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•July 25, 2025
My Life Behind Bars: LBI Bartender Pours Her Stories Into a Book
“There’s a warm embrace that wraps around you when you hit the foot of the bridge to Long Beach Island. Most people know exactly what I’m talking about. It’s like a blanket on a cold winter day. I’ve…
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•July 24, 2025
Spouting Off
SPOOKY TAIL: Ellen and Bob Raimo were caught by surprise Tuesday in the Barnegat Inlet area when they watched a waterspout form in the bay not far off and quickly returned to safety on shore. This is…
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•July 24, 2025
Beach Nourishment Slashed Under Latest Appropriations Bill
Storm mitigation at the Jersey Shore in the form of beach nourishment is taking a hit under the House Republican appropriations bill, which earmarks $60 million, roughly a third of what is needed, to…
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•July 24, 2025
Flat Barge Sunk to Create Artificial Reef
On July 14, a 180-foot flat barge was deployed at the Little Egg Reef in conjunction with the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association’s Junior Mate Reef Project along with the New Jersey Division of…
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•July 24, 2025
Annual Coquina Jam a Sisterhood of Surf
Surf, sand and the sound of waves crashing to the shore. The all-women’s surf contest kicked off in Brant Beach this past Sunday, July 20 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the 17th annual Jetty Coquina Jam.
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•July 24, 2025
Swing By, Challenge Biggy’s Score and Raise Funds for David’s Dream and Believe
The sponsors are in. The course is ready. It’s time to honor Cecily Lovas.
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•July 24, 2025
Generations of Volunteers Essential to Surf City First Aid Success
Shortly before 7:30 p.m. July 21, phones crackled around the kitchen table at the Surf City Volunteer Fire Co. and EMS firehouse, and at once a volunteer ambulance driver along with volunteer…
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•July 22, 2025
Menhaden Scarcity Leads to Bleak Outlook for Ospreys
Wildlife biologists, conservation organizations, local fishermen and even President Trump are monitoring a dramatic decrease in numbers of menhaden – known colloquially as bunker – in the Atlantic…
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•July 21, 2025
Another Summer Surge in Surf City Badge Sales
Surf City beach badge checkers are once again being heralded for their hard work as the borough’s 2025 beach revenue is nearly $100,000 ahead of the same period last year, with more than 2,100 badges…
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•July 20, 2025
Stanapalooza Celebrates Legacy of ‘One of the Greats’
The legacy of Stan Nidowicz was front and center at the Surf City Hotel July 12 as friends, family and acquaintances alike came together to celebrate Stanapalooza one final time in honor of a man…
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•July 19, 2025
New LBI House Tour Opens Doors and Hearts for Type 1 Diabetes Research
For many visitors and locals alike, peeking inside some of Long Beach Island’s most stunning homes is a summer treat itself. But on Wednesday, July 30 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., five beautiful south-end…
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•July 18, 2025
Seventeenth Annual Jetty Coquina Jam Celebrates Female Surfers of All Generations
This Sunday, the local surf and outdoor apparel brand Jetty will host the biggest surf event of the year on LBI. In terms of beach attendance, it rivals the biggest surf contests in New Jersey.…
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•July 17, 2025
If You Don’t See Surflight’s ‘42nd Street’ You’ll Regret It
If you like tap dancing, you’re going to love Surflight Theatre’s “42nd Street.”
