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Sports••April 19, 2019
Confident Barnegat Lacrosse Squad Takes Aim at Division Title
It’s an unusual situation when a coach has an entire roster of players returning from one season to the next. Barnegat girls lacrosse coach Lyndsey Torre was in such a situation as the season started…
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Sports••April 19, 2019
Balanced Group of Barnegat Golfers Take Shot at Division
Following a 10-6 campaign last spring, the Barnegat High School boys golf team brought back a strong lineup to the links for this season. In fact, it’s one of the Bengals most experienced teams in…
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Sports••April 19, 2019
Still Young, Barnegat Softball Squad Looks to Climb Ranks
Most often, returning seven of nine starters from a previous season’s softball team is a great thing. Yet when your team is still one of the youngest in a division that features several of the top…
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Sports••April 19, 2019
Sprinters, Throwers Lead Way for Barnegat Boys Track and Field
It’s hard to say whether the Barnegat High School boys track and field squad is going through a rebuilding process. Following last season, the Bengals graduated several prominent athletes, and those…
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Sports••April 19, 2019
Experience Turns Barnegat Boys Volleyball Around
If Ed Peters, the 13-year head coach of the Barnegat High School boys volleyball team, continues to prove prescient, his squad may have quite the 2019 season. Before the season started, Peters said…
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Sports••April 19, 2019
Larger Turnout Bodes Well for Barnegat Boys Tennis
There is a bright spot for the 2019 Barnegat High School boys tennis team, a program that hasn’t had many for the past few years.
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News••April 18, 2019
Ship Bottom Land Use Board Approves Fantasy Island Application for Vacant CVS
After nearly two hours of testimony that included public comment supporting and opposing a plan to bring a family entertainment center to the vacant CVS building at the Causeway Circle, the…
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Opinion•April 17, 2019
Can You Imagine?
A president who lies - everyday, who admires dictators, who promotes the agenda of longtime enemies, who has methodically surrounded himself with “yes men,” a president with contempt for the law and…
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News••April 17, 2019
Osprey Couple Enjoy Their Home on Mordecai
Mordecai Island in Beach Haven is home to a pair of love birds – in this case ospreys. According to Michele Budd, vice president of the Mordecai Land Trust and an environmental biologist, Captain and…
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News••April 17, 2019
LBI School Rehab Project Stalled; Board Divided Despite Taking Small Steps to Move Ahead
The LBI Consolidated school board continues to take steps toward rehabbing the LBI Grade School, despite suffering a setback last week when it failed to garner enough votes to begin the process of…
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Opinion••April 17, 2019
God’s Fondness for Mankind Sparks Holy Week Reflection
One of the best known and best loved verses in all the Scriptures says this about God: He is fond of the human race – “God so loved the World” (John 3:16).
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Arts & Entertainment••April 17, 2019
April 17 Art Notes
Sans Color: Pine Shores Art Association hostsits biannual Black and White show. Dramatic designs and graphite nuances are explored as artists and photographers restrain themselves from color. The…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 17, 2019
Folk Art Exhibit at Tuckerton Seaport
“Basically, folk art is making something utilitarian into something beautiful,”according toCatherine McLearen, the Tuckerton Seaport’s Guest Experience manager. “Folk life expressions grow out of…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 17, 2019
Oysterer, Clammer, Aquaculturalist Dale Parsons to Speak at Giffordtown Schoolhouse Museum
Dale Stewart Parsons is a fifth-generation bayman and seafood purveyor in Tuckerton. His family has been making their living from the bounty of the bay since 1909.
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News••April 17, 2019
Feds Want Proof New Jersey Company Can Handle Decommissioning at Multiple Nuclear Plant Sites
Is Holtec Decommissioning International, the company seeking to purchase and jump start the process of retiring the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, biting off more than it can chew? That’s a…
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Opinion•April 17, 2019
Good Start
Stormwater runoff is the biggest source of water pollution in New Jersey, creating more flooding and impacting public health. Climate impacts causing more severe and frequent storms are adding to the…
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Opinion•April 17, 2019
Friends Needed
Who will care for them – the lost, the lonely, the hungry, the hurt?
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Opinion•April 17, 2019
Yet Another Hunt
The following responds to a column by Jay Mann (“Family Fun Hunt Targets Antlered ‘Buck’ Squirrels,”The Fish Story, 2/20).
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News••April 17, 2019
Understanding How Abstention Votes Impact Public Boards
Children are often taught there aretwo answers to certain questions: yes or no. That’s not the case for elected officials, who have the ability to abstain from a vote on any given topic for any…
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News••April 17, 2019
Pillars of Local History, Art, Culture Honored in ‘Salute to Ocean County’
Three individuals who are vital contributors to the history, arts and nature of Southern Ocean County were formally recognized on Thursday, April 11, at the Ocean County Cultural and Heritage…
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News••April 17, 2019
Commission Approves Clear-Cutting Bass River Trees for Fire Tower
The Pinelands Commission voted on a resolution to allow the clear-cutting of 16.4 acres of mature white pines in Bass River State Forest to allow for greater visibility for the 80-year-old fire tower.
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Opinion••April 17, 2019
Pinelands Mountains: Mere Hills But Mighty Important
For folks living in most of New Jersey, the idea of mountains in the low-lying Pine Barrens might seem far-fetched. Many have never heard of the Forked River Mountains of Ocean County, located due…
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News••April 17, 2019
Tuckerton Approves Water, Sewer Rate Increases
The Tuckerton Borough Council approved a $53.29 increase to the annual base rate of $240 for 73,000 gallons of water, an amount that equates to an additional $13.32 a quarter. Rates for overages…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 17, 2019
Barnegat-Waretown Chamber Taking Sign-Ups for Yard Sale Day
In doing your spring cleaning, have you found various items in good condition but you have no use for them? The Barnegat-Waretown Chamber of Commerceinvites you to participate inthe Barnegat-wide…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 17, 2019
Spring Wine Festival in Waretown April 27-28
Waretown will host its fifth annualSpring Wine Festival on Saturday and Sunday, April 27 and 28,at the Waretown Recreation and Lake Area, located at 182 Wells Mill Rd. The festival will be held noon…
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News••April 17, 2019
Beach Haven Looks to Spend $12.6 Million in 2019
The Beach Haven Borough Council last week introduced a $12.6 million municipal budget, an increase of approximately $550,000 from last year’s spendingplan. Shari Boehler, borough chief financial…
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News••April 17, 2019
Beach Haven CAP Selling Donor Bricks
In 2000, a group was formed to continue the 25-year-old tradition of the Beach Haven Bicentennial Park Association’s free “Concerts in the Park.”A few citizens founded the nonprofit Beach Haven…
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News••April 17, 2019
Andy Kim Holding Town Meeting in Barnegat April 27
Third DistrictCongressman Andy Kim will host a town hall meeting in Barnegat Township on Saturday, April 27, at 4:30 p.m. at the American Legion Post 232, 499 Main St. (Route 9). Kim’s district…
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News••April 17, 2019
Congressman Andy Kim Visits Barnegat Fire Company, First Aid Squad
While visiting Barnegat Township to attend therecent Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony last month, 3rd District Congressman Andy Kim included a stop at the volunteer fire companyand first aid squad…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 17, 2019
Step Back in Time at Victorian Tea on May 18
The Barnegat Historical Society holds aVictorian Tea on Saturday, May 18 at the home of a society member at 106 Railroad Ave.
