Last weekend brought easy, breezy weather that made for easy, breezy listening on the Old Causeway Steak and Oyster House patio in Manahawkin, and The Kootz was glad to oblige. As a matter of fact, many patrons came out specifically to catch the trio version of The Kootz, which has performed on LBI for nearly two decades.

“We follow them,” said Barnegat local Joanne Ramer. Her partner, Ed Cohen, smiled in agreement. “Before COVID, they always played the Barnegat docks,” Ramer added.