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News••December 2, 2025
New School Name, Same Commitment to Education
Rain drizzled with a distinctly November chill Saturday morning, Nov. 22, moving a ceremony honoring the rich heritage of the LBI Elementary School and continued journey into the future from outside…
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News••December 1, 2025
Great Bay EMS Rescues Cats in Joint Effort Fighting House Fire
Local fire and emergency services joined together in the early-morning hours of Friday, Nov. 21 to combat a devastating house fire and rescue beloved pets from a home on Price Drive in Little Egg…
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Business••November 30, 2025
Fantasy Island’s Wainwright Family Acquires Thundering Surf Water Park
Fantasy Island Amusement Park’s owners, the Wainwright family, now own Thundering Surf Water Park and Adventure Golf in Beach Haven, uniting the neighboring businesses into a two-block complex of…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 28, 2025
Better Not Pout: Santa Due Friday at Barnegat Light Boat Ramp, Saturday at Viking Christmas Village
Every year, the Christmas season officially begins in Barnegat Light the day after Thanksgiving. This year the kickoff promises to be “bigger than ever,” with free admission as always to all things…
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Opinion••November 27, 2025
Kindness of Strangers: How to Live, How to Give
Since I tend to ramble and my family refers to my texts as novels, I’m determined to keep this letter concise. I’d like as many people as possible to read it because it’s about kindness. And to me…
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News••November 27, 2025
Search Continues for Teen Who Might Have Jumped From LBI Bridge
Stafford Township police are leading a coordinated search effort for an individual believed to have jumped from the Causeway Bridge around 10 p.m. on Nov. 25, authorities said this morning.
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News••November 27, 2025
Customers Look to Stamp Out Mail Delivery Issues
A campaign flier for an incumbent Ship Bottom councilman mounting a write-in campaign to be returned to office earlier this month never made it into the hands of some voters until after election day…
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News••November 27, 2025
Conserve Wildlife Foundation Expands Oystercatcher Monitoring to Little Egg Harbor
Earlier this fall, biologists with Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey began work on a pilot project, led by The Wetlands Institute and funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to…
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Business••November 27, 2025
ShopRite Moving, Rare Company Closing, Isola for Sale
The Manahawkin ShopRite will open in its new 118,000-square-foot location in the Manahawkin Commons Plaza, inside the former Kmart, in a matter of weeks. What will go in its soon-to-be vacated place…
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Columns••November 27, 2025
What Might Happen If New Jersey’s Coast Was Open to Offshore Drilling? Waves Quality Over Quantity
The last few weeks have been a bit quiet in our area – pleasantly quiet, I would say. Not much surf; not a whole lot of weather haymakers or huge newsmakers.
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News••November 27, 2025
Holiday Help Needed in Tuckerton, Little Egg Harbor
’Tis the season for giving, and there are so many ways to support community members in Tuckerton and Little Egg Harbor this year. Here’s where to find toy and coat drives and giving trees in the area.
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Arts & Entertainment••November 27, 2025
Visit Garden Club’s Holiday Boutique Dec. 10-11
An added feature of the annual Holiday House Tour put on by the Garden Club of Long Beach Island is the boutique. This year it can be found at the Surf City Firehouse on Dec. 10 and 11 at 10 a.m.…
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Opinion•November 27, 2025
Historical Perspective
The following responds to a letter (“TDS Is …,” 11/12) from Edward Schwind.
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Arts & Entertainment••November 27, 2025
Art Notes, Nov. 26
Picture This: Barnegat Light resident and photographer Sandy Kenny presents her images at the Long Beach Island Branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City through December and January in the…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 27, 2025
Santa Claus Coming to Tuckerton, Little Egg Harbor
Santa Claus is coming to town! With the help of local fire companies, Tuckerton and Little Egg Harbor residents will get a sneak peek of the big man before the big day.
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News••November 27, 2025
Four Little Egg Harbor Residents Arrested on Drug Charges
On Nov. 3, the Little Egg Harbor Police Department Drug Enforcement Unit, with the assistance of the Stafford Township Police Department Drug Enforcement Unit and Ocean County Regional SWAT Team…
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News••November 27, 2025
Two Area Men Sentenced for Aggravated Arson
On Nov. 21, 20-year-old Ethan Salter of Little Egg Harbor and 21-year-old Thomas Lester of Tuckerton were sentenced after pleading guilty to aggravated arson in connection with a January 2024…
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News••November 26, 2025
Holiday Beach Badges on Sale in Beach Haven
Beach Haven’s special holiday beach badges, designed by Van Bekelja, a sixth-grade student at Beach Haven Elementary School, are now on sale.
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Arts & Entertainment••November 26, 2025
Surflight’s 2026 Season Features Newish Shows With Older Roots
Surflight Theatre has announced its 2026 schedule and a quick way to describe it is eclectic.
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News••November 26, 2025
LBI Health Department Offers Annual Flu, COVID Vaccines
As influenza activity begins to increase throughout our region, the Long Beach Island Health Department continues to offer flu immunizations as well as the latest COVID-19 vaccine. According to LBIHD…
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News••November 26, 2025
LBT Construction Department Coordinates $36,000 Donation to St. Francis Food Pantry
It’s the time of the year imbued with the spirit of giving, and in Long Beach Township, the municipality’s building department continued its autumn tradition of coordinating monetary donations for…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 26, 2025
Southern Regional Offers Parents a Night Out
The holiday season is a busy one for the Southern Regional community and getting some of the holiday to-do checklist completed can be done quite easily, especially without any kids around.
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Opinion•November 26, 2025
Checks Not in the Mail
I have been carrying government flood insurance for the past 45 years, sometimes, with the business, three separate policies. Several times I have inadvertently paid both the mortgagee bank and flood…
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Opinion•November 26, 2025
Trump Accomplishments
It has been some 10 months since President Trump has been in office. There have been significant accomplishments that have and will benefit the country, including actions that affect LBI. It seems…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 26, 2025
Stafford Residents Can Look Forward to Santa, Grinch Runs
Christmas fun is on the way, Stafford Township. Santa and the Grinch are scheduled to ride through the township soon, according to a Facebook post by the Stafford Township Volunteer Fire Co. last…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 26, 2025
Get Dogs, Cats Vaccinated for Rabies in Stafford Township
Stafford Township residents will have the opportunity to vaccinate their dogs or cats against rabies next week.
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News••November 26, 2025
Harvey Cedars Honors Outgoing Board Member Tilton
At a recent meeting of the Harvey Cedars Board of Commissioners, officials adopted a resolution honoring borough resident John Tilton for his 23 years of service on the borough’s land use board. Most…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 26, 2025
Dawn McDonnell’s Lifelike Wall-Mounted Food Art Looks Good Enough to Eat
Seeing is believing when it comes to Manahawkin artist Dawn McDonnell’s food art. Find out this Saturday, Nov. 29, at Firefly Gallery in Surf City from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Opinion••November 26, 2025
Celebrate This Thanksgiving With Some Radical Gratitude
November is here, and with it Thanksgiving. The clocks have been turned back and temperatures are dropping. Autumn is a time of gathering and abundance. The harvest comes into the storehouse. The…
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Business••November 26, 2025
After 40 years, Island Surf & Sail Pivots to Service and Repairs; Front Retail Space for Rent
Island Surf & Sail, the boardsport retailer on the Boulevard at 33rd Street in Beach Haven Gardens, is about to phase into its next chapter.
