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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 9, 2026
When in a Pica Mood, Folks Prefer Talcum Over Lobster Bisque
Ever get this overwhelming urge to chew on toy cars or jetty rocks? You just might be a pica person.
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•December 11, 2025
Fast Start to Frigidity Points to More Cold … or Record Warmth
I already hate the feel of winter and we’re not even there yet, at least not in calendar times.
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•October 1, 2025
It’s Pompano and Circumstance as Prized Seafood Is Still Here; Compost Into the Great Beyond
I think we oversold “It’s better in September,” to the point the month has become a mere add-on to summerness, based on crowds, traffic signals and temperatures. I’ll now venture – and believe – that…
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•September 4, 2025
Free Surf Fishing Seminar Saturday, Sept. 6 in Ship Bottom
Novice and experienced anglers alike are invited to gather at the Ship Bottom firehouse this Saturday, Sept. 6, for the Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Classic’s annual seminar detailing both the…
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•August 20, 2025
Hurricane Erin Could Mean Big Shifts in Island Beachfronts
There’s not much to say about Cat-3 Hurricane Erin that isn’t already being expounded upon through every known media outlet. I’ll therefore offer some dedicated LBI insights, led with the obvious and…
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•August 6, 2025
Being Number One Can Get a Bit Odd Even When Flushing
America is number one in many ways, some of them sorta weird. For odd instance, it is proven that our toilets have the highest water levels of any other nation. That indicates we’re flush with water.
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•July 12, 2025
Be on Lookout: Beach Shade Makers Have Roaming Minds
A short while back, the beaching community did a synchronized cringe upon hearing about the Asbury Park female lifeguard, Alex, 18, who was horribly impaled with a beach-type umbrella. The news went…
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•March 13, 2025
In an Extreme Crunch, Dining on Bunker Bait Might Not Be So Bad
A quick but deserved and timely rant. This biannual time switch thing has gotta go, one way or the other. It’s either sunny side up or over easy, spoken like a former breakfast cook (Noller’s in…
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•February 20, 2025
Lures as Geniuses: Intellectual Plugs Ready to Launch; Command of Executive Orders Is a Must
A shoutout to the wind for proving it’s always a prime player in our coastal weather game. Sunday evening saw local gusts over 70 mph. I took an unofficial 72 mph reading. By Monday, a solid showing…
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•January 29, 2025
Cow Gallstone Cartels Find Gold Within Bile; Tons of Chemical Fallout From Turbines
To show what lengths I’ll go to for winter column fodder, I’ve turned to gallstones as both subject matter and a last gasp retirement plan. I speak not of human “stones,” made of bad cholesterol, but…
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•November 18, 2024
Quickie Downpour Wasn’t Drought Buster; Sea Robins Are Way Cooler Than We Think
That was a refreshing, albeit minor rain event we had to end the weekend. While the streak of rainless days was ended, it wasn’t the proverbial drought buster, though it was well received in the…
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•October 16, 2024
Dry Times in the Pines Has Smokey Sweating; How Fishing Prevented Walmart Brawl
I’m obliged to start with a wildfire warning. Smokey Bear is now officially sweating out the current ultradry conditions.
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•September 11, 2024
Rating Island Protests in Anti-Turbine Terms; Cellphones Used to Enter Parallel Universe
Somewhat surprisingly, the Island has greatly quieted in a typical post-season manner, though there’s no quieting weekends from now through Thanksgiving.
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•August 7, 2024
Tropical Visitations as Man o’ Wars, Small Bigeyes Arrive; NMFS ‘Potential Biological Removal Level’
August is the most schizophrenic month, more so than even March with its lion/lamb syndrome. It’s a mental mess, bursting on scene, all deep-tanned and cocky, teeming with midsummer energy. But in…
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•June 12, 2024
What Heavy-Lift Turbine Vessels Come Our Way? Dead Bass Numbers Are Unacceptable
How about that ocean? Quite a thing of beauty of late. Beachgoers are remarking that the color and clarity has an almost tropical look. That tourist-pleasing look seems entrenched, as we quickly move…
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•June 5, 2024
Unseeable Drivers’ Day in the Sun; Shocking ‘Unknowns’ Within Final Statement on Turbines
I’m in the dark about window tinting on vehicles in N.J. Quite obviously, the number of fully “blacked out” vehicles has skyrocketed.
