For anyone waiting for the traffic signals on the south end of Long Beach Island to be turned to blinking, marking the true beginning of the off-season, Monday was undoubtedly a disappointing day. Well, in Ship Bottom, anyway.

The traffic signals in LBI’s gateway community are being kept fully functioning after a request from borough officials to hold off the annual blinking lights until after a slew of Columbus Day weekend events on the Island, John Ernst, Ocean County engineer, confirmed…