News
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•March 22, 2023
Pinelands Regional Budget Forecasts Savings in Bass River and Eagleswood
The tentative 2023-24 school year budget was announced at the March 20 meeting of the Pinelands Regional Board of Education. Taxpayers should be pretty happy, excepting residents of Little Egg Harbor…
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•March 22, 2023
New Democratic Organization Ramping Up Efforts
The newly formed Democratic Coalition of Ocean County recently held a St. Patrick’s Day-themed fundraiser at Lighthouse Tavern in Waretown.
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•March 22, 2023
Barnegat GOP Incumbents Look to Run Again
Barnegat Township Committeemen Alfonso Cirulli and Joseph Marte recently filed for re-election on the Republican ticket.
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•March 22, 2023
Construction Noise Ordinance Tightened in Harvey Cedars
An ordinance changing the start time for construction from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. from March through October was adopted by the Harvey Cedars Board of Commissioners Monday, six months after a change to 8…
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•March 22, 2023
New Jersey to Receive $3 Million for Innovative Climate Projects
Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the availability of the first funds – for states, local governments, Tribes and territories – from the Climate Pollution…
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•March 22, 2023
Surf City Fire and EMS Equipment Back in Service
The Surf City Volunteer Fire Co. and EMS vehicles are back in service after nearly three months of deep cleaning following a fire at its headquarters late last year, fire officials said earlier this…
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•March 22, 2023
Ocean Acres Students Deliver in Mighty Way for Heart Association
Through the Kids Heart Challenge in 2020, right before COVID-19 forced all schools in New Jersey to close their doors for a few months, the Ocean Acres Elementary School raised just under $27,300 for…
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•March 19, 2023
Ship Bottom Approves Water Plan Ahead of Eighth Street Road Work Resuming
The Ship Bottom Borough Council last month approved the authorization of a treatment plan so the final phase of the Causeway project on Eighth Street can resume after it was halted last summer.
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•March 18, 2023
Barnegat Native Makes Strides in the Navy
Chief Petty Officer Patrick Thompson, a native of Barnegat Township, serves the U.S. Navy at Assault Craft Unit One, operating out of San Diego, Calif.
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•March 17, 2023
More Pickleball Courts a No-Go for Summer in Beach Haven
Should the Beach Haven Borough Council ever approve additional pickleball courts at the Nelson Avenue park, they won’t be up and running this summer.
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•March 16, 2023
Kayaks, Watercraft Would Need Stickers to Stay on Bay Beaches in Barnegat Light
Kayaks and other personal watercraft would have to be registered at a fee every year in Barnegat Light before they can be left beached at bayfront areas, under an ordinance introduced at the monthly…
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•March 16, 2023
DiAnne Gove Will Say Goodbye to Assembly, But Not to Helping Others
In the days since Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove learned she wouldn’t be named to the ticket to contend for another term representing the 9th District – a decision finalized at the Ocean County GOP’s…
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•March 16, 2023
Southern Regional Graduate, Princeton Student Arrested and Charged for Participation in Capitol Riot
More than two years since the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, a 2019 Southern Regional High School graduate and Princeton University student has been arrested and charged with several felony…
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•March 16, 2023
Advocates in Stockton Webinar Say Cannabis Tourism May Become Burgeoning Industry
There are plenty of options when people consider a vacation.
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•March 16, 2023
In First Year of Competition, Stafford Intermediate Esports Squad Advances to Winter Tourney Semifinals
Adults who played popular video games during the 1980s and 1990s may remember some of the iconic characters they used to accomplish the objectives. Pac-Man, Mario, Zelda, Sonic – they were the ones…
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•March 16, 2023
New Ship Bottom Municipal Complex on Target for Late May Completion Date
If everything stays on target, borough employees could begin moving into the new municipal complex, being built in front of the existing structure between 16th and 17th streets on the Boulevard…
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•March 16, 2023
Southern Regional Approves New JROTC Instructor for 2023-24
While many school districts throughout New Jersey are going to be forced into a position to cut staff and programs due to state aid losses, the Southern Regional School District is in no such…
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•March 15, 2023
Tuckerton Forms Committee to Study Recreational Cannabis
On March 6, recreational cannabis dominated a large part of public forum for Tuckerton borough’s third consecutive council meeting.
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•March 15, 2023
Tuckerton Works to Secure Funding for Lanyard Lagoon Project
During Tuckerton borough’s March 6 council meeting, Councilman Brian Martin gave an update on Lanyard Lagoon.
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•March 15, 2023
Barnegat Township Budget at $33.1 Million
Last week, the Barnegat Township Committee introduced a municipal budget of $33,139,000, an increase of nearly $3 million from the 2022 spending outlay.
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•March 15, 2023
Proposed Setback Tightening Is Tabled in Barnegat Light
Insistent concerns about a proposed zoning ordinance on new setbacks for multifamily dwellings left the matter tabled during the March borough council meeting in Barnegat Light. Not introduced was a…
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•March 15, 2023
Barnegat Mayor Touts New Super Wawa
People in Barnegat Township who have complained about the traffic congestion by the Super Wawa on West Bay Avenue just got some good news.
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•March 15, 2023
Questions Remain But Stafford Schools Brace for Aftermath of State Aid Smash
The battle rages on. That’s kind of the way Stafford Township School District Superintendent George Chidiac framed it March 13 at the district’s board of education meeting.
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•March 15, 2023
Preseason Badges Available in Beach Haven
Beach Haven borough has announced 2023 seasonal beach badges at the preseason rate of $30 are now on sale.
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•March 15, 2023
Some ACE Customers Experience Cybersecurity Breach
About 6,000 Atlantic City Electric customer accounts were compromised recently when an unidentified party was able to link to their online accounts, the company confirmed last week.
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•March 15, 2023
Queen City East/West Ordinance Adopted
An ordinance adopted by the Beach Haven Borough Council on March 13 approves a redevelopment plan for a proposed Queen City East/Queen City West project along Bay Avenue.
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•March 15, 2023
Stafford Mayor Proclaims March for Meals Month
This month is the 21st annual March for Meals Month, for which Heather deJong, relations specialist with Meals on Wheels of Ocean County, accepted a proclamation from Stafford Township Mayor Greg…
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•March 15, 2023
Barnegat: Put a Hold on Offshore Wind Energy Development
Barnegat Township has joined numerous other municipalities in adopting a resolution calling for an “immediate moratorium on offshore wind development” pending a thorough investigation into the…
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•March 15, 2023
Barnegat Officer Receives Sergeant’s Badge
At a recent Barnegat Township Committee meeting, Mayor Pasquale “Pat” Pipi swore in Richard Boyle as he was promoted from patrolman to sergeant.
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•March 15, 2023
Barnegat Police Sergeant Graduates From Leadership Academy
Barnegat Police Chief Keith Germain has announced that Sgt. George Martin has graduated from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police Command and Leadership Academy.
