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•August 4, 2024
LBIF’s Annual Seashore House Tour Presents Glory, Comfort of Coastal Living
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences’ Seashore House Tour returns for its 58th annual installment on Wednesday, Aug. 7, from 10:30 to 4:30 p.m. The self-guided tour allows a…
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•August 3, 2024
Beach Haven Cook-Off to Revive Chowderfest Tradition
This October, Long Beach Island’s favorite chowder-filled weekend has a new name, a new look and new leadership, as well as a key charitable component: to meet the basic food needs of area residents…
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•August 2, 2024
Ship Bottom Greenlights LBI School Redevelopment Plan
Following more than an hour of public comment, the Ship Bottom Borough Council on July 23 unanimously approved a site-specific redevelopment plan for the LBI Grade School property. In doing so, it…
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•August 1, 2024
Barnegat Light Ocean Mile Swim Returns Under New Management
Antonio Sanchez climbed out of the ocean and crossed the finish line of the 13th annual Barnegat Light Ocean Mile Swim with perhaps the biggest smile and wrinkliest fingers of all 330 competitors.
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•August 1, 2024
Garden of Giving Fosters Love, Kindness and Cucumbers
Bursting with pigments and an air of generosity, Joe and Lorri D’Orsi’s house on Sixth Street in Ship Bottom sticks out like a green thumb.
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•August 1, 2024
New Jersey to Receive $72 Million for Climate Resilience Projects
The U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have recommended $72.5 million for projects that will help facilitate resiliency to climate change and other…
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•August 1, 2024
Green Fleet Sailors Compete for Sweets at Barnegat Light Yacht Club
Out on the bay with a yellow, smiley-face flag was a small boat filled with candy: Airheads, Skittles, Starburst, even gummy sharks, in lieu of real ones.
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•August 1, 2024
100 Waves Challenge Wraps Up With Community Surf and Fun for Addiction Recovery
100 Waves. It takes a lot of effort to ride 100 waves. There are surfers on the Island this summer who have ridden 100 waves without even thinking about it. And there are others who have done it with…
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•August 1, 2024
Start Time, Location for Next LBI Beach Nourishment Unknown
Bids for the next periodic Long Beach Island beach replenishment project were received in May and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working with the presumed contractor on requirements for…
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•August 1, 2024
LBI Artist Studio Tour Fosters Appreciation, Cultivates Connection
Editor’s Note: Five artists are newcomers to the 2024 LBI Artist Studio Tour, and another one, Kevin Coogan, is this year’s “poster boy” with his oil painting of Barnegat Lighthouse gracing the front…
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•July 30, 2024
Sydney Naklicki’s Swimming Success Starts With a Strong Kick and Tacos
Sydney Naklicki loves tacos, especially from La Jarochita in Manahawkin. She also loves animals and babies and enjoys fishing.
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•July 29, 2024
Surf City Church Celebrates 90 Years of Faith, Community
A 90-year-old, black iron bell rang out 10 times, beckoning the community to the United Church of Surf City for a day decades in the making. Inside, locals laughed and reconnected as they filed into…
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•July 28, 2024
Longtime Bagpiper Talks ‘Special Dedication’ to Play ‘Unique Instrument’
Playing the bagpipes is not easy, musically or physically – which is why Geoffrey Knudson practices daily, in addition to attending band practice twice a week. The Manahawkin resident, 72, has played…
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•July 27, 2024
LBI Kite Festival to Celebrate 10 Years with New Name, New Partners
Changes to the annual, high-flying Long Beach Island kite festival ahead of its 10th season this fall include a new name: the LBI FLY Invitational Kitefest.
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•July 26, 2024
Surfing in the OIympics This Week, You Might Actually Care; Water Warms, Summer Is Replenishment-Free
When the Summer Olympics’ opening ceremonies are held on Friday, there won’t be any surfers in Paris. Now, that’s not because surfing is shut out. It’s just that the Olympic surfers will be on the…
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•July 25, 2024
Nantucket Wind Farm Incident Worries Jersey Offshore Turbine Opponents
Opponents of wind farms off the coast of the Jersey Shore including Long Beach Island had their energy recharged this past week because of an incident in Nantucket, Mass.
