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•September 28, 2021
LBT Field Station Terrapin Hatchery a Community Stewardship Success
In late May, Project Terrapin’s John Wnek and students from the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science in Manahawkin installed a diamondback terrapin hatchery on the grounds of the…
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•September 27, 2021
LEHYC’s Haig Duo Wins Melges 15 National Championship
For local yacht club racers, this may not come as much of a surprise, but Emily and John Haig on Sept. 19 won another championship.
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•September 26, 2021
Eddie ‘FedEx’ Coleman Says ‘Goodbye for Now’ to LBI
Eddie Coleman has been Long Beach Island’s main FedEx delivery guy for over 30 years and will soon say farewell, “until we meet again,” to the residents and business people on the route he has…
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•September 25, 2021
Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary Students Grow and Learn in Schoolyard Garden
All the many vegetables students are currently harvesting from the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School garden in Surf City began as seeds planted between February and April. The seedlings were tended…
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•September 24, 2021
Unlocked Cars Still Leading to Thefts on LBI
A year after four luxury vehicles were stolen from Surf City residences over a seven-day period as a result of being unlocked with keys or fobs left inside, that trend is continuing.
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•September 23, 2021
Giant Chicken Now Rules the Roost at Tuckerton Seaport
A roadside attraction that once caught the eye of motorists traveling on Route 30, a.k.a. the White Horse Pike, in Elwood, Atlantic County, now will catch the eye of drivers on Route 9, a.k.a. Main…
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•September 23, 2021
Area First Responders Escort Junior Surf City Firefighter Home After Hospital Stay
The motorcade of fire trucks and first aid vehicles waiting near the environmental trail and scenic overlook on the eastbound Causeway during the early afternoon of Sept. 16 no doubt caused some…
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•September 23, 2021
Six Rescued From Bay After Overnight Boat Collision
Six boaters were rescued from the bay waters off Long Beach Island in the early hours of Sept. 19 by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co. after their 30-foot pleasure craft…
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•September 23, 2021
Old Time Barnegat Bay Decoy and Gunning Show Is Back With a Bang
The 39th annual Old Time Barnegat Bay Decoy and Gunning Show returns to Tip Seaman County Park on Saturday, Sept. 25 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 26 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. – back after a…
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•September 23, 2021
Machotka, Weber Take 15th Annual Clam Jam in Waves and Perfect Weather
Royce Weber, who grew up in Surf City, and Pete Machotka of Manahawkin met at Southern Regional Middle School some 18 years ago and have remained good friends since. And as a team, they just won the…
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•September 23, 2021
Community Honors Butch McCaffrey; Garage Kept Takes Final Bow
On Sunday, Buckalew’s Tavern dedicated Buck’s Backyard to Beach Haven’s beloved Butch McCaffrey, who, earlier this year, was diagnosed with Bulbar Palsy, a form of ALS. All proceeds generated will be…
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•September 23, 2021
Season Finale the Final Stop on the ‘Holey Moley’ Journey
Sometimes the beauty of television and movie editing is that the viewers don’t get to see the flubs that go on during filming – unless, of course, a blooper reel is provided later.
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•September 23, 2021
Exhibit Captures Long Beach Island Vistas in Paint
The annual juried “Plein Air/Plein Air Plus” exhibition now at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences features the work of 48 skilled painters from across the country and from just…
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•September 21, 2021
Time to Go All ‘007’ on Invaders; CHANJ Seeks Creature Continuum
Today’s theme: If the Chinese can do it … why can’t all y’all?
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•September 19, 2021
Surf City Tops 2020 Beach Revenue Despite Dip in Badge Sales
A portion of Surf City’s almost $800,000 in beach revenue for the 2021 summer season will be allocated for a new tractor to replace a 30-year-old one that stopped working last month.
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•September 17, 2021
Barnegat Light Defends Decision to Bury Whale
Barnegat Light Borough Council backed up the town’s action to bury the 30-ton whale carcass on the 19th Street beach a week before, bringing copies of letters from agencies saying that was the only…
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•September 16, 2021
Pelican Gets Helping Hand in High Bar
Ever pause to consider what happens to treble hook fishing lures that go missing in the bay? Harvey Cedars attorney and avid nature lover Bob Sexton found out – and lent a caring hand to help a…
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•September 16, 2021
LBI Shuttle Logs ‘Exceptional’ Summer
Despite the challenges of another summer navigating the pandemic, the LBI Shuttle has had “an exceptional year,” Long Beach Township Commissioner Joseph Lattanzi said at last week’s board of…
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•September 16, 2021
Long Period Larry Delivers Classic Highs and Lows of Hurricane Season
A couple of weeks ago we were all pretty jazzed about the Hurricane Henri swell. That was a minimal hurricane that made a very fast pass some 100 miles off our coast and eventually hit Rhode Island.
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•September 16, 2021
Community Unites to Remove Tornado Debris From Natural Areas of High Bar Harbor
The EF2 tornado that swept through High Bar Harbor on July 29 tore roofs off houses, downed power lines, overturned boats and uprooted trees. Emergency personnel and police responded to the scene…
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•September 16, 2021
9/11 Remembered at Barnegat Ceremony
The morning of Sept. 11 2021 seemed no different from the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. There were bright sunny skies and temperatures that were more like summer than autumnal.
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•September 16, 2021
Surf City Firehouse Fundraiser: Mutual Aid for Matt Adams
All are invited to the Surf City Firehouse at 713 Long Beach Blvd. on Sept. 25 for a full-day block party hosted by Surf City Fire and EMS to benefit Surf City teenager Matt Adams. His community is…
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•September 16, 2021
Work Begins at Ship Bottom Borough Hall Ahead of New Construction
Work to clear the anchor and plantings in front of the existing Ship Bottom municipal building as well as the parking spaces has begun as the contractor prepares the site for the construction of a…
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•September 16, 2021
Art From the Heart by Amy Beth Kunze
Manahawkin-based painter and mixed media artist Amy Beth Kunze “paints what you love from a photo.” Her story is a COVID-inspired transition from a 24-year career as an occupational therapist to…
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•September 14, 2021
Surfline Lead Forecaster to Give Surf Forecasting Talk at LBT Field Station
It’s September, a great time of year to be an East Coast surfer. When 28-year-old Rob Mitstifer returns to the Island this week for a wedding from his new home on the Outer Banks, he hopes to surf…
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•September 13, 2021
Summer Takes the Long Way Out; It’s Tougher Being Green on LBI
Like old soldiers, summers on Long Beach Island don’t die, they just fade away. Having soldiered through over a half century of Island summers, I have seen the departure of the sunny season morph…
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•September 12, 2021
2021 New Jersey Voting Drastically Differs From 2020, Previous Years
It used to be so easy to write a pre-election story regarding voting. All you had to do is remind readers of the registration cutoff and the election day date and times and compose a list of polling…
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•September 11, 2021
‘My 9/11’ Documentary Depicts Humanity of Day
Twenty years ago, Surf City writer, storyteller and filmmaker David Vanadia was living in New York City, working as a freelance communications consultant. He awoke one morning to a voice screaming…
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•September 10, 2021
Events Missing From 2020 LBI Fly Kite Festival Return This Year
While the LBI Fly International Kite Festival was one of only a handful of major LBI happenings to take flight in 2020 due to pandemic restrictions, a few of the fan-favorites were missing. Not this…
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•September 9, 2021
Charter Fishing Group Lands Reef Balls
The Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association’s Junior Mate Reef Project recently received a shipment of 32 reef balls to be deployed this month.
