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•August 15, 2025
Longboard Classic Is Truly a Family Affair
Bruce Brown begins his classic 1964 film, The Endless Summer, by narrating, “Summer means many different things to different people … for us it’s the sport of surfing!
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•August 14, 2025
Local Veteran to Undertake NYC SEAL Swim This Saturday
Seven years ago, a group of 33 gathered for the very first New York City SEAL Swim, a multi-sport event that begins at the Empty Sky Memorial in New Jersey’s Liberty State Park and ends at the World…
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•August 14, 2025
Hand’s Store to Bring Hotel Proposal Before LBT Land Use Board
The owners of Hand’s General and Hardware Supply, at 1310 Long Beach Blvd. in North Beach Haven near the border of Beach Haven, have submitted two applications to the Long Beach Township Land Use…
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•August 14, 2025
Ditched Boats Pose Hazard in Barnegat Bay
Under new federal funding aimed at removing abandoned and derelict vessels from the nation’s waterways, the state of Maine will have five such vessels removed as part of a $758,500 grant. There are…
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•August 14, 2025
LBI Artists Convene 19th Annual Studio Tour
Long Beach Island’s artists opened their doors to observation and admiration during this past weekend’s 19th annual LBI Artist Studio Tour. Artist enthusiasts visited studios, homes and galleries to…
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•August 14, 2025
Down Bay Regatta Features Aptly Named Boats
The B Cat boat Sugar Magnolia has been around for a long time and has quite a storied history at Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club. In fact, it was the cat boat champion for many years until Peter Maschal…
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•August 14, 2025
On This Street, Sunset Observed With ‘Taps’
When sunset descends on East 29th Street in the Beach Haven Gardens section of Long Beach Township, you can hear the sound of a bugle playing “Taps.”
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•August 12, 2025
New Jersey Beach Nourishment Reform Urged
Some New Jersey coastal groups are calling for changes to beach replenishment and championing modern techniques for the work, all while pointing to the success of a July 2021 beach restoration…
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•August 11, 2025
A Shell of a Run: ReClam the Bay Marks 20 Years
ReClam the Bay’s booth was busy on a recent Monday at the Surf City Farmers Market. Bill Walsh, now in his fourth year as president of the nonprofit, manned the stall alongside other volunteers…
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•August 10, 2025
Actor Playing Anita in Surflight’s ‘West Side Story’ Grew Up in Area, Now Bicoastal
Daniella Castoria, who is currently playing Anita in Surflight’s “West Side Story,” seems locked into the 1957 musical in 2025.
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•August 9, 2025
Mini Cottages Are a Labor of LBI Love and Architecture Appreciation
Standing in front of her neighbor’s light blue cottage on West New Jersey Avenue, Lee Hirtle cradles something precious: a meticulously detailed scale model of Dan D’Agostino and Andrea Vecchione’s…
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•August 8, 2025
Harvey Cedars’ Second-Day Surge Secures 10th Straight Island Title
An eight-point lead going into the second evening of competition in the Long Beach Island Championship Tournament disappeared in a hurry, and the Harvey Cedars and Surf City beach patrols were locked…
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•August 7, 2025
Meet New LBI Mascot, Milo the Seagull
Long Beach Island has a new mascot named Milo showing up on canvases, apparel and even bathroom walls.
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•August 7, 2025
Final Moments of Minke Whale Play Out in Barnegat Bay
The exact cause of death of an adult female minke whale stranded near Double Creek Channel over the weekend after colliding with a boat will not be known until various biological samples collected…
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•August 7, 2025
Offshore Energy Industry Winded by Latest BOEM Move
In what could be the final blow to the offshore wind industry in the United States, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management rescinded designated wind energy areas on the Outer Continental Shelf on July…
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•August 7, 2025
Summertime Conversations; Fun in the Water Continues
“Do a cannonball!” I heard the renters yell from my neighbor’s yard.
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•August 5, 2025
Teen Lights Up Leaderboard to Snag ’Celebrate Cecily’ Trophy
Cooper Grasso knows how to win at Island Golf in Surf City. The 13-year-old from Stafford Township has been playing in the weekly tournaments there for years and has won his age group multiple times.
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•August 4, 2025
Giant Clam Trail Is a Big Hit With One Visiting Family
Jason Douma and his children did not set out to be the first to earn a 30-clam pin from the ReClam the Bay organization. He was looking for non-beach activities for his daughters during their annual…
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•August 3, 2025
Fish Kill Prevention Succeeding in Harvey Cedars
In the summers of 2022, 2023 and 2024 there were fish kills in Kinsey Cove and Harvest Cove, both located in Harvey Cedars. The smell was awful and truckloads of fish needed to be removed as quickly…
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•August 2, 2025
Conquering Ocean Mile Swim Easy for Some, Not So Much for Others
A few years ago, Alyson Naughton and Lina Aulson often sat bayside at Barnegat Light Yacht Club, slapping their hands together “Pattycake” style during the breaks between swim meet races. During the…
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•August 1, 2025
Out With the Old, In With the New
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•July 31, 2025
Beware of Jellyfish, Showing Up Earlier This Summer
Jessica Keenehan swims in the lagoon near her home in Loveladies every evening, and had never been stung by an Atlantic bay nettle until recently. The irritation and subsequent itchiness weren’t…
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•July 31, 2025
Mordecai Island Restoration Project ‘Almost There’
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers restoration project on Mordecai Island in Beach Haven has moved into the design and implementation phase.
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•July 31, 2025
House by House: How LBI’s 59-Year-Old Tour Chronicles Island Living
During one installment of the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences’ Seashore House Tour some years ago, visitors discovered something extraordinary: an original little beach shack…
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•July 31, 2025
Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol Cruises to Donlon Memorial Tourney Title
In case anybody needed an indicator as to whether the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol is ready to make its run at a 10th straight Island Tournament championship, look no farther than the Ship Bottom…
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•July 31, 2025
A Summer Clam Roll Recipe as Surf Cools and Events Heat Up
Every summer for the last few years I have, without really planning it, included some recipe or another in these Liquid Lines. It’s usually based on some summer harvest, seasonal tradition or…
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•July 29, 2025
Tuckerton Teen Hopes for National Pageant Honors
Tuckerton’s Mabel Obeng, a 14-year-old who will be a sophomore at Pinelands Regional High School this September, is looking forward to competing as a finalist in a National American Miss New Jersey…
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•July 28, 2025
Southwest Wind Regales Sailors in Junior Commodore’s Regatta
At about this time last year, Nicole Small was searching for a new partner to sail in the C420 class. Clara Manchester was just learning to sail and needed somebody with some experience to help her…
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•July 27, 2025
Rescue of Missing Dog Forges New Friendships
Neither Tom nor Nick Murphy had a good feeling about the outcome of the search and rescue of a missing dog they undertook the morning of July 4 in the Budd Drive lagoon of Beach Haven West. That…
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•July 26, 2025
Memories of 506 Blvd Knocking on My Door
The following is a love letter to my childhood beach house on Long Beach Island.
