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Opinion••January 6, 2021
Patrick’s Legacy – No Strangers, Only Friends
We have long known that our community (Stafford and LBI) is one that pulls together to support each other. However, when our son Patrick was diagnosed with lymphoma in June 2019, we were reminded in…
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News••January 6, 2021
DEP Issues $1.49 Million Fine for CAFRA Violations at Hotel LBI
The attorney for the owner of Hotel LBI said his client is working with the state Department of Environmental Protection to resolve all open issues regarding Coastal Area Facilities Review Act…
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Columns••January 6, 2021
Slowly We Turn, Step by Step We Approach; They Buried Buster the Baleen Far Too Fast
As a kid hereabouts, my bicycling buddies and I used to do something that has become hugely popular. We’d visit haunted abandoned houses, with which Route 9 was loaded back when. No, we weren’t…
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Business••January 6, 2021
The Dusty Shelf Embodies Historic Charm of Barnegat
In the heart of historic Barnegat lies a community with an aim to preserve and celebrate the roots and values of early America. Perusing the neighborhood, locals and travelers alike experience a…
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Business••January 5, 2021
‘State of the Chamber’ Debuts New Networking Platform Jan. 13
The regional Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce will begin its 107th year on a customized virtual meeting platform Jan. 13 with keynote speaker Joel Naroff sharing a locally focused economic…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 5, 2021
LIFS Virtual Screening of ‘BIG vs SMALL’ Will Have You Holding Your Breath
The Lighthouse International Film Society is launching its Winter Virtual Cinema Series Jan. 7-11 with a virtual screening of “BIG vs SMALL.”
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News••January 4, 2021
Pinelands Opening 2021 Remotely
The Pinelands Regional School District is opening 2021 in a totally remote learning mode.
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Sports••December 31, 2020
Gov. Murphy Gives Green Light for Indoor Athletics to Resume Saturday
After being shelved for a month, all indoor organized sports for youth, high schoolers and adults are permitted to return to action starting Saturday, Jan. 2, Gov. Phil Murphy announced during his…
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News••December 30, 2020
LBI Volunteer Emergency Services Personnel Among First to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
Emergency services volunteers on Long Beach Island were among the first unpaid healthcare workers to receive the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine Tuesday under a partnership between multiple Ocean County…
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News••December 29, 2020
Kim and Van Drew Support $2,000 COVID Relief Checks
If you eventually receive a $2,000 check for COVID relief/economic stimulus, thank your congressmen.
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News••December 29, 2020
Whale Buried at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park
The cause of death of a 15-ton juvenile humpback whale that washed ashore at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park on Christmas Day could not definitively be determined by a partial necropsy done on the…
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News••December 28, 2020
LBI Health Department Issues Food Prep Safety Tips
With a new year on the horizon comes a reminder from the Long Beach Island Health Department that it’s important to learn the correct ways to prevent the spread of harmful bacteria that can cause…
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News••December 28, 2020
Spent Christmas Trees Accepted at Seven Southern Ocean County Parks
Christmas tree recycling is an important part of responsible holiday cleanup.
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News••December 26, 2020
Dead Humpback Whale Lodges Near Jetty
A dead humpback whale rested at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park Dec. 25 and marine mammal experts were arriving the day after Christmas to look into the cause of death, while trying to reach state…
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Arts & Entertainment••December 26, 2020
Two Rave-Ons Shows at Surflight This New Year’s Eve
The popular band The Rave-Ons will once again end Surflight Theatre’s season when it plays two shows on New Year’s Eve before a socially distanced and masked audience.
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News••December 25, 2020
LBI Mourns Loss of Beloved 31-One-Year-Old Surfer Pat Harrington
The local and greater surf community mourns the loss of 31-year-old Patrick Harrington of Ship Bottom, who lost his battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma on Tuesday, Dec. 22, at Southern Ocean Medical…
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Opinion••December 25, 2020
Give a Gift of Good Memories – in a Year We’d Like to Forget
This Christmas will be like none we’ve ever seen before and I pray we will never see again. But it is also a time when we should remember and share with our loved ones all the wonderful memories of…
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News••December 24, 2020
Local Hospital Workers Among First to Receive Pfizer Vaccine
Last Thursday, Southern Ocean Medical Center began doling out its first supply of COVID-19 vaccines to healthcare workers and, in just three days, over 220 team members have received the vaccine.
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News••December 23, 2020
Judge Affirms Use Variance Approval at Former CVS Site
Ocean County Superior Court Judge Mark Troncone upheld the decision by the Ship Bottom Land Use Review Board to grant a use variance to the owners of the former CVS Pharmacy at the Causeway circle…
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News••December 23, 2020
Hotel LBI Owner Fined $1.49 Million for CAFRA Violations
The state Department of Environmental Protection has fined the owner of Hotel LBI, the 102-room hotel just off the Causeway in Ship Bottom, $1.49 million for continued noncompliance of the Coastal…
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News••December 22, 2020
Pinelands Wants Full-Time In-Person School in January
When quarterbacks drop back to pass, be it in the NFL, college or even the high school level, they take three or four seconds running through options, looking first perhaps for a primary receiver…
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News••December 22, 2020
Plastic Bags Officially Unbanned in Stafford; Councilman Decries Masks, Other COVID Restrictions
Single-use plastic shopping bags are allowed once again in Stafford, at least as long as New Jersey is under a state of emergency or until the state’s stricter ban on plastics and polystyrene goes…
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Arts & Entertainment••December 20, 2020
The Badlees, Led By Pete Palladino, Named to Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame
The roots rock band The Badlees, born decades ago out of the music department at Mansfield University and fronted by Pete Palladino of Manahawkin, has been named to the Central Pennsylvania Music…
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News••December 20, 2020
Emptying of Spent Fuel Pool Next Step at Shuttered Nuclear Plant
Holtec International has reached an agreement with Lacey Township officials for the prompt decommissioning of the defunct Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, which will allow the Camden-based…
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News••December 20, 2020
Homebound Seniors Meal Delivery Services in Ocean County Continue in 2021
The Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders approved seven contracts totaling $2.8 million with Community Services Inc. The contracts, approved Dec. 16, include providing 200,000 home-delivered…
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News••December 20, 2020
Connors, Rumpf and Gove Will Vote Against Instruction on Diversity and Inclusion
State Sen. Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove released a statement on Dec. 16 stating they will vote against legislation that would require school…
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Business••December 20, 2020
Atlantic City Electric Provides $100,000 to NJ SHARES
In an effort to continue support for customers affected by the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlantic City Electric has provided $100,000 to NJ Shares to help customers struggling to…
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Sports••December 20, 2020
Susan Rogers Enshrined in Coaches Hall of Fame
Susan Rogers made Barnegat High School history this month when she became the school’s first coach inducted into the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Hall of Fame. She was enshrined in a recent virtual…
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News••December 19, 2020
Biologist Reports Successful Season for Piping Plovers
Conserve Wildlife Foundation staff continue assessing the results of the 2020 breeding season for beach nesting birds – specifically the highly endangered piping plovers – long after they have made…
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News••December 18, 2020
Deer Hunters Have Long Tradition in West Creek
Bub Johnson of Little Egg Harbor Township is one of 20 deer hunters belonging to the Little Eagle Gunning Club off Stafford Forge Road in Eagleswood Township. On Wednesday, Dec. 9, with two days of…
