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News••July 17, 2019
Escape LBI Offers a Unique Adventure in Beach Haven
It’s 1930. Your colleague, Magnus Ferguson, has been exploring through Africa searching for antiquities. He has made a wondrous discovery but is in danger of falling into the hands of a ruthless and…
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News••July 17, 2019
Fire Away: Axe-It 63 Provides Positive Throwing Experience
Kelly Curtiss didn’t mind at all that her fiancé was trying to throw an ax through the center board of the target on the opposite wall as opposed to simply into it.
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News••July 17, 2019
Jen’s Links at LBI a Hit With Mini-Golfing Masses So Far
As she knocked down putt after putt through the “Low Tide” course of Jen’s Links at LBI, Magdalema Sulich didn’t seem intimidated in the least. In fact, she appeared so calm with every stroke, nobody…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 17, 2019
Fun(d) the Dream for Families Affected by Cancer
Fun(d) the Dream, on Saturday, July 20, is a midsummer night dinner party on the patio of The Union Market & Gallery at the Tuckerton Seaport, with all proceeds to benefit David’s Dream & Believe…
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Columns••July 17, 2019
A ‘New City’ in the Pinelands?
Today as you visit Ocean County’s newly restored Cedar Bridge Tavern, off Route 72 in Barnegat, you should take a moment while enjoying the silence to reflect on the fact that if things had gone…
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News••July 17, 2019
Playing Against the ‘Axe-pert’ Reveals More Practice Needed
Luke Searles knows a thing or two about throwing an ax. That’s why he’s one of the “axe-perts” at Axe-It 63 in Stafford Township.
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Columns••July 17, 2019
Every Season Has Its Song and This Is Summer’s Mix Tape
There’s something about driving over the bridge in the summer. For many of us, it’s a feeling of anticipation, that wondering what the surf is going to be like, what the beach day will bring or even…
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Sports••July 17, 2019
Surf City Yacht Club, Haven Beach Club Swimmers Know How to Have Fun While They Compete
When Linda Behr first started coaching swimmers at Surf City Yacht Club 23 years ago, the main purpose was to teach others not to be afraid of the water and make sure they were safe while sailing.
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Arts & Entertainment••July 17, 2019
Lights, Camera, Action Doxx
Lucas Closs, from Bridgewater, has spent every summer in Beach Haven since he was justa year old. Fifteen years later, he and his mother were enjoying dinner together during Memorial Day weekend at…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 17, 2019
The Quixote Project
STYLE: Original neo-roots, pulling from traditional genres to blur the lines of modern music.
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Columns••July 17, 2019
The Island When There’s No Way Out; Fishing Is Panning Out in a Small Way
NO EXIT!: The heavens let loose last week. In a deluge instant, we became an island alone, insular in our inability to get off this 21-mile long strip of vulnerable sand. An estimated3 or more inches…
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News••July 17, 2019
Life in the Fast Lane: Working on a NASCAR Pit Crew
When Justin Clapper comes back to West Creek, the logs get fired up and the tales from his place in the NASCAR pit crew fuel the hometown campfire for hours.
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Arts & Entertainment••July 17, 2019
New Surf City Boutique Society Beach Has a Look for Every Body
The north end of Long Beach Island just got more fashionable with the grand opening of Society Beach, the ultimate his-and-hers shopping destination. Society Beach, an extension of brother and sister…
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News••July 16, 2019
Banned Amplified Music Debated in Surf City
“When I hear music, it makes me dance. You got the music, here’s my chance,” wrote Debbie Deb, circa 1983.
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News••July 16, 2019
Coast Guard Teams Begin Removing and Replacing Hazardous Channel Markers Off LBI
As promised, they’re here. The Coast Guard’s Aids to Navigation and East Coast dive teams are working in tandem in the Intracoastal Waterway off Long Beach Island to remove and replace broken channel…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 16, 2019
Hurricane Ruth
LINEUP: Ruth LaMaster, vocals; her backing band; and special guest guitarist Scott Holt, who studied under Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy.
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News••July 16, 2019
Stafford Police Join Running Guides for Athlete With Autism
Matthew Monaco, a.k.a. Matty, is an Achilles Athlete from Bergen County who is on the autism spectrum. Just a few weeks ago he was in need of a local running buddy.
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News••July 16, 2019
Golf Carts May Get Wider Range in Barnegat Light
As if to signal that it was a new subject, a golf cart rolled by Barnegat Light Borough Hall just before the monthly meeting began on July 10.
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News••July 16, 2019
NJ Rules May Delay Tuckerton Dredge Spoils Site
Tuckerton Beach Association President Jamie Gross asked the Tuckerton Borough Council whether the state Department of Environmental Protection has required the borough to get a Coastal Area…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 16, 2019
Walk Through Six Showcase Homes on North End
The public is invited to take a self-guided tour of six exquisite properties on the Island’s north end Wednesday, Aug. 7in the 53rd Annual Seashore Open House Tour.
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Arts & Entertainment••July 16, 2019
Play and Support Community FoodBank of NJ at Loveladies Tennis Club on July 26
If tennis is your game, mark your calendar and plan to get involved in the Loveladies Tennis Club’s annual fundraising event to benefit the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. The Love/One III event is…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 16, 2019
Mamma Mia, Look What’s Playing at Surflight Theatre!
The third mainstage musical of Surflight Theatre’s 2019 season is “Mamma Mia!,” which will run through Aug. 4. “Mamma Mia!” is a jukebox musical with a book by Catherine Johnson, a British…
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News••July 16, 2019
Be Sure to Stay Hydrated as the Temperature Rises
Long Beach Township lifeguards had a busy Sunday responding to a number of serious heat-related situations on the ocean beaches. And as the forecast for the upcoming weekend looks steamy, the beach…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 15, 2019
Master Gardeners Setting Up Shop at LBI Library
The Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City will host “How Does Your Garden Grow?” at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesdays from July 16 through Aug. 20. Rutgers Extension Service Ocean…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 15, 2019
Fine Art for Show and Sale in Harvey Cedars
More than 60 artists and fine crafters will display their works at the 32nd annual Harvey Cedars Arts Festival on Sunday, July 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sunset Park. Admission is free.
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Arts & Entertainment••July 15, 2019
Second ‘Comedy Tonight’ Show at Surflight Set for July 22
Surflight Theatre’s second Comedy Tonight show of 2019 is set for Monday, July 22, at 8:30 pm. As usual, promoter Joe Bublewicz, himself a comic, will bring not one, not two, but three comedians to…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 15, 2019
Mordecai Land Trust House Tour, Cocktail Party Saturday
The Mordecai Land Trust will holdits annual house tour and cocktail party fundraiser on Saturday, July 20. Thetour will run from 2 to 6 p.m. with thecocktail party beginning at 6p.m. at the Little…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 15, 2019
The Event Horizon
STYLE: Hot hits delivered by a hand-selected band adeptly spanning genres of rock, pop, country, dance and hip hop.
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News••July 12, 2019
Take a Ferry to Visit the Tuckerton Seaport
If you are vacationing in Beach Haven or anywhere on LBI this summer, consider a free ferry ride across Little Egg Harbor Bay to visit the Tuckerton Seaport. The Seaport is a re-created maritime…
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News••July 12, 2019
‘Bread’ Is the Word on July 29; Summer Reading Sign-Ups Continue
A longtime area baker will present “All Things Bread” on Monday, July 29, at 1 p.m. Rafael Morillo, who has been a baker for more than 40 years and works at MTK Eatery in Surf City, will discuss…
