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Arts & Entertainment••March 3, 2020
Things Will Be Popping at Pinelands Thanks to ‘Mary Poppins’
The Pinelands Regional Thespians will perform “Mary Poppins” at 7 p.m. on March 5, 6, 7, 12, 13 and 14 and on March 7 and 14 at 1:30 p.m. in the high school’s auditorium. Tickets are $20 and may be…
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Business••March 2, 2020
Free Seminar on Wills and Living Trusts
McLean Advisory Group is holding a free seminar on wills and living trusts with a choice of two dates in early March at the Barnegat High School Media Center, 180 Bengal Blvd., Barnegat. The dates…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 2, 2020
LIFF Screening Film That Explores the Clash of a Traditional Culture and the Drug Trade
The folks from the Lighthouse International Film Festival will be screening the film “Birds of Passage” at 7 p.m. this Saturday, March 7, at the Long Beach Island Historical Museum, located at 129…
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News••March 2, 2020
Ethel Jacobsen First-Graders Support Forever Logan Strong Foundation
The first-grade students at the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School in Surf City recently got to work collecting donations from the school community to benefit the Forever Logan Strong Foundation…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 2, 2020
St. Francis Hosts Annual Foul Shooting Contest March 7
Sign up and lace up, or come out and spectate! St. Francis Community Center in Brant Beach will hold its ninth annual March Madness Foul Shooting Contest on Saturday, March 7. The event begins at 10…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 2, 2020
Soroptimists Speak at Stafford Library March 5
Soroptimist International of Long Beach Island will conduct an informational program on its chapter as well as a history of the world-wide organization on Thursday, March 5, at 6 p.m. at the Stafford…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 2, 2020
Parents, Young Children Invited to ‘Grow With Me’
Parents and caregivers of children ages 1 to 3 are invited to bring their youngsters to “1, 2, 3, Grow With Me – Family Place” at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesdays this month at the Ocean County Library…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 2, 2020
Irish Step Dance Troupe Rhythm of the Dance Brings Music and Culture to Grunin Center
Audiences everywhere are delighting in the pre-Celtic-to-modern-day music and culture that Irish step dance troupe Rhythm of the Dance brings to its energetic two-hour concerts. See flailing feet and…
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Business••March 1, 2020
‘Fresh, Reimagined’ Dining at Reopened Cuisine on the Green
A hearty meal and a drink cap off a spring day after a round of golf. And for non-golfers, the recently renovated Cuisine on the Green at Atlantis serves a fresh experience for other times, in the…
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News••February 29, 2020
Pre-Season Beach Badge Rates Increasing in Harvey Cedars
An ordinance introduced by the Harvey Cedars Borough Commission last Friday will raise the pre-season beach badge rates from $30 to $35. Borough Clerk Daina Dale said the remaining rates will stay…
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News••February 28, 2020
Nuclear Power Plant Impact on Barnegat Bay Blue Crabs Focus of Study
It’s too early to tell if the permanent shutdown of the Oyster Creek Generating Station will have a significant impact on adult blue crabs in Barnegat Bay, despite compelling evidence that the number…
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News••February 27, 2020
Hotel Owner Sues Ship Bottom; Temporary CO in Place Until May 1
The more things change, the more they stay the same, and for the time being that is certainly the case with the new luxury hotel at the entrance to Long Beach Island.
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Sports••February 27, 2020
Jennings Wins Thriller to Lead Southern’s Championship Parade in District 29
Stephen Jennings has faced some tough hombres this season. After transferring to Southern Regional from Barnegat, the junior 195-pounder this winter has come under fire time and again as the Rams…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 27, 2020
‘Here’s the Story’ Shows How People Are All Special, All the Same
“Here’s the Story” is a documentary series by filmmaker Steve Rogers, a former Manahawkin resident and Southern Regional grad (Class of ’89) who now lives in Red Bank and whose love of the Garden…
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News••February 27, 2020
Authorities Probe House Fire in Harvey Cedars
Ocean County authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that severely damaged a Kinsey Lane home in Harvey Cedars on Monday afternoon, Feb. 24.
