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Arts & Entertainment••January 22, 2020
Cyber Security and Fraud Protection Seminar at LBIF
Ignoring emails from unknown sources and screening phone calls to avoid robocalls and other fraudulent callers isn’t foolproof in protecting oneself from identify theft. Sometimes, the thingspeople…
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News••January 22, 2020
Trident Fitness & Performance Kicks Off 2020 with 10-Week Challenge Event
An inspirational outreach by Trident Fitness & Performance in West Creek was met with great energy by the participating public on Saturday, Jan. 18, and it’s not too late to sign up.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 22, 2020
Envision the Future With Intention Board Event at Arlington
“Our intention creates our reality” – so sayeth self-help author and motivational speaker Wayne Dyer.
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News••January 22, 2020
Water Metering Plans Advancing in Barnegat Light
An ordinance setting a new deadline for water meter installation in Barnegat Light will be introduced at an upcoming special meeting of the borough council, with the public hearing slated for the…
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Sports••January 22, 2020
Despite Roller Coaster First Half, Barnegat Wrestling Team Moves Along With Promise
For the past month, Barnegat wrestling coach Ken MacIver’s main goal has been to develop a competitive lineup with a vast mixture of experienced veterans and younger, more inexperienced wrestlers. Of…
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Sports••January 22, 2020
Youthful Pinelands Regional Boys Basketball Squad Gaining Experience Through Fire
During its last four games, the Pinelands Regional High School boys basketball team averaged a couple more points per game than it had during its first six games. However, despite a 3-3 start to the…
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Sports••January 22, 2020
Barnegat Boys Bowling Squad Continues Push to Stay Near Top of the Division
Whether Shore Conference South B division leader Manchester can be caught remains to be seen, but the Barnegat boys bowling team seems ready to put pressure on the Hawks through the end of the…
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News••January 22, 2020
Peak of 2019-20 Flu Season Is Upon Us
It’s the height of the flu season in the United States. This season isn’t as strictly defined as the Atlantic Basin hurricane season, which officially runs from June 1 to Nov. 30 each year. According…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 22, 2020
Song-Poet Eric Andersen Takes Lizzie Rose Music Room Back to 1960s Greenwich Village
Legendary singer/songwriter Eric Andersen brought his 50-plus-years of music born in the heyday of Greenwich Village to Tuckerton’s Lizzie Rose Music Room on Sunday night. The venue brimmed with…
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News••January 22, 2020
Local Realtors Give Back Through Charitable Committee
The Realtors Community Service committee of the Nexus Association of Realtors is made up of 15 to 20local real estate and title insurance agents, mortgage lenders and others who commit fundraising…
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News••January 22, 2020
Little Egg Harbor Library Branch Reopens With Fanfare
Monday morning there was joy in the air as the doors opened at the Little Egg Harbor Branch of the Ocean County Library for the first time since Oct. 14, 2019, when a power surge from a transformer…
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News••January 22, 2020
Seven Democratic Candidates Now Seek Jeff Van Drew’s Seat
Just as the once long list of Democratic presidential candidates is shrinking, the once tiny list of Democrats running for New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District seat is growing.
