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•April 25, 2021
Southern Regional’s Hummel, Collins End Wrestling Season as State Runners-up
Southern Regional wrestlers Eddie Hummel and Conor Collins just missed capturing state titles on April 24.
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•April 23, 2021
Beach Entrance Signs Have Ecological Messages Designed by Students
As Earth Day, April 22, was approaching, students at the Beach Haven Elementary School were making colorful signs urging people to do their part in keeping beaches clean.
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•April 22, 2021
Ocean County Commissioner: Disposable Face Masks a Threat to Bay and Ocean
Face masks have become a necessity during the pandemic, but they also pose a new threat to local waterways, including Barnegat Bay, says Ocean County Commissioner Joseph H. Vicari. Unfortunately…
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•April 22, 2021
No Smoking on Beach Means Pot, Too, Barnegat Light Clarifies
Making it clear that a smoking ban on the beaches includes cannabis, the Barnegat Light Borough Council adopted that ordinance amendment on second reading at its April monthly meeting. No one…
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•April 22, 2021
Long Beach Island Residents Critical of Ocean Wind Project During Scoping Meeting
Long Beach Island residents aired criticisms and concerns about a proposed wind farm off the Atlantic City coast at a scoping meeting held online April 15, as required by the federal Bureau of Ocean…
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•April 22, 2021
Pinelands Cruises Past Jackson Liberty for First Girls Volleyball Sectional Title
A few weeks ago, the Pinelands Regional girls volleyball team wasn’t even certain its season was going to remain intact. The Wildcats played their first week of the season, went undefeated, and then…
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•April 22, 2021
When Islanders Become Instant Colonists; Catfishing Takes on a Whole New Meaning
WE CLAIM THIS ISLAND …: Live here long enough and it’s easy to assume you’ve come across just about every Island attribution out there. It has been dubbed a seaside resort, shoreline attraction…
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•April 22, 2021
LBI Foundation Welcomes New York City’s Arch Ballet for Residency
New York City’s Arch Ballet is the brainchild of choreographer Sheena Annalise, of Beach Haven Crest. And this month, Annalise will bring the group to the LBI Foundation of the Arts and Sciences for…
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•April 22, 2021
Clean Ocean Commitment Shown at Beach Sweeps
Much marine debris was removed from the Jersey Shore during Clean Ocean Action’s 36th annual Beach Sweeps this past Saturday, April 17, as more than 5,500 volunteers traversed the sand with bags and…
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•April 16, 2021
Board of Education Hires Special Counsel for Disposition of LBI School
The Long Beach Island Consolidated Board of Education on the afternoon of April 13 hired special counsel for the disposition of the LBI Grade School in Ship Bottom during a special meeting held via…
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•April 15, 2021
Request for ‘Stop Work’ Order at Bird and Betty’s Denied
An Ocean County Superior Court judge has denied a request for a stop work order filed by Polly’s Dock and Patrick Damiani, plaintiffs, in the lawsuit they filed against Bird and Betty’s Restaurant in…
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•April 14, 2021
Spring Is Here; Look Out for Motorcycles
Robert Perotti, 53, of Tuckerton was thrown from his motorcycle and seriously injured when he crashed his 2004 Suzuki on April 10; apparently he overshot the entrance ramp in a merge onto eastbound…
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•April 14, 2021
Temporary CO Extended as Hotel LBI Awaits Violations Hearing
For the fourth time since Hotel LBI opened its doors in the spring of 2019, Baldwin Residence LLC, which owns and operates the resort, has been granted an extension of its temporary certificate of…
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•April 14, 2021
Key to Success: Officer’s Perseverance Frees ‘Stranded’
Ghostbusters wouldn’t have been able to help Jennifer De Loughy after her 4-year-old daughter buried her keys in the sand on the 24th Street beach in Ship Bottom on a beautiful Tuesday morning in…
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•April 14, 2021
Reminder: Holgate Section of Forsythe Off-Limits Until Sept. 1
On April 1 each year, staff from the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge erect seasonal closure signs on the south end of Long Beach Island to let the public know the 400-acre Holgate Unit of…
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•April 14, 2021
First Aid Squad: We May Leave Beach Haven
The Beach Haven First Aid Squad is up in arms over an ordinance recently introduced by the Beach Haven Borough Council that would put the municipality in charge of conducting background checks for…
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•April 14, 2021
Harvey Cedars Wants ‘Good Neighbor’ Ordinance
The Harvey Cedars Borough Commission last week introduced what it is calling three “good neighbor” ordinance amendments dealing with noise, parking and dog waste.
