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•July 17, 2020
Southern Regional Administration to Pursue ‘Full-School September Opening’
Many things have to be worked out, but if all goes well, the Southern Regional School District will open in September and mimic much of last September’s opening with as full a student and staff…
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•July 16, 2020
Beach Haven Says, ‘Wear Those Masks’
Beach Haven strongly urges residents and vacationers to heed Gov. Phil Murphy’s recent executive order requiring people to wear face masks in outdoor public places when they cannot socially distance.
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•July 16, 2020
Surflight Presenting Tribute to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
Surflight Theatre will celebrate the music of Francesco Stephen Castelluccio on the evening of Monday, July 20 with a tribute titled “Who Loves You.”
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•July 16, 2020
Museum of Modern Art Curator Awards Prizes in LBI Foundation Competition
Heidi Hogden, an artist from New York, won first prize for her graphite on paper in “National Competition: Works on Paper 2020,” now finishing its last week at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the…
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•July 16, 2020
Surf City Beach Badge Sales Surpass Same Time Last Year
Surf City sold more than 1,300 daily beach badges over the three-day Fourth of July weekend, bringing the total revenue generated from all beach badge sales to nearly $525,000 as of July 8.
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•July 16, 2020
Kerfuffle Over Bathing Costumes in Barnegat Light; Surf that Won’t Stop
We start Liquid Lines this week with a little trip into the past. Hey, who doesn’t like a little local history and lore?
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•July 16, 2020
Barnegat Edges Southern in ‘Last Dance’ Tourney Opener
He already has his high school diploma and during the next six or seven weeks Lukas Torres might be on campus at Wagner College, preparing for his next baseball season. But for now, Torres will…
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•July 16, 2020
Former Islander Takes Flight as Commander of Coast Guard Aviation Training Center
The new commander of the U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Ala., is Beach Haven native Christopher J. Hulser.
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•July 16, 2020
Author Says, ‘Everybody Deserves a Hug’
Last summer, award-winning author Doug Snelson was hard at work on his next book, Everybody Deserves a Hug. With the coming release date of Aug. 1, little did Snelson know how appropriate that title…
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•July 16, 2020
Electric Vehicles Can Now Plug In at Stafford Locations
Visitors to the downtown section of Stafford Township now have viable parking options if their electric vehicles need a power boost. Last week, a pair of new charging stations were installed at…
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•July 14, 2020
Resident Rescues Distressed Swimmers, Twice, Near ‘Party Shoal’
The first water rescue Bob Hofmann made Sunday evening came around 5 p.m. as he was hanging out with his brother and nephew at his Ship Bottom bayfront home between 16th and 17th streets. The second…
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•July 13, 2020
Missing Dog Found in Surf City After Over Two Months on the Run
The Fourth of July was a night for celebration, but none of them sweeter than the one following the return of Abby, the black and white mixed-breed dog that went missing this spring from her home in…
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•July 12, 2020
Boaters Keep Party Afloat in Corona Summer
While a summer of social gathering has been stifled by the unrelenting COVID-19 pandemic, many have taken to the sea for relief. Boating has proven to be the ultimate experience for social…
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•July 11, 2020
LBI Shuttle Rides to End at 9 p.m.
In an effort to mitigate groups of kids congregating on the beaches and streets at night, and with regard to the safety of the public and municipal employees during the pandemic, Long Beach Township…
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•July 10, 2020
Marina Living Offers Comforts, Community – Especially in a Pandemic
For many, boating is not only a hobby but a way of life. At High Bar Harbor Yacht Club, a thriving community of people spend entire summers living on sailboats and powerboats, enjoying the Island…
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•July 9, 2020
Holiday Draws Crowds Despite Non-Typical Summer
In a year that has been anything but typical, the Fourth of July holiday weekend on Long Beach Island was about as routine as it gets – sort of. High-volume traffic, check. Picture-perfect weather…
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•July 9, 2020
Barnegat Light and Its Beach Patrol Agree on Shorts Usage by Female Lifeguards
Sometimes, shorts can be a pain in the rear end. Such was the case in Barnegat Light on July 7 after a communicative mishap occurred between Borough Councilwoman Mary Ellen Foley and the beach patrol.
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•July 9, 2020
Kennedy and Richter Win Primaries, Will Take on Van Drew and Kim Respectively
Amy Kennedy had never run for office before announcing in January that she would seek the Democratic nomination for New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District’s seat, currently occupied by freshman…
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•July 9, 2020
Team Mariani Sends Simon and Samantha to Square Off With ‘Local Celebrity’
About 10 years ago, a 12-year-old Simon Mariani walked onto the miniature golf course at Mr. Tee’s Shark Island in Beach Haven with a mission in mind.
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•July 9, 2020
Local Surf Gets Fun as Traffic Backs Up, Summer Heats Up
Your face is beet red. Your eyebrows bleached blond. You passed out exhausted the other night while there was still a faint pink hue in the sky. Your shoulders are sore from all the paddling, and…
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•July 9, 2020
Epic Tournament Bounced By COVID-19 and Island’s Main Event May Be Doomed as Well
This summer’s lifeguard tournament season was dealt multiple blows this past week, at both a local and regional level, as the impact of COVID-19 rages on.
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•July 9, 2020
New Terrapin Garden Grows in Little Egg Harbor
Like tiny air raid shelters, protective cages sheltering the terrapin nests along Great Bay Boulevard in Little Egg Harbor keep them safe from predators, among them crows and gulls from the air and…
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•July 9, 2020
TVs Are Suddenly Becoming Quite Clear to Dogs, Chipmunks Are Bearing Disease-Carrying Riders
HEED AND RESPECT: Emergency vehicle lights and sirens also apply to you as a pedestrian, bicyclist, jogger, skateboarder or someone waiting for an Island trolley.
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•July 8, 2020
Backyard Wildlife Habitat a ‘Labor of Love’ for LBI Resident
It was years back, said Nancy Henderson, when she followed a duckling down to the bay after it had been inadvertently left behind by its mother and siblings following a brief scare from a…
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•July 6, 2020
Area Boaters Cruise From Toms River to Beach Haven in Support of Law Enforcement, President
About a month ago, Chris Molla didn’t like what he was seeing in America. From his point of view, too many police officers were being vilified for the actions of a few and it was time to make a…
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•July 6, 2020
Pandemic a Challenge for Popping the Question
With COVID-19 restrictions being gradually lifted, people can now go to parks, beaches, restaurants and retail shops. But for one man, easing of quarantine measures finally gave him an opportunity to…
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•July 5, 2020
Live From LBI: MSNBC Anchor Stephanie Ruhle
Since mid-March, Stephanie Ruhle, NBC News’ senior business correspondent and anchor of MSNBC’s “Live With Stephanie Ruhle,” has been working from NBC’s brand-new New Jersey Bureau, along with her…
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•July 4, 2020
Will Current Events Rain on Neighborhood Parade?
With all the nostalgia, tradition and the legacy of several combined multi-family generations on our street in Beach Haven Park, this surely will be an interesting Fourth of July. The COVID-19 frenzy…
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•July 3, 2020
Surflight Theatre Returning to Its Roots, Moving Into a Tent This Summer
You could nickname the 2020 tourist season in Beach Haven “Retro Summer.”
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•July 2, 2020
Fantasy Island, Thundering Surf, Arcades to Open in Time for Holiday Weekend
First a fire, then the coronavirus pandemic. Fantasy Island Amusement Park has been on ice for all of 2020, so far.
