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Sports••May 29, 2024
Barnegat’s Germano Named Ocean County Athletic Director of the Year
After 20 years at the helm of Barnegat High School’s athletic department, John Germano was named the Shore Conference’s 2023-24 Ocean County Athletic Director of the Year for the first time.
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Arts & Entertainment••May 28, 2024
Area Locales, Local Filmmakers Playing Major Roles in 2024 Festival
The 2024 Lighthouse International Film Festival will feature dozens of short films from many countries. But there are several shorts shot on LBI or made by area filmmakers at this year’s festival.
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Arts & Entertainment••May 27, 2024
Celine Dion Tribute Opens Stafford Township Arts Center’s Summer
The Stafford Township Arts Center’s first summer show of 2024 will be “Celebrating Celine with Jenene Caramielo” at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 1.
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Arts & Entertainment••May 27, 2024
Old Songs of the Sea at Beach Haven Library
The Beach Haven Public Library is an appropriate setting for a program titled “Songs and Stories of Old Sailing Days” on Friday, May 31 at 2 p.m.
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News••May 27, 2024
Historian Thomas Farner Receives Ocean County Lifetime Achievement Award
From storms to shark attacks, nuclear reactors proposed to float off Holgate and Harvey Cedars, even a Revolutionary War skirmish fought in our own Barnegat Township, Thomas Farner’s history column…
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News••May 26, 2024
‘Hero’ Mailman Tom Logue Calling It a Career
Beginning in June, hundreds of homeowners on the north end of Long Beach Island will have to get accustomed to a new person delivering the mail. On Friday, May 31, Tom Logue will call it a career…
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Columns••May 25, 2024
MDW Is Here at Long Last, and Are We Ever Ready for Summer
It’s safe to say we’re ready for summer. I, for one, am ready for a Pamwich from Barry’s, sunglasses and the squeak of an old beach cruiser that has gotten rained on 28 days in the past month. I’m…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 24, 2024
Paying Tribute to the Fallen
Across the country, Memorial Day weekend is synonymous with the unofficial start of summer. Its beginning, however, was more solemn. In 1868, three years after the Civil War ended, May 30 was…
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News••May 23, 2024
Overnight Causeway Work Rings in Another Summer Season for LBI Region
Changes to the Long Beach Island landscape abound this spring, but, perhaps the biggest is the removal of the large pile of sand that has sat at the entrance to the barrier island for years now.
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News••May 23, 2024
Temporary Relief for Outdoor Dining Approved in Surf City
A week after Surf City residents flooded the courtroom to discuss outdoor dining, there were plenty of empty chairs at a special meeting of the borough council where the topic was back on the menu…
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News••May 23, 2024
Beach Haven to Place Surfline Surf Cams on Beachfront
This summer, the Beach Haven Beach Patrol will install Surfline surf cams to get a better handle on beach conditions.
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News••May 23, 2024
Hundreds Celebrate Beach Haven’s 150th Anniversary at Heritage Day
Over 300 people celebrated Beach Haven’s 150th anniversary on Saturday, May 18 at the inaugural Heritage Day, an event that captured the past and present spirit of the Queen City.
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Sports••May 23, 2024
Focused on Top Spot at New Egypt, Paul Mancini Keeps Plugging Away
When he was 6 years old, Paul Mancini enjoyed the thrill of racing around a dirt track so much, he hasn’t stopped.
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Opinion••May 23, 2024
Surviving ‘The Hole’ in the Middle of Summer
It was six years since the Lucy Evelyn caught fire and burned. The Bee Gees’ songs were tops on the pop charts. Folks thronged to theaters to see “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” and “Laverne…
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Opinion•May 23, 2024
Ode to LBI
There is a magical place on my mind Where memories are never far behind,
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••May 22, 2024
Longboard Master Joel Tudor to Visit Farias May 28
On Tuesday, Cardiff, Calif. surfer and jiu-jitsu blackbelt Joel Tudor will be swinging through the Island and stopping at the Farias Surf and Sport Flagship Store in Ship Bottom. When it comes to the…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 22, 2024
Art Notes, May 22
Up-and-Comers: The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences has announced a juried competition and exhibition called “35 Under 35.” The show will comprise 35 works of art created by…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 22, 2024
A Long List of Short Films at 2024 Lighthouse International Film Festival
Lighthouse International Film Festival Executive Director Christine Rooney loves to say, “Don’t short the shorts.”
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Opinion•May 22, 2024
Proactive Program
The Beach Haven Neighborhood Watch Program will start on June 7 and run through September.
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Opinion•May 22, 2024
Ask the Experts
Why is nobody going to the experts in hurricane technology concerning the proposed wind farms 10 miles off the LBI shoreline?
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Business••May 22, 2024
Infuse Life With Boho Beauty, Wellness, Creativity at Airamids Designs
“Airamid” is DiMaria spelled backward; the S on the end is for, let’s say, Style. Entrepreneur Jessica DiMaria named her Manahawkin wellness bar, studio and boutique Airamids Designs to encompass her…
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Opinion•May 22, 2024
Special Delivery
Joe and Nancy Ferrante will count Sunday, April 7 in Sunrise Bay, Little Egg Harbor, as one of the most important in their lives. At 12:30 p.m., they received a call from the transplant team at NYU…
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Opinion•May 22, 2024
Time for Change
My name is William (Bill) Fenimore and I am running in the primary for a position on the Ship Bottom Council. I decided to run for council because I believe it is time for a change and time for…
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Opinion•May 22, 2024
Cost of Convenience
We have come a long way from voting on a paper ballot on Election Day to voting by mail to early voting prior to Election Day. Now if all this wasn’t enough, we have this year’s entry: the Voter…
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Opinion•May 22, 2024
Wrong on Abortion
Carolyn Rush, a Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives in the 2nd District, has got it wrong. In a commercial airing now she warns about a national ban on abortion if Republicans win…
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Opinion•May 22, 2024
Local Color
I am thrilled to submit this photo that I took of my girlfriend, Julia Juliati, on LBI, which perfectly captures the carefree spirit of life at the shore.
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Columns••May 22, 2024
Seeking the Gentle Glow of Nighttime Mushrooms, A Screening Out of an Entire Mountain
The Memorial Day weekend is upon us. I’ve long seen it as the false start of summer. The Island engorges like a starving tick, then, just like that, it falls off until true summer begins on July 4.
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Sports••May 22, 2024
Southern Regional Captures Eighth Consecutive Shore Conference Crown
With a dominant 2-0 win over second-seeded Howell, the Southern Regional boys volleyball team emerged as Shore Conference Tournament champions on May 16, as the Rams claimed their eighth consecutive…
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News••May 22, 2024
LEH Kids Have Raised $626,000 for American Heart Association Since 1980
The members of the rock band The Who were certainly right when they sang their song “The Kids Are Alright.”
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Sports••May 22, 2024
Play Ball and More at Southern Regional Sports Camps This Summer
Every summer, Southern Regional High School athletic coaches provide opportunities for youngsters to have fun and hone their skills in a variety of sports.
