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Opinion•September 8, 2021
Them Bones
The story you are about to read is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
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News••September 8, 2021
Barnegat Food Pantry Thrift Shop Reopens
The Barnegat Township Food Pantry, located at 360 North Main St. (Route 9), recently reopened its thrift shop, which had been closed since March 2020 due to the pandemic.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 8, 2021
St. Mary’s Group Accepting Clothing Donations
The St. Mary’s Moms Club is collecting gently used or new clothing, shoes, purses, belts, towels, linens, pillows, blankets, gloves, hats, scarves and stuffed animals for distribution to local thrift…
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News••September 8, 2021
Federal Interim Irradiated Fuel Repository Plan Gains Ground
In issuing its final environmental impact statement on a proposed temporary spent fuel facility in West Texas this summer, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission recommended a license be granted…
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Sports••September 8, 2021
Southern Regional Football Squad Takes Advantage of Toms River East Mistakes
Chuck Donohue Sr. didn’t have too much to say to his Southern Regional football team after routing Toms River East in the season opener on Sept. 4. He hammered a few points about the successful…
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Columns••September 8, 2021
Will Dirigible Program Continue?
The crash and massive loss of life caused when the ZR-2 exploded over England as it prepared for its transatlantic flight to Lakehurst, N.J. triggered two debates in the United States. First, should…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 8, 2021
Designer Bag Bingo Returns as Major Interfaith ‘Fun and Fundraiser’
Interfaith Health and Support Services of Southern Ocean County announces the return of IHSS Designer Bag Bingo on Friday, Sept. 24 at St. Mary’s Parish Center on Bishop Way, off McKinley Avenue in…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 8, 2021
Beach Haven Fire Co. Announces 50/50
The Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co. is holding a 50/50 to help raise funds for a new firehouse.
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News••September 8, 2021
Jeff’s Camp is Now Official with Donation of Land
At the Just Believe Inc. Labor Day Festival held in Barnegat on Saturday, Marty Weber signed over 30 acres of wooded land off Route 72 to the nonprofit to begin what is hoped to be “Jeff’s Camp,” a…
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Opinion••September 8, 2021
Unprecedented Events? No – Let’s Review Recent History
Afghanistan. The Lake Tahoe fire. Hurricane Ida and its aftermath. The Delta variant. Migrants. Continued political division. It feels as if the U.S. is being hit by the plagues of Egypt.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 8, 2021
Pine Shores Artists Add Photography to Their Oeuvre
Pine Shores Art Association artists as a group have many talents: painting in oils, pastels, watercolor, gouache, drawing, using mixed media to express their individual vision. Thanks to the ease of…
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Sports••September 8, 2021
Stop Drop and Run Event Kicks Off Holiday Weekend
Nearly 300 runners of various ages participated in the Barnegat Township Volunteer Fire Co.’s ninth annual Stop Drop and Run on Sept. 4. The event, featuring a 5K and 10K, began and ended at the…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 8, 2021
Art Notes September 8
Plein Air: The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies opens the “Island Life: Plein Air Plus” exhibit on Sept. 12. Selected artists have been painting the environs of…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 8, 2021
Spanish Dance Theater Going Virtual and In-Person
The Ocean County Library will host a trio of performances by the Alborada Spanish Dance Theater to celebrate Hispanic heritage this month and into October.
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News••September 8, 2021
Barnegat Man Charged in 1999 Murder
Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief John Zebrowski of the Sayreville Police Department announced on Aug. 31 that a Barnegat Township man has been arrested after being indicted by a…
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News••September 8, 2021
Barnegat Democrats to Hold Talk on State of Democracy
On Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 6:30 p.m., the Barnegat Democratic Club is sponsoring a discussion on “The State of the Democratic Party and Its Role in Protecting Our Democracy.”
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Arts & Entertainment••September 8, 2021
Virtual Speaker Series at Grunin Center Features Ballet Dancer Misty Copeland
Misty Copeland, principal dancer for American Ballet Theatre, joins the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 16, for a virtual speaking…
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Business••September 8, 2021
Get ‘Works of Arch’ at HighBrow
Want brows that wow? Look no further than HighBrow Studios at 260 East Main St. in Tuckerton, owned by Sam Muggelberg, aka “the brow girl.”
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News••September 8, 2021
Old Barnegat High School Plans Sept. 19 Reunion
The old Barnegat High School invites classmates and former students for a reunion on Sunday, Sept. 19 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Calloways Restaurant in Eagleswood Township.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 8, 2021
Surflight’s ‘Sh-Boom’ Shows Life Can Be a Dream
When I lived in New York City I must have run into Gerome Ragni, the co-writer of the book for “Hair,” 20 times at our neighborhood pub.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 8, 2021
Surflight’s BYOB Comedy Nights Restart Sept. 11
Surflight Theatre’s popular BYOB Comedy Nights series is back, running on Saturday nights from Sept. 11 through Oct. 16 in a tent located between the theater proper and the Show Place Ice Cream…
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News••September 8, 2021
County’s COVID-19 Numbers Continue to Rise
The Ocean County Health Department released its latest installment of weekly new COVID-19 cases in both the county and LBI on Tuesday, a day later than usual owing to the Labor Day holiday.
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Sports••September 8, 2021
Southern, Barnegat, Pinelands Soccer Squads Ready to Roll
Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic being a constant nuisance last fall, the high school soccer season managed to get completed. Several of the local squads lost games due to COVID-19 issues –…
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News••September 8, 2021
Stafford Township School District Receives Preschool Expansion Grant
Editor’s note: Since the time of the original report, some of the numbers regarding preschool enrollment have changed or have been clarified by school district administration. This story has been…
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Columns••September 7, 2021
It Gets No Louder in Nature; Dining on Undivine Seafood
I finally got an earful of what was earlier hyped as a break-out year of “Brood X” 17-year cicadas, what we simply called “locusts” back in the day. That earful led me to investigate nature’s…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 7, 2021
Come Dye Shirts, Learn About Cub Scouting
Cub Scout Pack 61 of Manahawkin hosts a Tie-Dye Kickoff event this Friday, Sept. 10 at 6 p.m., at Ocean Acres Community Center. The event is free and open to the public for any boy or girl in…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 6, 2021
Ocean County College Marks 20th Anniversary of 9/11
The public is invited to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11 at Ocean County College’s “Patriot Day” at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 9, near the flagpole on the campus mall. OCC’s remembrance…
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News••September 6, 2021
NJOP Compiles Comprehensive Guide to Surviving Ida
The New Jersey Organizing Project has put together a list of actions, resources and key lessons for families struggling to recover right now from the impacts of Hurricane Ida, NJOP Director Amanda…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 6, 2021
Ride at Fantasy Island for Hunger Relief
“Night at Fantasy Island” for the Hunger Foundation of Southern Ocean can be on anyone’s calendar for this Friday, Sept. 10 at the amusement park in Beach Haven.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 6, 2021
LBI Foundation Hosts Honey Harvest Festival Sept. 10
Stop by and see what all the buzz is about! The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, in Loveladies, will hold its annual Honey Harvest Festival on Friday, Sept. 10, beginning at 4…
