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•February 5, 2026
It’s Too Cold? Get Used to It
At this time last week when people were digging out from the snowstorm, meteorologists were warning about another possible whopper for this past weekend.
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•February 5, 2026
Police Chief Gives Pointers on Ice Safety
When NBC 10 Philadelphia/NBC 4 New York wanted to air a story focusing on safety, specifically as it concerns ice on the bay, they turned to Harvey Cedars Chief of Police Robert Burnaford to help get…
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•February 5, 2026
Compassion Café Hitting the STAC Stage
Compassion Café in Beach Haven launches its sixth season with “Be Our Guest” on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 6:30 p.m. at the Stafford Township Arts Center in Manahawkin.
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•February 3, 2026
Conserve Wildlife Foundation Endeavors to Protect Eastern Tiger Salamanders
While much of the state’s wildlife is hunkering down for the winter or has migrated to southern destinations, the eastern tiger salamander just recently started laying eggs and will continue to do so…
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•February 2, 2026
Ocean County Launches America 250 Website
Ocean County has officially launched its America 250 website, marking the start of a countywide initiative to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States and to highlight…
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•February 1, 2026
Never Has There Been as Phantasmagorical a School Cancellation
With school cancellations in play, it’s the perfect time to wax poetic on our nation’s strangest school closing. It took place within a nearby area now called Galloway Township. Specifically, it…
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•January 31, 2026
New Jersey Adopts ‘Skip the Stuff’ Bill to Cut Plasticware Waste
Phil Murphy is no longer governor of New Jersey. And soon you may not have a drawer full of thin cellophane packs of plastic silverware.
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•January 30, 2026
Save Barnegat Bay Suing Over Planned Lennar Housing Development
Environmental nonprofit Save Barnegat Bay has filed a lawsuit that challenges the Little Egg Harbor Township Planning Board’s approval of Lennar Corp.’s 415-unit age-restricted housing development on…
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•January 29, 2026
Bird’s Eye View of an Icy Island
BEACH FREEZE: The dog days of a Beach Haven summer couldn’t seem farther away as a thick layer of snow blankets Fantasy Island Amusement Park. Instead of an ice cream-induced brain freeze, a…
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•January 29, 2026
Redeveloper of LBI Grade School Site Discusses ‘Surreal’ Journey
Changes to Ship Bottom’s Central Avenue have primarily focused on traffic patterns, but another transformation is underway at the former LBI Grade School site as it closes out nearly two decades of…
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•January 29, 2026
Winter Storm Fern Throws a Mixed Bag
Winter Storm Fern, so named by The Weather Channel, hit New Jersey with a variety of precipitation on Sunday, mostly snow in the north and west but a mixed bag in the coastal areas, according to…
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•January 29, 2026
New Art Exhibit Offers Glimpse of Warmer Days to Come
No matter what the groundhog says next week, spring has already arrived in Beach Haven.
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•January 29, 2026
Barnegat Girls, Southern Boys Bowlers Dialing in for Conference, State Tourney Runs
At this point in the bowling season, it’s become quite clear which Southern Ocean County squads could make some big waves during the state tournament. They’re the same two as last year – the Barnegat…
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•January 27, 2026
Young Musicians Fuel Gilbert Family Band
If you close your eyes and listen to 10-year-old Fox Gilbert playing the piano, you’d swear Jerry Lee Lewis has been reincarnated.
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•January 26, 2026
Fundraiser for ALO Plants a Legacy of Dune Preservation
If there were one place in the world Marshall Saponaro felt the most joy, it was the dunes of Long Beach Island. Marshall and his mother, Sandra, would regularly drive from Marlton to visit the…
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•January 24, 2026
Roof Heights on the Rise in Barnegat Light as State Ups Base Flood Elevations
In the immediate future, the borough of Barnegat Light will amend its building height ordinance to compensate for the state Department of Environmental Protection’s new 4-feet-higher base flood…
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•January 23, 2026
LBT Land Use Board Approves Subdivision of Van Dyk Property
The Long Beach Township Land Use Board last Wednesday, Jan. 14 approved an application for a subdivision of the property at 12800 Long Beach Blvd. in Beach Haven Terrace, long occupied by The Van Dyk…
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•January 22, 2026
Huntington’s Disease Has Local Man Walking/Running Causeway Bridge Daily
Perhaps Rip Wagner should have been a mailman instead of an educator. Snow, rain, heat, nor gloom of day stays the former elementary school physical education teacher from completing one of his daily…
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•January 22, 2026
Causeway Project Comes Full Circle, Minor Work Remains
More than five years beyond its initial anticipated completion date, the $360 million multi-phase Causeway expansion and rehabilitation project remains unfinished as road crews undertake minor work…
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•January 22, 2026
GUEST OPINION | Long Beach Island, Prepare to Face the 4-Foot Question
The email arrived on a Tuesday about new New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection guidelines, under the heading of Resilient Environments and Landscapes (REAL) and effective Jan. 20, on…
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•January 22, 2026
Southern’s Guido, Vigilante, McDermott Set Course for Tournament Time
Shae Guido has pinned quite a few opponents during her relatively short high school wrestling career. On Jan. 16, she didn’t get a pin, but she came close.
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•January 22, 2026
Deep-Sixing Socks Is Pairing Perfectly With 2026 Protocol
Depending on how one reads the cards and stars, we’ve entered into either the Year of the Wooden Snake or – as was recently forwarded to me – the Year to Throw Away Single Socks.
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•January 22, 2026
Take the New Jersey State Parks 250 Challenge
The United States will mark its 250th anniversary this year, with a commemoration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. New Jersey State Parks, Forests and Historic Sites…
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•January 20, 2026
Superflu to Tsunamis: The Column Takes Off Stopping in ‘The West’
There’s a mugger of a bug cycling about out there, wearing a gray hoodie that reads “Gotcha!” It’s the flu de jour.
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•January 19, 2026
Little Egg Harbor Police Chief Hawkins Reflects Ahead of Retirement
Over the past 28 years as an officer in the Little Egg Harbor Police Department, Chief James Hawkins has witnessed changes to the department, the township, and policing itself. Now, as he prepares to…
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•January 18, 2026
Winter Time in a Summer Town Has Its Charms
When it’s winter time in a summer town and All we are are friends we keep or lose in time Fade away, the precious ones we keep in mind I wonder now if I’m the one that you’d leave behind…
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•January 16, 2026
LBI Museum Announces Expanded Talk Series
The Long Beach Island Historical Association Museum is launching a newly reimagined speaker series titled “History Happens Here,” offering residents and history enthusiasts an engaging new way to…
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•January 15, 2026
What a Year 2025 Was in Southern Ocean County
2025 was yet another busy year for news in Southern Ocean County.
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•January 15, 2026
Surf City Presses for State Emergency Declaration to Combat Storm Impacts
Over the course of five months’ time, destructive forces of three named hurricanes and a prolonged nor’easter have not only eroded Jersey Shore beaches, but also ignited urgent calls for the…
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•January 15, 2026
Southern Regional Ousts Rumson, Brick Memorial to Stay Undefeated
Now into the toughest part of its dual-meet schedule, the Southern Regional wrestling team’s main goal isn’t necessarily to remain undefeated as it surges toward February, but more likely to prepare…