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•July 17, 2025
Thunderstorm Paralyzes Beach Haven Roads
When things get hot and humid during the summer, weather forecasters frequently say there could be a chance of scattered or isolated thunderstorms. In these instances, some areas could get little or…
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•July 17, 2025
NJDEP Softens Sea Level Rules for Proposed Resiliency Plan
The N.J. Department of Environmental Protection announced substantial changes to its Resilient Environments and Landscapes (REAL) coastal flood rules Monday, swatting down questions about whether…
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•July 17, 2025
Spirit of Christmas Lights Up Mystic Island Lagoons in July
For the past 15 years, the lagoons of Mystic Island in Little Egg Harbor Township have been illuminated for a few nights every July as the summer heat transforms into a winter wonderland. The annual…
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•July 17, 2025
Host Harvey Cedars Overcomes Foggy Mess to Win Midsummer Meltdown
Separated by a few lanes and the turn markers invisible to anybody on the beach, Ship Bottom Beach Patrol’s Alex Reck and Harvey Cedars’ Jack Maketa rowed into the foggy abyss about 100 yards into…
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•July 17, 2025
Pinelands Panthers Head for Babe Ruth World Series
The Pinelands Panthers 12-and-under softball team made history this past weekend. It’s heading to the Babe Ruth World Series.
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•July 14, 2025
Popular Point Restoration Project Close to Going Out for Bid
Some residents of the Beach Haven West section of Stafford Township may have noticed surveying boats gliding through the lagoons during recent weeks. Don’t be alarmed. It’s all part of the plan…
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•July 13, 2025
Young Coast Guardsman Living Out Childhood Dream
When Henry Buerck qualified to be the newest coxswain at Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light a little more than two months ago, it was the beginning of a new chapter for him that began in his…
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•July 12, 2025
Be on Lookout: Beach Shade Makers Have Roaming Minds
A short while back, the beaching community did a synchronized cringe upon hearing about the Asbury Park female lifeguard, Alex, 18, who was horribly impaled with a beach-type umbrella. The news went…
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•July 11, 2025
LBI Garden Club No. 1 in the State
Over the years The Garden Club of LBI has received many awards, but this year set a high-water mark when it received the Garden Club of the Year Award for the state of New Jersey.
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•July 10, 2025
Fatal Recreational Boating Accidents Decrease, But Injuries on the Rise
Fatal recreational boating accidents in New Jersey fell by almost half last year as the U.S. Coast Guard reported the fewest boating fatalities nationwide since it began collecting data more than…
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•July 10, 2025
Township Beach Patrol Settles Into New Building
The Long Beach Township Beach Patrol is responsible for overseeing 12 noncontiguous miles of ocean beach each summer. This requires a lot of staff – nearly 200 lifeguards – and a lot of equipment.…
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•July 10, 2025
Artist Straddles Worlds of Fine Art, Commercial Illustration
Acrylic painter and digital artist JoAnne Coughlin Walsh creates art for newsrooms across the country from Oregon to Cleveland and in New Jersey as a full-time illustrator-art director with Advance…
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•July 10, 2025
Senior League Baseball Team Becomes Barnegat’s First to Advance to State Tourney
During the baseball season this past spring, all the boys on the Barnegat Senior League all-star squad played within the Barnegat High School system under head coach Dan McCoy, with either the…
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•July 10, 2025
Sodano Does It His Joyful Way With ‘Pasta & Sinatra’ at The Gateway
Spreading joy was the theme of the evening at The Gateway Restaurant & Lounge on June 25 as the establishment played host to the first in a series of musical tributes featuring singing, dancing and…
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•July 8, 2025
Trophies, Accolades, Plain Old Fun Are Hallmarks of Weekly Mini Golf Tourneys
For some, it’s a rite of passage to play mini golf in one of the weekly tournaments on Long Beach Island during the summer. Take Todd Foster for example. The man visits from Scottsdale, Ariz., for…
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•July 7, 2025
Long Beach Township Gets Additional Funding, Permits for Clam Cove Project
Clam Cove Reserve, a 22-acre wetland parcel adjacent to the Long Beach Township Field Station in Holgate, has transformed from a peninsula into an island over the past few years as erosion created…
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•July 6, 2025
Coast Guardsman Saves Man Hit by Boat Propeller
A member of U.S. Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light is among the lifeguards credited with saving a 55-year-old man ejected from a boat and hit by a propeller off the Fifth Street beach in Asbury Park…
