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•November 14, 2024
Art Notes, Nov. 13
While the Getting’s Good: The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies is pleased to present its annual month-long Holiday Market Festival from Nov. 16 through Dec. 15…
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•November 14, 2024
New Director Takes Reins at St. Francis Community Center
Last month, Kevin Walsh began his tenure as executive director of the St. Francis Community Center in Brant Beach, having been drawn to the position to lead a vital community resource and build on…
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•November 14, 2024
Veterans Receive Their Due in Harvey Cedars
On Friday, Nov. 8, Harvey Cedars residents who served in the armed forces were honored at a Veterans Day ceremony in Sunset Park, drawing approximately 120 people.
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•November 14, 2024
Barnegat Dock Pavilion on the Repairs List
Barnegat Township officials recently decided they will repair instead of tear down the municipal dock pavilion, much to the relief of members of the local historical society.
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•November 14, 2024
Weather Anomalies That Aren’t So Bad; Small Surf and Big Fire Threat
When you stepped outside early Saturday, did you feel something different? It was … cold.
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•November 14, 2024
Barnegat Girls Make History By Reaching Sectional Semifinal
When she started playing varsity soccer several seasons ago, Kallie Kawka wasn’t quite sure whether she’d be on a team contending for a state sectional title. And for her first three seasons as a…
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•November 14, 2024
Barnegat Light Part-Time Resident Is Successful Author in Juvenile Literature
If you’re sitting in a bar watching a baseball game with a bunch of hardcore fans, the type that can name the top 10 home run hitters of all time or in a single season – something that changed bigly…
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•November 12, 2024
Island Police Officers ‘Let It Grow’ for a Good Cause
November marks the ninth year of the Harvey Cedars Police Department participating in the “Let It Grow” campaign, formerly called “No Shave November,” to raise money and awareness for those impacted…
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•November 11, 2024
Resilient Stafford Plan Drives Efforts to Mitigate Flooding and Bolster Bayfront, Other Areas
The rumor mill has run rampant with a claim that some big dredging project within the Beach Haven West lagoon system is coming and it’s going to cost township residents some $150 million to $200…
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•November 10, 2024
Southern Ocean County Celebrates Veterans Day
With these words in 1919, “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the…
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•November 8, 2024
Southern Ocean County Now in ‘Extreme Drought’ Rating
People relaxing in their homes late Sunday night heard something they haven’t listened to in a long time – the pitter-patter of raindrops.
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•November 7, 2024
Gesicki Snags Five Passes, Scores Two Touchdowns in Cincy Victory
Mike Gesicki was bound to have a breakout game at some point this season.
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•November 7, 2024
Ocean County Election 2024 Is GOP Hot Ticket; Democrats, Not So Much
In a ‘Captain Obvious’ manner, it seemed clear that the presidential election stirred a highly abnormal interest in Ocean County, compared to the last many general elections here. But totally normal…
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•November 7, 2024
Records and Leaves All Furiously Falling; There’s Suddenly Plenty to Crow About
The drought now comes down to numbers, some of them impressively impressive. For instance, October broke a 1,558-month record. That count represents the number of months official weather records have…
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•November 7, 2024
Local Troubadours Take Over Sold-Out Lizzie Rose
While the music world mourns two significant losses within 10 days – first, Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh and now composer, arranger, songwriter and producer Quincy Jones, who was a legendary…
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•November 7, 2024
Pinelands Junior Earns Girl Scout Gold Award
“Did you know flying squirrels have ultraviolet light under their stomachs?” asked a beaming Grace Catalano. “That’s what they use during the wintertime, if they get separated, to locate each other.”
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•November 7, 2024
Pinelands Regional Runners Finish Big to Earn Positions in NJSIAA Group 2 Race
It had been a decade since the Pinelands Regional girls cross-country team landed two runners among the top 12 during the NJSIAA South Jersey sectional meet. Rory Krier and Summer Sprague ended the…
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•November 7, 2024
Mural By Maritime Artist David Macomber Anchors Interior of Jetty Flagship Store
Stop into the Jetty flagship store on East Bay Avenue in downtown Manahawkin to see the latest mural by painter David Macomber, whose distinctive style is often characterized as “fun and playful”…
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•November 5, 2024
Southern Regional’s Golden Rams Show the Range, Depth of Our Dreams
Twisty loops. Crazy corkscrews. Wild dips and dives. Our dreams sometimes are like a roller coaster, often carrying us through a whole range of emotions, inner turmoil and ecstatic elation. And then…
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•November 4, 2024
‘Alternatives to Violence Project’ Sows Skills for Civility, Goodwill
Facilitating “a little taste” of the peace-fostering Alternatives to Violence Project on Sunday afternoon at the Barnegat Friends Meeting House were state coordinator Eleanor Novek and volunteer Chad…
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•November 3, 2024
Ship Bottom’s Remembrance Park Could Be Paved in 2025
Ship Bottom is slated to ask Ocean County to pave the parking area at Remembrance Park on Fourth Street sometime next year after a brief discussion about its 2025 Schedule C projects with the county…
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•November 2, 2024
State’s Ongoing D-2 Drought Has Linkages to Dust Bowl; How Classic Fishing Disappeared From Holgate
I’ll strive not to overdo this drought thing despite its dusty intrusion into my autumnal jaunt-abouts in the Pines, as I divide my time between LBI’s sugar sand and the Pinelands’ equally sugary…
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•November 1, 2024
Southern Regional French Club Hosts Exchange Students for First Time
Marin Levigoureux got to experience track and field as a spectator during this summer’s Paris Olympics, but more recently he’s experiencing a lot more, farther from his home city in France.
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•October 31, 2024
Mental Toughness Matters as Southern Regional Captures Third Straight Shore Conference Title
If the Southern Regional girls volleyball team proved one thing during the Shore Conference Tournament championship on Oct. 29, it’s this: coach Eric Maxwell’s players are Ram tough.
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•October 31, 2024
Forest Fire Service Urges Caution During Prolonged Dry Conditions
As extremely dry conditions persist throughout New Jersey, the state Department of Environmental Protection and the Forest Fire Service are urging the public to heed the Stage 3 fire restrictions put…
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•October 31, 2024
Nickeled and Dimed by the Convenience Store of the Skies; Another Weekend Swell
We took a little trip last weekend out of Atlantic City, which, as you may know, is exponentially easier than flying out of Philly, Newark or JFK. Given a choice, I would rather ride my bike to…
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•October 31, 2024
I Love You Like Food, Says Painter-Author in New Art Book for All
They say the way to a human heart is through the stomach, and prolific painter Dawn McDonnell of Manahawkin has published a book to prove it, with a dozen pairings of artwork and poetic prose, titled…
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•October 31, 2024
Ship Bottom Eyes Funding to Replace Problem Bulkhead
Ship Bottom officials are continuing their more than decade-old work to address flood mitigation from storms as well as nuisance flooding in some of the most problematic areas, which has already…
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•October 30, 2024
My Favorite Holiday Included Going Full Zombie for ‘TWD’
The fall season is exhilarating in so many ways. Sunny autumn days with bright blue skies. Fish jumping and biting. Dolphins and whales breaching. Crystal clear views from the beach bench to what…
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•October 27, 2024
Southern Regional Sailors Qualify for Atlantic Coast Championship
The Southern Regional sailing team has had an outstanding fall season, and the highlights kept coming this past weekend. The Rams are heading to the Atlantic Coast Championship.
