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News••January 18, 2023
Micro:bits Programming and Coding Fun at Long Beach Island Grade School
Tiny multifunctional computers are the focus of a new enrichment class and afterschool club for students at the the Long Beach Island Grade School, in Ship Bottom. Micro:bits – which are about the…
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Opinion•January 18, 2023
Sex Ed Solution
I read about the continuing controversy over sex/gender education (“LEH School District’s Sex, Gender Education Controversy Continues,” 1/11). I don’t believe the two “sides” will ever accept the…
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News••January 18, 2023
AtlantiCare’s Tuckerton Urgent Care Center to Reopen Early Summer
AtlantiCare plans to reopen its Tuckerton urgent care center, which is temporarily closed, “in early summer,” said a press release issued Jan. 16.
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Sports••January 18, 2023
Southern Regional’s Henrich Snatches Title at Escape the Rock Tournament
Matt Henrich believed he was the better wrestler on the mat when he squared off against Christian Brothers Academy’s Julian George on Jan. 10. However, he lost a 4-2 bout against George, the Colts’…
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Business••January 18, 2023
Visit Sand Castle B&B for ‘Women in Business’
The site of the first Women in Business of 2023 will be at the Sand Castle Bed and Breakfast in Barnegat Light on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 10 a.m. The Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce and…
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News••January 18, 2023
Director Vicari Writes to President Biden Requesting More Aid for County Programs
Newly appointed Director of the Ocean County Board of Commissioners Joseph H. Vicari has hit the ground running. Less than 24 hours after being sworn in as 2023’s director of the board, he penned a…
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Opinion•January 18, 2023
Devastating Demo
Not too long ago I walked down the street to watch a house overlooking the bay being demolished. It happens all the time now, but this is the first one on my street in decades. I thought it would be…
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Opinion•January 18, 2023
‘Speeding Idiots’
Does no one seem to care anymore about people running stop signs and speeding in every part of the neighborhood? What is happening? Does anyone else see what is going on? Has the whole of Ocean…
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Columns••January 18, 2023
Show Some Respect for Dearly Departed Leviathans; Keeping an Eye on Any Pandemic Trickledown Effects
Spoiler alert: This segment will likely lose me readers and might even have the men in black government Suburbans come and take me away – all over dead whales. Hey, it’s worth the sacrifice. Whales…
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Business••January 18, 2023
Rebate Available When Installing Residential EV Charger
Atlantic City Electric customers who own an electric vehicle, or are considering buying an EV, may be eligible for a rebate of up to 50% of the electrical upgrade costs – or a maximum of $1,000 –…
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News••January 18, 2023
Anna Grimste to Become Harvey Cedars Borough Clerk in May
Beginning May 1, Anna Grimste will be taking over as Harvey Cedars borough clerk. The borough commission recently appointed her to the position, replacing Daina Dale, whose retirement goes into…
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Opinion•January 18, 2023
Nonfunctioning Eyesore
As a homeowner in Beach Haven, I am writing to express my frustration and surprise that the property at the corner of Fifth Street and Bay Avenue, which is currently a dilapidated gas station…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 18, 2023
Art Notes, Jan. 18
Big Job: Beach Haven-based artist and The Bunk House boutique owner Jessie Wolfrom, aka Bunkerfish, has landed an exciting new commission that will end up adorning a Philly storefront. She is…
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News••January 18, 2023
Van Drew Eager to Make His Mark in 118th Congress
Jeff Van Drew, who now, after redistricting, represents all of Southern Ocean County as part of his 2nd N.J. Congressional District, has released a statement laying out his priorities for the 118th…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 18, 2023
‘One Water’ the Theme of Annual Conservation Poster Contest for Kids
Each year the N.J. Department of Agriculture, the state Association of Conservation Districts and the Ocean County Soil Conservation District sponsor a poster contest to help promote a better…
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News••January 18, 2023
O’Brien, Levy Keep Barnegat BOE Leadership Posts
At the recent reorganization meeting, Sean O’Brien and Bonnie Levy were re-elected president and vice president, respectively, of the Barnegat Township Board of Education.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 18, 2023
Holocaust Documentary Shown on Jan. 25
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Ocean County Library’s Toms River branch will present the gripping documentary “They Survived Together” on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 6:30 p.m.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 18, 2023
Goldman Sachs Executive Discusses ‘Bully Market’
The Ocean County Library’s Toms River branch hosts author Jamie Fiore Higgins, who will discuss and sign copies of her book, Bully Market: My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs, on…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 18, 2023
Early Childhood Intervention Seminar Planned
What signals a need for literacy support in a child’s first three years? What methods will be most effective?
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Arts & Entertainment••January 18, 2023
Slice Into the Facts About Bread at Library Branches
“Bread – Is It Part of Your Future?” will be presented Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 3 p.m. at the Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library and Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. at the Stafford branch.…
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Columns••January 18, 2023
Early Life of the ‘Estelle Krieger’
With the start of a new year while looking for new topics to write about, I came upon a 100-year-old article dated Feb. 9 reporting that a four-masted schooner, the Estelle Krieger, was in trouble…
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Opinion••January 18, 2023
Fed’s Rate Hikes Are ‘Killing’ Us
The following is an open letter to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 18, 2023
BYOB Comedy Night at Surflight on Jan. 21
It is undeniably winter. Not the wouldn’t-it-be-nice-if-it-snowed-for-Christmas winter, but rather the yet-another-day-of-seemingly-endless-gray-and-cold winter, made worse by the bills pouring in…
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News••January 18, 2023
Markoski Arrives on Southern Regional School Board
A new member of the Southern Regional Board of Education has jumped aboard the train while one has hopped off and a former member soon will return to help steer.
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News••January 17, 2023
Scientists Undertake Subaqueous Soil Survey in Great Bay, Mullica River
Near the end of last year, Ocean County Soil Conservation District staff members Kristin Adams and Rachel Hammack partnered with David Steinmann and Adam DeWolf, from the U.S. Department of…
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News••January 16, 2023
Rebuild Underway at Surf City Firehouse Following December Blaze
Although there is no definitive timeline to bring utilities at the Surf City Firehouse back online, the building has been cleaned and members have begun the process of rebuilding following a…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 15, 2023
Whet Appetite for Art at Lucille’s Luncheonette
Southern Ocean County has a new art venue in an old landmark and community hub: Lucille’s Country Cooking in Warren Grove.
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News••January 14, 2023
Proponents: Low-Speed Vehicles, Traffic Safety Not Mutually Exclusive
Away from the high-traffic, road-work laden streets at the entrance to Long Beach Island, seven lanes of traffic separate the bayfront from the oceanfront in Ship Bottom. And those lanes are just on…
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News••January 13, 2023
Seacrest Celebrates Its Centenarians
While the rest of the world marches into the new year, Seacrest Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Little Egg Harbor took a pause to recognize not just one, but two centenarians among its…
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Columns••January 13, 2023
New Year, New Habits, New Waves
Does anyone else by January start to look at their Christmas tree like the corpse of a mob hit?
