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•November 3, 2025
CAFRA Permit Secured for Redeveloping LBI School Site
The N.J. Department of Environmental Protection approved the Coastal Area Facilities Review Act permit application for the site of the now-closed LBI Grade School in Ship Bottom earlier this month.
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•November 2, 2025
Local Business Receives National Recognition for Hiring Vets
A Manahawkin business that places a priority on hiring veterans was recently awarded the National Small Employer of the Year award by the American Legion at the legion’s national convention in Tampa…
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•November 1, 2025
With Wind Turbines Sinking, Nuclear Efforts Lighting Up With Jersey Fully on Board
We had that rollicking October nor’easter followed by over a week of excellent west-wind sunniness. Now, we’re getting squeezed by another rousing northeast blow. It amounts to sandwichness.
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•October 31, 2025
Necropsy Performed on Humpback Whale Found Off Holgate
A necropsy has been performed on a young whale with significant trauma from boat propeller strikes that was located in shallow water off Holgate earlier this month. On Wednesday, Oct. 22, the Marine…
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•October 30, 2025
Reports Surface of Undelivered Mail in LBI Region
The U.S. Postal Service is unable to explain the reason why mail from the Island and some from mainland post offices didn’t reach its final destination for a two-week period last month.
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•October 30, 2025
Station Barnegat Light Coast Guardsman Achieves Elite Surfman Status
Ten months after hitting a significant setback in his career as a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, Braxton Harris walked the beach just beyond Barnegat Lighthouse. At the base of the towering…
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•October 30, 2025
Fire Breaks Out at Barnegat High School
A late-afternoon fire on Friday, Oct. 24 at Barnegat High School has resulted in the students attending classes virtually this week.
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•October 30, 2025
Blaring, Intense, Tranquil: Golden Rams Band Delivers State Title Run
The shimmer of the sun’s first light soon breaks into the blazing brightness of the full daytime, then eventually turns more docile as evening draws closer until all that’s left is a peaceful…
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•October 30, 2025
Weather Patterns We Just Can’t Shake
Did any other surfers get that feeling last week that the stretch of bad luck, bad sand and bad vibes was over? Yes, the sandbars were absolute hot garbage at most spots, but we had a few breaks…
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•October 30, 2025
Kaminski Edges Longtime Flamingo Player for Top Spot in Fall Fundraiser
Aaron Kaminski wasn’t going to sleep on anybody. The O-Street Mini Golf president knew challengers would arise, especially with a change in venue known to be holes-in-one friendly.
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•October 30, 2025
Garden Club Gets Primer on Ocean Protection
One of the aims of the Environmental Committee of the Garden Club of LBI is protecting the Island and its beaches, surrounding land, bays and the ocean.
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•October 27, 2025
The Leaves Are Coiling Up: Timber Rattler Is Out-of-Season Surprise
Somewhat surprisingly, Island beaches have bounced back admirably well after nor’easter waves ran roughshod over them.
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•October 26, 2025
Safety Drives Closure of Pedestrian Access on Cedar Bonnet Island
Pedestrian traffic on Circle Drive, the narrow single-lane road on Cedar Bonnet Island that runs under the Causeway, is slated to permanently close due to safety concerns.
