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•June 17, 2020
LBI Area Developer Found in Violation of CAFRA Regulations for Second Time This Year
The developer of Causeway Marina and The Boatyard in Stafford Township has until the end of the month to address a complaint that he violated the state’s Coastal Area Facilities Review Act and other…
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•June 15, 2020
Conservationists Celebrate Life of Candace McKee Ashmun, ‘Godmother of the Pines’
Dedicated environmentalist Candace “Candy” McKee Ashmun, 96, passed away peacefully on May 23. Ashmun was an influential figure in the preservation of New Jersey’s open spaces, as well as a…
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•June 14, 2020
Dredge Spoils Fortifying Beach Haven Beaches
People walking the beaches on the south end of Beach Haven may notice some large piles of dark sand. It’s all part of a program in which dredge spoils are being used to fortify beaches on the south…
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•June 13, 2020
‘School’ Out for Summer at Museum in Barnegat Light
“The Barnegat Light Historical Society & Museum regrets to announce that the museum will not open for the 2020 season. This includes our monthly speaker series. It was a difficult decision made only…
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•June 12, 2020
Determined LBI Lovebirds Overcome Obstacles to Say ‘I Do’
On May 30, 2010, Gillian DeRario and her friend Alix Sadowski threw a white-themed party, with all the guests dressed head to toe in white. That was the night DeRario first met Steven Belfi.
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•June 11, 2020
Peregrine Falcons Banded and Ready for Flight
While LBI is known to show off some funky architecture, visitors may have wondered about the dog igloo sitting high atop a nesting structure just east of the Causeway Bridge. It is currently home to…
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•June 11, 2020
Black Voices Heard During ‘LBI Walk for BLM’
Nearly 2,000 people joined African American Southern Regional graduate Schneider Juste for exactly 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence, in observation of the tragic killing of George Floyd. Many…
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•June 11, 2020
Two Surf City Men Launched Overboard as Whale Strikes Boat
In the world of fishing, there are stories and there are STORIES, and then there is the one about two Surf City fishermen thrown overboard after their boat was struck by a juvenile humpback whale…
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•June 11, 2020
LBI Film Fest Announces Opening and Closing Night Films
LBI’s Lighthouse International Film Festival has announced its 2020 full lineup of feature-length films, including five world premieres and six acclaimed Sundance titles.
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•June 11, 2020
Freight Train Derecho Shakes Things Up; Black Bear Meanders Into Manahawkin
DERECHOS BLOW: I’ve been phasing myself out of the weather forecasting business, after realizing some readers actually listened intently when I’d call for “hurriquakes and lightning.” What I now wax…
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•June 11, 2020
Decade’s Worth of Unusual Events in Single Week; Try to Keep Up
Last Wednesday, a personal weather station on a Brant Beach home recorded a 101-mph gust of wind. Beach Haven had an official weather station recording of 93 mph. It took down limbs and entire trees…
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•June 10, 2020
Bird & Betty’s Plan Rejected in Beach Haven
At a Zoom meeting Monday night, June 8, the Beach Haven Borough Council rejected Bird & Betty’s plan to establish what the applicants are calling a “pedestrian mall” on a portion of Dock Road. The…
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•June 9, 2020
St. Francis Community Center Recovering, Literally, From Storm
The St. Francis Community Center programs will withstand the storm, but the southern roof section that peeled off like a tin can lid in the derecho’s 93-mph winds June 3 had been new two years ago.
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•June 9, 2020
Discarded Garbage on Beaches Prompts Reminder from Police
Monday morning in Surf City dawned cool with bright blue skies and a reminder from Surf City police about taking care of borough beaches.
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•June 8, 2020
9th District Delegation Urges Governor to Veto Proposed Toll Hikes
State Sen. Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove are calling on New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to veto the minutes of any meetings held by the New Jersey…
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•June 7, 2020
Pinelands Regional Sports Marketing Class Is Best Again
Spring high school sports in New Jersey and much of the country in 2020 turned out to be a washout due to the COVID-19 crisis, but the virus couldn’t stop Sports Career Consulting’s fourth annual…
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•June 6, 2020
Thousands March in Unity Over Bridge During ‘Black Lives Matter’ Demonstration
Robert Pastures and his family, including his three young children, stood on the pedestrian walkway along Route 72 and reflected as the remnants of the crowd completed their walk of solidarity at the…
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•June 6, 2020
Southern Senior Emily Raney Overcomes Personal Tragedy to Become Compassionate, Positive Leader
Emily Raney could have let the passing of her mother, Lauren, on Dec. 16, 2016, do her in. She could have spent the past four years at Southern Regional High School as a bitter, angry teenager who…
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•June 5, 2020
Black Bear Roams Parking Lot Near McDonald’s in Stafford Township
Perhaps it wanted to check on the status of the road construction near East Road. Or maybe it wanted to pick something out of a nearby trash bin. Or maybe it just wanted to take a casual walk around…
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•June 4, 2020
‘Summer Storm’ Wallops LBI Region as Community Center Loses Part of Roof
In what felt like the blink of an eye, Wednesday afternoon in Brant Beach turned dark and the wind kicked up, lifting sprays of ocean waves into the air and across the beach as thunder rolled. The…
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•June 4, 2020
Recipe for Reopening Safely
Entering Stage 2 of Gov. Phil Murphy’s Restart and Recovery on June 15 unlocks outdoor dining for restaurants and “limited, in-person retail” for nonessential businesses, which are told they “should…
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•June 4, 2020
In and Out of the Garden, We Grow
As the community begins to reemerge from a spring spent indoors in quarantine, one of the first activities permitted by Gov. Phil Murphy to resume is community gardening.
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•June 4, 2020
It’s All About Treading Water; North End Coyotes Rearing Up Again
How do we know if we’ve achieved the new normal … or if we’re treading water in some vague transitional phase? I leaked in some personal preference by alluding to “treading water.” For the time being…
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•June 4, 2020
LBI Film Festival Announces Its 2020 Feature Length Films
The Lighthouse International Film Festival has announced its feature-length narrative and documentary selections for its 2020 festival.
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•June 4, 2020
Halliday Retires From Stafford Township Police Department and His Son Comes Aboard
When Stafford Township Police Lt. Allen Halliday, making his final 10-7 not long after noon on May 29, heard the voice on the other end of the radio, there’s little doubt he recognized it instantly.
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•June 4, 2020
Face Masks? Distancing? Whatever … ‘Can You Beat Biggy?’ Season 2 on the Way
Miniature golf enthusiasts, get ready! You may have to wear a mask, utilize the social-distancing version of a high-five, and your ball most likely will be sanitized after each match, but the second…
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•June 4, 2020
Want to Be a Contact Tracer? Take This Free Online Course. I Did.
Public health officials say the only way to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the absence of a vaccine is testing, contact tracing, isolation and quarantining. Just about anybody can understand the…
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•June 2, 2020
NOAA Says Atlantic Could Have Up to Six Major Hurricanes in 2020
Back in late March, the private meteorology company AccuWeather made its 2020 Atlantic basin hurricane forecast, and in early April the folks at the Colorado State University Tropical Meteorology…
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•June 1, 2020
Stafford Youngster Loves All Things Related to Trash and Recycling, Even the Workers
About a year ago, James Ciccone noticed a Stafford Township resident taking photos of him and other public works employees while out on trash pickup duty.
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•May 31, 2020
LBI Reports Just One New COVID Case in Past Few Weeks
Long Beach Island’s first case of the novel coronavirus was documented on March 18. Since then, there have been a total of 41 individuals with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19, 11 of them healthcare…