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•April 13, 2021
Forest Policies Pose Risk of Wildfires in New Jersey
A week after the National Weather Service’s Mount Holly office issued a warning of an increased risk of wildfires due to weather conditions, the forecast has mostly rain and clouds for the early part…
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•April 13, 2021
Otter a Small Miracle Surviving With Surrogate Help
The tiny otter found washed up at the steps of a Ship Bottom bar is thriving more than two weeks later at the Woodlands Wildlife Refuge in Hunterdon County.
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•April 13, 2021
Kid-Friendly Activities Are Every Reason to Get Outside
As the weather turns nicer and people start to feel the urge to emerge from their pandemic cocoons, parents, grandparents and caregivers may be looking for creative ways to take the fun and learning…
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•April 13, 2021
Glittering Planet Is a Cool Planet; Return of Well-Managed Stocks
My column’s word of the week is geoengineering – and it just might dim your perception of the world around you … but in a good way. Explanation needed.
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•April 9, 2021
Ship Bottom Municipal Complex Construction Contract Leads to Lawsuit
Ship Bottom borough is moving ahead with plans for a new municipal complex at the current location between 16th and 17th streets on the Boulevard, as officials refute a civil action complaint filed…
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•April 8, 2021
Nightly Road Closures at Exit From LBI
The Causeway circle on Long Beach Island as well as Route 72 west between Sixth and Seventh streets in Ship Bottom are closed to traffic nightly between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. for road work, according to…
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•April 8, 2021
New Jersey Pinelands Celebrated in Exhibit at LBI Foundation
Those of us born in close proximity to the New Jersey Pine Barrens have always loved the special quiet, scents and vistas of the dense forests of pines, scrub oaks and white cedar swamps. To listen…
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•April 8, 2021
Surf City Woman Found Unresponsive on Beach Dies
Surf City and Ocean County law enforcement officials are continuing their investigation into the death of a 66-year-old borough woman who was pulled from cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean off North…
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•April 8, 2021
Southern Regional Freshmen Blaze a Path, Start Women’s Support Club on Campus
Let’s face a fact about American society on a broad level. Women still have to deal with many sensitive issues and are still trying to overcome them. From harassment to sexual assault, and…
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•April 8, 2021
There’s Bass in Them-There Bay Waters; Town Bugged By Eerie Bumps in the Night
RUNDOWN: Bass are trying their hardest to hit Island beaches, with a few quiet catches of shorts taken by static rodders throwing clams or, a tad costlier, juicy bloodworms, the larger bloods…
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•April 8, 2021
Weather Condition Awareness Mitigates Wildfire Danger
Being in Southern Ocean County in the spring can be a lot of leaving coats and worries behind, but earlier this week the National Weather Service issued an increased risk of fire danger due to…
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•April 8, 2021
Southern Volleyball Squad Snatches Division Crown But Win Streak Ends at 10
Of course, it’s not a normal girls volleyball season. For one, players typically aren’t wearing masks while they compete.
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•April 8, 2021
Hackensack Meridian, Other NJ Hospitals Receive $90 Million in Federal Funding
A combined $88,729,949 in federal funding has been allotted to help bolster emergency protective measures at New Jersey hospitals and long-term care facilities in response to the ongoing COVID-19…
