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News••February 9, 2023
Meals on Wheels of Ocean County Served Over 240,000 Meals in 2022
If a restaurant had delivery numbers as high as Meals on Wheels of Ocean County, it would be one successful business indeed.
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Sports••February 9, 2023
Barnegat Girls Rout Lacey to Close Gap But Will Finish Second in Division
The Barnegat girls bowling team definitely made a statement on Monday, Feb. 6, in its last regular-season clash with Lacey. The Bengals appear ready to defend their NJSIAA South Jersey Group II title…
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Opinion••February 9, 2023
Yearning for Football’s ‘Good Old Days’
Last week the AFC and NFC conference championships were decided between the Eagles/49ers and Chiefs/Bengals. Even though I hated myself for doing so, I wound up spending lots of time in front of a TV…
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Opinion•February 9, 2023
Ill-Conceived Restriction
I am a working musician, performing in various venues on LBI. As part of the music community there and the many talented people earning their livelihood employed by the venues up and down the Island…
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Sports••February 9, 2023
Rams Roll Past Egg Harbor, Highland into South Jersey Group V Final
Forget the result of its clash with Delbarton two weeks ago. The Southern Regional wrestling team is on a mission to be the best team in NJSIAA Group V, and on Monday, Feb. 6, the Rams began making…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 9, 2023
Abe Ovadia’s Jazz Trio Fires Up Harvey Cedars
Forceful winds and single-digit temperatures kept neither Islanders nor travelers from flooding Harvey Cedars’ Black Eyed Susans Friday evening for fine dining, cocktails and live jazz to defy the…
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Sports••February 9, 2023
Pinelands Regional Girls Squad Scores Win Over Lakewood on Coach’s Birthday
With only a few wins this season, it would be easy for the Pinelands Regional girls basketball team to be down on itself. A largely inexperienced group of players with only two seniors, head coach…
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News••February 9, 2023
Final Decision on NJ Company’s Proposal for Interim Irradiated Fuel Expected Soon
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission expects to release its licensing decision on an interim storage site proposed by the parent company of the shuttered Oyster Creek Nuclear Generatong Station, as well…
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News••February 8, 2023
Ship Bottom Preps for Summer ’23
Punxsutawney Phil may have predicted another six weeks of winter, but the temperatures this week are jumping toward spring – and in Ship Bottom, preparation for the summer season is already underway.
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Arts & Entertainment••February 8, 2023
Order Race Day Hoagies to Support West Creek Cemetery Association
The significance of a local cemetery can’t be overstated. As sacred ground where visitors grieve and heal, honor family, explore spirituality, meditate, find clues to history and more, a town’s…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 8, 2023
Lizzie Rose Celebrates Mardi Gras With James Day & the Fish Fry
In New Orleans, the saying goes “Laissez les bons temps rouler,” which means “Let the good times roll!” Those with an affinity for NOLA culture can celebrate Mardi Gras without ever purchasing a…
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Opinion••February 8, 2023
Breaks Are Back, Recalling Fun Sessions
I woke up the other day and figured I would take a ride to the beach. There was a big south wind the previous night with the right set-up for waves. Unfortunately, for me, the waves would be just to…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 8, 2023
Get Your Shorts on With Lighthouse International Film Society
The Lighthouse International Film Society, as it has it past years, will be screening the 2023 Oscar-nominated short films well ahead of the Academy Awards ceremony on March 12.
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Business••February 8, 2023
Agnello Brothers Expand Business to the Mainland
Nearly a year ago, a group of brothers opened Agnello’s on the Cove, located in Harvey Cedars at the corner of Camden Avenue and Long Beach Boulevard. It was their second venture, as a year earlier…
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News••February 8, 2023
Little Egg Harbor to Apply for Grant to Fund Drainage Work Near Community Center
Little Egg Harbor Township held a special public hearing regarding the Community Development Block Grant at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 3, rescheduled from the originally proposed Feb. 2 date.
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Arts & Entertainment••February 8, 2023
The Art of Filmmaking With ‘Pine Barrens’ Documentarian David Kessler
What started as a creative work of nonfiction, a documentary about the Pine Barrens and an exploration of how identity is tied to place ultimately shaped the filmmaker’s own identity.
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Opinion•February 8, 2023
Has Position Changed?
The following is an open letter to Beach Haven Mayor Nancy Davis.
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Business••February 8, 2023
Local Nurse and New Mother Shares Lessons from Her Breast Cancer Journey
With approximately one in eight women getting breast cancer, it’s likely everyone knows someone diagnosed with the disease. Barnegat resident and nurse Rachel Vasquez, however, has a slightly…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 8, 2023
‘Information Everywhere!’ at Feb. 11 Science Saturday
The Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science’s Amy Williams and colleague Maryann Minnier are set as the presenters for the Feb. 11 installment of Science Saturday, hosted on Zoom by…
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Sports••February 8, 2023
After Lengthy Drought, Truex Jr. Tastes Victory in NASCAR Exhibition
It may have been an exhibition race held inside an old venue in a new market for NASCAR, but Martin Truex Jr. was perfectly cool with taking a win whenever, wherever and however he could get it.…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 8, 2023
Gifts Sought for Maritime Museum Fundraiser
The New Jersey Maritime Museum in Beach Haven is seeking donations of gift certificates and merchandise for its fundraiser at Bird & Betty’s Restaurant and Bar to be held on Saturday, May 6 from 4 to…
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Business••February 8, 2023
Winter Business-Builders Presented
A workshop to bridge the potential for engaging young volunteers and staff; a conference updating attendees on innovations; a job fair – all are in the works and on the schedule of the Southern Ocean…
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News••February 8, 2023
Barnegat Cracks Down on Election Sign Proliferation
In recent years, Barnegat Township officials have fielded complaints of election-oriented signs cluttering up public property and public rights of way.
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Arts & Entertainment••February 8, 2023
Art Notes, Feb. 8
Always Learning: The current exhibit at Pine Shores Art Association’s Manahawkin gallery is the Student Show. Paintings were created in classes with Pine Shores instructors. Figuring prominently are…
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Columns••February 8, 2023
Lucy Evelyn Takes to the Sea
Recently I was asked had I ever written anything about the history of the Lucy Evelyn. A quick search of the last 40 years of articles came up with nothing.
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Sports••February 8, 2023
Hahn Wins Three Bouts But Stiff Challenge From Jackson Memorial Foe Yields Lessons
Heading into the Southern Regional Girls Wrestling Jamboree on Feb. 4, Jayla Hahn actually hadn’t wrestled much this season. Sure, she’s been wrestling since December, just like the other girls on…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 8, 2023
Winter Is Also a Time for Bird-Watching in New Jersey
Bird-watching on the shores of New Jersey increases in popularity during the fall and spring migrations – but don’t count out the winter months. As Sherry Tirgrath, wildlife biologist with Conserve…
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News••February 8, 2023
Beach Haven School Students Get STYLE Points
Michael Benson and his STYLE (Student Teambuilding Youth Leadership Experience) youngsters from Southern Regional High School recently visited the Beach Haven School as part of a collaboration…
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News••February 8, 2023
Long Beach Township Seeks Grant to Rehab Wheelchair Beach Access
A number of years ago, Long Beach Township installed several wheelchair lifts at oceanside street ends to assist individuals with disabilities or injuries in accessing the beach. Two of them – at…
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News••February 8, 2023
Long Beach Township Police Hiring Seasonal Officers
The Long Beach Township Police Department is currently accepting applications for Class I Special Law Enforcement Officers (SLEO) for the upcoming summer. “Anyone interested in getting started in law…
