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Arts & Entertainment••August 28, 2024
Toast to Terry Stebbins at Engleside Sand Bar
This Sunday, Sept. 1, from noon to 8 p.m. the community is invited to the Engleside Sand Bar for a toast to Terry Stebbins, who succumbed to cancer earlier this year.
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News••August 27, 2024
LBT’s Angela Andersen Named to NJ Coastal Resilience Collaborative Leadership
The New Jersey Coastal Resilience Collaborative – a network of more than 75 diverse partners established to foster sustainable and resilient coastal communities and ecosystems – recently approved a…
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News••August 26, 2024
Authorities Investigating Harvey Cedars Boating Fatality
The Harvey Cedars Police Department and the New Jersey State Police are investigating a fatal boating accident off Sunset Park Sunday afternoon, Aug. 25.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 26, 2024
Sign Up for Harvey Cedars Catboat Races
Harvey Cedars’ summer activities come to a traditional end with the annual catboat races on Sunday, Sept. 1, off Sunset Park.
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Sports••August 26, 2024
Haven Beach Club Edges St. Francis to Score Third Straight Island Title
Among the Long Beach Island swim clubs each year, older swimmers age out and move onto other things in life during their summers. Some take jobs or return to their clubs as coaches, but the…
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News••August 24, 2024
Barnegat Light Council Divided on Future Hotels, Motels
The Barnegat Light municipal meeting room overflowed into the hallway with residents concerned about preserving the borough’s character by preventing future hotels or motels from being built. But the…
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Sports••August 23, 2024
Former College Runner Finally Grabs Top Spot in Dog Day Race
Sam Fowler has been climbing the ladder of High Point Volunteer Fire Co.’s Dog Day Road Race for nearly 10 years, first trekking through the streets of Harvey Cedars in 2016, when he was 14 years old.
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News••August 22, 2024
Surf City Fighting for Beach Nourishment Inclusion
If the federal government needs any more convincing that Surf City beaches belong in the next periodic nourishment project, perhaps it isn’t the problem areas they should consider but the number of…
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News••August 22, 2024
Team Effort Saves Anglers Trapped By Rising Waters in Barnegat Inlet
With a full moon tide and hurricane swells of up to 8 feet, Barnegat Inlet was the scene of a daring rescue on Sunday evening, Aug. 18, of two fishermen stranded on a Coast Guard structure marking…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 22, 2024
Wildflowers Dog Show Fetches Funds for Animal Shelter
The 23rd annual Wildflowers Too Dog Show at Bay Breeze Park in Barnegat Light was held Tuesday, July 23, and a record-breaking number of spectators packed the pavilion.
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Sports••August 22, 2024
55th Annual Beach Haven White Marlin Invitational Winner Got the ‘Fever’
Fishin’ Fever was the big winner of last week’s 55th annual White Marlin Invitational, held by the Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna Club…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 22, 2024
Audience Favorites Mike Marino and Edwards Twins Returning to Surflight
Some familiar faces will appear at Surflight Theatre this coming week.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 22, 2024
Wetlands Wildlife Is Photographer’s Focus
Anthony Ferraina is a Tuckerton-based wildlife photographer, writer and naturalist who has participated in shows and events on Long Beach Island since 2016 – Beach Haven Art Walk, Harvey Cedars Art…
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Opinion•August 22, 2024
Mallard Island Thanks
The friends and neighbors of Mallard Island want to thank Eric Magaziner of the Tide Table Group for his donation of a new fiberglass flagpole.
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Opinion•August 22, 2024
Great Service
I am writing to give thanks for the John Deere transport service, which Long Beach Township offers to those who require assistance getting to the beach and back from our homes.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 22, 2024
Shorty Long and the Jersey Horns: Unbreakable Spirit, Unmitigated Joy
Long Beach Island’s northern tip was a lively scene on Monday, Aug. 5 as music lovers flocked to Bay Breeze Park for another installment of the Barnegat Light Summer Concert Series.
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Opinion•August 22, 2024
Kudos to P.O.
Kudos to the Long Beach Township post office and its staff. I inadvertently left my phone there and someone turned it in. I had no idea where it was. An employee, Ashley, took the time and…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 22, 2024
Cultivating LBI Region’s Original Music Scene
With fall fast approaching, we are reminded how fortunate we are to live in an area that values live music such that there are opportunities to enjoy it seven days a week, year ’round. Although…
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News••August 22, 2024
Proposed Development Raises Resiliency Questions in Ship Bottom
A redevelopment plan for the LBI Grade school property that would allow for 21 single-family homes has drawn concern from residents in the area and questions about resiliency plans.
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Columns••August 21, 2024
Earnest Ernesto’s Hurricane Swell; Swimmers Beware and Replenishment Might Not Be the Worst-Case Scenario
Well, it seems hurricane season and election season are once again intertwined. And there will certainly be a few readers who would insist that Liquid Lines “just stick to surfing.” But isn’t it my…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 21, 2024
Mini Golfers for Life, Pennsylvania Pair Provides Significant Challenge at Jen’s Links
I’ll admit it. After recently winning the weekly tournament at Flamingo Golf, and two Sundays ago following it with a huge win at the O-Street Open in Ocean City, my first professional tournament…
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News••August 21, 2024
Opponents Amp Up Offshore Wind Challenges
A 2024 study predicts the proposed offshore wind farms planned off Long Beach Island will cost municipalities hundreds of millions of dollars in tourism monies as well as nearly a million annual…
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Business••August 21, 2024
Turn Visions into Plans at Wanna Window Home Show
Wanna Window presents the third annual Home Show at its Manahawkin location on Route 9 on Wednesday, Aug. 28 from 2 to 7 p.m., inviting the public as well as current customers to join in seeing the…
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Columns••August 21, 2024
Heavily Viewed Jetty Rescue Saves Anglers From Battering; Horseshoe Crabs Up Against Turbine Times
The weekend saw a wow-ifed rescue of two men, possibly anglers, who became marooned on rocks next to the buoy monument at the far east end of the South Jetty at Barnegat Inlet. Their escape route…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 21, 2024
St. Stephen‘s Offers Blessings, Backpacks for Back to School
Send the kids off into the 2024-25 school year with a backpack full of blessings, courtesy of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, in Waretown.
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Sports••August 21, 2024
Amid Great Conditions, Ship Bottom Tournaments Conclude Competition Season
Finally, the weather and ocean cooperated with the Ship Bottom Beach Patrol.
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Opinion•August 21, 2024
Government Works
It is almost a given that people want to criticize government agencies and government workers. We rely on the local, county, state, and federal officials for so much in our communities and in our…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 21, 2024
Barnegat Extends Outdoor Concerts Into September
The Barnegat Township Recreation Department is adding an another concert to its summer series at the municipal dock.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 21, 2024
Carol Siegel’s Whimsical Characters Emerge From Sculpted Clay
Sculptor Carol Siegel from Wyomissing, Pa., has a series of 12 sculptures titled “Bathing Beauties” and six busts on display at Wildflowers Too in Barnegat Light. Gallery Manager Maggie Roedema…
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News••August 21, 2024
Beach Haven Fire Co. Gets Two-Year Extension to Use EOC Building
Beach Haven borough has extended a lease with the Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co. for the outfit to use a portion of the emergency operations center based in the old Coast Guard station on Pelham…
