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•January 21, 2021
Stafford Residents Still Have Some Time to Fill 2020 Time Capsule
The clock is ticking, Stafford Township residents. A time capsule at the municipal complex soon will be closed up and locked for the next 50 years.
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•January 19, 2021
Pickleball Courts in Beach Haven Might Stay at Six
The Beach Haven Borough Council is exploring whether to rehabilitate six existing pickleball courts instead of expanding the number of courts from six to nine at the Nelson Avenue facility.
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•January 17, 2021
COVID-19 Dominated News in 2020
It is obvious what the biggest news story of 2020 was in Southern Ocean County as well as the rest of the world.
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•January 16, 2021
Signs Say, ‘Hold America Together’
The Barnegat Friends Meeting (Quakers) is partnering with the organization Braver Angels to promote the idea that our love for our country is shown by our concern for our fellow citizens.
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•January 15, 2021
Southern Regional District Extends In-Person Return Date for Students
The return to in-person instruction within the Southern Regional School District has been delayed again.
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•January 14, 2021
Vaccination Clinics at Capacity as Southern Regional Preps to Become One
Beginning this week, the Southern Regional Middle School is expected to act as a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for the Ocean County Health Department, according to county officials. Vaccines will be…
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•January 14, 2021
Home Sweet School Bus: Local Couple Talks Tiny Living
As the housing market continues to skyrocket, some first-time home buyers, such as Casey Douglas and Mike Toye, have decided to downsize significantly and invest their money in the latest trend in…
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•January 14, 2021
Bald Eagles in Every NJ County: Conservation Success for Once-Endangered Species
More than 40 years after facing near-extinction, New Jersey’s bald eagle population is soaring to new heights, with confirmation, for the first time, of nesting pairs found in each of the state’s 21…
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•January 14, 2021
Three Southern Regional Bus Drivers Die, Two from COVID-19, in Recent Weeks
Three Southern Regional bus drivers have died since mid-December, when the district switched to all-remote instruction, Superintendent Craig Henry confirmed Monday, Jan.11.
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•January 14, 2021
Barnegat Light Reorganizes With Two COVID Recoveries
At the Jan. 6 online Barnegat Light Borough Council reorganization meeting for 2021, Dorothy Reynolds and Mary Ellen Foley were sworn in as council members for another three-year term, and were…
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•January 14, 2021
Deep, Talented, Experienced Southern Ice Hockey Squad Ready to Get Going
This year’s high school ice hockey season already is odd. For one, it’s been altered from a 2020-21 season to just a 2021 season. Secondly, it’s been reduced to a 15-game, regular-season schedule.…
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•January 14, 2021
Van Drew Votes the Trump Line All the Way
Congressman Jeff Van Drew, who represents New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes all of Southern Ocean County except half of Stafford Township and all of Barnegat Township, used to…
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•January 14, 2021
Barnegat Scouts Offer Sign of Support for Police
For its community service project, the Arrow of Light Cub Scouts from Pack 26 in Barnegat Township sold lawn signs that say “Proud to Support Barnegat Police.”
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•January 14, 2021
When Pickups Commence to Drinking; Circle Hooks Have Bassing Their Way
I’m always as sober as a snake is skinny. However, it seems I can’t say the same for my truck. That needs some explaining, with a touch Tom Waits music in the background, namely his song “The Piano…
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•January 14, 2021
Barnegat Bay Partnership Presents ‘Adaptation to a Warming Planet’ Webinar
Marine biologist, research scientist, environmentalist and author Thomas Belton joins the Barnegat Bay Partnership next Tuesday, Jan. 19, for the latest in the BBP’s “Ask a Barnegat Bay Scientist”…
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•January 11, 2021
Pickleballers Raise Funds to Help Beach Haven Project
A group of pickleball enthusiasts say they have raised enough money to help Beach Haven borough’s plan to expand the number of courts from six to nine at the Nelson Avenue facility.
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•January 9, 2021
Losing a Local Surfer; Winter of Waves and Embracing the Outdoors Like the Nordics
Boy, we were so excited to get into 2021 we could taste it … except we lost our sense of taste.
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•January 7, 2021
Meghan Marro Makes History With Beach Patrol
Meghan Marro has made Beach Haven history as she was recently named chief of the borough’s beach patrol, the first woman to do so. She replaces the retired Mike Lawrence.
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•January 7, 2021
NJDEP Enacts New Circle Hook Requirement to Help Protect Catch-and-Release Stripers
Effective Jan. 1, the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection has mandated that anglers use circle hooks when catch-and-release fishing for striped bass with natural bait. The DEP’s Division of…
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•January 7, 2021
Colleen Lambert Handed the Gavel in Beach Haven
Newly elected Beach Haven Council member Colleen Lambert will serve as the borough’s mayor as she was appointed to the post at the Jan. 4 reorganization.
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•January 7, 2021
Gesicki Snags Five Passes Against Buffalo, Concludes Excellent Third Season in NFL
The Miami Dolphins’ second meeting with AFC East rival Buffalo on Jan. 3 wasn’t nearly as close as it was when they first met during Week 2 of the season. This time the Bills had run away with the…
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•January 7, 2021
Senior Needs for Home-Delivered Meals Double
Senior citizens who rely on the county’s home-delivered meals program can be assured the service will continue in 2021.
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•January 7, 2021
ShopRite Pharmacy in Stafford Township One of 39 to Give Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines
Wakefern Food Corp., the logistics, distribution and merchandising arm for ShopRite stores, announced late Monday afternoon, Jan. 4, that 39 selected ShopRite pharmacies throughout New Jersey are set…
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•January 7, 2021
Year of the Pandemic Still Had So Many Great Stories
Wild and wacky. That’s the easiest way to summarize the sports year of 2020.
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•January 7, 2021
Ship Bottom’s ‘Millie’ Burfeind-Hughes Celebrates One Century
When Mildred “Millie” Burfeind-Hughes was born on Dec. 15, 1920, American women had just been granted the right to vote, and the average life expectancy was only about 54 years old. One hundred years…
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•December 31, 2020
Gov. Murphy Gives Green Light for Indoor Athletics to Resume Saturday
After being shelved for a month, all indoor organized sports for youth, high schoolers and adults are permitted to return to action starting Saturday, Jan. 2, Gov. Phil Murphy announced during his…
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•December 30, 2020
LBI Volunteer Emergency Services Personnel Among First to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
Emergency services volunteers on Long Beach Island were among the first unpaid healthcare workers to receive the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine Tuesday under a partnership between multiple Ocean County…
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•December 29, 2020
Whale Buried at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park
The cause of death of a 15-ton juvenile humpback whale that washed ashore at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park on Christmas Day could not definitively be determined by a partial necropsy done on the…
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•December 28, 2020
Spent Christmas Trees Accepted at Seven Southern Ocean County Parks
Christmas tree recycling is an important part of responsible holiday cleanup.
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•December 26, 2020
Dead Humpback Whale Lodges Near Jetty
A dead humpback whale rested at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park Dec. 25 and marine mammal experts were arriving the day after Christmas to look into the cause of death, while trying to reach state…
