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•December 16, 2021
Manahawkin Man Doesn’t Win Race, Just Top Prize for Nasty Outfit
Eric Chambers definitely knows how to make an ugly impression with his clothing. And he wore his finest to run a 5K through downtown Manahawkin on Dec. 11.
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•December 16, 2021
28th Street Fully Cycling Traffic Signal Start Date Pushed Until 2022
For those individuals anticipating the day the 28th Street traffic light in Ship Bottom would return to fully cycling, the original time frame, on or about Dec. 9, came and went without the expected…
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•December 16, 2021
Crafter Transforms Nature’s Curios into Keepsakes
Michele Capri lives in Ocean Acres now but grew up on Long Beach Island, where she pulls inspiration from the natural world to create decorative objects that cheer and beautify a space. Her canvas…
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•December 16, 2021
Chowderfest Digital Outreach Wins 2021 NJ Excellence Award
Everybody’s got their favorite chowder that they considered a winner at Chowderfest 2021, but the event itself is a winner. The organization that presents it won a statewide tourism award for the…
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•December 16, 2021
Bin for Discarded Fishing Equipment in Waretown Keeps It Out of the Bay
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation and Fishing for Energy recently announced the addition of a new disposal bin in Waretown for marine debris to keep it from entering Barnegat Bay.
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•December 16, 2021
Deck the Walls With Cheerful Paintings
Pine Shores Art Association is not just a place to take wonderful workshops with some of the area’s finest artist/teachers and special events with artists from far away. It’s also a club where…
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•December 14, 2021
Snuffing the Lanternfly – Stomp, Now Scrape?
You may have noticed New Jerseyans doing a strange “dance” before the weather turned cold. It’s the Spotted Lanternfly Stomp, and it was performed in a variety of outdoor settings, including…
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•December 11, 2021
Surflight’s ‘Ebenezer’ Will Make You Feel Like You’re in 19th-Century London
The opening scene from Surflight Theatre’s holiday show, “Ebenezer, a Musical Christmas Carol,” looked charmingly like a Currier and Ives print or a daguerreotype.
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•December 10, 2021
‘No Shave November’ Comes to a Close
As another Let It Grow/No Shave November campaign has come to an end, the Harvey Cedars Police Department raised more than $1,300 for David’s Dream and Believe Cancer Foundation.
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•December 9, 2021
Despite the Elements, Manahawkin Artist Installs Glass Mosaic in Apartment Complex
Neither fire nor flood could keep Manahawkin artist Cheryl Syminink from displaying her commissioned three-panel glass mosaic in an apartment complex in Bound Brook, N.J.
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•December 9, 2021
NJ Tourism Industry Association Names Pepenella President
Lori Pepenella, CEO of the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce, was sworn in as president of the New Jersey Tourism Industry Association at its annual statewide conference in Atlantic City on…
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•December 9, 2021
Christmas Season Arrives on LBI As Ship Bottom Parade Celebrates 42 Years
Attendees and participants of the 42nd annual Ship Bottom Christmas Parade turned the wheels on the Grinch who stole Christmas 2020 from them by having what has been described by many as the “best…
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•December 9, 2021
Stockton University Starts New Agri-Industry: Sugar Maple Harvest
For the second year in a row, Stockton University has been awarded a grant of nearly $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand the Maple Tapping project, introducing maple syrup…
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•December 9, 2021
Time, Tide Wait for No Man (Neither Does Santa)
’Twas the night after Thanksgiving when all through the little boroughs of Long Beach Island, we were bundling up in hopes that St. Nick soon would be there, arriving by a 20-foot center console.
