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Arts & Entertainment••April 23, 2025
Families Invited to Children’s Festival
Celebrate early childhood education with art, music, entertainment and activities during the 2025 Ocean County Children’s Festival at the Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library on Saturday…
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News••April 23, 2025
Pinelands School Board Proposes 5% Tax Increase
The Pinelands Regional Board of Education is proposing a 5% tax increase for its 2025-26 budget.
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Arts & Entertainment••April 23, 2025
Bottle Dancers Performing at Two Library Branches
The ebullience and energy of Jewish culture come to life when Bottle Dancers USA appears on Saturday, May 3 at the Waretown branch of the Ocean County Library at 11 a.m. and at the Stafford branch at…
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News••April 23, 2025
Tuckerton Adopts $6.3 Million Municipal Budget
Tuckerton borough adopted its $6.3 million municipal budget at the April 21 council meeting, with a 4.51% tax rate increase from last year.
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News••April 23, 2025
Ciattarelli, Sherrill Polling Ahead in Primary Races
Any New Jersey resident who watches a fair amount of television knows that the 2025 gubernatorial election is heating up because the political advertisements are starting to pile up before the June…
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Sports••April 23, 2025
Meola Tosses Two-Hit Shutout as Pinelands Regional Gets Back on Track Against Manasquan
Elianna Meola shifted a few things around on the bench, then a couple more as a mild panic set in. A moment later, she buzzed around the dugout, openly questioning anybody paying attention.
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Sports••April 23, 2025
Sininsky Paces Offense as Southern Regional Boys Edge Wall
Kyle Sininsky outscored Wall by two goals during the second quarter and made it look easy a couple of times. The margin at halftime, which was 5-3, ultimately was enough.
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Sports••April 23, 2025
Haig Tandem Scores Title at Melges 15 Midwinter Championship
As many local sailors look forward to the summer season, Emily and John Haig of Beach Haven made the most of their trip to the Melges Watersports Center in Merritt Island, Fla., late last month…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 23, 2025
Learn About NJ Cranberries With Tuckerton Historical Society
Cranberries – we eat them every day in our salads, jams and sauces, not even realizing their historical significance. The Tuckerton Historical Society invites the community to the Giffordtown…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 22, 2025
Get Ready to Spring Into Comedy at Surflight Theatre
Comedy Night is returning to Surflight Theatre. Host Joe Bublewicz, featured comic Missy Hall and headliner Chris Coccia will take the stage starting at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, April 26.
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Arts & Entertainment••April 22, 2025
Tuskegee Talk at Lighthouse Visitor Center
This Saturday, April 26, historian and educator Jon Fiorella will close the 2025 winter lecture series at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park with a discussion of the history of Tuskegee Airmen, the first…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 22, 2025
Opera and a Classic Comedy-Drama Play at Grunin Center on April 25
Ocean County College’s Grunin Center for the Arts will host two up-and-coming opera singers as well as a classic play on Friday, April 25.
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Arts & Entertainment••April 22, 2025
LBIF Marks Citizen Science Day at Barnegat Light Pavilion
Join Rick Bushnell of ReClam the Bay and Darlene Cavalier, founder of the citizen science portal SciStarter, from 11 a.m. to noon this Saturday, April 26 for the grand finale of the Long Beach Island…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 22, 2025
STAC Hosting ‘Spring Oldies Spectacular’ on April 27
The Stafford Township Arts Center, located at 1000 McKinley Ave. in Manahawkin, will host a Spring Oldies Spectacular at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 27.
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Arts & Entertainment••April 22, 2025
Give Unused Plastic Toys Another Chance to Make Others Happy
Perhaps there’s a LEGO set stashed in your closet that hasn’t been touched in ages and is destined for the trash. Maybe there’s a bin full of Fisher Price trucks in your garage waiting to go out with…
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News••April 22, 2025
NJDOT Draws Ocean County Into Central Avenue Redesign Concerns
If the N.J. Department of Transportation has its way, Ocean County engineers could find themselves on the hook to address Surf City Councilman Peter Hartney’s concerns over the conversion of Central…
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News••April 21, 2025
Browse for Bargains During Barnegat Yard Sale Weekend
Barnegat Township is the place to be for bargain hunters on Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27, when the townwide yard sale will take place, beginning at 8 a.m. on both dates.
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News••April 21, 2025
Competing Festival Organizers Divided on Impact to Businesses
On the surface, a proposal to bring a kite festival solely to Surf City on Chowderfest weekend is just that – an idea to draw more people to town and to the local businesses. But it also highlights…
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Columns••April 20, 2025
Martin Barre Fills Lizzie Rose Music Room With ‘Tull’ Tales
The Southern Ocean County region is beloved for its vibrant live music scene, booming with a huge variety of local singer-songwriters and performers. Occasionally, however, the majesty of the area…
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Columns••April 19, 2025
Third Winter’s Silver Lining of Surf as Roadwork Continues Forever
While flipping through the SandPaper in our kitchen last week, I announced to the family, “Oh, Ship Bottom is celebrating its 100th year.”
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Arts & Entertainment••April 18, 2025
Will Chef Britt Go All the Way? Find Out Sunday
Season VI of Food Network’s “Tournament of Champions,” on Sundays at 8 p.m., has local favorite Chef Britt Rescigno sitting pretty for this weekend’s finale. Marking her third trip to the finals…
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News••April 17, 2025
Beach Haven School Students Learn Compassion
Over the winter, the Beach Haven School launched the Compassion Kids Club, a new initiative designed to encourage students to cultivate kindness, empathy and compassion for others.
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News••April 17, 2025
Community Art to Champion Historic Preservation in Barnegat Light
Barnegat Light’s Wildflowers boutique and gallery owner Cricket Luker, advocate for the arts and animal rights, has a new idea for a community art project that would celebrate local historic…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 17, 2025
Jason Alexander to Headline 2025 Lighthouse International Film Festival
The 2025 Lighthouse International Film Festival, which will be held June 4 through 8, will be keynoted by none other than Jason Alexander, best known as George Costanza in the NBC sitcom “Seinfeld.”
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Arts & Entertainment••April 17, 2025
Celebrate Earth Day at Community Cleanups
As Earth Day, April 22, approaches, there are plenty of ways to honor and clean up the beaches, woods and waterways so many build their lives around in Southern Ocean County. If you’re looking for a…
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Sports••April 17, 2025
Bodony, Reilly Lead County; Southern Repeats as Team Champion
Jackson Bodony had one of those “Why not?” moments as he walked up to the first hole at Charleston Springs Golf Course in Millstone on April 14.
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Opinion••April 17, 2025
Surviving February, the Cruelest Month on LBI
Whoever said April is the cruelest month (OK, it was T.S. Eliot) never spent a February on LBI.
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Opinion•April 16, 2025
Consider the Possibilities
I am here to express my opinion regarding the proposed restaurant on the Boulevard and 81st Street in Harvey Cedars.
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Arts & Entertainment••April 16, 2025
Major Lighthouse International Film Festival Fundraiser on April 25
The Lighthouse International Film Festival is planning to make its 17th edition, which will run from June 4 to 8, its biggest and best ever.
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Arts & Entertainment••April 16, 2025
Denise Miller’s Veterans Tribute Racks Up Streams, Accolades
Little Egg Harbor’s own folk artist Denise Miller has been hard at work for well over 50 years, ever since she was inspired by Joni Mitchell and John Denver to pick up an acoustic guitar as a child.…
