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•September 4, 2025
Southern Defending State Title With Rebuilt Team, New Coach
The Southern Regional boys soccer team experienced a lot of change since winning its first state championship last November. First and foremost, the Rams have a new coach. Second, they graduated a…
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•September 4, 2025
Paddle-Out Caps 100 Waves Event for Substance Abuse Recovery Efforts
RECOVERY WINS: The summer-long challenge raised approximately $30,000 and ends in a one-day celebration of freedom, fun and recovery through community. On land and sea, good vibrations go out in…
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•September 4, 2025
Solar Power 2.0: Panels More Efficient, Energy Data Readable Via Smartphone App
Philadelphia-based architect Sam Gordon designed his house in High Bar Harbor 15 years ago to achieve net zero energy consumption. A key part of that objective is a rooftop solar panel system. Gordon…
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•September 4, 2025
Free Surf Fishing Seminar Saturday, Sept. 6 in Ship Bottom
Novice and experienced anglers alike are invited to gather at the Ship Bottom firehouse this Saturday, Sept. 6, for the Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Classic’s annual seminar detailing both the…
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•September 4, 2025
Catboats Are Summer Season Finale in Harvey Cedars
For the 38th annual Harvey Cedars Catboat Race on Sunday, Aug. 31, there was a mixed group with appearances of boats from as far as Beach Haven to Barnegat Township.
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•September 2, 2025
Few Beaches Protected After Labor Day
While September is usually warm enough to enjoy the beach, only a handful of beaches on Long Beach Island will have lifeguards following Labor Day weekend.
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•August 31, 2025
Barnegat Light Mayor Kirk O. Larson, 71, Dies; Fishing Community Reels from Loss
Shockwaves are rolling through the borough of Barnegat Light after its residents awoke Sunday to the news of Mayor Kirk O. Larson’s sudden passing during emergency heart surgery on Saturday, Aug. 30.
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•August 31, 2025
Surflight’s ‘Buddy Holly Story’ Rocks
The opening night audience for Surflight Theatre’s “West Side Story” immediately rose as one when it came time for the curtain call. Opening night attendees for Surflight’s next musical, “Buddy… The…
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•August 30, 2025
71st Annual LBI Surf Fishing Classic Shifts to Aug. 30 Start
Join the ranks of anglers targeting striped bass, bluefish, kingfish, tautog, red drum, weakfish and fluke from the shores of Long Beach Island as one of the nation’s oldest and most storied…
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•August 29, 2025
North End Landmark, Mast of ‘Sea King,’ Wrenched From Sand, Sent Back Out to Sea
The historic mast sticking up out of the 11th Street beach in Barnegat Light for the last six decades is gone – a souvenir swiped by Hurricane Erin as she made her way past LBI this week.
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•August 28, 2025
Mother Nature Can’t Stop Coast Guard Elite Surfmen From Duty
On the back end of Hurricane Erin, under a sunny blue sky, past the bar and north jetty of Barnegat Inlet, the storm could still be seen and felt as nearly 16-foot waves broke over two 47-foot motor…
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•August 28, 2025
Fatal Boat Accident Details Murky
The Robalo boat that struck and killed a Princeton man who was a passenger in it in Little Egg Harbor Bay after taking on wake from another vessel was towed to a residence in Beach Haven West the…
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•August 28, 2025
From LBI Summers to Hollywood: Producer Brings ‘Bad Shabbos’ to the Island
For Adam Mitchell, growing up meant spending summers crammed in his grandparents’ Loveladies house with 21 other family members for weeks of mini golf, Fantasy Island visits, sleepovers and enough…
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•August 28, 2025
Hurricane Erin Was a Wild Ride on All Fronts
Wait. What? Labor Day? It seems like just yesterday we were dealing with a new traffic pattern at the Ship Bottom Circle. And now, here we are facing down 40-foot Home Depot skeleton season.
