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Opinion•August 7, 2024
Compassionate Help
We would like to thank the Long Beach Township police and EMTs for help in coming to our home in Beach Haven Park quickly and transporting my wife to Southern Ocean Medical Center. They were…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
Dog Day Race in Harvey Cedars Right Around the Corner
For the past two years, the same two runners have been at the front of the pack during the annual Dog Day Road Race in Harvey Cedars. Perhaps it’s somebody else’s turn to break the tape first.
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Business••August 7, 2024
New Traveling Tavern Launches; Create Custom Cutting Board at Carazy Paint; Learn Floral Design at Reynolds
The Terrace Tavern and Delaware Avenue Oyster House in Beach Haven Terrace introduce their latest innovation, The Traveling Tavern, a fully equipped, custom-built bar on wheels, embracing “the newest…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
Mayor, Council Candidate Represent Stafford and Take on the Mini Golf Pro
Several months ago, Chris DarConte approached me at a Stafford Township Zoning Board meeting and asked about my miniature golf endeavors. After explaining that I challenge anybody in the world to…
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Opinion•August 7, 2024
Walkways Wanted
In response to the article titled “Surf City Sees Surge in Beach Use, Badge Sales” (7/17), I refer to my prior letter published in the June 19 edition regarding walkways being installed in Surf City…
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News••August 7, 2024
Barnegat Rotary Looks Back at a Successful Year
As its fiscal year came to a close, the Barnegat Rotary Club announced it had donated $30,000 to local community causes, covering more than 20 entities.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
ALO Longboard Classic to See Returning Champs and More Beach-Based Fun This Saturday
When former Alliance for a Living Ocean Executive Director Tom Beaty initiated ALO’s very first LBI Longboard Classic in 2009, it was a pretty bare-bones surf event. There were a handful of surfers…
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News••August 7, 2024
Harvey Cedars Auto Is Bidding Adieu
Friday, Aug. 16, will mark the end of a long era in Harvey Cedars, as that will be the final curtain call for Harvey Cedars Auto.
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News••August 7, 2024
Education Key to Reducing Garbage, Recycling Violations
In baseball, it’s one, two, three strikes and you’re out. When it comes to garbage and recycling violations in Ship Bottom, the sentiment is similar, but instead of being tossed out, borough Code…
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Columns••August 7, 2024
Tropical Visitations as Man o’ Wars, Small Bigeyes Arrive; NMFS ‘Potential Biological Removal Level’
August is the most schizophrenic month, more so than even March with its lion/lamb syndrome. It’s a mental mess, bursting on scene, all deep-tanned and cocky, teeming with midsummer energy. But in…
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Opinion••August 7, 2024
Don’t Take the Elephants for Granted: Save Them
Do you ever wonder where all the circus elephants have gone? The Ringling Bros. Circus I attended in Philadelphia that enchanted me as a child has long since disbanded the elephant shows, retiring…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
Albert Music Hall Holding 50th Anniversary Concert
This fall will mark 50 years since live bluegrass music began being performed in Waretown. It eventually led to the founding and building of the Albert Music Hall, which will be the site of a 50th…
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Columns••August 7, 2024
Deadhead Deep Dive Into ’Days Between‘
The first day of August marked what would have been Jerry Garcia’s 82nd birthday and the beginning of a nine-day celebration of life that Deadheads call the Days Between. The Days Between references…
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Opinion•August 7, 2024
Unique Opportunity
The recent letter “Tranquility at Risk” (7/31) paints a beautiful picture of the Jersey Shore, and I too share in the appreciation and passion for preserving the serene beauty and tranquility of our…
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News••August 7, 2024
Conserve Wildlife: Promising Results of Forest Bird Surveys at Joint Base
Throughout the year, Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey teams up with partners from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s state field office and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst’s natural…
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News••August 7, 2024
Southern Regional FCCLA Students Have Success at National Conference
Success at the national level of anything is a greatly positive thing, especially for high school students. For the Southern Regional Family, Career and Community Leaders of America program, it’s now…
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News••August 7, 2024
Area 2024 School Board Candidates Announced
In the past few years school board elections have been hotly contested in many of the municipalities of Southern Ocean County.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
Black Bay Training Group Offers Free Family Water Safety Course at LBIF
The Black Bay Training Group will present a free family-friendly water safety course on Tuesday, Aug. 13 at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies. The course will be…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
Conserve Wildlife Foundation Wraps Up 2024 Wildlife Science Summer Camps
For summer 2024, Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, the Osprey Foundation and the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies partnered for two weeks of kids’ camps…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
Art Notes, Aug. 7
Good News: At its 58th annual meeting in Trenton on July 30, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts awarded more than $30 million in grants to support approximately 900 arts organizations, projects…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
Learn About Jersey Shore Shipwrecks
Many a seaworthy vessel met its end in the waters off the New Jersey coast. Join one of New Jersey’s most experienced historical divers for compelling tales from nearly 300 years of local maritime…
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News••August 7, 2024
Progress Made on Beach Haven Parks/Rec Projects
Earlier this year, the Beach Haven Parks and Recreation Committee presented recommendations to improve parks, beach and bay in the borough, based on a widely-distributed community survey. In strong…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
Barnegat Garden Club Plans Nature Walk
The Barnegat Garden Club invites people for a short, leisurely walk on the Ocean County Parks Barnegat Branch Trail on Friday, Aug. 9, starting at 6:30 p.m.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
‘My Summer with Ospreys’ Presentation at LBI Foundation Aug. 14
Join author, environmentalist and therapist Pamela Lowell at the Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences next Wednesday, Aug. 14 as she presents “My Summer with Ospreys: A Therapist’s…
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Opinion•August 7, 2024
Good Neighbor
This is a good neighbor story. Jack Gartland drives by the home of his late friend, Frank Reilly, just in time. Frank’s wife, Cathy, was on a ladder trying to get a squirrel’s nest out of her tree.…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
Name That Tune at Beach Club Weekly With ‘Singo!’
Test luck and musical knowledge on Wednesday nights at the Surf City Hotel with a new interactive audio-visual game called Singo – just like Bingo, but with songs, where competitors also must figure…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
Learn About Invasive Plants at Stafford Library
They’re easy to find and they’re often attractive. But invasive plants are also insidious, wiping out native plants as they spread. Learn the “Dirty Secrets of Invasive Plants” and how to combat them…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
College Admissions Is Virtual Talk Topic
Teens and parents feeling the pressure and uncertainty of college applications will want to hear what Irena Smith learned through experience. The former Stanford University admissions officer will…
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Opinion••August 7, 2024
More Morrison’s Memories of Hard But Rewarding Job
This Memorial Day weekend I had the pleasure of reading L.J. Wallace’s SpeakEasy column titled “Surviving ‘The Hole’ in the Middle of Summer.” It was mostly about working at Morrison’s Restaurant on…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
‘Zoophoria’ Critters at Beach Haven Library
If your children love creepy crawly things, bring them to the Beach Haven Public Library for “Zoophoria” on Thursday, Aug. 8, 1 p.m. The program will take place at the outdoor garden; it will be held…
