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News••May 8, 2019
Carve Wars Chainsaw Competition Brings Rustic Arts to Tuckerton Seaport
The smell of cut cedar and pine and the whine of chainsaws brought a decent crowd to the Tuckerton Seaport on Saturday. Eight chainsaw artists offered their decorative wares: bears with human-like…
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Opinion•May 8, 2019
Film Festival Fanfare
The long and short of it, for me, is the annual Lighthouse International Film Festival is the best event on LBI every year.
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News••May 8, 2019
Former Members Implore LBI Board to Make Decision About Future of School Consolidation
Two former Long Beach Islandschool boardmembers last month chided the current board for failing to make a decision about whether it will continue to operate two schools or consolidate into one…
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Opinion•May 8, 2019
Prayers Over Politics
May 2 was National Prayer Day. This is a day we are supposed to pray for our nation. So while the rest of us are praying for our country, Nancy Pelosi is slamming the Republicans. She just couldn’t…
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Opinion•May 8, 2019
Ideal Resolution
Before another town in Ocean County passes a resolution to not be a sanctuary city, I ask that people read the resolution passed by Pitman, N.J., in February 2017…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 8, 2019
Art Notes May 8
Foundation Doings: The first spring exhibit at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies is a group faculty show from Kean University. There is no charge to view the…
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News••May 8, 2019
Proposed Nuclear Plant License Transfer Raises Concerns About Sufficient Retirement Funding
With a decision that could spark the accelerated decommissioning of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station expected this summer and no word on whether public hearings on the license transfer…
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News••May 8, 2019
Tuckerton Receives Grant for Shoreline Protection
Tuckerton Mayor Susan Marshall opened the May 6 municipal meeting by reading and then presenting a proclamation designating May 19 through 25 as Safe Boating Week to members of the U.S. Coast Guard…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 8, 2019
Two Programs on Brain Health at LBI Library
The Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library will host two brain health-oriented programs next week. “Stroke and Brain Injury Prevention” is scheduled onWednesday, May 15, at 1 p.m. Allen…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 8, 2019
‘Green Drinks’ Has Eco-Friendly Gathering May 21
Environmentally minded people are welcome to stop by for refreshments and conversation on Tuesday, May 21, at the Mainland Holiday Inn in Manahawkin from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The meeting is sponsored by…
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News••May 8, 2019
Local Tax Up a Penny in Ship Bottom
Under a $7,652,850 budget introduced by the Ship Bottom Borough Council last month, the local purpose tax rate is expected to increase by 1 cent on each $100 of assessed value. An average homeowner…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 8, 2019
Two Library Branches Adding More Hours
Two area Ocean County Library branches recently extended their hours in a system-wide effort to make their buildings more accessible to the public. According to the new schedule, the Waretown and…
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News••May 8, 2019
Pinelands Regional School District Calls for 2-Percent Tax Increase
It is a pretty safe bet to say most taxpayers who live in the constituent municipalities of the Pinelands Regional School District won’t be happy with the district’s tentative 2019-20 budget, which…
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News••May 8, 2019
Automated Garbage Collection Goes Off Without Hitches
As secretary to the Beach Haven Public Works Department, Jackie Fife is accustomed to getting her share of phone calls on Monday morning…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 8, 2019
Enter New Jersey’s Favorite Beaches Photo Contest
New Jersey boasts some of the most picturesque coastlines in the country. This spring, New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium is asking residents to submit their best beach photos for the nonprofit’s…
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News••May 8, 2019
DEP Awards $10 Million to Improve Barnegat Bay Watershed
Grant fundingtotaling $10 million will be used for local water quality improvement projects in the Barnegat Bay watershed, state Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine R.…
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News••May 8, 2019
Long Beach Township Approves Budget, Prepares for Summer
Long Beach Township’s Board of Commissioners approved its 2019 budget, which includes a general tax rate increase of four-tenths of a cent, at its meeting last Monday. Residents with homes valued at…
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News••May 8, 2019
NJ Senators Condemn Trump Administration’s Weakening of Offshore Drilling Safety Standards
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both-D-N.J.) ripped the Trump administration for rolling back offshore drilling safety regulations put in place following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 8, 2019
Pine Shores Spring Show Sprinkled With Watercolors and More
Acclaimed watercolor artist James Toogood was the juror of the Pine Shores Art Association’s Spring Art Show and his choices for awards were well placed. Best in Show award went to James Maloney for…
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News••May 8, 2019
Suspect Sought for String of Car Burglaries
Update from Stafford Police Department: ” Our suspected car burglar – Kevin Cunningham – was apprehended today (May 7) by Barnegat Township Police”
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Arts & Entertainment••May 8, 2019
What’s So Special About Tuckerton? History
What’s so special about Tuckerton? Plenty of history! Tuckerton Historical Society President John Yates will give an overview of the town that was settled in 1699 as Little Egg Harbor and will…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 8, 2019
Lifeguard Training Program Begins Next Week
The countdown is on for the unofficial start to the summer season and with it the first days of providing guarded beaches in all six Island municipalities. In preparation for that, lifeguard training…
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Columns••May 8, 2019
Suffrage for 1920 in Senate’s Hands
Alice Paul of New Jersey, head of the National Women’s Party, faced three increasingly more difficult hurdles on the road to passage of the constitutional amendment that would give all women the vote…
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News••May 8, 2019
Stafford Board of Education Approves 2019-20 Budget With Slight Rate Decrease
Despite a larger drop in state aid than anticipated earlier this year, Stafford Township School District Business Administrator Lourdes LaGuardia reported on May 2 that the tax rate for the 2019-20…
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News••May 8, 2019
‘Island’s End’ High-End Homes Replace Trailer Park in Holgate
Island’s End at Holgate is a 42-luxury home project by Michael Pagnotta Architecture & Construction of Ship Bottom on waterview land that previously housed a 141-unit mobile home park.
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Arts & Entertainment••May 8, 2019
All Saints Regional Catholic School Ready to Thrill With ‘Willy Wonka Jr.’
Ah, yes … chocolate. Many people love the tasty goodness of it. And, of course, many of today’s adults probably can recall watching a 1971 film titled “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” which…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 8, 2019
London Transplant Reacts to Royal Birth
News of Monday’s royal birth sent a ripple effect across the pond to Long Beach Island, where at least one local British expat could relate to the joy Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are feeling.
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Sports••May 8, 2019
Southern Advances to Baseball Tourney Quarterfinal
When the baseball season started, Southern Regional head coach Keith Cocuzza was hoping his mostly young and inexperienced squad would develop into a competitive team within the Shore Conference…
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Sports••May 8, 2019
Southern Sailors Willoughby, Green Snag Mid-Atlantic Title
For those who know them, nobody would ever have reason to question the grit and determination of Brielle Willoughby and Bridget Green. This past weekend, amid a variety of conditions, the Southern…
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News••May 8, 2019
Southern Regional Board of Education Approves 2019-20 Budget
Residents within Southern Regional School District borders may be pleased with how things have gone with regard to the district’s budget during recent years, and on May 1 the good news kept on coming.