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News••February 27, 2020
Students Have a ‘Ball’ Helping Leukemia Patients
Basketballs were flying around the Beach Haven Elementary School gym recently, and it was all for a good cause.
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Sports••February 27, 2020
Southern’s Braddock Advances to Group Meet With Top-Two Finishes in Sectional
Sure, the winter indoor track season generally is a tuneup for the spring season, but that doesn’t mean Jackson Braddock doesn’t want to do well. The Southern Regional junior distance runner put in…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 27, 2020
Author Discusses How She Helped Save Radio City
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Friends of the Stafford Branch of the Ocean County Library will feature Rosemary Novellino-Mearns at its monthly Thursday Adventure program on March 5, 10:30…
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Opinion••February 27, 2020
Losing Hand’s Another Nail in the Coffin of Old LBI
As young parents of two daughters, a toddler and an infant, we were introduced to Long Beach Island in 1974. Our friends who for years had been coming to LBI couldn’t believe we, who had been born…
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Opinion••February 27, 2020
Here Are Some Questions to Think About While Driving
I spent many an hour in a car when I was a kid, especially when I was between 5 and 9 years old.
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Arts & Entertainment••February 26, 2020
Lunch n’ Learn at the Tuckerton Seaport
“The Largest Musical Instrument in the World” is the title for this month’s Lunch n’ Learn program held in the Hunting Shanty of the Tuckerton Seaport on March 11 at 12:30 p.m. Scott Banks, events…
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News••February 26, 2020
Trolley Proponents Hope to Make It a Reality By Summer
Now that the Beach Haven Borough Council has adopted a $350,000 bond ordinance to purchase two trolleys, members of a parking and transportation committee that formed last year are hard at work to…
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News••February 26, 2020
Barnegat’s New DPW Building Up and Running
Barnegat Township’s new public works building recently began operations at its Lighthouse Drive location. Construction was done by R. Wilkinson and Sons of Absecon, at a cost of $2.4 million.
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Business••February 26, 2020
Seaport Tattoo Parlour: Newest Spot for Cutting-Edge Ink With Old-School Appeal
Downtown Tuckerton has a new storefront that’s getting a lot of attention. Across from the Emporium is the new Seaport Tattoo Parlour, with its telltale red and gold sign, beckoning to all who are…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 26, 2020
Walk a Dog, Walk Yourself at Bass River State Forest
The Bass River State Forest hosts two hikes in March; the first is the popular “Walk With Your Dog” with volunteer Master Naturalist Kathy Gardiner on Saturday, March 7. Meet Gardiner by 9 a.m. at…
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Opinion•February 26, 2020
Police Commended
I would like to thank Chief Brian Olsen and members of the Tuckerton Police Department for their strength and fortitude in keeping residents safe against havoc and crime in this community. Support…
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Opinion•February 26, 2020
Signs of the Times
I should have realized that something different was in the air before I read Ray Fisk’s column on the Hand’s Store closing (“Community Fabric Fraying With Closings Like Hand’s,” 2/19). I noticed an…
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News••February 26, 2020
Stockton University Debuts Institute for Lifelong Learning
Next month Stockton University debuts the Institute for Lifelong Learning, which will offer short, non-credit academic classes to the public.
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Arts & Entertainment••February 26, 2020
Art Notes February 26
Women’s Rights: Art history Prof. Kate Nearpass Ogden will give an illustrated talk on three dynamic women artists, Georgia O’Keeffe, Frida Kahlo and Judy Chicago, on Wednesday, March 25, at the…
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News••February 26, 2020
LGBTQ Pilot Program Survives Packed Board Meeting at Pinelands Regional
Both proponents and opponents of the Pinelands Regional School District’s decision to be a pilot district introducing a new curriculum to New Jersey schools that recognizes the contributions of LGBTQ…
