of its newest store at 580 North Main St. (Route 9) in Barnegat Township with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 17. The nearly 30,000-square-foot site was formerly home to a Big Lots. OSJL now has eight stores in New Jersey. this is the first of three stores the brand plans to open in the area this spring.

OSJL executives joined Barnegat Deputy Mayor Albert Bille and other local officials for a celebration that highlighted…