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•July 25, 2024
Harvey Cedars ‘Agitates’ to Prevent Potential Serious Fish Kill
Two years ago, Kinsey Cove and Harvest Cove in Harvey Cedars were overwhelmed with dead fish. High water temperatures and low oxygen levels resulted in hundreds of dead bunker fish, creating an awful…
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•July 25, 2024
Lice by Any Other Name Still Itch to Hell and Back; Virtual Trip to Micronation of Molossia
Lest I jinx it, I’ll mention in a nonchalant manner, i.e. in a whisper, the ocean water has finally warmed to the summer task. Nothing balmy just yet, but last weekend saw many bathers hitting the…
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•July 25, 2024
LBIF Amplifies Young Voices With ‘35 Under 35’
There will always be another Edward Brezinski. There will always be a young artist who is struggling, who has something to say.
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•July 25, 2024
Saturday Night Fever at the Barnegat Dock
During the day on Saturdays, the Barnegat Township Municipal Dock is a hotbed for fishing, crabbing and boating activities. But come evening, the area transforms itself into an outdoor dance club…
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•July 23, 2024
Clam Bar Celebrates Centenarian at 11th Annual Stanapalooza
As the theme song for the popular ’80s television show “Cheers” suggests, “Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name.” Indeed, Surf City has its own “Cheers” in the Clam Bar attached…
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•July 22, 2024
Madcap Adventures of Summer Kid in Surf City
This is my story and I’m sticking to it. The names have not been changed because we are all either in our late 70s or dead and aren’t concerned with the authorities anymore.
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•July 21, 2024
Gilbert Family Band Hosts Open Mic for Kids at Woodies
Dozens of local young musicians, from 6-year-olds to tweens, came out to sing, play and showcase their blossoming talents at a kids-only open mic at Woodies Drive-In in Ship Bottom on Monday night.…
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•July 20, 2024
Swimmer, 82, to Tackle Barnegat Light Ocean Mile 13th Time
Rob Madell will again make the mile-long swim off the coast of Barnegat Light, racing with the same vintage grace he has every summer. But more and more each year, the 82-year-old hears the tenacious…
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•July 19, 2024
Mid-July and We’re Still Talkin’ Cold Water
Over the past few years, pelicans, once a rare sight in New Jersey, have become ubiquitous. And I suspect that has something to do with the ocean temp.
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•July 18, 2024
Surf City Edges Harvey Cedars to Start Season With Epic Victory
Pepper Kolman wasn’t supposed to be back with the Surf City Beach Patrol this summer. At the conclusion of last summer’s Island Lifeguard Tournament, the word on the beach was that Pepper’s…
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•July 18, 2024
Stafford Police Department Delivers Rescue Boat Into Marine Unit Service
It doesn’t have a name yet, but the Stafford Township Police Department’s 24-foot decommissioned Coast Guard Metal Shark boat floated away from its docking position at The Boatyard and was officially…
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•July 18, 2024
Surf City Sees Surge in Beach Use, Badge Sales
Whether the boost in beach badge sales and beachgoers in Surf City so far this summer is a return to pre-pandemic life, the high cost of traveling keeping more people grounded or the result of new…
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•July 18, 2024
Jetty Coquina Jam Carries Tradition Through the Generations
The Jetty Coquina Jam is ramping up for this Sunday. The surf forecast is looking decent. All 96 competitors have been teamed up with partners and are already raising money on behalf of the Jetty…
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•July 18, 2024
Two Injured in Residential Deck Collapse
A deck collapse at a residence on Arnold Boulevard in the High Bar Harbor section of Long Beach Township on July 13 left one man unresponsive, and another sustained minor injuries, law enforcement…
