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•May 14, 2026
Welcome, Spring: It’s Time to Fire Up the Barbie
Spring is upon us and that means the grass is growing. A Monkees song by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” was written when they lived in a rented house on Pleasant Valley Way…
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•May 14, 2026
Barnegat Bay Gunning Clubs: History, Heritage Explored
Duck hunting has long been an essential thread woven into the fabric of Tuckerton and Barnegat Bay culture. Remnants of its “golden age” still stand today, and individual hunters, baymen, historians…
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•May 11, 2026
Ship Bottom Drives Traffic Triage as Central Avenue Redesign Yields Hazards
Nearly a year after Central Avenue reopened as a full north-south artery to ease traffic flow, critics say it has only increased cut-throughs and raised speeds on residential roads north of Eighth…
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•May 9, 2026
Beach Haven Celebrates History With Heritage Day
Beach Haven will open its doors to history as the third annual Beach Haven Heritage Day returns on Saturday, May 16, inviting residents and visitors alike to step inside some of the town’s most…
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•May 8, 2026
Salt Shack Proposal Hearing May 18 at LBI Elementary School
Take two of the Ship Bottom Land Use Board hearing on the proposed Salt Shack dining and entertainment venue at Hochstrasser’s Marina is expected to take place at the LBI Elementary School in Surf…
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•May 7, 2026
Bay House Arrives to New Spot on Cedar Run Dock Road
After its attention-grabbing journey across Manahawkin Bay, a former Surf City home reached its final Eagleswood resting spot on solid ground Monday morning. Owner Herschel Abbott watched in…
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•May 7, 2026
Ship Bottom Bike Path Plan Signals Relief for Peak Foot, Cyclist Traffic
Summer swell isn’t just the stretch of bigger, steadier waves; it also hits as pedestrians and bicyclists crowd local roadways already choked with vehicular traffic in Ship Bottom, where a proposed…
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•May 7, 2026
Tuckerton Porchfest a Patchwork of Artistic Expression
At Tuckerton Porchfest, everyone was welcome. No matter where you wandered, a different kind of artist was pouring their soul out for the world to see – whether through original songs detailing every…
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•May 7, 2026
Replacing Spirit Airlines at AC Airport Is Tough Proposition
There will be life after Spirit at the Atlantic City International Airport. However, the question is if that life will rapidly become as vibrant as it was in the Spirit days.
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•May 7, 2026
Southern Tennis Team Snags Fourth Straight County Crown
An incredible comeback by one doubles squad and the other overcoming a challenge created by the senior trip was all part of the winning recipe. Of course, the Southern Regional boys tennis team had…
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•May 7, 2026
Ship Bottom Real Winner as Chalk Art Brings Community Smiles
On the first Saturday in May, Ship Bottom smelled faintly of salt and possibility, chalk dust freckling the pavement like confetti outside The Haymarket – the perfect day for the annual Chalk Art…
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•May 7, 2026
Painter Susan Weinstein Breathes Feeling Into Nature, Found Scenes
Artist Susan Weinstein believes talent is activated desire.
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•May 7, 2026
Oxycocus School Expansion and Renovation Project Gets Underway in Stafford
As soon as the excavator machine broke off the top corner of the northwestern portion of the “trailer wing” attached to the Oxycocus School building shortly after 10 a.m. on April 28, it didn’t take…
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•May 5, 2026
Sale of LBI Summer House Releases Tides of Memory
The house smells different now, or at least, that’s what I imagine. I haven’t been there since summer, when I thought it would always be waiting for me. I can still picture it though: the salt air…
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•May 4, 2026
Broadway Musical ‘Beaches’ Features Scenes Set in Beach Haven
A new Broadway musical, “Beaches,” opened on April 22.
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•May 3, 2026
Gray Seal Pup Found in Harvey Cedars Released Back to Ocean
After a two-month rehabilitative stint at the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, a gray seal pup originally spotted on a snow-dusted stretch of Long Beach Boulevard in Harvey Cedars has…
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•May 2, 2026
Ship Bottom Land Use Board Tees Up Tech With Golf Simulator Approval
Nearly two hours of testimony in a packed municipal room preceded the Ship Bottom Land Use Board’s approval of a groundbreaking golf‑simulator proposal with curtailed hours and a denied BYOB request…
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•May 1, 2026
Proposed Plans for Hochstrasser’s Marina Hearing Canceled After Capacity Exceeded
That Ship Bottom residents, some who traveled from their primary residence to the Island, did not get the opportunity to address a proposed plan to transform Hochstrasser’s Marina into a dining and…
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•April 30, 2026
Pinelands Superintendent’s Husband Jailed for Illegal Assault Rifle and Threatening to Kill Two Men, Police Say
Lucas P. McCooley, the husband of Pinelands Regional Superintendent Melissa McCooley, remains in jail after the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office accused him of threatening to kill August Daleo…
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•April 30, 2026
Hochstrasser’s Marina Proposed as Dining/Entertainment Venue; Slips Would Remain
Changes could be coming to the north side of the Causeway along Barnegat Bay with a proposal for longtime marina to be reborn as the Salt Shack, a waterfront destination venue with two dining areas…
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•April 30, 2026
Bat Mitzvah Celebrates Coming-of-Age, and a Love of LBI
For a girl named Chelsea with an affinity for the beach, choosing a bat mitzah theme was an (ocean) breeze: a Long Beach Island-tinged celebration to mark a coming-of-age within the Jewish community…
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•April 30, 2026
Below Average Hurricane Season Projected; Could That Actually Be Good for Surf?
If there were to be headline news in the Liquid Lines world, it would be that the ocean will likely hit 50 degrees in the next day or two, if it hasn’t already. We’ll dive deeper into the water temp…
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•April 30, 2026
Neighbors Look to Curb Parking Crunch, Drive Sustained Enforcement
What was once a few cars circling for a parking space during the peak summer season has become a recurring bottleneck: blocked driveways, painted curbs and commercial fleets crowding narrow streets…
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•April 30, 2026
Beating FOMO Monster By Getting Upper Hand Help From JOMO
I’ve lost all my former FOMO inclinations.
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•April 28, 2026
Surflight Upgrades Campus With Renovation of ‘Gray House’
Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven has a rather large complex. There’s the theater itself, of course. Then there are the cast house; the Show Place Ice Cream Parlour building, which also includes…
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•April 27, 2026
SRSD Student Artists Get Exposure at Annual Exhibit
The event draws one of the largest crowds of the year to the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences: Southern Regional School District’s annual student art exhibition and the…
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•April 26, 2026
Barnegat Light OKs Subdivision at Former Brennan Fuels
Brennan Fuels will re-subdivide its gas station at Central Avenue and 18th Street into two single-family unit lots. The application was approved by the Barnegat Light Planning Board on April 15. The…
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•April 25, 2026
Island’s Length Is Off: 18 Miles Misses Things by Miles
Time has come (again) to forward the proper long and short of Long Beach Island.
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•April 24, 2026
After Brutal Winter of Ice and Snow, a Normally Busy Time of Year Is Even Busier for Some
Some recent glorious spring conditions and the local excitement for summer certainly have not erased the memory of the winter that our area experienced. In January, New Jersey recorded a statewide…
