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News••November 17, 2021
Southern Regional Band ‘Climbs Mountain’ to Place Second at Championship
Since 1990, when the Southern Regional Golden Rams Marching Band first appeared in the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championships, it’s never had to climb a mountain like the one it faced this…
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Opinion•November 17, 2021
Vote Criticized
The article “Van Drew Under Fire From Republican Right After Voting for Infrastructure Bill” (11/10) states that Congressman Jeff Van Drew was one of the 13 Republican members of the House of…
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News••November 17, 2021
Pipi, Farmer Win Barnegat Township Committee Race
Republicans continued their Barnegat Township dominance by easily outdistancing their Democratic opponents on Election Day.
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News••November 17, 2021
Venue at Lighthouse in Barnegat Salutes Veterans
Residents of the Venue at Lighthouse Station in Barnegat Township recently held a Veterans Day appreciation program in their clubhouse.
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News••November 17, 2021
NJNG Gets OK for Storage Yard Related to Cross-Bay Pipeline
New Jersey Natural Gas will continue using a small lot on Dock Road in West Creek as a storage/staging area during its work on the cross-bay pipeline known as the LBI Reinforcement Project. Approval…
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News••November 17, 2021
Ocean County College Recognized by Aspen Institute College Excellence Program
For the second consecutive time, Ocean County College has been named by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program as one of the nation’s top 150 community colleges. The accolade grants…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 17, 2021
Surflight Presenting Both Giuseppe Verdi and Buddy Holly
What, you may wonder, could Italian opera and nascent rock ’n’ roll possibly have in common? The answer to that question is Surflight Theatre this coming week.
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News••November 17, 2021
Westecunk Creek Dredging Project Moves Forward
Maintenance dredging of Westecunk Creek in Eagleswood Township is underway, after years-long delays and despite an ongoing legal battle.
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News••November 17, 2021
New Water Rates Awaited in Barnegat Light
New water rates for Barnegat Light will not be put into effect for the remainder of 2021 and have not been set yet, officials said at the November borough council meeting.
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Arts & Entertainment••November 17, 2021
Santa Loves Baseball and Breakfast
Have a ball with Santa during a breakfast fundraiser for the Pinelands Youth Jersey Shore Baseball Association on Saturday, Dec. 4 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the New Gretna Firehouse, 5 North Maple Rd. in…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 17, 2021
Miniature Floral Arrangements at LBI Branch Library
Through Nov. 30, the Garden Club of LBI will show “Marvelous Miniatures” on display at Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City.
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News••November 17, 2021
9th District Delegation Applauds Veto of Common Interest Community Bill
Sen. Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove are applauding Gov. Phil Murphy’s absolute veto of common interest community bill S-2261, against which all…
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Opinion••November 17, 2021
Revolution Revisited
This letter is in response to a SandPaper article (10/21) regarding the 242nd anniversary of the 1778 defense of Little Egg Harbor battle memorialized by the Pulaski Monument in Little Egg Harbor.…
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News••November 17, 2021
Surf City Looks for Assurance Supplying Water to Ship Bottom Won’t Cost Them
While officials in neighboring towns continue to finalize water meter projects mandated by the state Department of Environmental Protection, Surf City remains the only Long Beach Island community…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 17, 2021
Stafford ‘Friends’ Plan Bazaar, Dinner Theater Trip
Looking to buy some holiday-related items without going to a big store? The Friends of the Stafford branch of the Ocean County Library will hold a fall bazaar on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 19 and 20…
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News••November 17, 2021
Tuckerton Hears ReClam the Bay Report
Volunteers with the ReClam the Bay nonprofit showed a PowerPoint presentation to the Tuckerton Borough Council of the results of just one ReClam upweller installation, the one Tuckerton has supported…
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News••November 17, 2021
NJ DEP Expands Office of Environmental Justice
New Jersey continues to work to further the promise of environmental justice for all residents. Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of…
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Business••November 17, 2021
Women’s Health Care Facility Opens in Barnegat
Community Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, and Ocean Women’s Health Care Group, a practice of the Combined Medical Group of RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Health, held a ribbon-cutting…
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News••November 17, 2021
Be Vigilant on Roadways During Deer Mating Season
Motorists are reminded to drive with extra caution as peak mating season is underway for white-tailed deer, and darkness is arriving earlier following the end of Daylight Saving Time.
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Arts & Entertainment••November 17, 2021
Tune in for Livestream of Jazz Lobsters Big Band at Grunin Center
The Jazz Lobsters Big Band will demonstrate that swing is still king when it returns to the main stage of the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College at 3 p.m. on Sunday…
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Columns••November 17, 2021
Another Disaster for NJ Railroad
The Camden & Amboy Railroad was the first to connect the cities of Philadelphia and New York. Under normal circumstances you would expect that within a short time others would also be constructed to…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 17, 2021
Surf City Painter Gwenn Seemel Participates in Artists Sunday
The international campaign known as Artists Sunday, on Nov. 28, is sandwiched between Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday – right in the middle of the long weekend that heralds the annual…
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Sports••November 17, 2021
Cancer Survivor the First to Go Perfect on Thunderbird’s Synthetic Lanes
If not for the many doctors, nurses, researchers and medical staff members at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and other facilities, Chuck Jackson may have been dead long before he tossed his…
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News••November 17, 2021
Officer Weber’s Beat: School Halls in Barnegat
Deadly school shootings that started with Columbine in 1999 forever changed the way police officers across New Jersey, and America, safeguard our schoolchildren. Now, to help schoolchildren rebound…
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News••November 17, 2021
Former Little Egg Harbor Mayor, Committeeman Gene Kobryn Has Died
Eugene Kobryn, 90, former committeeman and mayor of Little Egg Harbor in 2016, passed away at home on Nov. 11.
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Sports••November 17, 2021
Ramales, Miller Finish Among Top 20 in Group IV as Southern Swipes Seventh
Holmdel Park is a bear of a cross-country course. And when the best teams have all their runners in the mix for the NJSIAA Group IV Championship meet, finding space near the front is a chore. It was…
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News••November 16, 2021
Pole Removal on Stafford Avenue Underway
In the final week of October, Atlantic City Electric began proactively removing approximately 100 aging utility poles, wire and associated energy infrastructure from a defunct distribution line route…
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Columns••November 15, 2021
Shopping the Shore for Good of LBI; Why We Have to Ferret Out Veterinarians
CLAUS FOR CONCERN: This entire hubbub over hellish gaps in the holiday supply chain of holiday goods has me, along with a boatload of others, detecting an all too convenient act of reaching early…
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Columns••November 13, 2021
‘Daylight Complainings’ Time During a Great Month on LBI
Did you feel like Sunday night’s sunset was more than just another pretty sunset? It kind of felt like a peace offering.
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News••November 13, 2021
Joy Abounds: Sounds of the Season
Buddy the Elf said it best: “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” Good thing there are plenty of opportunities to rejoice in music, whether you fancy traditional…
