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•February 14, 2025
Grade Schoolers Make Flowery Valentines
The Garden Club of LBI’s Youth Committee recently met to create a flower arrangement for Valentine’s Day. Thirteen children in grades three to six gathered with co-chairs Ginny Scarlatelli and…
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•February 13, 2025
Upgrades and Events on the Docket at Maritime Museum
Although the off-season brings fewer visitors at the New Jersey Maritime Museum in Beach Haven, the work continues as the facility announces major changes have been made in the main room on the first…
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•February 12, 2025
Southern Regional’s Hallihan Deals First Perfect Game Since 2008
Even if K.C. Hallihan had bowled his average during the second game of Southern Regional’s contest against Brick on Feb. 7, the Rams would have won the game and, ultimately, the match.
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•February 12, 2025
North Atlantic Right Whale, Calf Spotted Off NJ as Rutgers Debuts AI Tool to Protect Endangered Species
If recent reports of a North Atlantic right whale calf and its mother spotted in a busy shipping lane between New Jersey and New York are any indication that more are to come, an artificial…
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•February 12, 2025
LIFS Screening All Oscar-Nominated Short Films on Feb. 21 and 22
The Lighthouse International Film Society will screen all 15 Oscar-nominated short films at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies over the course of two dates.
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•February 12, 2025
Students Serving Up Artwork at Turkey Dinner
Beach Haven School students have added an artistic flair to this weekend’s annual turkey dinner put on by the volunteer fire company.
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•February 12, 2025
Barnegat Girls, Boys Score Division Titles for First Time
For 20 basketball seasons, some other team within the Shore Conference B South division always found a way to grab the top spot. The Barnegat girls and boys basketball programs kept falling short.…
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•February 10, 2025
Federal Aid Loss Would Be Disastrous for Meals on Wheels
The situation changes almost daily, but there is no doubt President Trump and Elon Musk want to severely cut federal spending.
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•February 8, 2025
Six More Weeks of Winter? That Will Feel Like Six Months Near the Ocean
Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter. Anywhere near that terribly cold Atlantic Ocean, it will be more like six months.
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•February 7, 2025
Report: Bald Eagles Reach New Heights in 2024
Last year’s nesting season was another successful one for the state’s bald eagles. According to the 2024 New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report, released by the N.J. Department of Environmental…
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•February 6, 2025
Wind Farm Developer Remains Committed to Project Off LBI
Nearly 15 months after a Danish-based wind energy company pulled the plug on what was to be New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm, London-based Shell PLC withdrew from projects to be built off the…
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•February 6, 2025
Clear-Cutting for Plovers Along Barnegat Light Beach Causes Outrage
An uproar began a few weeks ago in Barnegat Light, after work crews cleared 3 acres of beach and dune vegetation to the north of Sixth Street as part of a federally funded habitat project for the…
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•February 6, 2025
Dismissing the Drones Can’t Bring Full Closure
The midwinter thaw didn’t arrive a minute too soon for me and the lifelong thin skin I sport.
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•February 6, 2025
TNT Powerlifters Score Big at New Jersey Championship
Ted Rasmussen doesn’t accept just any teenager into his training programs at TNT Strength and Conditioning.
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•February 6, 2025
Super Plunge XXI Set for Saturday, March 15
St. Francis Community Center’s much-anticipated Super Plunge challenges local residents to “take an invigorating leap into the chilly ocean waters, symbolizing resilience, community spirit and…
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•February 6, 2025
Open House, Carole King Tribute at Surflight Over Presidents Day Weekend
Surflight Theatre will be a busy place on Presidents Day weekend.
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•February 5, 2025
Barnegat Junior Captures Shore Conference Tournament Individual Girls’ Title
Jamie White is on a mission to be the best girls bowler in the state. On Feb. 4, she made Barnegat High School history by capturing the first major individual title of the season.
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•February 4, 2025
Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale Focus of Wind Energy Impact
As the future of offshore wind energy remains up in the air, proponents and opponents of offshore wind have found common ground in the need to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right…
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•February 3, 2025
Beach Haven at Odds With Atlantic City Electric
On Monday, Feb. 3 at 10 a.m., Beach Haven officials have scheduled a meeting with representatives of Atlantic City Electric to discuss the utility company’s proposal to activate a battery energy…
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•February 2, 2025
9-Year-Old Stafford Resident’s Hat Business a Home Run
Between playing three sports and tackling third grade, 9-year-old Rylan Kostecki leads a busy life, but that hasn’t stopped him from chasing his dreams. With the help of his father, the young athlete…
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•February 1, 2025
With Mission Dance, J.P. LaStella Backs Gavin DeGraw for Presidential Inaugural Ball
For the last decade, the entire shore region has gotten to know the LaStella Brothers, who have practically grown up on stage. Bassist J.P., now 26, and guitarist Jake, now 22, shared candidly with…
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•January 31, 2025
Harvey Cedars Beach Replenishment Begins in February
With beach replenishment concluded on the south end of the Island two weeks ago, the project is now heading north.
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•January 30, 2025
Former Barnegat Resident Experiences Snow in the Big Easy
In spending most of her life in New Jersey, Laura Giannotta has had plenty of experience with snowstorms. When she moved from Barnegat Township to New Orleans 10 years ago, the last thing she…
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•January 30, 2025
Trump: Drone Usage Sanctioned by FAA, ‘Not the Enemy’
It took seven days from the time President Donald J. Trump returned to office for his administration to confirm what the federal government told the American people about drones flying over New…
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•January 30, 2025
Manahawkin Mavericks Challenger Organization Goes Full Throttle Toward Future
Southern Regional High School administrator Joe DiPietro probably doesn’t get blamed for too many things, but Grace McClellan came up with something to implicate him.
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•January 30, 2025
Most Causeway Work on Time to Finish Before Summer
Changes are coming in the next few months, including a return to Daylight Saving Time, the arrival of spring and, perhaps, the final phase of the Causeway project in Ship Bottom being completed on…
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•January 30, 2025
Long Beach Township Board of Commissioners Reviews Accomplishments
On Jan. 13, Long Beach Township Mayor Joseph H. Mancini and Commissioners Joseph P. Lattanzi, M.D. and Alexander L. Meehan were sworn into office for another term at the helm of the 12 noncontiguous…
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•January 28, 2025
‘Island Voices’ Oral History Project Goes Online
The Long Beach Island Historical Association announces the launch of “Island Voices,” an oral history project now available on its website. This extensive collection features the stories of…
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•January 27, 2025
Winter Is Here and Not Messing Around for Surfers and Workers
Oh, so this is what a real winter feels like (shivers and pulls on hood …)
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•January 26, 2025
Obsolete Munitions Arise Within Wind Turbine Sands
Excuse me while I bemoan this deplorable stint of indooredness being forced upon me, compliments of the Arctic. Frostbite potential notwithstanding, I will likely venture out to do some heavily…
