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Columns••May 26, 2022
Mixed Bag of Swell This Week and an Island for Sale
It really doesn’t matter if you’re busting out of 11th grade with a fresh driver’s license and a new twin fin or waxing your sailboat as you ready for your 90th summer on LBI, there’s a feeling of…
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Sports••May 26, 2022
Pinelands Tennis Makes Team History With First County Championship
The Pinelands Regional boys tennis team has come close to capturing an Ocean County championship in past years. On May 20, the Wildcats finally put all the components together.
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Arts & Entertainment••May 26, 2022
Chuck DeBruyn
STYLE: His repertoire spans a century, from the 1920s through today’s hits. His love for music of all genres is evident from the crowd, bar or table.
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Arts & Entertainment••May 26, 2022
New Music Serves as Cure-All; Spring Fling Sets Stage for Summer With Neil Miranda
After opening up Sound Waves last week with a full feature on the mighty Zach Jones and his work with legendary rock icon Sting, the question becomes this: How does one follow such an act? A hefty…
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Sports••May 26, 2022
Southern Dominates Old Bridge, Reaches State Sectional Semifinals
Heading into the spring season, everybody in the Shore Conference and throughout South Jersey knew the level of talent and experience on the Southern Regional boys lacrosse team. By and large, most…
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Opinion••May 26, 2022
LBI Is My Mindful Moment – Where the Spirit Is Restored
The pandemic, with all of its related stresses and adaptations to our long-established routines and schedules, ushered in new trends that will forever change the way we live. I no longer feel like an…
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Sports••May 26, 2022
Barnegat Uses Its Many Weapons to Cruise Past Holmdel
As soon as Calli Dunn won the opening draw, it was clear the Barnegat girls lacrosse team was the superior squad on the field May 19. From there, the Bengals simply dominated all aspects of the game.
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Arts & Entertainment••May 25, 2022
Author Writes, Publishes Mystery Thrillers Set in and Around LBI
International espionage! Murder for profit! Long Beach Island!
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Opinion•May 25, 2022
Welcome Back to Magic Long Beach Island
So, you have made it back to magic Long Beach Island! It’s possibly been a year or two since you’ve seen our shores. As you make your way onto our sandy shoals you may notice many differences since…
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••May 25, 2022
Southern Regional Boys, Girls Golf Squads Enjoy Big Finishes at Ocean Acres
Other than an eight-day stretch at midseason, the Southern Regional boys golf team has played extremely well. In May, the Rams have been particularly strong, consistently posting team scores under…
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Opinion•May 25, 2022
CDC Skepticism
In response to the physician’s opinion on autism and vaccines (“False Accusation,” 5/11), if vaccines have nothing to do with harming children why was the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program…
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Business••May 25, 2022
Joe Pop’s Tradition Centerstage of Modern Refresh
If walls could talk, imagine the stories the four walls of Joe Pop’s Shore Bar and Restaurant could tell from its near century history in the center of the Ship Bottom business district. Heck, just…
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Opinion•May 25, 2022
Unfetter Flag Rules
Memorial Day is a day of remembrance when we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice defending our rights of freedom as covered under the U.S. Constitution. For over 20 years the residents of…
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Business••May 25, 2022
New Owners, Same Cheese Shoppe in Surf City
When French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr in 1849 penned “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” – the more things change, the more they stay the same – he couldn’t know the embodiment would…
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Business••May 25, 2022
Doing the Job of Selling Summer Positions
Before businesses can offer what they’ve got to the public, they’re selling potential staff on jobs. For several reasons, it has now been called “a challenge” to amass a full staff ahead of a resort…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 25, 2022
Modern Luxe
STYLE: Covers of club hits with “unsurpassed energy.”
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Arts & Entertainment••May 25, 2022
The Bill & Andy Show
STYLE: Covers and sing-along songs that run the gamut of requests and musical tastes – think Louis Armstrong to AC/DC. Professionally playful and self-deprecating, these two longtime friends and…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 25, 2022
Spray Beach Yacht Club Seeks Funds, Volunteers for LBI Gives Together Event
Spray Beach Yacht Club is 100 years old, and as part of its centennial celebration this summer the club has planned to mark the occasion by giving back to the community. Hence, LBI Gives Together – a…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 25, 2022
Art Notes, May 25
Made for Walking: The fourth annual Beach Haven Art Walk is Saturday, June 11 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Presented by the Beach Haven Chamber of Commerce since 2017, the Art Walk – a fine arts and crafts…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 25, 2022
Pop Rules With UnDisputed Weekly at Nardi’s
According to singer Frankie Palmer, everybody at the Jersey Shore was in a band 20 years ago. That was when he met keyboard player Jason Soltys and drummer Mike Watt. They realized how much they…
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News••May 25, 2022
Starve Poverty Has Festive Grand Opening
Live music, a pig roast, children’s activities and a classic car show were all part of the festivities as more than 200 people braved sweltering temperatures to attend the grand opening of Starve…
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News••May 25, 2022
Administrators Dropping Like Flies at Little Egg Harbor School District
The Little Egg Harbor Board of Education’s decision at its April 27 meeting not to support four shared services agreements between that district and the Pinelands Regional School District had…
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News••May 25, 2022
NJDOT Greenlights Changes to Summer Road Work on LBI
The good news about the final phase of the Causeway project at the entrance to Long Beach Island this summer is twofold. One, more than a month after a lengthy meeting between local and state…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 25, 2022
Daydream Festival Celebrates Art, Culture
Soup Can Magazine’s first Daydream Festival combined art, poetry, music and small business in a celebration of local culture. The event was hosted in support of David’s Dream and Believe Cancer…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 25, 2022
Arts and Crafts an Event at Viking Village
Viking Shows’ Viking Village Art and Craft Show brings more than 70 handpicked artists, artisans and vendors to Barnegat Light on Sunday, May 29. The quality and the nautical site make this show a…
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News••May 25, 2022
Beach Haven School Opening a ‘Free Little Library’
On Thursday, May 26 at 10 a.m., the Beach Haven Elementary School will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the “Little Free Library.”
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Arts & Entertainment••May 25, 2022
Summer Trends Report From Wink Boutique
Temperatures are rising, and new trends are emerging at Wink Boutique in Surf City for beach days, boardwalk nights, seaside weddings … whatever the summer holds.
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Opinion•May 25, 2022
Free Speech, No Buts
After reading a letter from a woman in Waretown regarding the mayor of Harvey Cedars’ conduct (“Questionable Standards,” 5/18), in defense of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, I was…
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News••May 25, 2022
Tuckerton Installs Native Mini-Gardens Along Main Street
On May 14, the Tuckerton Environmental Commission, accompanied by the local Cub Scout troop, planted native plants in empty planter boxes along the sidewalk of Main Street (Route 9) from Water Street…
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News••May 25, 2022
Eagleswood Clerk Kathleen Wells Retires
The first order of business at the May 23 meeting of Eagleswood Township Committee was to mark the retirement of municipal clerk and administrator Kathleen Wells.
