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News••June 15, 2022
Medical Services for LGBTQ+ Theme of Virtual Talk
With June serving as Pride Month, the Ocean County Library will offer a program on medical services and support groups that serve those in New Jersey’s LGBTQA+ community. A virtual program, “Be…
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Fishing 1••June 15, 2022
Tuna Open’s Top Whopper a 130-Pounder
The Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna Club paid out $144,325 in prize money at least week’s second annual Tuna Open. The event drew 66 boats.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 15, 2022
Gay Men’s Chorus at Toms River Library June 25
In celebration of Pride Month, the New Jersey Gay Men’s Chorus will perform “An Afternoon of Song” in a live concert Saturday, June 25 at 2 p.m. at the Ocean County Library main branch in Toms River.
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Opinion•June 15, 2022
Green the Island
It was gratifying to read Jay Mann’s May 15 “The Fish Story” with some paragraphs dedicated to praise of greenery. I have the good fortune to live on the north end of the Island where you can see…
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News••June 15, 2022
Beach Haven Firehouse Gets Extension for Improvements
An ordinance introduced by the Beach Haven Borough Council on Monday, June 13, extends a reversion clause with the volunteer fire company.
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News••June 15, 2022
Brooding About Mosquitoes: Perennial Pests Prepare to Hatch
Like it or not, June means it’s officially skeeter season.
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News••June 15, 2022
Books Available for Taking, Sharing Outside Stafford School Buildings
Olivia Abbott is a vegetarian. Ivy Vega is a vampire. Somehow, they’re twins. At least, that’s how they’re depicted in the second book of Sienna Mercer’s “My Sister the Vampire” series. However…
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Sports••June 15, 2022
Southern Regional Falls to Old Bridge in State Final for Second Consecutive Year
Entering the NJSIAA Boys Volleyball State Championship match on June 9, many probably had figured Southern Regional was the favorite to win a seventh state crown. On paper, it certainly looked that…
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Sports••June 15, 2022
Southern Regional Throwers Have a Field Day at Group IV Championships
Fabian Gonzalez had a new fan hanging out on the sidelines near the discus and shot put circles this past weekend.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 14, 2022
Rain Barrel Workshop at LBT Field Station June 23
Save Barnegat Bay will be teaming up with the Long Beach Township Marine Education Field Station to offer a rain barrel-building workshop at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 23 at the township facility in…
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News••June 14, 2022
Another Southern Regional Student Charged With Terroristic Threats
An 18-year-old Southern Regional High School student was arrested and charged with making terroristic threats and will not be permitted to return to school, Stafford Township police reported in a…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 13, 2022
Allison Stella
STYLE: Standards and re-envisioned covers in her jazzy, poppy, cross-genre, singer-songwriter style.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 13, 2022
Shorty Long
STYLE: From old-school to spankin’-new, covers of dance party favorites, supersized with a generous helping of horns.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 13, 2022
Ned Ryerson Band
LINEUP: Ned Ryerson, guitar, vocals; Jannah Tabbaccino, vocals; Tony Genovese, drums; Phil Kahn, bass; Dodge Sans, guitar…
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News••June 13, 2022
Long Beach Township Solidifies Pickleball, Tennis Courts Badge Fee
The costs for passes to utilize tennis and pickleball courts in Long Beach Township have been set following the board of commissioners’ adoption of an ordinance at its meeting this past Monday, June…
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Arts & Entertainment•June 10, 2022
School News: Special Treats Mark End of School Year
The annual end-of-the-year Intergenerational Club picnic was held on Thursday, May 26, outside the Southern Regional District board office. Local senior citizens and Southern students played lawn…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 10, 2022
Barnegat Light Museum Holds Surprises for New Visitors
It’s sited in a classic schoolhouse, but the Barnegat Light Museum allows guests to use a “Cheat Sheet” during the museum’s extended hours this summer.
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News••June 9, 2022
Coast Guard Tows Fishing Vessel After Boat Fire
A crew from Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light towed the commercial fishing vessel Morning Star after it caught fire 3 nautical miles southeast of Barnegat Inlet during the early hours of June 1. At…
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News••June 9, 2022
Demolition Begins on Surf City Square
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Arts & Entertainment••June 9, 2022
Surflight’s ‘An American in Paris’ as Smooth as Gershwin’s Music
Surflight Theatre’s current production of “An American in Paris” is smooth. As smooth as a baby’s butt, as just-Zambonied ice, as an unruffled cat’s fur, as smooth as – well, a Gershwin tune.
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Business••June 9, 2022
Where There’s a Will, the St. Rita Hotel Again Finds a Way
The historic St. Rita in Beach Haven is beginning a facelift as the hotel enters a new age, after being bequeathed to a little girl, age 8, who was the light of 94-year-old longtime owner Marie…
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Columns••June 9, 2022
Hurricane Season’s Start Reminds Us of Its Legends and Lore; Cold Front to Boost Swell
Hurricane season officially started last Wednesday. We had our first storm named on Sunday, and by Tuesday, our first tropical waves of the year were arriving at our shores.
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Sports••June 9, 2022
Southern Regional Cruises Past Eastern for 12th Consecutive State Sectional Title
Anytime a team captures a state sectional title, it’s a big deal – even if that team is the Southern Regional boys volleyball team. But with coach Eric Maxwell’s Rams, the celebration doesn’t last…
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News••June 9, 2022
Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co. Ordered to Cease Operations
Tuckerton borough has ordered the Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co. to temporarily suspend fire operations.
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Columns••June 9, 2022
Bumble Bees Making It Big as Flying Fish; Inshore, Offshore and Somewhere In-Between
Joining the list of things that will be larger than ever this summer is the mariner realm, as new highs in registered vessels and captain certificates point to our waters all but boiling with…
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Opinion•June 9, 2022
Respect Religious Rights
The dismantling of Roe v. Wade and the restrictive new laws being legislated by some states are trampling on our religious rights as a Jewish American couple. The Jewish religion believes that a baby…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 9, 2022
Uncover What Makes Surf City Special June 25
Designed to bring all facets of the community together, the Surf City Taxpayer Association is hosting an all-day event highlighting what the borough has to offer residents and visitors alike. The…
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Business••June 9, 2022
‘Ann Coen & Friends’ Pop Up in Beach Haven This Summer
Some pictures might be worth those thousand words, but mesmerizing ones defy description. Ann Coen’s photographs capture moments instead in lighting, line, form, feeling and power that immerse the…
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News••June 9, 2022
Ship Bottom Reaches Agreement on Dune Cutting Case
More than two years after first appearing on the Ship Bottom Municipal Court docket, borough officials approved a settlement agreement in the case of dune clear-cutting at a new oceanfront…
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Opinion•June 8, 2022
For Chloe
My parents owned our beach house in Harvey Cedars for 16 years. My younger sister, Chloe Belle Lindberg, passed away last year from AML leukemia at 26 years old. When grief overwhelms me, I close my…
