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Arts & Entertainment••February 7, 2024
Barnegat Author Details Writing, Publishing Journey for School Audience
In late January, Kathy Nisivocci of Barnegat visited the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School and the Long Beach Island Grade School to share with the students her experience in writing and publishing…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 7, 2024
March 7 Deadline for Annual NJ Conservation Poster Contest for Kids
The Ocean County Soil Conservation District has announced the theme for this year’s New Jersey Conservation Poster Contest for Kids: “May the Forest Be With You Always.” Students in grades two to 12…
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Columns••February 7, 2024
Barnegat Lighthouse Still in Peril
For anyone familiar with Long Beach Island or the Jersey Shore in general, Barnegat Lighthouse is part of the culture. Today if this symbol were threatened by man or nature, we would expect the…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 7, 2024
LBI Museum Preparing Enhancements for ’24 Season
The Long Beach Island Historical Association and Museum in Beach Haven, founded in 1976 with a mission to preserve and perpetuate the rich history of the Island, has announced a series of innovative…
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Opinion•February 7, 2024
Special Stories
What a great story about a great church, Bayside Chapel in Barnegat, and the new senior pastor, the Rev. Kenneth Carlson (“New Bayside Chapel Pastor Overcame Personal Struggles,” 1/24)! After serving…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 7, 2024
OCC’s Grunin Center Springs Into Action With New Season’s Shows
The Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College has announced an exciting lineup of shows and special events for spring 2024, “jam-packed with music, family fun and spectacular performances…
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News••February 7, 2024
Proposed Ordinance Cleans Up Public Health Nuisance Messes
While the number of verbal and written warnings for household trash and recycling violations in Ship Bottom appears to be on the decline, one property, described as unfit at a recent council meeting…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 7, 2024
A Look at the Night Sky at Feb. 10 Science Saturday
Check out this weekend’s installment of Science Saturday, Feb. 10 at 11 a.m., on Zoom to hear astronomer and astro-photographer James Webster discuss “how to be better attuned to what we see in the…
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News••February 7, 2024
Tuckerton Fire Co. Does Not Meet Standards for Reinstatement
Former Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co. Chief Lee Eggert returned to the Tuckerton Borough Council meeting Feb. 5 to question the council about the company’s now-permanent suspension. Tuckerton’s fire…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 7, 2024
Art Notes, Feb. 7
Lifers: New drop-in figure study sessions with an undraped model have started up at Pine Shores Art Association’s Manahawkin gallery-studio on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month from 7 to…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 7, 2024
Can Older Adults Find Love and Romance?
The need for companionship, love and intimacy doesn’t fade with age. Older adults can build new relationships with just a screen and a keyboard.
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News••February 7, 2024
Barnegat Woman Pleads Guilty to Drug Distribution
Laurie Maxson of Barnegat Township recently pleaded guilty in Ocean County Superior Court to conspiracy to distribute more than 5 ounces of methamphetamine. At the time of her sentencing, scheduled…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 7, 2024
Barnegat Library to Feature Artistic Work of Local High School Graduate
The Barnegat Branch of the Ocean County Library will present “Red Rose Kay Photography & Multimedia: Landscapes and Nature Photography” by Shore-based photographer and artist Kaylee McGrath during…
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News••February 7, 2024
Pinelands Regional Fills Empty Board Seat
The Pinelands Regional Board of Education picked Crystal Martin to fill an empty seat on the board at its January meeting.
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••February 7, 2024
Ocean County Opioid Advisory Council Distributes $1.1 Million to Addiction Prevention, Treatment, Recovery Organizations
Following a community needs assessment and development of a strategic plan, the Ocean County Opioid Advisory Council has recommended to county government certain steps to implement evidence-based…
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Sports••February 7, 2024
Barnegat Seniors Proud of Teams’ Hard Work, Family Vibe as Swim Season Ends
Following a season in which the team had just nine swimmers, it would have been easy for Tyler Finkle or Christopher Schumann, or any of the seniors, to not care much about this season. But that’s…
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News••February 6, 2024
Primary Learning Center Students Deliver 784 Boxes of Cereal to Fulfill
Surrounded by hundreds of classmates and teachers as well as emergency medical services and police personnel, Lincoln Scofield gave a light, two-handed shove to the first cereal box with Toucan Sam’s…
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News••February 5, 2024
Land Use Board Approves Brennan Fuel’s Building Renovation
Long Beach Township’s Land Use Board approved, at a meeting last month, an application from Brennan Fuel LLC to renovate the existing commercial building at 13601 Long Beach Blvd. in Beach Haven…
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News••February 4, 2024
It Takes Hard Work, Friends and the Touch of God to Build a Church
On Sunday, Jan. 14 the leadership, congregation and friends of Little Egg Harbor’s New Life Community Church celebrated the 10th anniversary of its building, located at 595 Parkertown Drive, with a…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 2, 2024
Lizzie Rose Will Capture Hearts This Valentine’s Month
Valentine’s month has arrived and the Lizzie Rose Music Room, situated in the heart of Tuckerton, is offering so many shows to fall in love with. The historic home seats about 80, making it the…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 2, 2024
Manahawkin Tween Relishes Hard-Knock Life as Orphan Kate in ‘Annie’ National Tour
In a hotel room in Richmond, Va., earlier this month, 11-year-old Addie Jaymes Finley of Manahawkin and her mother, Natalie, reflected on life on the road for a sixth-grader in the national tour of…
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News••February 1, 2024
Robert Henken Appointed New Mayor of Stafford Township
It’s official. Stafford Township’s new mayor is Robert Henken.
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News••February 1, 2024
NRC to Review Nuclear Plant’s License Termination Plan
The decommissioning operator of the shuttered Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township is expected to submit a license termination plan for the former power plant to federal…
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News••February 1, 2024
Deaf Barnegat Resident ‘Achieving My Dreams’ With New College ASL Position
Anthony De Franco, the Barnegat Township resident who is known in the community for teaching American Sign Language at the local bay beach, was recently hired as an adjunct American Sign Language…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 1, 2024
Free Viewing of Film ‘Deep Rising’ at LBIF This Saturday, Feb. 3
This weekend’s Science Saturday, to be held in the gallery at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies, features a special showing of the movie “Deep Rising,” courtesy…
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Sports••February 1, 2024
Barnegat Bowler Fires First Perfect Game in School History
The 10-pin made A.J. Wolcott sweat a little at the end of his second game on Jan. 25.
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Business••February 1, 2024
Movie, TV Production Industry Is Economic Booster for Garden State, Local Business People Told
The year ahead will see large-scale movie and television production studios shooting in New Jersey, setting up shop and even setting down roots, which boosts economies at every level with job…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 1, 2024
October Ensemble Stages Chocolate-Covered Murder Mystery, ‘Sweetest Crime’
A brand-new theater production company called October Ensemble, led by the creative team of Dakota Reider and Elle River of Barnegat and Bliss Rubin of Lacey Township, debuts its chocolate-themed…
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Opinion•February 1, 2024
Unwavering Support
Thank you to our friends, family, community and Stafford Township Fire Co. for your unwavering support for Matthew Tancredi. The love and generosity of all who contributed to this event, held in…
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News••February 1, 2024
BPU Awards Two More Offshore Wind Leases at ‘More Sensible’ Sites
While the chasm between proponents and opponents of New Jersey’s offshore wind goals remains apparent in the wake of the Board of Public Utilities’ unanimously awarding two new leases last week, a…
