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Arts & Entertainment••August 9, 2023
EagleMania
STYLE: Faithful reproductions of the music of The Eagles.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 9, 2023
Meet ‘The Prophets’ Author Virtually Aug. 15
The Ocean County Library presents best-selling author Robert Jones Jr. for an in-depth look at his award-winning debut novel, The Prophets, as part of the system’s virtual talk series on Tuesday…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 9, 2023
Shorty Long and the Jersey Horns
STYLE: Covers of dance party favorites, plus medleys and stage antics, supersized with a generous helping of horns.
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News••August 9, 2023
Free Naloxone Available at Nine Southern Ocean County Pharmacies
It has been widely reported that the country is suffering from a huge annual number of drug OD deaths of late, with opioids, especially fentanyl, being the prime suspects. In May the Centers for…
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Opinion•August 9, 2023
Chocolate Thanks
The Long Beach Island Historical Association in Beach Haven would like to thank all who supported our museum’s recent Chocolate Fair fundraiser and helped to make it a success. Approximately 300…
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Opinion•August 9, 2023
Don’t Stop
Please make drivers on LBI aware that they should not stop on a green light to allow a pedestrian to cross against the light. In the past week I witnessed three near fatalities in Surf City.…
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Sports••August 9, 2023
St. Francis Surges Past Haven Beach Club in Prep for Island Championships
Among the Long Beach Island swim clubs, there’s always an excitement, more of an anxious tension, as the season closes in on the championship meet and all five teams are about to get together to…
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News••August 9, 2023
BPU Stalls Offshore Wind Rate Cost Review Request
The N.J. Board of Public Utilities has rebuffed an initial request for a hearing to revisit its 2021 approval granting above market prices for power produced by the Atlantic Shore Offshore Wind…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 9, 2023
Daddy Searches for a Wife in ‘Annie Warbucks’
“Annie Warbucks,” playing at Surflight Theatre through Aug. 20, picks right up where “Annie” left off.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 9, 2023
Jenna Pastuszek Back at Surflight, Celebrating Music of Streisand
Songstress Jenna Pastuszek will be on stage at Surflight Theatre on Monday, Aug. 14 to perform two concerts, the first at 5 p.m. and the second at 8 p.m.
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News••August 9, 2023
SOMC Performs Thousandth Robotic-Assisted Surgery
Robots are taking over Manahawkin’s Southern Ocean Medical Center.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 8, 2023
Lyrical Storyteller Valerie Vaughn Wins Heritage Fellowship for Folk Arts
New Jersey’s Troubadour, folk songstress and educator Valerie Vaughn of Tuckerton has been awarded the N.J. Heritage Fellowship in Folk Arts from the State Council on the Arts, and she feels, in a…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2023
Dogs on Parade in Wildflowers’ Annual Fashion, Talent Show
Most people think of art, either wearable or for the home, when they think about Wildflowers by the Lighthouse and Wildflowers Too Gallery in Barnegat Light. But a third kind – of the canine…
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News••August 7, 2023
Hearing on Open Space Tax Proposal Aug. 9 in Ship Bottom
The public will have an opportunity to comment on a proposed open space tax ordinance at a special meeting of the Ship Bottom Borough Council on Aug. 9. The proposal, if adopted, would allow borough…
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News••August 7, 2023
Food Fight: Offshore Wind a Risk to Cultural Fabric, Fishing Industry of LBI
Discussions about the impact of wind farms planned off the coast of New Jersey have been in the broad sense recently, but last week two commercial fishermen brought it home to Long Beach Island.
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Sports••August 6, 2023
Veterans, Younger Guards Prove Their Prowess at LBTBP Women’s Invitational
Last year, the Long Beach Township Beach Patrol’s Women’s Invitational lifeguard tournament was dealt an icy blow and forced to cancel because the ocean water was unusually cold for July.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 5, 2023
The Edwards Twins Returning to Surflight Theatre
The Edwards Twins, perhaps the most popular concert attraction at Surflight Theatre the past several years, are returning on Monday, Aug. 7.
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Opinion•August 5, 2023
Passing the Buck?
Jurisdiction is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. And so it is when Little Egg Harbor claimed that it is an Ocean County responsibility to provide…
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News••August 4, 2023
Late Night Heroes: Meet the Overnight Workers Who Keep LBI Going Until Dawn
There’s one mug at the popular Chicken or the Egg restaurant in Beach Haven that looks different from the rest, emblazoned with different insults taken from the works of William Shakespeare.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 3, 2023
Celebrity Sightings: Jonas Brother Is a ‘Sucker’ for LBI
New Jersey native Kevin Jonas, of the chart-topping pop trio the Jonas Brothers, has been spotted around some favorite LBI establishments this week.
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News••August 3, 2023
Vessel Off Harvey Cedars Prepping for Beach Replenishment
A vessel that was seen in the ocean off 75th Street in Harvey Cedars last week has been identified as a jacked-up work barge, according to Mayor Jonathan Oldham.
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News••August 3, 2023
Beach Haven Adopts More-Stringent Curfew
Individuals under 18 years of age will have to be home by 10 p.m., according to an ordinance adopted at the July 27 Beach Haven Borough Council agenda meeting. The current curfew is midnight.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 3, 2023
New, Local Music to Soften Heavy Summer; Plus, Days Between, Danny Clinch
The dog days of summer are here, and in all its heaviness lies the subtle reminder that the sun will soon set on our glorious, golden evenings and the heat will relinquish its grip to autumn’s…
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Columns••August 3, 2023
Waves of Strength Gets Stellar Waves; Potential for Open Space in Ship Bottom; Barbie’s Pink Milkshake Brings Ted Cruz to the Yard
Chances are that you’ve enjoyed something Barbie themed this week on LBI – some kind of pink milkshake, cupcake, ice cream or something else to celebrate this summer’s blockbuster that has earned…
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News••August 3, 2023
Little Egg Harbor Rider Participates in Fifth Great Cycle Challenge USA
Bicyclist Joe Mobus of Little Egg Harbor has pledged to ride 350 miles and raise $1,500 during the month of September in support of the Children’s Cancer Research Fund as part of its ninth annual…
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Sports••August 3, 2023
Former High School Pitchers Groome, Dean Have Ups and Downs in Minors
A pair of former pitchers from local high school baseball programs are chugging through their minor league assignments this summer, even though both have had their ups and downs.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 3, 2023
Slow Down Summer at the Tuckerton Seaport
With the arrival of August and summer swiftly slipping away, the Tuckerton Seaport invites visitors to take a slower, more scenic route to Long Beach Island. The Seaport water ferry is open for…
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Opinion•August 3, 2023
Crosswalk Request
I am writing in the hopes that a request I have had as a longtime homeowner in Beach Haven will be considered.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 3, 2023
Second Annual Moth Night This Friday
Ever wonder what beautiful creatures wander about our very neighborhood at night? While butterflies are diurnal and can be seen fluttering around the garden during the day, equally majestic moths are…
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Opinion••August 3, 2023
The Evolution of a Shoobie on Long Beach Island
Every New Jersey beach town is a different flavor. My first flavor was the flamingo-pink of my grandmother’s duplex in Ocean City. This was in the late ’50s, when her neighborhood on 53rd Street was…
