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News••September 30, 2026
(GAIL) Contested Mayor’s Race Centers on Ship Bottom’s Future
When Ship Bottom voters cast their ballots this year, they will choose a mayor in the borough’s first contested general election since the turn of the century.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 30, 2026
Halloween Happenings Coming to Tuckerton, Little Egg Harbor
The time is nearly here: Spooky things will soon be taking over Tuckerton and Little Egg Harbor. All kinds of Halloween happenings are on the schedule throughout the area.
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Business••September 30, 2026
Big Names, Big Deals, Milestone Party, Halloween Fun
One thing that doesn’t hurt a tourism-based economy is when famous people name-drop Long Beach Island, as veteran TV journalists Bill Maher and Brian Williams did a couple weeks ago on Maher’s…
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News••September 30, 2026
LBI-UM Churches Look to Make Community Inroads
At this time last year, a merger of the two United Methodist churches on the south end of Long Beach Island into one house of worship was in the works.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 30, 2026
Harvest Hootenanny at Albert Music Hall
The Albert Music Hall will welcome the fall season with its annual Harvest Hootenanny on Sunday, Oct. 11, featuring an afternoon of country, folk, bluegrass and more.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 30, 2026
For Fred Reitmeyer, Decoy Carving Was All in the Family
W. Fred Reitmeyer spent more than 70 years carving decoys and passing on his knowledge to the next generation. When he passed earlier this year, he left behind a family full of artists determined to…
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News••September 30, 2026
Harvey Cedars to Be Awash in Pink
In October, the organization “Evolve Pink” is launching something new – Pink Light Up, a statewide movement to turn communities pink in support of those impacted by breast cancer. And the borough of…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 30, 2026
Drama, Music and Dance at Stockton Performing Arts Center
The Stockton University Performing Arts Center has a busy week ahead of it, what with three shows on tap.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 30, 2026
Barnegat Library Friends Plan Fundraiser
The Barnegat branch of the Ocean County Library will host a book and handcrafted treasures fundraiser sale from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct 3. This fundraiser will benefit the Friends of…
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News••September 30, 2026
LBI Garden Club Reaps Awards at Luncheon
The Garden Club of LBI recently received state awards for several programs: a garden therapy award for the club’s senior services events, an exceptional garden tour award for the Outdoor Living and…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 30, 2026
Celebrate Pine Barrens Culture at Jamboree
There’s something special about autumn in the Pine Barrens. On Saturday, Oct. 10 at Wells Mills Park in Waretown, celebrate all there is to love about the region at Pine Barrens Jamboree, a…
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Opinion••September 30, 2026
Welcoming Beacon
Editor’s Note: Tom Korba of Connellsville submitted the following poem, written by one of his students in 2002 and published in the school magazine.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 30, 2026
Surflight’s ‘Deceived’ a Modern Take on 1938’s ‘Gas Light’
Surflight Theatre’s next show will be a play, “Deceived,” that will be performed at 2 p.m. on Oct. 7, 8 and 11, and at 8 p.m. on Oct. 7, 8, 9 and 10.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 30, 2026
Short Film Festival Rescheduled and Extra Screening Added
It is likely that there will be far fewer voters in the Manhattan Short Film Festival, which runs from Sept. 24 to Oct. 4, this year thanks to the weekend’s nor’easter, which closed dozens of venues…
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News••September 30, 2026
Ocean County Library Celebrating Banned Book Week
The Ocean County Library, in conjunction with the American Library Association, will once again celebrate Banned Books Week from Oct. 4 to 10.
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Sports••September 30, 2026
Barnegat Volleyballers Start to Feel a Groove During Win Over Brick
A new setter. A pair of young, new hitters on the outside. Several new players along the back row. The Barnegat girls volleyball team is working through the kinks as the inexperienced players try to…
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Sports••September 30, 2026
Southern Regional Rolls to Victory Against Nearby Barnegat
Two years ago, as a sophomore, Abigail Krill took up tennis during the fall season, mainly to stay fit and have another enjoyable athletic experience while in high school.
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Sports••September 30, 2026
Southern Volleyball Squad Takes Control Early Against Pinelands Regional
Last year was last year. It happened. It’s over. Right?
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News••September 30, 2026
Eagleswood Set for Annual Country Fair
The 30th annual Eagleswood Township Country Fair and Craft Show takes place this weekend, and Deputy Mayor Michelle Sysol expressed excitement as finishing touches are being put in place.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 29, 2026
Talk Will Focus on NJ 211 System
The Lacey branch of the Ocean County Library will host an overview of NJ 211 on Friday, Oct. 2, 11 a.m. This program will also be held virtually over Zoom.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 28, 2026
Chowder Cook-Off Welcomes (Back) Newcomers From Near and Far
After a 28-year hiatus, The Sea Shell Resort and Beach Club of Beach Haven is throwing its hat back in the ring to compete for the title of Grand Champion at the Beach Haven Chowder Cook-Off…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 28, 2026
St. Francis Spaghetti Dinner, Car Raffle Drawing Moved to Oct. 10
Due to severe weather and flooding from the recent nor’easter, St. Francis Parish and Community Center postponed its annual Spaghetti Dinner, originally scheduled for Sept. 26. The new date for the…
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News••September 26, 2026
Nor’easter Floods LBI Streets; Residents Urged to Shelter in Place
Floodwaters receded enough in Ship Bottom on Saturday afternoon to allow the limited reopening of the Causeway and Boulevard, after a nor’easter cut off Long Beach Island from the mainland and…
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News•September 26, 2026
Nor’easter Photo Essay: From Bay to Beach, and Everything in Between, LBI Takes a Hit
SandPaper photographer Jack Reynolds spent Saturday morning surveying the impacts of the nor’easter.
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News••September 25, 2026
Christa Steiner Calls Miss America Experience Life-Changing
Christa Steiner, the current Miss Connecticut who recently competed in the Miss America Pageant in West Palm Beach, Fla., does indeed live in the Nutmeg State.
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News••September 24, 2026
Ship Bottom Tackles Illegal Curb Markings
Limited street parking has long been a source of friction on Long Beach Island, so much so that residents in some communities have painted curbs and streets near their homes to stake claims to…
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News••September 24, 2026
Local Ultra-Marathoner Will Cover New Jersey Top to Bottom
When he was in the U.S. Navy, Tuckerton resident Stanley Jackson was a member of a special operations dive team in which training consisted of grueling sessions that tested his endurance to the max.…
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Columns••September 24, 2026
Six-Day Storms Are New Norm, Uninvited Nor’easter Ends Golden Season and Sandbars
Some of us went Friday, others Saturday, and some even waited until her final moments on Monday morning. We sat with her. We held her hand in those final hours. We tried to stay strong, but she…
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News••September 24, 2026
Leave Goldenrod to Bloom, Aid Pollinators
Goldenrod and ragweed bloom at the same time of year – right about now – and while often both are blamed for seasonal sniffles and sneezes, it is only the wind-pollinated ragweed, with its small…
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Columns••September 24, 2026
If Greeting Dolphins, a Black Sabbath Riff Can Work Miracles
WEATHER WORD: Talk about a full-blown fall of summer. A week’s worth of honking northeast winds can do that. This is not to say we’ve seen the last of mildness; just wait a few weeks or so. I’m not…
