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Arts & Entertainment••January 29, 2024
Music of the East and West Offered at Stockton University Performing Arts Center
The Stockton University Performing Arts Center is going highbrow in early February. At 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 4 the center will host a program titled “Cellogayageum.” Then at 7:30 p.m. on Friday…
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Business••January 29, 2024
With Fanciful Gnomes and More, LBI Rotary Club’s Holiday Gala Is Record-Breaking Success
For the first time in the event’s 38-year history, the Long Beach Island Rotary Club’s Holiday Auction, held Thursday, Dec. 7 at The Mainland Holiday Inn in Manahawkin, exceeded $100,000 in funds…
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News••January 27, 2024
Heavy Surf Brings Training Opportunity for Coast Guard
On a dry, sunny January morning, there are few individuals thinking about the thunderous winter storms, like the one earlier this month, that blow across Long Beach Island, bringing winds, tidal…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 26, 2024
Strictly Bluegrass at Albert Music Hall Feb. 10
There will be an evening of real rootsy music when the Pinelands Cultural Society presents a bluegrass festival on Saturday, Feb. 10 at the Albert Music Hall in Waretown. Doors open at 5, with music…
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Sports••January 26, 2024
Southern Regional Boys, Girls Swim Squads Snag County Crowns Again
For the first time in several seasons, the Southern Regional boys swim team may not have been considered the favorite going into the Ocean County Championships. The Rams are a bit of a young team…
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News••January 25, 2024
Accumulating Snow: What a Concept
With winter precipitation limited to a few dustings last year, snow shovels and snowplows were able to stay in hibernation. But that all changed last week, with fresh white stuff falling on Tuesday…
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News••January 25, 2024
E.J. School Expansion Expected to Begin Next Year
“The Way Forward” is more than three words marking a subpage of the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District’s website. Those words represent the district’s future, and school officials have…
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News••January 25, 2024
New Bayside Pastor Rose From the Depths of Despair
On New Year’s Eve, the Rev. Ken Carlson became the new lead pastor at Bayside Chapel in Barnegat Township. And to mark that occasion, the retiring lead pastor, the Rev. Dave Ridder, literally passed…
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Columns••January 25, 2024
A Couple More MegaSwells and a Milestone; Seeing Where El Niño Takes Us
Thirty-three degrees and raining might be about the most miserable weather New Jersey can get.
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Business••January 25, 2024
Seeking Inspiration – From India to Our Own Backyard
Yaatree Bazaar proprietress Taylor Thorn has been traveling in India of late, to find inspiration for new items in her Barnegat Light boutique. Happiest in a pile of vibrant fabrics, Thorn said she…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 25, 2024
Colors Harmonize in Pine Shores Combo Show
Paul Daukas (pronounced DOE-kiss) and Lois Mullen, who call themselves “snowbirds” – summer in Harvey Cedars and winter in The Dunes. The two artists met as members of Pine Shores Art Association and…
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News••January 25, 2024
N.J.’s Bald Eagles Continued to Thrive in 2023
According to a report from Conserve Wildlife Foundation and N.J. Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program, the state’s bald eagles logged a successful 2023. Larissa Smith, senior…
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News••January 25, 2024
District Officials Refute Call for LBI School Condemnation Investigation
Long Beach Island Consolidated School District officials are pushing back against an effort by Ship Bottom’s governing body to designate the LBI Grade School property as an area in need of…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
Stockton Jazz Dance Show Reflects on Life Via Cellphone Pictures
The Stockton University Performing Arts Center will host a jazz dance show, “Glimpse,” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2.
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News••January 24, 2024
Van Drew Demands BPU Suspend Offshore Wind Approvals, Meetings
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities is expected to consider applications for the state’s third offshore wind solicitation at a special meeting this week, drawing the ire of Congressman Jeff Van…
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Opinion•January 24, 2024
Great Job
My wife and I are residents of Beach Haven. The recent bad storm knocked out our power about 10 p.m. Tuesday evening, Jan. 9. When I ventured outside Wednesday morning, I was amazed to see the…
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Opinion••January 24, 2024
Applying Lessons in Politics From NYC to Harvey Cedars
The year was 1984. The issue was not complicated. One school in New York City was heating the school building with bituminous coal. That is the “dirtiest” kind of coal. You could see the coal dust in…
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News••January 24, 2024
Little Egg Harbor School Board Busy Searching for Superintendent
At the Jan. 16 meeting of the Little Egg Harbor Board of Education, Board President Christine S. Snyder laid out the timeline for the search for a new permanent superintendent of schools.
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Opinion••January 24, 2024
Weird Wonders Never Cease at One Retailer
Even though I read the newspaper every morning before I go to work, there are many stories that I miss completely. I guess I could blame it on the fact that I am usually called away from my reading…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
‘Chat and Color’ at Beach Haven Library
Are you tired of January yet? The Beach Haven Public Library invites people to a “chat and color” on Friday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m.
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News••January 24, 2024
Tuckerton Accepting Community Development Grant Requests
Community Block Development Grant applications are now open to the public and can be picked up from the municipal building, Tuckerton Borough Clerk Jenny Gleghorn said, opening the Jan. 6 regular…
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News••January 24, 2024
Holy Innocents’ Playground in the Works
This off-season, Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church in Beach Haven will be hard at work to replace a playground in time for late spring or summer.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
Grunin Center Hosting One-Man Show That Explores Racism
Kicking off Black History Month, the Grunin Center for the Arts, located on the Toms River campus of Ocean County College, will present a show called “Rhapsody in Black” at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb.…
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Columns••January 24, 2024
Cast Adrift in the Storm
During January 1924, a strong nor’easter was battering the Jersey Shore. At Lakehurst, the 680-foot-long dirigible Shenandoah was anchored to its almost 200-foot-high mooring tower like a giant…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
Tuckerton Crick Museum Now Open Saturdays
The Tuckerton Crick Museum, situated inside Little Borough Hall, at 220 South Green St. in Tuckerton, celebrated its grand opening on Saturday, Jan. 20.
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News••January 24, 2024
New Jersey Establishes Nonprofit Parks and Open Space Foundation
A foundation newly established within the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection will be incorporated as a nonprofit responsible for raising funds for the maintenance and development of state…
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Business••January 24, 2024
New Year, New Career: Fast-Track Job Training at Ocean County College
Beginning in February, Ocean County College’s Workforce and Professional Education department will offer a series of courses and training programs designed for county residents looking for new career…
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News••January 24, 2024
Imperiale Named Secretary of Mayors Group
At the regular monthly meeting of the Ocean County Mayors Association on Jan. 17, Harvey Cedars Mayor John Imperiale was nominated and appointed to serve on the organization’s executive committee as…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
U.S. Constitution 101 at Stafford Library Feb. 1
The Constitution is firm enough to hold America together, flexible enough for all its people and still vibrant as it reaches 235 years of age.
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News••January 24, 2024
Harvey Cedars Unveils ‘Mission and Values’
Respect: Every employee shall show proper respect to other employees and to every resident, visitor, and business at all times.
