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Business••October 22, 2025
Susie’s Hair Salon Has 20th Anniversary Bash
On Oct. 9, Susie’s Hair Salon in Barnegat Township held a 20th anniversary celebration. An estimated 350 people stopped by between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the 21 South Main St. (Route 9), Suite 2…
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News••October 22, 2025
Ocean County College Joins Statewide ‘Feed the Future: Fight Student Hunger’ Initiative
Food insecurity is a significant barrier to student success. To help combat this issue, New Jersey’s community colleges, including Ocean County College, are partnering for “Feed the Future: Fight…
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News••October 22, 2025
Most 2025 Local and School Board Races Unopposed
There are numerous municipal and school board elections in Southern Ocean County this year. However, few are contested.
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Opinion•October 22, 2025
Guest Workers Needed
Some years ago I was contacted by the Internal Revenue Service and asked to help guest workers who were failing to file tax returns because they had no taxpayer identification numbers (TIN).…
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Business••October 22, 2025
Get the ‘Royal’ Treatment at New Manahawkin Barbershop
Adam Vazquez started cutting hair when he was 12 and assisting teachers in special needs classrooms when he was in high school. With Royal Fades Barbershop, he and his wife, Sabrina, have found a way…
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News••October 22, 2025
Stafford Police Bolster Force With More Class II Officers
Last month, the Stafford Township Police Department underwent a significant change to its lineup of officers, one Chief James Haldenwang believes will provide additional service and safety to the…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 21, 2025
Free Harvest Hayride Event in Brant Beach This Saturday, Oct. 25
Get in the spirit of the season with Long Beach Township’s annual Harvest Hayride event on Saturday, Oct. 25. All are invited to take part in the free, family-friendly fun in Bayview Park, at 6805…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 21, 2025
Grunin Center Presenting ‘Dracula,’ Two Singers, and Nationally Known Tree Lover
It is deep into the Halloween season and Ocean County College’s Grunin Center for the Arts is definitely in the mood, with the OCC Repertory Theater Co. performing the play “Dracula” four times this…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 21, 2025
Fall Festivities Ramp Up at St. Mary Academy
Have some fun with the Knights of St. Mary Academy during the next two weekends, as they ramp up the fall festivities at 400 Doc Cramer Blvd. in Stafford Township.
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Arts & Entertainment••October 21, 2025
Stafford Harvest Fest Is Fun-Filled Family Affair
Like so many other Stafford Township families, the Winkelried-Catalano-Bush clan has made a tradition out of attending the annual Fall Harvest and Wine Festival at Manahawkin Lake Park. This year’s…
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News••October 20, 2025
Casella Receives Rotary’s Highest Honor
Last Thursday, Oct. 9, Jack Casella was invited to a get-together at Nardi’s Tavern by good friends Deborah Whitcraft and her husband, Jim Vogel, captain and president, respectively, of the Beach…
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News••October 19, 2025
Taxpayers Association ‘Dune’ Great Things in Holgate
Following Superstorm Sandy in 2012, some Holgate residents noticed the area’s dunes that had been covered solely with dune grass “were obliterated by the wave action” of the hurricane-riled ocean…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 18, 2025
Sky Is the Limit for Colorful Kites on Island Beaches
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News••October 17, 2025
Four Seek Three Barnegat School Board Seats
Two incumbents and two newcomers are running for three seats on the Barnegat Township Board of Education. All terms are for three years.
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Arts & Entertainment••October 17, 2025
Jersey Devil Comes Alive at Albert Music Hall
Something devilish is stirring in the Pine Barrens. The Albert Music Hall in Waretown will once again summon the spirit of South Jersey folklore with its annual Jersey Devil Show on Saturday, Nov. 1.
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News••October 17, 2025
Tuckerton Battles Major Flooding as Nor’easter Hits
As a nor’easter slammed Southern Ocean County over the weekend, Tuckerton felt some of the worst effects on the mainland, with major flooding hitting many of the waterfront communities on Monday…
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Sports••October 16, 2025
With the 18-Mile Race Canceled Last Sunday, Some Ran Saturday to Get It Done
Shannon Szymanski, 35, of Manahawkin, is training to run the Philadelphia Marathon next month. Generally, training for a marathon means doing some longer runs, 15 and 20 miles in the weeks leading up…
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News••October 16, 2025
Nor’easter Blows in for Holiday Weekend
The Columbus Day holiday weekend saw tough going on local roads as the area was hit by the first nor’easter of the season. It roared in overnight Sunday and blew out by early Tuesday morning.
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Arts & Entertainment••October 16, 2025
Witches Will Take to the Water for a Cause in Annual LBI Witchy Paddle
Pointed hats, paddles and plenty of laughs will fill the bay later this month when the sixth annual LBI Witchy Paddle returns to Sunset Park in Harvey Cedars on Saturday, Oct. 18.
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Sports••October 16, 2025
Southern Regional Streaks Into Conference Tourney Elimination Play
Similar to the World Cup, the Shore Conference’s soccer tournament last year was set up to include pool-play groups, from which the top teams in each advanced to the knockout rounds. The conference…
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Columns••October 16, 2025
Heavy-Winded Nor’easter Closes Boulevard, Eats Beaches to the Bone
On the 1-10 severity scale, I give the so-named “October Nor’easter” a respectable 6 in the end. That’s up from an initial 5 rating I gave early Monday, before the more-serious street flooding set in.
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Arts & Entertainment••October 16, 2025
Documentary Explains How a Weird Stage Show Became the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
The Lighthouse International Film Society will screen “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 23 at the Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences in…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 16, 2025
Art Notes, Oct. 15
Creativity at Work: During this weekend’s Lighthouse Challenge of New Jersey, Oct. 18 and 19, artist Jon Fiorella of Carmel, N.Y., and Barnegat Light will demonstrate his wood burning technique and…
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Sports••October 16, 2025
Southern Regional Gridiron Crew Crushes Manchester, Improves to 7-0
The Southern Regional football team simply smothered Manchester on Oct. 10, taking another step closer toward going undefeated during the regular season for the first time in school history.
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Arts & Entertainment••October 16, 2025
Get Your Pets Costumed for OCHD’s 17th Halloween Pet Parade
The Ocean County Health Department’s annual FurFest and Halloween Pet Parade will be back for its 17th year on Saturday, Oct. 25 at the Southern Ocean County Animal Facility in Manahawkin.
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Opinion•October 16, 2025
New LEH Mega-Community Will Sap Stretched Resources
The planning board should be ashamed to say they represent the residents of Little Egg Harbor. They unanimously voted, 7-0, to approve a 415-home Lennar development across from Sunrise Bay Adult…
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Opinion•October 16, 2025
Effective Incumbents
On Tuesday, Nov. 4 the voters of Surf City, exercising their right to vote, will gather at the firehouse (or may have already sent in their vote by mail ballot or participated in the opportunity for…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 15, 2025
Nothing Cheesy About Fundraiser for First Responders
The Women’s Auxiliary of the Surf City Volunteer Fire Co. and EMS is getting a little help from its friends as Burger 25 raises funds for the group later this month.
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Columns••October 15, 2025
The No-Good Nor’Easter; Breaking Down a Tough Storm With No Clean Surf
So… this is it? This is the best time of the year for the Jersey Shore?
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Opinion••October 15, 2025
Help! I’m Being Commercialed to Death on TV
If I was really going to write about all aspects of advertising and commercials, I’d have a novel, not a column. So I decided to narrow down my comments.