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•December 9, 2021
Tuckerton Bonding $2.2 Million for Lagoon Dredging
The Tuckerton Borough Council approved on Monday, Dec. 6, a bonding ordinance for $2.2 million to dredge the mouths of lagoons on the east side of South Green Street in Tuckerton Beach. The bond…
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•December 9, 2021
Southern Regional Swimmers Start Season By Scorching ’Stangs
The Southern Regional girls swim team definitely lost a considerable amount of clout following last winter’s undefeated season. But nobody would know it, given the Rams’ domination in their season…
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•December 7, 2021
Those Bites Aren’t What You Think; Scallops Surge Out of Budgetary Sight
SPIDER SCAPEGOAT: Let’s have some fun and talk about winter bites, itches and rashes. I’ll begin by relating the worst midwinter skin outbreak I have ever seen. It came about when a highly…
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•December 5, 2021
Southern Regional’s Bucci Removed From Girls Basketball Head Coaching Position
Amid drastically falling numbers of players within the entire program during the past week, Southern Regional girls basketball head coach Tom Bucci was removed from his position on Friday, said…
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•December 4, 2021
Tuckerton Artist’s Wetland Paintings Honored at Estuarine Federation
Alice McEnerney Cook has always loved the New Jersey salt marshes. She grew up in North Philadelphia in a row home where “there was not a tree on the block, so I know what it’s like to live…
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•December 3, 2021
Ship Bottom Unveils State-of-the-Art Water Treatment Plant
When Ship Bottom residents use their water Dec. 1 for everyday activities – cooking, showering, washing clothes – it’s likely they won’t think about where it is coming from or where it came from in…
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•December 2, 2021
Dock and Claw Clam Bar Coming Next Season
The former Harvey Cedars Shellfish Co. Clam Bar in Beach Haven will become the Dock and Claw Clam Bar in May. It’s an update on a casually legendary seafood landmark.
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•December 2, 2021
Bodies of Missing Warren Grove Couple Found
After a weeklong search, the bodies of Gary and Lorraine Parker of Stafford Township’s Warren Grove section have been found. Around 1 p.m. Tuesday, with the help of a Stafford Township police drone…
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•December 2, 2021
Ship Bottom Christmas Parade Is Back for Its 42nd Installment
In 2020, the Grinch slunk off Long Beach Island with the Ship Bottom Christmas Parade firmly in the large red sack flung over his shoulder. The last-minute thievery, due to pandemic restrictions in…
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•December 2, 2021
Sea Level Rise Putting Squeeze on New Jersey Salt Marshes
Local residents and visitors tend to take it for granted, the beautiful sea of green salt marshes that surrounds and buffers the coast, but these natural areas are vulnerable to sea level rise, and…
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•December 2, 2021
Newly Minted Musician Credits Open Mic Scene For Age-Defying Pursuit
The Jersey Shore fosters a flourishing music and arts scene. The ever-growing open mic community has given rise to opportunities for aspiring musicians to play for a captive audience. One part-time…
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•December 2, 2021
LBT Building and Zoning Department Coordinates $21,800 Donation to St. Francis Food Pantry
It’s the time of the year most associated with giving thanks, and giving back. In Long Beach Township, the municipality’s building and zoning department continued its autumn tradition of coordinating…
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•December 2, 2021
Holiday Wonderland and Market Premieres at Heritage Park
The Stafford Township Recreation Department presents the inaugural Holiday Wonderland and Christmas Market on Saturday, Dec. 11 from 1 to 7 p.m., when farmers, makers and food vendors will fill…
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•November 29, 2021
Shannon Harrington Wins a ‘Silver Telly’
Shannon Harrington, a Barnegat High School senior, has won a Silver Telly for creating original music for a local business in 2021.
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•November 26, 2021
Manahawkin Resident, Atlantic Cape Competitor Pursues Archery Pro Dream
Following his graduation from Southern Regional High School in 2019, Matthew Byrnes headed to Ursinus College in Pennsylvania to begin his pursuit of an engineering degree. He was a track and field…
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•November 25, 2021
Finding Gratitude in the Mystery of the Seasons
The change of the seasons is upon us. From the warm air and cooler nights to shorter days and longer nights, we know winter is coming.
