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Sports••June 30, 2021
Summer Sailing Events Return to Island
Last summer was one many would like to forget, especially with the Island yacht clubs, which didn’t host a single, large sailing event. No doubt some found a way to squeeze in some lessons, but…
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News••June 30, 2021
BHTA Interviews Local Offshore Wind Energy Expert
As a follow-up to the Beach Haven Taxpayers Association’s recent offshore wind energy forum via Zoom, the group’s board last month interviewed Karen Conover, a borough resident knowledgeable in…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 30, 2021
Libby Prison Minstrels in Virtual Concert
Stirring songs and stories that symbolize more than a century of American heritage are on the bill when the Libby Prison Minstrels perform an Ocean County Library virtual concert, on Tuesday, July…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 30, 2021
Have ‘Coffee With a Cop’ in Harvey Cedars
The Harvey Cedars Police Department is planning “Coffee With a Cop” on July 10, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Birdy’s Cafe, and July 31, 8 to 10 at the Neptune Market.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 30, 2021
Barnegat Historical Society Plans Summer Activities
The Barnegat Township Historical Society’s Heritage Village on East Bay Avenue will be open on two Sundays, July 11 and Aug. 1, for tours from 1 to 3 p.m. Admission is free; donations are accepted.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 30, 2021
Megan McCafferty Featured In Virtual Author Chat July 8
Ocean County native Megan McCafferty, creator of the best-selling “Jessica Darling” series, will take part in the Ocean County Library’s “Dive Into YA: It’s Not Just for Teens” virtual author chats…
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News••June 30, 2021
Appointments No Longer Required at St. Francis Food Pantry
An increasing number of people in the country are facing hunger. The St. Francis Human Concerns Food Pantry, at the St. Francis Community Center in Brant Beach, is a resource for those in the…
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News••June 30, 2021
Germain Gets Leadership Role With Chief’s Association
Barnegat Township Police Chief Keith A. Germain has been elected fourth vice president of the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police.
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News••June 30, 2021
Resilient LBI Project Gets Underway With Community Workshop
Members of the Long Beach Island community gathered at a workshop the evening of June 17 as part of Resilient LBI, an offshoot of the Resilient NJ initiative, designed “to solidify a shared vision…
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News••June 30, 2021
Proposed Offshore Wind Projects Could Cost NJ Tourism Billions, Says LBI Rental Business Owner
Citing a University of North Carolina study, the founder of Vacation Rentals LBI said the economic impact of proposed offshore wind farms to be located off the coast of Long Beach Island would be in…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 29, 2021
Tequila Rose
STYLE: Modern country, classic country, classic rock.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 29, 2021
JoyRide, Celebration of Dave Matthews Band
STYLE: Dave Matthews Band covers: rock, jam, folk, alternative, indie, jazz fusion and funk rock.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 29, 2021
Modern Luxe
STYLE: As if Stevie Wonder and Billie Eilish had a child.
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Opinion••June 29, 2021
’60s Beach Kid Life: Nonstop Fun
For me, a child of the ’60s, the last day of school in mid-June was particularly exciting. Mom drove us down the shore from Pennington to our summer home in Beach Haven Crest.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 29, 2021
The ‘Nonsense’ World of Misfit Visuals
In artist Jesse Tomasello’s basement studio/workshop in Ocean Acres, he’s surrounded by paintings in progress, tools and supplies related to his many different creative pursuits, a string of lights…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 27, 2021
Fourth Son Serenades daddy O, Shares Mobile Adventures in Music
Long Beach Island was bumping last Friday night, as evidenced at daddy O’s rooftop patio, brimming with a happy crowd, all engaged in festivity. It was difficult not to be in a good mood, being…
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Columns••June 26, 2021
Excitement for Summer, Longest Days of the Year, Plenty of Swell
Does anyone else feel that when they hit the “Unsubscribe” button on an email, enter their email address and then slam a check down in the box that says “Don’t send me any more emails,” you are…
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Columns••June 25, 2021
Just When You Think You Know the Oceans; White Shark Makes a Thresher Day Greater
I have a new leader for my annual “Who Woulda Thunk It?!” award. I’ll introduce it by boldly ordering the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans to move the hell over and make way for – ta-da! –…
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News••June 24, 2021
Army Corps to Dredge Barnegat Inlet This Summer
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to dredge the Barnegat Inlet navigation channel this summer with the sand being placed in the nearshore area off Harvey Cedars in the vicinity of Hudson…
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News••June 24, 2021
Surf City Strip Mall to Be Torn Down for Single-Family Homes
Maybe Ray Kinsella, Kevin Costner’s character in “Field of Dreams,” was right: If you build it, they will come. That certainly seems to be true of Surf City Square, a strip mall situated in the…
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News••June 24, 2021
Impact of Offshore Wind on Commercial Fishing Industry Discussed
Four-decade scallop fisherman and Viking Village fleet owner Jim Gutowski laid out the scope in size of one offshore wind farm turbine as a backdrop to his talk on “The Impact of Offshore Wind Farms…
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News••June 24, 2021
Last Spent Nuclear Fuel Assemblies Removed from Oyster Creek Reactor
The shuttered Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township is on track to become the fastest decommissioning nuclear power plant in the nation now that the last multi-purpose canister of…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 24, 2021
‘El Presidente’ and ‘Joey Daps’ Provide Biggy With a Peddie-cure
Aaron Kaminski feels obligated to be the first in line to be a challenger for “Can You Beat Biggy?” So much so that he recently told his new employers he wouldn’t start in his new position at…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 24, 2021
Jim McCabe: Improv Master Takes Final Bow at Southern Regional
At the end of the improvisational class’s performance on June 10, appropriately titled “Yes, And … Curtain,” the students wouldn’t let teacher and adviser Jim McCabe walk off the stage without…
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News••June 24, 2021
Pinelands Regional Food Director and His Team Stepped Up to the Plate During Pandemic
There’s a little bit of Herbert Hoover in Michael Simoncini.
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News••June 24, 2021
Daina Dale Is Municipal Clerk of the Year
When Daina Dale attended the recent Municipal Clerks’ Association of New Jersey conference, she had no idea of the honor about to bestowed upon her. The Harvey Cedars borough clerk was named the…
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Opinion•June 24, 2021
Slow Down
People are driving too fast on the Boulevard. Long Beach Boulevard is not a highway.
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Opinion•June 24, 2021
Still Charmed
I was wondering of you’ve ever done an article on the history of your own little paper. As a young adult I loved reading it in the 1980s. I was a teenage transplant here from Florida and LBI was…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 24, 2021
Honoring Juneteenth Through Roots of American Music
June 19 marked the 135th annual Juneteenth – historically called Jubilee Day or Emancipation Day, which celebrates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. The date commemorates the…