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•May 30, 2024
Skinny Beaches Have Towns Light on Sand; NOAA Foresees All-Time Hurricane Season
It was a minorly memorable Memorial Day weekend, if only based on overall attendance. The people count was remarkable, complemented by decentish weather for two out of three vacation days, providing…
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•May 15, 2024
Many Tick Types Traipse Around Jersey – a Human’s Worst Nightmare; Trump Promises Quick End to Offshore Wind Turbines
I’ll commence by begging to differ, referencing a worldwide Gallup Poll that collected information on the general feeling of well-being within 168 countries based on Internetness.
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•April 28, 2024
Troubling Bufflehead Duck Die-Off Goes Viral; Recipe Calls for ‘60 Freshly Emerged Cicada’
Why won’t this chill just take a chill pill? It has been quite the raw spring, irksomely so to us non-snowbirds.
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•April 22, 2024
All This Rain But Talking a Summer Drought; Volcano Might Be Taking Aim at My Spouting Herbs
Upon us are the days of municipal hydrant flushings and the homefront switching of glass panes for airy screens, prior to closing windows for suddenly foreboding air condition times.
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•April 3, 2024
Nation’s First Wind Farm Is Awash With Research; Bird Nests Are Untouchable … Though Crushable
Once it opened in December 2016, the five-turbine Block Island Wind Farm has become the most studied, researched and generally looked upon wind power array anywhere in the world. It is also the most…
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•March 21, 2024
Whale of a Use for AI: Commercial Fishermen Might Have No Choice
I’ve frequently been referencing artificial intelligence, knowing full well it is quickly altering the world for good … or possibly for bad.
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•March 18, 2024
Technical Side of Tadpole Bubbles Revealed in Filled Vernal Ponds; Scallops Dangerously Jumpy Amid Turbine Build
How about that weekend wind-whacking!? It blew me away, almost literally.
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•February 14, 2024
AI Goes Natural, Offering Quiet Ways to Watch Wildlife; Gig Economy Not New to the Island
Artificial intelligence is rushing to the wildlife conservation rescue. It’s especially showing in Ecuador, where scientists have set up advanced recording devices capable of gathering wildlife…
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•January 30, 2024
‘Hallucinate’ Within an Arriving Word-of-Year Flood; Looking for the Toothiest Critters on the Planet
Hey, Dictionary.com, after much word-usage analysis, has chosen “hallucinate” as its 2023 “word of the year.”
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•October 12, 2023
State Park Readies for Ørsted’s Cables; Planting Trees Outshines Planting Turbines
THERE AND NOW: As cable work for Ørsted’s Wind 1 commences at Island Beach State Park, the company held a two-hour, explanatory town meeting. Questions were fielded and answered by experts. Responses…
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•September 27, 2023
Free Surf Fishing Seminar Oct. 7 at Ship Bottom Firehouse
Novice and experienced anglers alike are encouraged to join “Bayside Dave” Etelman and Fisherman’s Headquarters’ Greg Cudnik at this year’s “opening day” surf fishing seminar – held annually at the…
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•September 21, 2023
Fruit Flies Tackle Closed-Head Traumatic Brain Injuries; It’s a Fine Time to Ponder Small Modular Reactors
Watching any football lately? For aficionados, there’s little doubt that the game has never been played at such brain-rattling levels. Now, coming to the rescue of players’ white matter comes … the…
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•September 6, 2023
Jersey Gator Makes a Sudden Showing; Ørsted in the Red and Rethinking Wind 1
The beach has shed its summer skin, accompanied by a changing of the beach guard. Overwhelming throngs have given way to a scattering of fervid postseason aficionados, especially anglers and…
