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News••June 7, 2021
Potter Takes Reins as New Ship Bottom Police Chief
Jonathan Potter was sworn in as the Ship Bottom chief of police to thunderous applause May 25, both in person and online as the borough council meeting was a mixed media of attendance options.
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News••June 6, 2021
Proposed Shore Avenue Access Changes Could Alter Oncoming Traffic Flow
For nearly two years, Ship Bottom officials have been working toward a traffic safety solution that addresses both residential concerns and the reality of navigation apps that don’t necessarily take…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 5, 2021
Famous ‘String of Pearls’ Lights Up Bird & Betty’s
The String of Pearls shines once again. Bird & Betty’s restaurant and nightclub in Beach Haven is proud to announce the addition of some of the original lights, famously deemed the “String of…
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News••June 5, 2021
Great Bay Democrat Club Reestablishes Scholarship
Last year because of COVID-19 restrictions, the Great Bay Democrat Club had to suspend its annual scholarship to a Pinelands Regional High School senior, so it is with much pleasure that it is now…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 4, 2021
LIFF Serves Up ‘Potato Dreams of America’ and More on Festival’s Day Two
Back in February it was announced that Mr. Potato Head would soon become known as simply Potato Head. Hasbro, the company that manufactures the classic toy, decided to go totally woke and neuter the…
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News••June 3, 2021
Ocean County Opens Leash-Free Dog Park In Little Egg Harbor
Ocean County’s Freedom Fields County Park is going to the dogs – at least partially. The county opened a new 4.5-acre off-leash dog park within that larger park, located on Route 539 in Little Egg…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 3, 2021
Surf Cinema Remains Important to Lighthouse International Film Fest
Every year since its inception, the Lighthouse International Film Festival has made a concerted effort to include a selection of surf films. Since the first surfing filmmakers in the 1960s, surf…
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News••June 3, 2021
Population Surge Renews Ship Bottom’s Call for Traffic Safety Review
The unofficial start of the 2021 summer season had not arrived on Long Beach Island before discussions about how to make the Island safer for motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists and others were on the…
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News••June 3, 2021
Seeking the Story of the Sea King: Triplet Grandsons Dig Up History
A grandfather’s beach walk in Barnegat Light with his visiting triplet grandsons turned up “treasure” of a historic and memorable kind. They found a bronze plaque explaining a shipwreck that’s going…
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Columns••June 3, 2021
Rain Dancers Might Have Overdone It; Your Assignment Is to Collect Meteorites
Well, somebody’s rain dance had an impact on the heavens, to the delight of farmers, forest fire fighters and frogs.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 3, 2021
Frivolity in No ‘Short’ Supply at Surf City Hotel’s Beach Club
With the mask mandate lifted, locals and visitors alike were eager for a night of carefree drinking and dancing – and Shorty Long and the Jersey Horns at the Surf City Hotel’s newly reopened Beach…
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Sports••June 3, 2021
Pinelands Regional, Barnegat Softball Squads Start Winding Down Wild Season
It’s been quite a roller coaster type season for the Pinelands Regional and Barnegat softball teams. Both the Wildcats and Bengals started off well in later April, but then had some rocky outings on…
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News••June 3, 2021
National Hurricane Center Predicts Above Average Season
Memorial Day may be the unofficial start of summer, but June 1 is the official start of the Atlantic Basin hurricane season.
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Business••June 2, 2021
Sundella Coastal Lifestyle Brand Represents the Modern Beach Bum
Summer 2021 is not just a season, but an entire movement as bare feet prepare to hit the sand and bare, smiling faces greet each other in passing. Just in time, Sundella is the latest coastal brand…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 2, 2021
High Flying on the Aerial Course at Mainland Adventure Park
“Man, you gotta put your hands up in the air, like this. That’s the best way.”
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Opinion••June 2, 2021
Extra Anticipation Building for Summer 2021
Hello, God. It’s me, Patty. I’ve been praying really hard over the past 15-plus months, hoping that my prayers would finally be answered and, lo and behold, they have.
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Opinion••June 2, 2021
Think About the New Normal Based on Values, Habits, Attitudes
While we all anxiously await and anticipate the end of the pandemic and the “return to normal” that is coming, and for many seems here already, it is important for all of us to examine just what that…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 2, 2021
Weekend Washout Just What the Doctor Ordered
A drought threatening fire and fury to the Pine Barrens along the coast was doused out by a cold, hard rain Friday night. Perhaps not everyone’s ideal Memorial Day weekend weather, but the entire…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 2, 2021
‘Jumper’ Leaps Into Summer at Nardi’s
It was truly a dark and stormy night. Cloud cover obscured whatever residual light would have been left over from the sunset an hour before glowing in the west. With the wind blowing at a steady…
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Opinion•June 2, 2021
Memorial Mishap
I went to our Beach Haven Memorial Day service. There were about 250 people there, some with young children. I was thinking that even in New Jersey, where taxation is a way of life, there still are…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 2, 2021
In Short, Don’t Miss Out on Short Films at 2021 LIFF
It would be extremely remiss to give short shrift to the wonderful short films playing at the 2021 Lighthouse International Film Festival.
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News••June 2, 2021
Southern Regional, Walmart Pair Up to Provide COVID-19 Vaccines to Students
It’s an exciting time of year for the Southern Regional School District. The high school’s seniors are just weeks away from graduation, and the beginning of June is rife with activity for many of the…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 2, 2021
Local Historian Compiles Pages of History
Back in the day, newspapers were the only form of communication – except, of course, for the neighbor across the wash-line – and newspapers like the Tuckerton Beacon were vital. Unlike the flash of a…
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Sports••June 2, 2021
Southern Regional Girls Golf Squad Finishes Season Undefeated
When Mary Kate Reilly said she and her Southern Regional girls golf teammates were “crushing it,” she wasn’t kidding. And with a week left to the season, the junior also said she was confident the…
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Business••June 2, 2021
Southern Ocean Chamber’s 107th Summer Launch Party Hosted at Fantasy Island
Smiles flowed freely as the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce welcomed summer with a night out for members’ families, co-workers and colleagues at Fantasy Island Amusement Park in Beach…
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Sports••June 2, 2021
Former Pinelands Pitcher Noah Dean Helps Old Dominion Snag Conference USA Crown
Former Pinelands Regional standout pitcher Noah Dean played a part in Old Dominion University baseball team’s first Conference USA championship on May 30, as the Monarchs advanced to the NCAA…
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News••June 2, 2021
Resilient LBI Community Workshops June 14, 17
Teams of planners, engineers, mappers and engagement specialists are working with the communities in four coastal areas of New Jersey – including here on Long Beach Island – to better understand and…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 2, 2021
Garden Club Seeking House Tour Hosts
December may be a long way off, but not for the Garden Club of Long Beach Island.
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Sports••June 2, 2021
Pinelands Regional Boys Tennis Team Advances to State Sectional Final
For a second straight season, the Pinelands Regional boys tennis team advanced to the final round of the NJSIAA South Jersey Group II tournament.
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News••June 2, 2021
Former Mayor, Barnegat Township Committee in Sparring Match
A former Barnegat Township mayor got into a war of words with the township committee during the public session at the June 1 meeting.
