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  • News••July 9, 2025

    Little Egg Harbor Residents Protest Proposed Housing Development

    The Little Egg Harbor Township meeting room overflowed with displeased residents who came out in droves to protest plans for an age-restricted housing development, at a planning board meeting on…

  • Opinion••July 9, 2025

    Settlement Fund Reallocation Deals a Blow to Opioid Crisis

    The other day I woke up grieving and furious.

  • Arts & Entertainment••July 9, 2025

    Shorty Long and the Jersey Horns

    HOME BASE: Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore

  • Arts & Entertainment••July 9, 2025

    Alaine Portner, “Happy Medium,” to Return to LBIF for Longstanding Spiritual Engagement

    Gifted medium, meditation coach and author Alaine Portner will return to the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies on Monday, July 14, for what’s become an anticipated…

  • Opinion•July 9, 2025

    Just Wow

    Every now and then, the world gives us a simple little reminder that we should be thankful the we are ourself, and not somebody else. So thanks for publishing that letter from Tommy Klecan (“Drive…

  • Arts & Entertainment••July 9, 2025

    Skip Winters

    STYLE: Indie rock, folk, Americana, reggae and more – anything with a beachy, laidback vibe.

  • News••July 9, 2025

    Jet Ski Operator Successfully Rescued

    On Wednesday, July 2 shortly before 9 p.m., the Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co. was dispatched to assist with a water rescue from reports of a female stranded on a personal watercraft near the sedges…

  • Arts & Entertainment••July 9, 2025

    Long Beach Township Holds Free Pickleball Clinics for Kids 10-14

    From now through Aug. 27, kids ages 10-14 can learn pickleball basics at a free clinic at the Long Beach Township courts on 68th Street in Brant Beach. The Picklr-Manahawkin-LBI – a new indoor…

  • Arts & Entertainment••July 9, 2025

    Photographic Journey Through Old Barnegat Light

    Local historian/author Margaret Thomas Buchholz will present her annual history talk at the High Point firehouse in Harvey Cedars on Thursday, July 24, 7 p.m.

  • Arts & Entertainment••July 9, 2025

    Art Notes, July 9

    Live Event: “Meet the Artist” this Sunday afternoon at Wildflowers Too in Barnegat Light when photographer Frederick Ballet (pronounced “ballot”) presents his unique vision from 2 to 4 p.m. The…

  • Arts & Entertainment••July 9, 2025

    Hear Summer Songs at Beach Haven Library

    The Beach Haven Public Library will present “Jay Daniels Road Trip” on Friday, July 11, 1 p.m.

  • Arts & Entertainment••July 9, 2025

    Boggs Center Presentation at Lacey Library

    In commemoration of Disability Pride Month, learn about a New Jersey-based catalyst for inclusion and self-determination in a presentation by the Boggs Center on Disability and Human Development at…

  • News••July 9, 2025

    E-Bikers in Stafford Township Should Make Sure Laws Are Obeyed

    As the weather heated up, so did the electric bicycle activity within Stafford Township, particularly in the Ocean Acres section, which led to an increase in Facebook posts about youngsters…

  • Columns••July 9, 2025

    Evolution of America’s Music Industry, Part Two

    Last week, Sound Waves took a plunge into earliest days of the music industry, outlining the historic evolution from music-related commerce generated by minstrel and vaudeville performances and sheet…

  • Arts & Entertainment••July 8, 2025

    Trophies, Accolades, Plain Old Fun Are Hallmarks of Weekly Mini Golf Tourneys

    For some, it’s a rite of passage to play mini golf in one of the weekly tournaments on Long Beach Island during the summer. Take Todd Foster for example. The man visits from Scottsdale, Ariz., for…

  • Arts & Entertainment••July 7, 2025

    Fire Company Block Party Celebrates Community in Ship Bottom

    Not sure what to do after a day at the beach? One option is attending the annual Ship Bottom Volunteer Fire Co.’s biggest bash of the year: its block party, where attendees can enjoy great local…

  • Arts & Entertainment••July 7, 2025

    Have ‘Coffee With a Cop’ in Harvey Cedars

    A summer tradition in Harvey Cedars is the police department’s “Coffee With a Cop” initiative, which has announced four dates.

  • Arts & Entertainment••July 7, 2025

    Simmerr

    STYLE: Indie-pop with added flavor; Simmerr infuses both its covers and originals with creative touches of jazz, soul and funk elements.

  • Arts & Entertainment••July 7, 2025

    Fun for All Ages at LBI Foundation’s Barnegat Bay Day July 9

    Visit the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 9 for educational family fun at the 19th annual Barnegat Bay Day. Each year, this event…

  • News••July 7, 2025

    Beach Haven Taxpayers Welcome Councilman McCaffrey

    The Beach Haven Taxpayers Association will hold an open public meeting on Saturday, July 12, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Beach Haven First Aid Squad building, 321 Engleside Ave. Light refreshments…

  • Arts & Entertainment••July 7, 2025

    Zinnia Moon

    HOME BASE: Little Egg Harbor Township and Nashville

  • News••July 7, 2025

    Long Beach Township Gets Additional Funding, Permits for Clam Cove Project

    Clam Cove Reserve, a 22-acre wetland parcel adjacent to the Long Beach Township Field Station in Holgate, has transformed from a peninsula into an island over the past few years as erosion created…

  • News••July 6, 2025

    Coast Guardsman Saves Man Hit by Boat Propeller

    A member of U.S. Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light is among the lifeguards credited with saving a 55-year-old man ejected from a boat and hit by a propeller off the Fifth Street beach in Asbury Park…

  • Sports••July 5, 2025

    Surf City Snags Title in 20th Epic Tourney to Open Competition Season

    Shane Stauffer had a decent lead coming around the final turn of the Swim Relay but decided to do something a little different, rather than simply swim toward the shore. He swam backward so he could…

  • News••July 4, 2025

    Bay Village Marks 60th Summer

    It was the mid-1960s and Beatlemania was still the cultural rage. But in Beach Haven it marked the beginning of something new: Bay Village, which is celebrating its 60th summer of “aspiring to be a…

  • Arts & Entertainment••July 3, 2025

    This Fourth, Honor Stars, Stripes All Around Area

    The nation turns 249 this year, and the celebratory shows of patriotism will line the streets and color the skies accordingly. The truly ambitious could even make it to all five community events…

  • News••July 3, 2025

    Former XPO Returns to Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light as Commander

    When Drew Norris received his orders to report to Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light as its new commanding officer, it was as though he was coming home after a two-year absence. Sort of.

  • News••July 3, 2025

    Nesting Plovers Having ‘Exceptional Year’

    The first nest hatched May 29. That was the start of what is now being characterized as “an exceptional year at the restoration area” by Emily Heiser, senior zoologist with New Jersey Fish and…

  • News••July 3, 2025

    Local Docks to Big City: Christine Tomasco Deep Dives Into Sustainable Seafood

    “The first fish I ever caught was a striper,” said a reflective Christine “Chrissy” Tomasco, reminiscing on her childhood spent in Barnegat Light. “I was only 6 years old, and I want to say it was…

  • News••July 3, 2025

    Surprise Pizza Party Marks 68 Years of Happily Ever After

    The Mickiewicz household in Manahawkin was filled with celebration on Saturday, June 28 as the family commemorated 68 years of marriage for Bob and Gerry, and Gerry’s 88th birthday. But another, more…

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