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Columns••January 22, 2020
Following Waze Directions Into the Heart of Nowhere; Ruthless Young Hunters Become Instant Online Targets
I’m so easily amused it’s laughable. As we speak, I’m fully a-chuckle over images of happy little Atlantic City-bound cars and vans becoming hopelessly bogged down in deep Pinelands sugar sands, with…
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News••January 22, 2020
Three Island Towns Undertake State-Mandated Water Meter Projects
Water meters are here and there’s no escaping it, at least long term. Long Beach Township and Ship Bottom are in the process of rolling out their individual water meter programs, while Barnegat Light…
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News••January 22, 2020
Research Vessel Off LBI Mapping Route of Undersea Cable to Connect Ocean Wind Offshore Wind Farm to Oyster Creek
Recently boaters have reported seeing the research vessel Neptune traveling back and forth offshore of Long Beach Island and called The SandPaper to find out what it was doing; the U.S. Coast Guard…
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News••January 22, 2020
Surety Title Agency Adds LBI Presence in Ship Bottom
Surety Title Agency recently opened an office at 256 West Ninth St. in Ship Bottom, in addition to the busy 853 Mill CreekRd. location that has been serving clients for 20 years. Patricia Williams, a…
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News••January 22, 2020
Barnegat Police Say Goodbye to K-9 ‘Bullet’
On Jan. 10, members of the Barnegat Township Police Department, joined by other area agencies, honored retired K-9 Bullet for his final walk at the Whiting Veterinary Clinic in Whiting. According to…
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News••January 22, 2020
‘State of the Chamber’ Speaks to Progress
In one room on Jan. 8, business people learned updates on all sorts of projects around them: Beach Haven trying for trolleys by summer, Causeway circle changing to a square traffic pattern by 2024…
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News••January 22, 2020
‘Escape the Vape’ Task Force Formed in Ocean County
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer hasannounced that his office haspartnered with RWJ Barnabas Health Institute for Prevention and Recovery along with various other agencies to establish…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 22, 2020
Turtle Conservation on LBI Is Topic of Feb. 1 Talk
The Friends of the Barnegat Lighthouse lecture series continues on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 1 p.m. at the Barnegat Lighthouse State Park visitors center with a talk on turtle conversation. The presenter…
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News••January 21, 2020
Prominent Beach Havenite Charles Moffett Remembered
Charles Moffett III, a former Beach Haven borough commissioner who was active in numerous civic causes, died last week at age 89.
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Opinion•January 20, 2020
Focused on Needs
On Dec. 11,Congressman Andy Kim called on the House of Representatives to pass H.R. 3, the Elijah Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act. I truly appreciate the congressman’s support of this important…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 20, 2020
Barnegat Salon Planning Benefit Cut-athon Jan. 26
Earlier this month, Emily Honeycutt’s best friend lost her newborn baby. The Barnegat Township salon owner is doing something to help by holding a cut-athon on Sunday, Jan. 26, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 20, 2020
Bay Avenue Community Center Hosts Senior Volunteer Fair Jan. 29
The Bay Avenue Community Center, at 775 East Bay Ave. in Manahawkin, invites seniors to a volunteer fair on Jan. 29 from 1 to 3 p.m. to meet representatives from a wide array of organizations and…
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News••January 17, 2020
2024 New Completion Date for Marsha Drive Intersection Improvements
The final phase of the $320 million federally funded Causeway expansion and rehabilitation project is expected to begin in September with a completion date of 2024, according to the project manager…
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News••January 17, 2020
School News: Middle Schoolers Find Inspiration at Tween Tech
A group of Southern Regional Middle School female students attended workshops at the Tween Tech conference Jan. 3 at Stockton University, designed to encourage girls’ interest in scientific fields.
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Sports••January 17, 2020
Former Southern Volleyball Star Liam Maxwell Takes Over as Belmont Abbey’s Career Kills Leader
After a stellar four-year career for the Southern Regional boys volleyball team, during which he set numerous records, the Belmont Abbey College senior is now the Crusaders’ career leader in kills.…
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Opinion•January 16, 2020
Dictators Club
Socialism is rising in America. Given that Beijing and Moscow are enemies of our republic, one could ask why. The truth is that the headquarters for worldwide communistic control is just 100 miles to…
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News••January 15, 2020
Mirage Residents, High Schoolers Battle in ‘Fun Bowl’
When Superstorm Sandy severely damaged the St. Francis Community Center and its aquatic center in Brant Beach in 2012, competitive swimming teams had to look for another facility. The boys and girls…
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Business••January 15, 2020
Southern Fit Offers Boot Camp Style Exercise Regimen
Southern Fit recently opened in Manahawkin at 100 McKinley Ave., Suite 2. Unlike most gyms, where people work out on their own, Southern Fit consists of all classes, which are 50-minute workouts for…
