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•May 13, 2021
Circle Drive Improvements Coming Soon as Cedar Bonnet Island Walkway Permit Secured
While there remains no set schedule for the construction of a walkway that will allow Cedar Bonnet Island residents living on the south side of the sedge island a safe way to access sidewalks on the…
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•May 13, 2021
Pinelands Regional Goes Undefeated Through First 10 Tennis Matches
Since Brian Jones has been at the helm of the Pinelands Regional boys tennis team, the Wildcats hadn’t started a season with a perfect record through its first 10 matches. Of course, there’s a first…
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•May 13, 2021
May 15 Science Saturday: Pinelands Ecosystem Through a Camera Lens
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences will host just three more virtual Science Saturday presentations before a break for summer. On May 15, LBIF invites guest speaker Albert…
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•May 11, 2021
Pine Shores Art Association Online Spring Show Blooms
This has been a real old-time spring with warm days, cool nights, enough rain to prompt bulbs to burst and fruit trees to flower. Perhaps the dreariness of this past pandemic winter has made the…
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•May 10, 2021
Foundation Talk on Wind Farms Boosts Economic Benefits
An hour-long online “Wind Power Talk” hosted by the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences on April 24 and moderated by Science Committee Chair Rick Bushnell was too short to answer…
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•May 9, 2021
Firefighters Get Hands-on Extrication Training
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•May 8, 2021
Long Beach Township Field Station an Educational Gem on the Bay in Holgate
A handful of the Long Beach Township Beach Patrol trekked to Osborn Avenue in Holgate on a sunny, windy day last week for a cleanup on bayfront land the municipality owns across from its new marine…
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•May 6, 2021
Revolutionary War Patriots Reuben and Ebenezer Tucker Honored
May 1 was a perfect day for a show of patriotism in the form of a wreath-laying on two graves of Revolutionary War veterans, Reuben Tucker and his son Ebenezer, in the Old Methodist Church graveyard…
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•May 6, 2021
New Police Chief Takes Helm in Long Beach Township
Kevin Mahon was sworn in as Long Beach Township’s new chief of police Monday afternoon, May 3. At the municipality’s board of commissioners meeting later that day, Mayor Joseph Mancini recognized the…
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•May 6, 2021
Long Beach Township Moves Ahead With Acquiring Old M&M Steam Bar Lot
Long Beach Township is moving forward with plans to procure the land on which the closed M&M Steam Bar sits, at 13301 Long Beach Blvd. in Beach Haven Terrace, and build pickleball courts and parking…
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•May 6, 2021
Pinelands Thespians Endure Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune
Pity a student actor in the age of COVID.
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•May 6, 2021
Trading in Real Intelligence for Artificial; Getting Creative With Plastic Pollution
There’s no longer a plant I cannot identify, be it your garden variety orange monarch snow crocus or, going far afield, a Pinelands rarity, like a linear-leaved ludwigia.
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•May 6, 2021
Pinelands Launches Boys Volleyball With Early Success
With a new boys volleyball program, it’s easy for the guys to get a little overzealous as they try to learn the differences between playing the game in gym class and becoming a cohesive, competent…
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•May 6, 2021
Stafford School Nurse Suspended for Not Wearing Mask Vows to Fight State’s Mandate
A storm has stirred up, and the Stafford Township School District is caught in it.
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•May 6, 2021
Indie Music Artist Brad Wilson Paints in Sound
For every diamond in the rough, there’s a paragon in the pines, and on the regional music scene, up-and-coming music artist Brad Wilson is emerging as just that. The 24-year-old Tuckerton native…
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•May 4, 2021
Arctic Lightning Not a Flash in the Pan; A Crash Course in Driving Killer Route 539
As our season of thunderboomers gets ready to rumble, there are dedicated bolt counters out there, geared to tabulate the exact number of air-to-ground electrical discharges across the nation and…
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•May 3, 2021
Unemployment, Marijuana: Navigating State Law Impacts to Business
“A very tricky realm of employer responsibilities” imposed by the recently enacted New Jersey marijuana law was among updates specific to business when 9th District state legislators spoke live at an…
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•May 2, 2021
Stafford’s Community Gardens Spring to Life
Stafford Township has three community gardens that begin to wake up in April and May, as volunteers start to feel the familiar yen to roll up their sleeves and work the soil, cultivating food, beauty…
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•May 1, 2021
Pajamas in Public; Hurricane Season Perspective; Closing in on 50-Degree Surf
First things first. From February to June, Liquid Lines devotes an awful lot of space to being cranky about seasonal weather – winter’s never-ending grip on our barrier island, frigid water and raw…
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•April 29, 2021
Makers Festival Folds After Five Unforgettable Years
After five years, the organizers of the wildly successful Makers Fest have announced the annual event will not make a post-COVID comeback.
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•April 29, 2021
Gov. Murphy Joins Local Mayors, DOT to Mark Start of Bridge Project’s Final Phase
“Somehow,” said Gov. Phil Murphy as he addressed a small group assembled at the boat ramp in Ship Bottom last Friday, April 25, “all roads in New Jersey lead to the Jersey Shore.” The governor…
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•April 29, 2021
Patrons, Neighbors Bid Farewell to Kubel’s Too
A number of former customers and neighbors of the longtime Long Beach Island establishment Kubel’s Too stopped by the restaurant, bar and liquor store in Brighton Beach this past weekend – not for…
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•April 29, 2021
The Beat Goes On: Local Musician Overcomes Cancer, COVID
Locals may have had the pleasure of hearing the enchanting serenade of Raul Morales Jimenez, perhaps in the summertime outside the Local Market, in Ship Bottom, or, more recently, inside Manahawkin’s…
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•April 29, 2021
Mayors Seek State Intervention in Sale of LBI School
Mayors in three Island communities who oppose the LBI Consolidated Board of Education’s decision to sell the LBI Grade School to fund renovations to the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School are…
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•April 29, 2021
Family, Community at Heart of Scojo’s Reopening
Fifty-five days. That’s how long it took Scojo’s Eatery in Surf City to welcome back customers after an early morning fire on Jan. 21 damaged the top floor of the family restaurant.
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•April 29, 2021
FurZapper’s ‘Shark Tank’ Appearance a Boon for Business
As a result of their April 9 appearance on the ABC reality show “Shark Tank,” the Ocean County creators of the pet hair removal tool FurZapper saw an explosion of sales and have had to lean on the…
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•April 29, 2021
Ocean County One of Eight in State With Too Much Ozone Pollution
Ocean County is one of eight New Jersey counties that received a failing grade for ozone levels in the air, along with Bergen, Camden, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, according to…
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•April 27, 2021
Lizzie Rose Music Room Presents ‘The Pavilion in the Pines’
In March, 2020 life as it once was simply ceased to be as the coronavirus pandemic forced the shutdown of entertainment venues across the nation. Over time, many bars and restaurants were able to…
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•April 26, 2021
St. Francis Super Plunge Returns for Spring!
The much-anticipated Super Plunge on Long Beach Island is traditionally held on Super Bowl Sunday each February, tasking brave locals to channel their inner polar bears and jump into the icy-cold…
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•April 25, 2021
School Board Rejects $15 Million Bid for LBI Grade School
The Long Beach Island Consolidated Board of Education rejected a $15 million bid for the LBI Grade School at its April 20 meeting, saying it was non-responsive since it did not include a bid bond or…
