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•September 28, 2022
Decoy, Gunning Show Celebrates Successful 40th Festival
Last weekend marked the 40th annual Old Time Barnegat Bay Decoy and Gunning Show – better known to locals as simply the Duck and Decoy Show.
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•September 28, 2022
Resilient LBI Team to Finish Sea Level Action Plan in October
Members of the Resilient Long Beach Island team are currently working to finalize their draft of a plan to protect the area’s infrastructure, homes and businesses as the sea level rises. This…
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•September 28, 2022
Countdown to Christmas: Ship Bottom Parade Registration Now Open
On the first Saturday of December every year for more than four decades, Ship Bottom is transformed from the gateway to Long Beach Island to a slice of the North Pole as the town hosts a Christmas…
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•September 28, 2022
LBI Song: A Musician’s Lament of an Early Time
When people write a song or poem about Long Beach Island, it’s usually a paean to the beach, the water or the sun – happy times indeed.
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•September 28, 2022
Eating My Way Through LBI – Past and Present
Now that we no longer have to self-distance, I delight in going out to a restaurant. What a treat to eat out!
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•September 28, 2022
State Offers Tips on How to Survive Hurricanes, Other Weather Disasters
The 2022 Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season proved rather anemic this summer, but things are now heating up, as proven by Hurricane Fiona drowning Puerto Rico in rain.
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•September 28, 2022
The Art of Improv
Every day is a series of scenes in which people act and react to one another, under any number of circumstances, to achieve various ends, comedic, tragic, or otherwise. Every life story has a…
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•September 28, 2022
Loveladies Harbor Organization Raising Money to Rebuild Mathews Point Playground
This past summer, the Loveladies Harbor Organization worked to remove the old dilapidated playground at Mathews Point – at the intersection of Panorama and Bayview in this northern section of Long…
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•September 28, 2022
Residents Donate E-Bikes to Harvey Cedars Police
Two local residents have donated two e-bikes to the Harvey Cedars Police Department.
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•September 28, 2022
Zoning Change Needed to Conclude LBI School Sale
The sale of the LBI Grade School isn’t expected to be final until its September 2023 closing date or at such time any of the buyer contingencies are met, whichever is later, according to the purchase…
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•September 22, 2022
Writing Locally Inspired Screenplay; Lusty Eyes on Miss Fiona
I recently had an idea for a screenplay about Long Beach Island. I’m currently working on the script and wondering if you have any Hollywood connections?
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•September 22, 2022
One Bad Clam Can Spoil the Fluke Barrel; Old Barney’s Closed Days Are Numbered
September is living up to its namesake motto, as in “It’s better in September.” It has been just that, overall. Of a.m. autumnal evidence, we are experiencing increasingly regular cool, pine-scented…
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•September 22, 2022
Beach Haven Emergency Center Primed for Renovation
The emergency operations center operating out of the old Coast Guard station in Beach Haven will be undergoing various repairs and renovations in the near future.
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•September 22, 2022
Brant Beach Hosts Annual LBI Triathlon
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•September 21, 2022
Rutgers Marine Field Station on the Bay Turns 50
The Rutgers University Marine Field Station, located at the east end of Great Bay Boulevard or “Seven Bridges Road” in Little Egg Harbor Township, marks 50 years of scientific research and education…
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•September 21, 2022
Musicians Lend Their Voices to Outdoor Music Debate
As summer fades into autumn and a busy shoulder season on the Island, area musicians are using their voices to showcase the economic benefits and community enjoyment of amplified outdoor music at…
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•September 21, 2022
Participants’ Choice for the 50th Anniversary: 18 Miles or 12 Kilometers
This year’s Long Beach Island Commemorative 18 Mile Run marks the 50th rendition of the race. But to celebrate, St. Francis Community Center has brought in a partner.
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•September 21, 2022
‘22 Beach Badge Sales Surpass 2021 Revenue in Surf City
An increase in daily beach badges account for the largest hike in badge sales for Surf City during the summer of 2022.
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•September 21, 2022
Local Counselor Is Expert on Royal Family Dynamics
Mental health counselor Annette Schreiber has watched the funeral processions of Queen Elizabeth II and the ascension of King Charles III with a more informed scholar’s eye. The Ocean Acres resident…
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•September 21, 2022
Southern Regional Performing Arts Department to Deliver ‘Homage to Heroes’ Next Month
Superstorm Sandy affected many lives within the Southern Regional High School community on Oct. 29, 2012, going down in history as one of the most devastating storms ever to pummel the Jersey Shore.…
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•September 21, 2022
Chowder Festival Launches October on Long Beach Island
Everybody craving a free October festival can fall into a season’s-end bash in Beach Haven the first day of the month.
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•September 21, 2022
Board Votes to Sell LBI Grade School to Local Architect for $14 Million
Sitting in the media center of the LBI Grade School at its Sept. 20 meeting, the Long Beach Island Consolidated Board of Education agreed to sell the school and its property in Ship Bottom to Michael…
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•September 20, 2022
Harvey Cedars Man’s Model Ship Going to Maritime College
At the Harvey Cedars home of Greg Gutchigian, model ships of all shapes and sizes dot the shelves. But in his workshop, the one he is most proud of is a replica of a new maritime training vessel…
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•September 20, 2022
Water, Soil Contamination Halts Eighth Street Road Work
Traffic coming onto Long Beach Island midmorning Monday, Sept. 19 shifted from two lanes near the Morris Boulevard entrance ramp onto the Causeway, back to two lanes in the area of the environmental…
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•September 18, 2022
Wedding Party Evacuated in Daymark Structure Incident
No injuries were reported, but a wedding party and other patrons had to evacuate Daymark restaurant in Barnegat Light Saturday night, Sept. 17, after the second floor reportedly shifted due to a…
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•September 17, 2022
Signs of the (LBI) Times at Collector’s Brant Beach Home
Mitch Baker has always been a finder, a collector, a connoisseur of cool old stuff. His home on Ocean Boulevard in Brant Beach reflects his passion for tokens of the past – including a great deal of…
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•September 16, 2022
Ready, Set, Build at Third Sand Castle Bash
Gather the most creative, ambitious and dexterous members of the family together for the Drifting Sands Hotel’s third Sand Castle Bash on Saturday, Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring…
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•September 15, 2022
16th Annual Clam Jam Lights Up Early; Weber and Willem Take the Win
In 2007, Jetty held its first-ever Clam Jam event. After some good-time brainstorming and planning sessions, the company, which had been around for four years and sold T-shirts at a handful of East…
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•September 15, 2022
Seeing the Light: Old Barney Reemerges From Repair Mode
The “sight of the light” changed dramatically again on Monday, Sept. 12, as the scaffolding that made it look like an open-air skyscraper all summer started coming down. Barnegat Lighthouse is about…
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•September 15, 2022
NJ Educator Dies in Ocean Off Loveladies Saturday
A 57-year-old New Jersey educator died in the ocean off Loveladies on Long Beach Island Saturday, Sept. 10.