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•October 24, 2025
George, DeSimone Ace Clam Jam on Big Day for Next Generation
At the start of this year’s Jetty Clam Jam waiting period, the Jetty Rock Foundation posted to the organization’s Instagram account a collage of photos of the youngest surfers in this year’s Clam…
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•October 23, 2025
LBI Witchy Paddle: Spirited Strokes for Charity
The good witches who participated in the LBI Witchy Paddle on Saturday, Oct. 18 raised $1,600 in donations for David’s Dream & Believe Cancer Foundation this year, organizer and Head Witch Michelle…
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•October 23, 2025
Injured Young Whale Dies While Stranded Off Holgate
A young whale with significant trauma from boat propeller strikes was spotted in shallow water off the west side of Holgate last Friday, Oct. 17, and unfortunately passed away, the Marine Mammal…
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•October 23, 2025
Peaceful ‘No Kings’ Rally on LBI Exceeds June Turnout
Heavy traffic at the gateway to Long Beach Island on Oct. 18 wasn’t of the normal variety, but rather pedestrians lining Ninth Street in Ship Bottom during the Island’s second No Kings rally in four…
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•October 23, 2025
Long Beach Township Mayor Joseph Mancini Endorses Jack Ciattarelli for Governor
Longtime mayor of Long Beach Township Joseph Mancini is endorsing Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli in this year’s governor’s race because, he said, “Jack understands the Jersey Shore in ways our…
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•October 23, 2025
Jenkins Leads Pinelands Football Team to Sixth Straight Win
Holding a 19-6 lead at halftime, the Pinelands Regional football team blew open the game in the fourth quarter when quarterback Jamie Jenkins ran for a touchdown and threw a pass for another, as the…
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•October 23, 2025
Ship Bottom, Surf City Host Annual Tricked-Out Events
For thrill-seeking, spooky-season lovers, there is no more bewitching a treat on Long Beach Island than events sponsored by Ship Bottom and Surf City first responders on consecutive nights this month.
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•October 23, 2025
40th Fall Beach Sweeps Unite Volunteers for Cleaner Coasts
At nearly 80 sites across New Jersey – including here on Long Beach Island – volunteers came together last Saturday, Oct. 18, for the 2025 Clean Ocean Action Fall Beach Sweeps, united by a shared…
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•October 21, 2025
Stafford Harvest Fest Is Fun-Filled Family Affair
Like so many other Stafford Township families, the Winkelried-Catalano-Bush clan has made a tradition out of attending the annual Fall Harvest and Wine Festival at Manahawkin Lake Park. This year’s…
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•October 20, 2025
Casella Receives Rotary’s Highest Honor
Last Thursday, Oct. 9, Jack Casella was invited to a get-together at Nardi’s Tavern by good friends Deborah Whitcraft and her husband, Jim Vogel, captain and president, respectively, of the Beach…
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•October 19, 2025
Taxpayers Association ‘Dune’ Great Things in Holgate
Following Superstorm Sandy in 2012, some Holgate residents noticed the area’s dunes that had been covered solely with dune grass “were obliterated by the wave action” of the hurricane-riled ocean…
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•October 18, 2025
Sky Is the Limit for Colorful Kites on Island Beaches
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•October 17, 2025
Tuckerton Battles Major Flooding as Nor’easter Hits
As a nor’easter slammed Southern Ocean County over the weekend, Tuckerton felt some of the worst effects on the mainland, with major flooding hitting many of the waterfront communities on Monday…
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•October 16, 2025
With the 18-Mile Race Canceled Last Sunday, Some Ran Saturday to Get It Done
Shannon Szymanski, 35, of Manahawkin, is training to run the Philadelphia Marathon next month. Generally, training for a marathon means doing some longer runs, 15 and 20 miles in the weeks leading up…
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•October 16, 2025
Nor’easter Blows in for Holiday Weekend
The Columbus Day holiday weekend saw tough going on local roads as the area was hit by the first nor’easter of the season. It roared in overnight Sunday and blew out by early Tuesday morning.
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•October 16, 2025
Witches Will Take to the Water for a Cause in Annual LBI Witchy Paddle
Pointed hats, paddles and plenty of laughs will fill the bay later this month when the sixth annual LBI Witchy Paddle returns to Sunset Park in Harvey Cedars on Saturday, Oct. 18.
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•October 16, 2025
Southern Regional Streaks Into Conference Tourney Elimination Play
Similar to the World Cup, the Shore Conference’s soccer tournament last year was set up to include pool-play groups, from which the top teams in each advanced to the knockout rounds. The conference…
