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News••February 24, 2021
Ocean County Celebrates Black History Month, Honors Dr. Lena Edwards
The Ocean County Board of Commissioners is honoring Dr. Lena Edwards as part of the county’s tribute to Black History Month.
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News••February 24, 2021
Harvey Cedars Appoints New Patrol Officer
The Harvey Cedars Police Department has announced the recent full-time appointment of Police Officer Nicholas D’Andrea.
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Columns••February 24, 2021
Herd Placebo Might Help Sink COVID; Coyote Snaring Has Folks Up in Arms
Sorry, but I must play hardball this week. Paraphrasing the song words of Julia Michaels: I’ve got issues, you’ve got them, too. Give yours to me and I’ll give mine to you. I’m alluding to tons of…
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Sports••February 24, 2021
Get LBI Running Canceled, Donations for Fire Company Open
For the second consecutive year, the pandemic has prompted the cancellation of the Get LBI Running 5K event that benefits the Surf City Volunteer Fire Co. and EMS.
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News••February 24, 2021
OC Health Department’s New Mobile App Puts Prudent Info in Palms of Hands
The Ocean County Health Department has launched a new and innovative mobile app that residents can download free from the Google Play/Android and Apple app stores. The free app provides residents…
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News••February 24, 2021
Harsh Winter Weather Forces COVID-19 Drive-Thru Testing Site Indoors at Ocean County College
The drive-thru coronavirus testing site at Ocean County College, off Hooper Avenue in Toms River, has been moved indoors because of the harsh winter weather. Tests will now be administered within…
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News••February 24, 2021
Ocean County Reminds Residents to Properly Recycle Batteries
The Ocean County Board of Commissioners used the occasion of National Battery Awareness Day, late last week, to remind residents of the importance of properly recycling certain batteries.
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News••February 24, 2021
Tuckerton Official Chides Waterfront Residents for Dumping in Lagoons
Some Tuckerton waterfront residents are clamoring for dredging of their lagoons while others are busy filling up the lagoons by dumping washed-up marsh grasses back into the waterways.
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Sports••February 24, 2021
NJSIAA Chief Gives Big Update on Season 3, Spring Sports
As the number of COVID-19 cases gradually heads downward and the winter, at least according to the calendar, is down to its final month, things appear increasingly positive for many high school…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 24, 2021
Ocean County College Presents Discussion With Washington Post Columnist, Novelist David Ignatius
As part of its Blauvelt Speaker Series, Ocean County College will welcome Washington Post columnist and bestselling novelist David Ignatius at 12:30 p.m. on March 3 for a virtual lunch hour…
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News••February 24, 2021
Atlantic Shores Signs Pacts with Unions to Give Good Paying Jobs in Offshore Wind
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind LLC has signed a memorandum of understanding with six unions operating in New Jersey as part of its bid submission to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. The…
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Opinion•February 24, 2021
Unused Stations
On Tuesday, Feb. 9, we went for our COVID shots. The room was three-quarters empty. I counted 18 nurses stations and only four were being used for the entire half hour we were there.
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Opinion•February 24, 2021
Scam Defense
This is a note on scams (“Scams Exploit Quarantine, Thrived in 2020,” 2/17). If these messages are not personal, then you should ignore and delete them. We get phone calls and emails that do not…
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Opinion•February 24, 2021
Repurpose LBI School
Since the board of education voted on closing the LBI Grade School building and moving all students to the E.J. building, there is a lot to think about on what to do with this building. The…
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Opinion•February 24, 2021
Revaluation Query
Recently the value of my property in Long Beach Township was revaluated, with a result that the new assessment rose 26%. Since this revaluation is used to determine property tax, my question to…
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Columns••February 24, 2021
Barnegat’s Medal of Honor Hero
On a website naming Medal of Honor winners there is a listing for surgeon Henry R. Tilton, Barnegat, New Jersey, for gallantry under fire at the battle of Bear Paw 1877. This prompted a search on the…
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News••February 24, 2021
Winter Population Hike on Mainland Hard to Define
To quantify, by dictionary definition, is simply to express or measure the quantity or amount of something. If only quantifying an increase in the population of the five mainland towns in the Long…
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Business••February 24, 2021
LBI Women’s Organization Lauds ‘Healing Power of Love’
Soroptimist International of LBI delivered heartfelt valentines to patients and team members at Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin on Friday, Feb. 12. Board Directors Ellen Dombroski (left…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 24, 2021
Art Notes February 24
Civil Rights History: The “City of Hope: Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign” traveling exhibit honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daring vision for economic justice and…
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News••February 24, 2021
Texas Winter Storm Causes Leap in Gas Prices
Former Texas Republican Gov. and former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry famously, or infamously, said “Texans would be without electricity for longer than three days to keep the federal government…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 24, 2021
Lighthouse International Film Festival Going to Cats and Dogs
The Lighthouse International Film Society is going to be raining cats and dogs in the month of March.
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Sports••February 24, 2021
Barnegat Boys Hoops Team Drops Point Pleasant with Big Third Quarter
Against Point Pleasant Borough last week, the Barnegat boys basketball team couldn’t find the net in the first half. Meanwhile, the Panthers found it far too many times, particularly with three-point…
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Sports••February 24, 2021
Southern Boys Hoops Squad Uses First-Quarter Lead to Thwart Pinelands
Sometimes, it seems the Southern Regional boys basketball team opts to ease off the gas with its offense. And while it hasn’t gotten the Rams into trouble much this season, it happened against…
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News••February 23, 2021
LBI Education Association Donates Much-Needed Items to St. Francis Food Pantry
Food banks collect much more than food, and are often in great need of hygiene and personal products for adults and children. The Long Beach Island Education Association recently connected with the…
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Business••February 23, 2021
Women in Business to Meet Online for Program on LBIF
Spending an enlightening morning on Tuesday, March 2 with colleagues online is the plan when tuning into the regional chamber’s Women in Business networking meeting for 10 a.m. Join the Southern…
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News••February 22, 2021
Little Egg Harbor Township Man Shot and Killed in Lakewood
The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office is asking the public for any information in regard to the murder of Dajour Randolph, age 20, of Little Egg Harbor, who was shot and killed in Lakewood on Feb. 21.
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News••February 22, 2021
Firefighters Use Soon-to-Be Demolished Loveladies Home for Practice Drills
Late Saturday morning, firefighters from the High Point (Harvey Cedars), Surf City and Barnegat Light volunteer companies converged on a house on Laguna Drive in the Loveladies section of Long Beach…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 22, 2021
‘Bright Star’ Program Salutes Civil Rights Pioneers
Celebrate Black History Month with the Ocean County Library and the Toms River Area NAACP, during a virtual production by the Bright Star Touring Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 27 beginning at noon.
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Columns••February 21, 2021
Lost in ‘Quaran-tedium’ Projects
Well, I’m not 100% sure on that. He might still be in there, or he might not, since I got up on a ladder and stapled a bunch of old screen up in the eaves.
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Columns••February 20, 2021
Whitetails Have a Hankerin’ for Dunkin’; Coyote Trapping Has Its Own Pitfalls
Got a fun truly true tale of an older gent, living on the edge of the Pines, who has created an unusually sweet bond with the deer in his backyard. As I’m told it, the fellow has some inside contacts…
