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Arts & Entertainment••November 4, 2021
Jersey Devil, Veteran-Themed Concerts at Albert Music Hall
The Pinelands Cultural Society is holding its annual “Legend of the Jersey Devil” show at the Albert Music Hall in Waretown on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m., complete with an appearance by the South…
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Sports••November 4, 2021
Southern Regional Grabs Sixth Against Conference’s Best Gymnastics Teams
After capturing the Shore Conference Class A South division title at the start of last week, the Southern Regional gymnastics team went up against the Shore Conference’s best teams to close out the…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 4, 2021
Former FBI Operative Revisits Career for Virtual Talk
In 2001, FBI counterterrorism and counterintelligence operative Eric O’Neill helped capture the most notorious spy in U.S. history: Robert Hanssen, a 25-year veteran of the bureau.
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News••November 4, 2021
Coast Guard: Cold Water Temps, Warm Air Temps Pose Risk
When the air temperature drops more than 3 degrees over a seven-day period, it generally goes unnoticed. The same is not true of a change in the water temperature, especially as the air cools toward…
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News••November 4, 2021
Stafford Police Department Communications Division Second in State to Earn Prestigious Accreditation
The Stafford Township Police Department’s Communications Division is only the second agency in the state to earn Public Safety Communications accreditation from the New Jersey State Association of…
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Opinion•November 3, 2021
Great Success
On behalf of the Ship Bottom Police Department, Mayor Huelsenbeck and the town council, I want to take this opportunity to thank all the local business owners and volunteers who donated their…
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Business••November 3, 2021
Stockton’s Accelerated Nursing BSN Program Expands to Meet Demand
To meet an increasing demand for nurses, Stockton University is expanding its Accelerated Nursing BSN program in Manahawkin and will for the first time offer a spring cohort, starting in January.
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Business••November 3, 2021
Changing of the Innkeepers at The Sand Castle B&B
The Sand Castle Bed and Breakfast at 710 Bayview Ave. in Barnegat Light has changed hands after 22 years as owner Nancy Gallimore turned over the keys and her heralded scone recipe to capable hosts…
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News••November 3, 2021
Accused Killer to Remain Jailed Pending Trial
The Pennsylvania woman charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of her father and his longtime girlfriend will remain jailed pending trial on the charges she stabbed and shot the couple in…
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News••November 3, 2021
Outgoing Tuckerton Superintendent Urges Parents, Staff to Attend Regionalization Meetings
Attendance at a meeting Oct. 18 to discuss the proposed regionalization of the Pinelands Regional School District and the districts of Little Egg Harbor, Tuckerton, Eagleswood and Bass River was…
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Business••November 3, 2021
Pennies From Heaven for Tuckerton Food Bank
During the week of Sept. 13-17, the Manasquan Bank branch located on Route 9 in Little Egg Harbor initiated its “Days Of Giving” program and invited the public to bring in their change, have it…
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News••November 3, 2021
Beach Haven Library Features Davis Family History
The Beach Haven Public Library pays tribute to Michael R. Davis in an exhibit currently running in the facility, located at 247 North Beach Ave. Davis, who had been president of the library board the…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 3, 2021
Tuckerton Historical Society Program: Ghost Towns of South Jersey
As its last program of the year, the Tuckerton Historical Society welcomes Chief Park Naturalist German Georgeiff of the Ocean County Department of Parks and Recreation. Georgeiff will give a slide…
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News••November 3, 2021
Ocean County’s COVID-19 Numbers Ticking Up Slightly Again
The Ocean County Health Department reported there were 819 new cases of COVID-19 in all of Ocean County for the week of Oct. 27 to Nov. 1. That’s down from 912 new cases for the week ending Oct. 26.
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News••November 3, 2021
Garden Club Sends Stamps to Wounded Veterans
The Garden Club of Long Beach Island members are participating in a program to make life better for veterans.
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Sports••November 3, 2021
Truex Jr. Races Back to Fourth in Martinsville, Secures Spot in NASCAR Cup Championship
Despite some scary stuff on Halloween, Martin Truex Jr. somehow managed to grab a treat, namely a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 race.
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News••November 3, 2021
Esports the Newest Rage at Barnegat High School
There is a group of Barnegat High School students competing in sports where there are no fields to run on, uniforms to wear or physical opponents to vie against.
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News••November 3, 2021
D’Apuzzo Retires From Stafford District After Giving Her Best for Students for Nearly 35 Years
About an hour before noon on Oct. 14, students, teachers and staff lined the halls of the Oxycocus School but remained quiet until precisely the right moment, when the individual they had gathered to…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 3, 2021
Art Notes November 3
From Somewhere Else: We are all from somewhere else, as the exhibit “Getting There’ at Stockton University’s gallery reminds us.
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Arts & Entertainment••November 3, 2021
Church of the Holy Spirit Offers Thanksgiving Dinners
The Church of the Holy Spirit Episcopal in Tuckerton is offering free Thanksgiving dinners to those in need of a festive meal. As it did last year, the church has contracted with the Dynasty Diner to…
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News••November 3, 2021
Rental Rules Tightened in Stafford Township
Rules for running an Airbnb just got a little tighter in Stafford Township.
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News••November 3, 2021
Beach Haven Business District Is Focus of Special Meeting
The Beach Haven Borough Council will hold a special meeting on Monday, Nov. 8 on 4:30 p.m. on “Preserving a Viable Business District.” It will be held in person and also via Zoom.
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Business••November 3, 2021
LBI Region Part of Tourism Recovery Panel at NJ League of Municipalities
With the pandemic still a concern for leadership across the state, this year’s New Jersey League of Municipalities Conference will highlight the ability to adapt to extraordinary circumstances.…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 3, 2021
ALO Director to Discuss Plastic Pollution Nov. 12
Plastic pollution will be the topic of a virtual program sponsored by the Barnegat Quakers via Zoom on Friday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m.
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News••November 3, 2021
Ocean County Department of Solid Waste Management Recognized With State Recycling Award
The Ocean County Department of Solid Waste Management provides recycling education to its residents as well as millions of summertime vacationers – and for its efforts, the department has been…
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Business••November 3, 2021
Stafford Township Planning Board Gives New Route 72 Dunkin’ the Green Light
William Mulholland knows a few things about developing vacant commercial spaces in Southern Ocean County and turning them into beautiful, viable, nationally branded locations.
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Opinion••November 3, 2021
To Err Is Human … But Pick a Side
The older I get, the more experienced I get, the more I know that there is no simple right or wrong answer, to almost anything. There is seldom a clear-cut, no-doubt-about-it option. There is always…
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Business••November 3, 2021
Yoga Hive Relocates, Turns Four
Stop by the new-and-improved Yoga Hive at 85 North Main St. (Route 9) in Manahawkin this Sunday, Nov. 7, during the studio’s anniversary celebration marking four years of serving the community with…
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News••November 3, 2021
Beach Haven Cannabis Dispensary Proponents State Their Case
For the first time, business partners looking to establish a cannabis dispensary and wellness center in Beach Haven brought their message to the public. On Oct. 27 at the volunteer company firehouse…
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News••November 3, 2021
Dredging Moves Forward as Tuckerton Gets Waiver on Loan Down Payment
The big news at the Nov. 1 Tuckerton Borough Council meeting is the town will not have to come up with a 5% down payment on the $2.2 million bond it is seeking to dredge problem parts of lagoons on…
