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Business••August 11, 2021
Anchor’s Salsa Shack a New Takeout
Anchor’s Salsa Shack in Beach Haven is the savory spin-off of putting the extra tomatoes and avocados to good use at Anchor Produce, and now also serving up fresh homemade salsa, guacamole and dips…
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News••August 11, 2021
Starve Poverty International Moving to 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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Opinion•August 11, 2021
Free Speech for All
I recently was directed to the opinion section of your newspaper for a letter regarding a flag that was being flown on the beach (“Free Speech?”). I was a member of that group and I just wanted to…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 11, 2021
Pair of Heavy Hitters Show Up to Square Off With Biggy in Surf City
Here’s a little flashback to October 2020. Six of us from the O-Street Golf Association, myself included, went out to Pennsylvania for the Clifton Heights Putt-Putt Course Championship. All of us…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 11, 2021
Peace Maker Pottery Enchants With Variety of Earthy, Swirly Vessels
Tricia Bennett lives in historic Manahawkin, with her accountant husband, Pete, and their mutt, Murph. Behind the house is her ceramics studio, a charming two-car garage retrofitted with a buttery…
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Opinion•August 11, 2021
Misguided Decision
It is with disappointment that we read Carol Fuoco’s letter applauding Long Beach Township’s unfortunate and misguided decision to prohibit pickleball play on the Acme tennis courts (“Players…
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News••August 11, 2021
Beach Haven Tables Invasive Plants Ordinance
An ordinance intended to crack down on invasive plants in Beach Haven is going back to the drawing board after concerns were raised during a public hearing at the Aug. 9 borough council meeting.
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News••August 11, 2021
Sediment Filters Removed After Flood Concerns Raised
Part of the final phase of the $312 million federally funded Causeway expansion and rehabilitation project will address flooding issues in Ship Bottom, the gateway to Long Beach Island. Imagine the…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 11, 2021
Days Between Come to Close; Summer Music Peaks at Manahopkin Festival
Last week’s column paid tribute to Jerry Garcia on his birthday and the “Days Between,” which is a worldwide event recognized by Deadheads to commemorate the period between Garcia’s birth date (Aug.…
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News••August 11, 2021
Lifeguards Get a Morning Treat at Compassion Café
Before reporting to their assigned posts at 10 a.m., Beach Haven Beach Patrol members spend an hour warming up with calisthenics and a training regimen. But this Monday, Aug. 9, lifeguards were…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 11, 2021
Ready, Set, Laugh With Standup John Poveromo, Friends at B&B’s
Editor’s Note/Update: John Poveromo’s comedy show that was scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 19, has been canceled.
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Opinion•August 11, 2021
Cruel Change
Well said, William Hodgson (“Free Market at Work,” 7/21). I would rather see existing properties acquired to be diverted to residential than see them stand unoccupied. But most upsetting to me is…
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Sports••August 11, 2021
New Format for Harvey Cedars Tourney, Same Result for Vikings
Two years ago, after the last Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol Cutters Cup, Randy Townsend believed it was time to make a change to the tournament. He essentially cleaned house. He not only changed the…
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Columns••August 11, 2021
Time to Go Sushi With Cellular Salmon; When Pet Owners Tire of Their Minions
Sushi-loving diners in Callie will soon be partaking of test-tube salmon, compliments of San Francisco-based firm Wildtype. The company touts itself as “Building a better food system by pioneering…
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News••August 11, 2021
Library System Seeks ‘Memory Cafe’ Volunteers
The search is underway for compassionate, sociable volunteers to facilitate Memory Cafés through the Ocean County Library System in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater New…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 11, 2021
Hearts of Mercy Golf Event Seeks Sign-Ups
Hearts of Mercy in Barnegat Township is seeking sponsors and participants for its inaugural golf invitational on Thursday, Sept. 2, at Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Lakewood.
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News••August 11, 2021
Barnegat: Total Tax Increase Lowest in Nine Years
Overall property tax increases in Barnegat Township will be the lowest they have been in nine years, announced Mayor Albert Bille at a recent township committee meeting.
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News••August 11, 2021
Barnegat Teen Attains Eagle Scout Status
At a recent court of honor, Christian Babbage of Barnegat Township received his Eagle Scout badge at American Legion Post 232. He is the son of Stacy and Frank Babbage.
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News••August 11, 2021
Boater Injured When Vessel Runs Aground Off LBI
A 62-year-old man sustained injuries Saturday when his 33-foot pleasure craft ran aground in the Oyster Creek Channel near Barnegat Light on Aug. 7.
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Opinion•August 11, 2021
Old White Manship
I am an old white man, and that is a place of privilege. I am largely unnoticed and seen as a non-threatening, innocuous segment of society. People defer to me. How many times have I heard, “Sure…
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Columns••August 11, 2021
The Dreadnought Cometh
One hundred years ago this month, Ocean County, N.J. was preparing to become the center of the aviation world. The U.S. Navy had purchased the R-38, the world’s largest dirigible, from Great Britain…
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News••August 11, 2021
Ship Bottom Cops Credit Two FDNY With Life Save on Beach
When Ship Bottom police responded to a medical call on the Fifth Street beach around 5 p.m. July 14, they found two vacationing members of the Fire Department of New York had revived an unresponsive…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 11, 2021
Michael Rinaldi
Style: A wide range of covers including doo-wop, Motown, big band and adult contemporary. Or as Rinaldi puts it, “from Dino to Dion.”
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News••August 11, 2021
Public Works, Lifeguards, Badge Checkers Saluted in Beach Haven
Last month, Beach Haven was voted the best beach in Ocean County in the recent New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium’s 2021 “Favorite Beaches” poll. And at the borough council meeting on Aug. 9, Mayor…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 11, 2021
Surflight Going All In on Comedy on Aug. 16
“Tragedy tomorrow, Comedy tonight!” sang the cast of Stephen Sondheim’s “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” Well, Surflight Theatre is going all in with comedy this August.
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News••August 11, 2021
Arrests Made in String of Car Thefts in Barnegat
An adult and three juveniles, all from Atlantic County, were arrested last week in connection with the recent theft of motor vehicles from Barnegat residential developments.
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News••August 11, 2021
Congressman Kim Lands New VA Clinic for Ocean County
This past week two-term Congressman Andy Kim (D-3rd) delivered what is probably his greatest accomplishment for constituents since being elected. In Ocean County, no less, which voted heavily against…
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News••August 11, 2021
Northern Long-Eared Bats Found in the Pinelands, Conserve Wildlife Reports
Meaghan Lyon is among the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey biologists who, over the past two months, “have spent many late nights surveying for bats in the Pinelands,” she noted. “Our goal…
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Columns••August 11, 2021
Updating Lingo as Tropical Outlook for the Season Looks Lit
One thing I love about writing this column is that I’ve forged friendships with the oldest surfers on the Island and the youngest. I mean, one of the coolest parts of my job is that I occasionally…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 11, 2021
Cardboard Boat Regatta Is Tradition in Team Spirit, Ingenuity
For determined competitors, all it takes to make a boat seaworthy is a little bit of luck and a lot of duct tape – at least, that was the case for eager racers in Stafford Township’s 16th annual…