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•August 28, 2025
Beach-Nesting Birds Log Successful Season at Barnegat Light Habitat Restoration Site
According to Todd Pover, senior wildlife biologist with the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, the beach-nesting bird habitat restoration site in Barnegat Light has wrapped up its best…
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•August 28, 2025
Beach Haven, the Bocce Capital of LBI
For the 32nd summer in Beach Haven, the bocce balls rolled across Joan Barron’s backyard court on Saturday, Aug. 23. And after the dust settled, a new pair of names will be etched onto the Mike…
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•August 26, 2025
Community Rallies for St. Francis Food Pantry
After a call went out on social media platforms last week concerning empty shelves at the St. Francis Humans Concern Food Pantry, community members got to work gathering items to fill the pantry –…
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•August 25, 2025
First Responder: Man Killed Off LBI After Being Thrown Overboard By Wake
A 56-year-old Princeton man was killed the morning of Aug. 24 after the recreational vessel he and his friend were fishing from was struck by the wake from another boat, kicking their Robalo into…
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•August 24, 2025
Hurricanes Blow Past St. Francis on Way to Fourth Straight Title
During the two regular season meets between St. Francis Community Center and Haven Beach Club, the Sharks won, by a lot. However, Hurricanes coach Dan Dreher noticed something significant.
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•August 23, 2025
Lighthouse State Park Bronzes Get Spa Treatment
Things are looking brighter for works of art in Barnegat Lighthouse State Park.
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•August 22, 2025
Kevin Jonas Joins Gab Cinque Band for Surprise Bird and Betty’s Performance
On Aug. 16, 2010, 9-year-old Gab Cinque watched the Jonas Brothers play their hit single “Burnin’ Up” at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel. Exactly 15 years later, on Aug. 16, 2025, Kevin Jonas himself…
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•August 21, 2025
LBT Land Use Board Denies Hand’s Store and Hotel Proposal
Following a lengthy meeting last Wednesday, Aug. 13, the Long Beach Township Land Use Board denied two applications from the owners of Hand’s General and Hardware Supply in North Beach Haven to…
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•August 21, 2025
Turbulent Ocean Amplifies Deadly Currents, Risk for Beachgoers
Jersey Shore officials and lifeguards are using every method of communication to get the word out that beachgoers need to stay out of the ocean when lifeguards are not present. After an ocean…
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•August 21, 2025
Reflection Point Dedicated to Former Mayor Oldham
A project in the making for several years came to fruition Friday, Aug. 15 with the dedication of Reflection Point at Sunset Park in Harvey Cedars.
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•August 21, 2025
Competitors Overcome Heat, Humidity, Personal Obstacles in Dog Day Race
Julie Straley felt every bit like a superhero on Aug. 17. Dressed in a Wonder Woman outfit, she finished Harvey Cedars’ Dog Day Road Race in 778th place overall, even with a slightly late start.
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•August 21, 2025
Your Complete Guide to Hurricane Erin; Littleneck Laughs
Cue the dramatic music. This could be one of the most interesting weeks of waves on Long Beach Island for the year. Hurricane Erin is out there sending swell of historic proportions, and as a surf…
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•August 21, 2025
Edwards Twins Returning to Surflight Theatre, Perhaps for Last Time
Last year, the Edwards Twins, an amazing pair of celebrity impressionists, announced they were retiring.
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•August 18, 2025
Recruiters Break Down Coast Guard Journey
For more than four decades, the enlisted men and women who have served at Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light have all called the Jersey Shore home at least once before, less than 90 miles away in…
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•August 17, 2025
Stafford Township Police Officers Rescue Rhodesian Ridgeback From Lagoon
Stafford Township Community Policing Officer Anthony Vincent didn’t even have his uniform on yet as his workday began Friday, Aug. 8.
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•August 16, 2025
A Botched Inlet Jetty Upgraded to Become One of Coast’s Best
“Wie kann das sein?” That’s me asking “How can this be?” in German – for no apparent linguistic reason, short of the fact it could take a few languages to rationalize how summer’s end is drawing…
