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Sports••June 12, 2019
Ready to Serve, Jacqueline Ward Takes Her Basketball to Coast Guard Academy
Sometime in 2012, Jacqueline Ward came across a TV show which set her on course for a future of service. A seventh-grader living in Monroe at the time, Ward decided it was the right path for her.
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Sports••June 12, 2019
First Batch of Parker Nork Sportsmanship Awards Dealt to 27 Stafford Recreation Athletes
At the outset of his brief commentary on June 6, Rafael Torres described for the audience inside the Stafford Township Arts Center his first impressions of Parker Nork.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2019
Story of Shorty: Shorty Long Makes Silver Screen Debut
Friday evening, the Bird & Betty’s dance floor in Beach Haven was magically transformed from a ’70s-inspired discotheque to a makeshift theater. Rows of white folding chairs stretched below the…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2019
Two of Last Weekend’s LIFF Movies Had Local Connections
The folks at the Lighthouse International Film Festival never said in advance that any of their 2019 offerings had a connection with LBI.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2019
Surflight’s ‘Holiday Inn’ Is a Veritable Dance Marathon
I’ve been watching a lot of hockey lately, thanks to the fact that my beloved Boston Bruins have advanced to the seventh and final game of the final round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2019
Allison Stella
STYLE: Standards and re-envisioned covers in jazz, pop, cross-genre, singer-songwriter style.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2019
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@sweethavenlbi (Jun 8) Celebrating #WorldOceansDay with some #candy ocean animals! Remember, no one likes a dirty beach! #sweethavenlbi #longbeachisland #candy #savetheplanet…
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Columns••June 12, 2019
Taking a Bite Out of Bull Shark BS; Odd Place to Land a Tasty Cobia
I think I’m losing my conservational edge. My implacable desire to save vanishing forms of marine life, in this case sharks, always takes a direct hit to the placability bone when I read about things…
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News••June 12, 2019
Toss Graduation Hats But Hold Balloons
The same time of year that’s a celebration for kids starting out in their lives can be a danger to the lives of sea birds and sea creatures when graduation balloons launch into the environment.
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News••June 12, 2019
Shortage of Election Workers No Cause of Worry for Board of Elections
Despite reports of a shortage of poll workers at least week’s elections in Ocean County, there are no issues or problems resulting from those shortages, according to the Ocean County Board of…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2019
Former Surflighter Wins Tony Award
Surflight Theatre may have been the biggest winner in Sunday’s 73rd annual Tony Awards. One former Surflighter took home a Tony; a former singing waiter at the adjacent Show Place Ice Cream Parlour…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2019
Actor’s Insider Commentary on Lighthouse International Film Festival’s 30th Anniversary Screening of ‘Born on the Fourth of July’
Actor Jerry Levine made a special guest appearance at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences on June 9 during a 30th anniversary screening of Oliver Stone’s “Born on the Fourth of…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2019
Lighthouse International Film Festival Winners
Best Narrative Feature -“One Man Dies A Million Times”(directed by Jessica Oreck)
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News••June 11, 2019
Southern Ocean County Chamber Women in Business Meeting June 25
Women doing business in the region are invited to start their summer with networking and refreshments with the Women in Business Roundtable at this month’s location, in Beach Haven. The Southern…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 11, 2019
Catch Steve Forbert at LBI Foundation June 20
Meet me in the middle of the day, let me hear you say everything’s okay, bring me southern kisses from your room. Meet me in the middle of the night, let me hear you say everything’s all right.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 11, 2019
The Impulsives
STYLE: Covers of all the good-time music the band loves, plus everything the audience needs – classic and alternative rock, pop and country favorites.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 11, 2019
SouthPaw
LINEUP: Drew Zimmerman, lead vocals, guitar; Bear Ketchum, guitar, vocals; Jake Marquardt, bass, vocals; Drew Bastian, drums, vocals.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 10, 2019
Seafood Cooking Demo and Tasting at LBI Foundation June 15
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences is serving up seafood! This Saturday, June 15, oysterman and chef Theo Gerike will present a cooking demonstration and tasting featuring…
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News••June 10, 2019
Newark Man in Custody After Police Chase on LBI
A Newark man faces multiple criminal charges and motor vehicle violations following a police chase in Ship Bottom shortly before noon Sunday, June 9, according to borough law enforcement officials.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 10, 2019
St. Francis Presents Eighth Annual ‘Garden Party’ Fashion Show
Feast your eyes on hot-off-the-runway looks at St. Francis of Assisi Parish’s eighth annual Garden Party by the Sea: A Fashion Show, to be held Wednesday, June 19, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at Bonnet…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 10, 2019
Father’s Day Gift Guide From Sink ‘R Swim
Stumped on what to get Dad this year? Don’t settle for an ordinary gift card – he deserves better. Sink ‘R Swim Men’s Shop in Haven Beach has the perfect gifts for all types of dads and father…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 10, 2019
All Aboard for Blessing of the Fleet
A Barnegat Light maritime tradition falls on Father’s Day again this year. Blessing of the Fleet is Sunday, June 16. The ceremony begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Barnegat Light Yacht Basin, 18th Street…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 10, 2019
Surflight’s Comedy Series Opens June 17
Surflight Theatre’s first Comedy Night of 2019 is set for 8:30 p.m. on Monday, June 17. It’s appropriate that Gary Delena will be the show’s headliner. One of the highest compliments you can pay to a…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 9, 2019
Lighthouse Group Releases Night Climbs Schedule
For people wanting a panoramic view of Long Beach Island, there’s no better place than the top of Barnegat Lighthouse. And on Saturday, June 15, theFriends of Barnegat Lighthouse organization holds a…
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News••June 7, 2019
Southern Ocean Chamber Receives Tourism President’s Award for Downtown Driven Water Ferry Project
The New Jersey Tourism Industry Association hosted New Jersey Division of Travel and Tourism Executive Director Jeff Vasser, Secretary of State Tahesha Way and keynote speaker Gov. Phil Murphy to…
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News••June 7, 2019
John & Sonia’s: ‘Great People, Great Food, Great Price’
If you’re new to John & Sonia’s Luncheonette on Radio Road, prepare to keep looking up to see whether a celebrity walked in.
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News••June 5, 2019
Tuckerton Budget Stalled by Increase to Water Rates
At its June 3 meeting, the Tuckerton Borough Council resolved to take an emergency appropriation of $3,346,979 from general funds and $2,380,896 from the water utility to make up a temporary borough…
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Opinion••June 5, 2019
Honoring the 75th Anniversary of ‘Longest Day,’ Local Heroes
History remembers it as the “Longest Day” – D-Day, June 6, 1944, the beginning of the end for Hitler’s “1,000-Year Reich.”
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Opinion••June 5, 2019
My Kili Climb: Highlights of an Incredible Journey
When my mother shared a recent SandPaper article about two local women conquering Africa’s highest mountain, I thought to myself, what are the chances my husband and I would make the same climb, the…
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News••June 5, 2019
Beach Haven Library Museum Seeking Artifacts
Are you a Beach Haven resident with photographs, documents and artifacts related to borough history? If so, the coordinators of the one-room museum on the second floor of the Beach Haven Public…
