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News••September 15, 2021
Barnegat School Board Candidates Forum Scheduled Sept. 29
Voters will have an opportunity to hear from the 11 candidates vying for three seats on next year’s Barnegat Township Board of Education at a candidates forum on Wednesday, Sept. 29 at 6:30 p.m. in…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 15, 2021
‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’ Is Surflight’s New Mainstage Show
It is pretty well known that “The Fantasticks” is the longest-running Off-Broadway musical in history, with its original production running from May 3, 1960 through Jan. 13, 2002, turning in an…
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Opinion•September 15, 2021
Study’s Shortcomings
The following was addressed to Peter R. Blum of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District Planing Division.
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Columns••September 15, 2021
ZR-2 Casualties Return Home
In September 1921, as America debated the future of airships and the huge hangar at Lakehurst, the funeral services began for the Americans who had died in England preparing to fly the giant ZR-2 on…
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Opinion•September 15, 2021
Island Needs to Require Bike Lights at Night
I’m not a prude or fearful person by any means, but I feel like I’m looking at a disaster about to happen.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 15, 2021
Young People Learn About Aviation Sept. 25
Area young people ages 8 to 17 will have a chance to take to the skies on Saturday, Sept. 25, as Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 898, the Ocean County chapter, hosts a Young Eagles Flight…
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News••September 15, 2021
Student Council President Returns to Southern Regional School Board Seat
With remote learning, capacity limits and other COVID compliance regulations as they were, one seat among the Southern Regional Board of Education remained vacant throughout last year, namely the one…
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News••September 15, 2021
Stafford Township Proclaims Hunger Action Month
Stafford Township was the first to respond to the call put out by Alexa Palmeri of Fulfill (formerly the Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean County) to designate September as Hunger Action Month by way…
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News••September 15, 2021
Students Eat Free at Area Schools for 2021-22 Academic Year
Because the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved the continuation of free school meals through June 30, 2022, students may receive both breakfast and lunch free of charge.
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News••September 15, 2021
State Charges Toward Electric Vehicle Future
New Jersey has unveiled a statewide municipal ordinance that streamlines the local approval process for installing convenient and cost-effective charging infrastructure. The ordinance, which provides…
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News••September 15, 2021
County to Relieve Route 9 Tuckerton Bottleneck
The office building on the corner of Route 539 and Route 9, formerly the Butensky law offices, will be demolished to make room for an extended right-turn lane and relieve some of the congestion on…
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News••September 15, 2021
Starve Poverty Getting New Home In Barnegat
Barnegat Township has entered into a lease agreement with a nonprofit organization that seeks to “break the chains of poverty” by deploying people into specific communities to help meet humanitarian…
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News••September 15, 2021
Barnegat Swears in New Police Officer
On Sept. 7, Patrolman Keith Smith was sworn in as a full-time police officer for the Barnegat Township Police Department.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 15, 2021
Beach Haven Fire Co. Hosts Block Party Oct. 2
The Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co., the oldest volunteer fire company in Ocean County, will hold its annual block party Saturday, Oct. 2 from noon to 8 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park on Engleside…
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News••September 15, 2021
Barnegat Man Charged in Spray Painting Incidents
A Barnegat Township man was arrested Sept. 9 in connection with several incidents of spray painting reported at several bus stops, fences and signs the previous week.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 15, 2021
Join LBT Field Station for September Events
As the Island quiets down, it’s the perfect time to head to Holgate for several events at the Long Beach Township Marine Education Field Station. Learn about the science of surf forecasting, hear a…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 15, 2021
Volunteers Sought for Sept. 18 Holgate Beach Cleanup
The Holgate Taxpayers Association is teaming up with Alliance for a Living Ocean and the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge to clean up the southernmost section of Long Beach Township on…
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Opinion••September 15, 2021
20 Years After 9/11 – Have We Lost That Caring Feeling?
Sept. 11 has lots of sad and horrific memories associated with it. Like many others who lived in the Northeast who lost a loved one in the Towers, Pentagon or Shanksville, Pa., our family wasn’t…
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Opinion••September 15, 2021
Here’s to All the Grammas, Pops and LBI Traditions
September – my birthday month. This year, the final year of a decade for me, is a particularly difficult time because in 2022, I’ll enter a decade I’ve always considered old. I find myself frequently…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 15, 2021
Art Notes September 15
Summer Harvest: The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies holds its annual “Plein Air: Island Life” exhibit opening Sept. 18.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 15, 2021
Southern Ocean County Animal Facility Hopes to ‘Clear the Shelter’
The Ocean County Health Department knows a winner when it sees one, so it will be restarting its annual “Clear the Shelter” campaign on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 18 and 19.
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News••September 15, 2021
Overnight Closures, Traffic Pattern Shifts Part of Road Work
Autumn might still be a week away on the calendar, but its annual arrival came early in Ship Bottom with the return of overnight road closures, prompting a change in traffic patterns for motorists…
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Sports••September 15, 2021
Southern Field Hockey Starts With Solid Victories
Against any opponent this season, the Southern Regional field hockey team’s mantra is a fairly simple one.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 14, 2021
‘Here’s the Story’ Celebrates 10 Years With Retrospective
“Here’s the Story” is a documentary series by filmmaker Steve Rogers, a former Manahawkin resident and Southern Regional graduate (Class of ’89) who now lives in Red Bank and whose love of the Garden…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 14, 2021
Surfline Lead Forecaster to Give Surf Forecasting Talk at LBT Field Station
It’s September, a great time of year to be an East Coast surfer. When 28-year-old Rob Mitstifer returns to the Island this week for a wedding from his new home on the Outer Banks, he hopes to surf…
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Columns••September 13, 2021
Summer Takes the Long Way Out; It’s Tougher Being Green on LBI
Like old soldiers, summers on Long Beach Island don’t die, they just fade away. Having soldiered through over a half century of Island summers, I have seen the departure of the sunny season morph…
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News••September 12, 2021
2021 New Jersey Voting Drastically Differs From 2020, Previous Years
It used to be so easy to write a pre-election story regarding voting. All you had to do is remind readers of the registration cutoff and the election day date and times and compose a list of polling…
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Business••September 11, 2021
Trash Can Guys Is New Can-to-Curb Valet
Trash Can Guys is a trash-to-curb valet service answering a need that never stops: carrying out the trash to the curb at the right time.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 11, 2021
‘My 9/11’ Documentary Depicts Humanity of Day
Twenty years ago, Surf City writer, storyteller and filmmaker David Vanadia was living in New York City, working as a freelance communications consultant. He awoke one morning to a voice screaming…
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Business••September 11, 2021
Clean With a Conscience: Products From Pangaea Naturals
Out of the gate, the first name in biodegradable cleaners is Dr. Bronner’s, a wonderful company, according to Becky Tarditi of Pangaea Naturals in the Manahawkin Mart. She had assembled a grouping of…
