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Sports••January 30, 2025
Manahawkin Mavericks Challenger Organization Goes Full Throttle Toward Future
Southern Regional High School administrator Joe DiPietro probably doesn’t get blamed for too many things, but Grace McClellan came up with something to implicate him.
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News••January 30, 2025
Most Causeway Work on Time to Finish Before Summer
Changes are coming in the next few months, including a return to Daylight Saving Time, the arrival of spring and, perhaps, the final phase of the Causeway project in Ship Bottom being completed on…
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News••January 30, 2025
Long Beach Township Board of Commissioners Reviews Accomplishments
On Jan. 13, Long Beach Township Mayor Joseph H. Mancini and Commissioners Joseph P. Lattanzi, M.D. and Alexander L. Meehan were sworn into office for another term at the helm of the 12 noncontiguous…
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News••January 30, 2025
Jen’s Links Co-Owner Charged With Multimillion-Dollar Fraud
Scott Mason, a Montgomery County, Pa.-based former investment adviser, Loveladies homeowner and 25% owner of Jen’s Links miniature golf course in Barnegat Light, has been charged by the Securities…
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Opinion•January 30, 2025
Welcoming Workforce
Ninety-eight percent of Costco’s shareholders recently supported the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies. According to the board chairman, since its founding Costco has always been…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 30, 2025
Celebrate Galentine‘s Day With Women’s Heart Health, Wellness Screening
Just in time for “Galentine’s Day” and in honor of American Heart Month, Little Egg Harbor Township is teaming up with Hackensack Meridian Health to host a Women’s Heart Health and Wellness Screening…
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News••January 29, 2025
Mystic Island Structure Fire Triggers Multiple Fire Company Response
Mystic Island was shrouded in smoke and anxiety after reports of a commercial structure fire at Muffler Masters on Radio Road just after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28.
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Business••January 29, 2025
Taylor Made Cabinets Celebrates 40 Years
For the past four decades, Surf City native Dave Taylor, younger brother Chris Taylor and the staff of Taylor Made Cabinets have designed and installed kitchens, bathrooms and more throughout…
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Sports••January 29, 2025
Southern Regional Girls Swimmers Secure Division Championship
Despite the changes made to the Shore Conference divisional alignments during the off-season, the Southern Regional girls swim team cruised along as if nothing had changed. Head coach Bill Entrikin’s…
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News••January 29, 2025
New Police Officer Joins Force in Tuckerton
Tuckerton welcomed a new full-time police officer, Jared Miller, to its small force as he was sworn in at the Jan. 21 council meeting.
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Business••January 29, 2025
Gather the Girls for Bends, Brunch and Browse
This Valentine’s Day is all about the ladies; indulging in self-love and honoring the sisterhood, all while supporting female-owned businesses. Gather the girls and get out to The Mainland Holiday…
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News••January 29, 2025
NJ Taking Steps to Protect Environmental Regulations During Federal Transition
Earlier this month New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced three actions the state is undertaking to defend environmental protections and protect the health of residents in the wake…
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News••January 29, 2025
Norovirus Rapidly Spreading Across Country and County
Norovirus is spreading across the U.S. at a highly elevated rate this winter.
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Columns••January 29, 2025
‘USS Los Angeles’ Takes to the Sky
As January 1925 ended, the giant hangar at Lakehurst, N.J. housed two of the world’s most modern dirigibles. Each was over two football fields long.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 29, 2025
Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly’ to Be Performed at Stockton PAC
The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera will perform Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7 at the Stockton University Performing Arts Center.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 29, 2025
LBI Foundation’s Science Saturdays Return in February
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences’ educational Science Saturday series returns for another winter, with both in-person and virtual presentations scheduled. This coming…
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Opinion•January 29, 2025
Sound Coverage
The “Sound Waves” column last week by Monique M. Demopoulos covering the local open mic scene, old and new, was well done. Extra credit for including events that are all-music and those that also…
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News••January 29, 2025
Little Egg Harbor Township Discusses Affordable Housing
The Little Egg Harbor Township Committee passed a resolution to accept the planning board’s estimate of 142 prospective affordable housing units at a special meeting on Jan. 28 to discuss plans for…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 29, 2025
Sixth-Graders Present SpongeBob Musical at STAC
Stafford Intermediate School sixth-graders will present an “exciting, magical, and heartwarming performance” of “The SpongeBob Musical” this week at the Stafford Township Arts Center, according to…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 29, 2025
Fan Favorite February at Lizzie Rose
Shake off the bitter cold February brings with a universal cure-all: music. The Lizzie Rose Music Room is bringing back a familiar lineup of fan-favorites, and a few debuts, to warm things up.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 29, 2025
Infectious Disease Expert Appearing Virtually
The common factor in pandemics that have plagued humanity since the beginning of time is humanity. Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts contends that recognizing our habits and traits is the key to…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 29, 2025
Astronomy 101 at Cloverdale County Park
Do you have a new telescope and you’re not sure what to look for in the night sky?
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Arts & Entertainment••January 29, 2025
African Dance, Drumming on Tap Next Month
In honor of Black History Month, the Ocean County Library is offering traditional West and Central African dance and drumming by the Cumbe Center for African and Diaspora Dance at several branches in…
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News••January 29, 2025
Water Main Replacement on Harvey Cedars Agenda
Harvey Cedars announced the project to replace the water main on the west side of Long Beach Boulevard north of 80th Street is about to commence.
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Opinion••January 29, 2025
Pardon Who? Recent Actions Undermine Law and Order
Several thoughts come to mind regarding President Donald Trump’s blanket pardons and commutation of sentences of convicted Jan. 6, 2020 rioters, including those who committed violent, destructive and…
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News••January 29, 2025
West Creek Man Charged With Construction Fraud
Rob’s Platinum Home Service of West Creek is in hot water for alleged construction fraud. Stafford Township police say Robert Sprague, 29, was not properly licensed as a home improvement contractor…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 29, 2025
Art Notes, Jan. 29
Art Herstory: Wildflowers Too Gallery in Barnegat Light presents “Women in Art,” a series of educational and creative workshops focusing on different influential women artists, held on the first and…
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Columns••January 29, 2025
Cow Gallstone Cartels Find Gold Within Bile; Tons of Chemical Fallout From Turbines
To show what lengths I’ll go to for winter column fodder, I’ve turned to gallstones as both subject matter and a last gasp retirement plan. I speak not of human “stones,” made of bad cholesterol, but…
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Sports••January 29, 2025
Down Two Hammers, Southern Regional Falls Short Against Tough CBA Squad
Head coach Dan Roy never ducks tough opponents. So when the Shore Conference realigned the wrestling divisions during the off-season and Southern Regional ended up in the same division as Christian…
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Sports••January 29, 2025
White, Block Have Big Third Game in Loss to Rival Manchester
The Barnegat girls bowling team has been, without question, the most successful athletic program in the school’s history to date. Coach Jon Gordon’s squad is the three-time defending NJSIAA South…
