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Opinion••July 31, 2019
Teach Your Children Well … to Fish – Boatload of Benefits
One of the best gifts you can give your children or grandchildren is to pick up a rod and teach them to fish.
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Opinion•July 31, 2019
What’s the Point?
Some bumper stickers make me laugh. Some make me sad. Each tells me something about the person driving the car. Proud parents display stickers proclaiming their pride in their kid’s academic or…
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Opinion•July 31, 2019
Spoiling Dock Road
The state Department of Transportation has applied to the state Department of Environmental Protection, for a second time, for a regional dredge spoil facility at the end of Dock Road in Eagleswood…
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News••July 31, 2019
Stewart’s in Tuckerton for 50 Years
The 1950s-style Stewart’s Drive-In in Tuckerton has been serving Stewart’s root beer for 50 years in the same location. The restaurant is owned by Brad and Cheryl Bennett, who explained they own the…
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News••July 31, 2019
Lifelong Clammer and Wife Open Baymen’s Seafood and Produce in Tuckerton
Baymen’s Seafood and Produce has relocated from New Gretna, where it was near Allen’s Dock, to the former B&B produce stand on Route 9 in Tuckerton. Residents in the area are thrilled to have a food…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 31, 2019
Art Notes July 31
Embers in Glass: Mary Tantillo of SwellColors Glass Studio is halfway through a six-year project to create a year of sun-and nature-inspired stained glass panels. The series is broken up into seasons…
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Opinion••July 31, 2019
Free Speech and PC Seem to Be on a Collision Course
One of our basic rights, guaranteed under the First Amendment of our Constitution, freedom of speech, is being slowly attacked and worn away. I find the increasing frequency with which this is…
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Opinion•July 31, 2019
Handrail Is for Hands
We are on 16th Street in North Beach Haven. The township has placed a handrail that extends from the street up to the bench at the top of the beach – the operative word being “hand.” Every day, there…
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Opinion•July 31, 2019
Disastrous Model
Seniors and individuals with disabilities have relied on Medicare Part B for the more than 50 years to access needed medications for some of the most debilitating diseases. Unfortunately, bureaucrats…
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Opinion•July 31, 2019
Support the Supporters
On Thursday, July 18, the Surf City Taxpayers Association sponsored an afternoon of food and theater at the Surf City Hotel and Surflight Theatre. The event was a success, thanks largely to the many…
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News••July 31, 2019
Both Sides Committed to Defending Stance on Land Use Board Decision
While Ship Bottom borough officials were asked to defend their decision to appeal the land use board’s approval for a use variance at the vacant CVS site, the applicant is committed to being part of…
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News••July 31, 2019
Garofalo Not Running Again in Harvey Cedars
Harvey Cedars Borough Commissioner Michael Garofalo is not seeking re-election to a sixth four-year term in the November election. His seat, along with those of current Mayor Jonathan Oldham…
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Opinion•July 31, 2019
Motive Questioned
If you read James Vogel’s letter last week (“Kudos to Developers”), you may have noticed how he questioned everything about me without stating why he is so adamant that the current Morrison’s plan is…
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News••July 31, 2019
Wildcat Paint Job a Towering Sign of Pride
Little Egg Harbor is showing its “Wildcat Pride” in a big way.
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News••July 31, 2019
No Magic Fix for Summer Traffic Woes in Ship Bottom
The state Department of Transportation’s final phase of the Causeway expansion and rehabilitation project can’t come soon enough for those hoping it will alleviate the traffic gridlock that Long…
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Opinion•July 31, 2019
Career of Leadership
Local elections are being held in Harvey Cedars this November and for the first time in many years a commissioner position will be available for a new person to fill.
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News••July 31, 2019
Family Enjoying 50th Straight Summer at Same Place in Beach Haven
When he was working for the Bendix Corp.’s Utica, N.Y., plant in the late 1960s, Paul O’Hara had frequentbusiness dealings with a sales representativenamed Bert Smith. The two became friends, and one…
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News••July 31, 2019
Little Egg Harbor Police Make Major Drug Bust
The Little Egg Harbor Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit arrested two men and seized 289 bags of heroin and several hundred dollars in the Mystic Island section of the township.
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News••July 31, 2019
Birding from the Comfort of Your Armchair at Cloverdale Farm Park
“Sit back, get comfortable. We’ll let the birds come to the feeders and I’ll interpret what we see and hear.”
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News••July 31, 2019
LBI House Tour to Benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research
The LBI House Tour for JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) is an inspiring experience for ticket holders and a first-time fundraiser toward a cure.
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News••July 31, 2019
Stafford Councilman’s Online Conduct Concerns Some
When Stafford Township Councilman George Williams posted some provocative content on social media earlier this month, some residents who were alarmed or offended took screen shots of his Facebook…
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News••July 31, 2019
Possible 2020 GOP Opponent to Andy Kim Emerging
Congressman Andy Kim, who represents New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District that includes the western half of Stafford Township and all of Barnegat Township, knows he will face a tough re-election…
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News••July 31, 2019
Two LBI School Board Incumbents Vying to Retain Seats in November
Two incumbent Long Beach Island Consolidated Board of Education members are running to retain their seats on the panel, whilea third has opted to run for a seat on the Southern Regional Board of…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 31, 2019
Author With LBI Roots to Discuss Latest Book, Palm Beach Wife
Author and Long Beach Island nativeSusannah Marren will discuss herlatest novel, A Palm Beach Wife, on onSunday, Aug. 4 at9:30 a.m. at the JCC of Long Beach Island in Long Beach Township and on…
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News••July 31, 2019
Three Charged in Drug-Induced Death
A Barnegat Township man is one of several individuals indicted in connection with a Strict Liability Drug-Induced Deaththat occurred on Jan. 12. On July 23, a grand jury sitting in Ocean County…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 31, 2019
Don’t Wear White at this Aug. 8 Museum Event
Chocolate lovers, take note: The Long Beach Island Historical Association’s annual Chocolate Fair will take placeat the association’s historicalmuseum, located between Engleside and Beach avenues in…
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News••July 31, 2019
Visiting Popcorn Park Zoo With a Passel of Kids
Deep in the wilds of the Pine Barrens, up along the northeastern edge of that million-acre expanse of pitch pines and sugar sand and not much else (that is, unless you know where to look) lies an…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 31, 2019
Go Moth Hunting at Nighttime Program in Barnegat Light
Ocean County photographer and naturalist Ann-Marie Woods presentsan introduction to the moths of the Pinelands, outer coastal plain and the New Jersey coastline on Saturday, Aug. 10, from 8 to 11…
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News••July 31, 2019
Fresh Air Fund: Matey Family Welcomes Journee Back to the Jersey Shore
Nine-year-old Journee Wade is living her namesake one summer at a time. She just made her third journey from Harlem to Manahawkin to spend a week on the shore with the Mateys, her Fresh Air family.…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 31, 2019
WaterWorks at LBI Foundation of the Arts and Sciences
Water influences so much of our daily thoughts and long-range plans here on LBI, but do we appreciate its beauty, its fragility and the impacts of climate change? The WaterWorks exhibition at the…
