News
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•January 24, 2023
Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Files Motion to Revoke Pre-Trial Release of Animal Hoarders
The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office has filed motions to revoke the pre-trial release of Aimee Lonczak, 49, and Michele Nycz, 58, who were arrested in December after 135 dogs and 44 cats were…
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•January 23, 2023
LBI Branch Library Closed for New Heating System
The Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City is closed as it is having a new heating system installed.
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•January 23, 2023
Top 20 News Stories of the Year, Part I: Dramatic Rescues of Both People and Animals Made SandPaper Headlines in 2022
There’s no doubt that 2022 was a busy year for news at all levels, internationally thanks in large part to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and nationally mostly owing to our sharply divided politics.
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•January 20, 2023
Harvey Cedars Bible Conference Mourns Loss of the Rev. Al Oldham
The former longtime director of the Harvey Cedars Bible Conference, the Rev. Al Oldham, passed away in the early morning hours of Jan. 17 at the age of 95. At the time of his death, he was a resident…
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•January 20, 2023
Offshore Wind Advocates Challenge Theories on Recent Whale Deaths
Opponents and proponents of offshore wind farm development off the coast of New Jersey agree on just two things: the deaths of seven endangered whales in a recent 38-day span are tragic and must be…
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•January 20, 2023
School Districts in Stafford Have No Desire to Bring Back Mask Mandate
Right before Christmas, several New Jersey school districts reinstated mask mandates in an effort to control the spread of influenza, COVID-19 and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) amid rising case…
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January 20, 2023
School News: Southern Community Scores Awards, Achievements
Liam Barker, an eighth grade student at Southern Regional Middle School, won the Lightning Team’s 2022-2023 Geography Bee. Students in five classes competed using the format from National Geographic…
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•January 20, 2023
Sarah Neil Is Garden Club Scholarship Winner
Southern Regional High School graduate Sarah Neil has been named the Garden Club of LBI’s scholarship recipient for 2022. She is beginning her spring semester at the College of New Jersey, majoring…
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•January 19, 2023
Ron Jon Surf Shop Seeks Variances to Return to One-Story – Albeit Sprawling – Building
An application to completely rebuild the Ron Jon Surf Shop in Ship Bottom is expected to be heard by the Ship Bottom Land Use Board at its Feb. 15 meeting. It was removed from the Jan. 18 agenda…
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•January 19, 2023
LBTPD Arrests Manahawkin Woman for Theft, Forgery
In December 2022, the Long Beach Township Police Department was contacted by a local business to investigate an alleged theft of funds. Following the investigation, the department charged Dona…
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•January 19, 2023
Homeowners Celebrate as Party Venues Banned in Residential Zones
Ship Bottom officials ended 2022 with a series of comments of appreciation from homeowners for putting the seaside borough and its residents first by taking swift action to ban party rental…
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•January 19, 2023
MLK Day Event Highlights Volunteer Opportunities
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is more than a holiday to honor the civil rights icon. It is also a National Day of Service, stressing ways people can make meaningful change in their communities.
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•January 19, 2023
New Year, Same Trash Collector in Ship Bottom
While the Ship Bottom Borough Council awarded a three-year contract to Suburban Disposal for trash collection, residents can look forward to improvements from the company that served the community on…
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•January 18, 2023
Micro:bits Programming and Coding Fun at Long Beach Island Grade School
Tiny multifunctional computers are the focus of a new enrichment class and afterschool club for students at the the Long Beach Island Grade School, in Ship Bottom. Micro:bits – which are about the…
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•January 18, 2023
AtlantiCare’s Tuckerton Urgent Care Center to Reopen Early Summer
AtlantiCare plans to reopen its Tuckerton urgent care center, which is temporarily closed, “in early summer,” said a press release issued Jan. 16.
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•January 18, 2023
Director Vicari Writes to President Biden Requesting More Aid for County Programs
Newly appointed Director of the Ocean County Board of Commissioners Joseph H. Vicari has hit the ground running. Less than 24 hours after being sworn in as 2023’s director of the board, he penned a…
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•January 18, 2023
Anna Grimste to Become Harvey Cedars Borough Clerk in May
Beginning May 1, Anna Grimste will be taking over as Harvey Cedars borough clerk. The borough commission recently appointed her to the position, replacing Daina Dale, whose retirement goes into…
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•January 18, 2023
Van Drew Eager to Make His Mark in 118th Congress
Jeff Van Drew, who now, after redistricting, represents all of Southern Ocean County as part of his 2nd N.J. Congressional District, has released a statement laying out his priorities for the 118th…
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•January 18, 2023
O’Brien, Levy Keep Barnegat BOE Leadership Posts
At the recent reorganization meeting, Sean O’Brien and Bonnie Levy were re-elected president and vice president, respectively, of the Barnegat Township Board of Education.
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•January 18, 2023
Markoski Arrives on Southern Regional School Board
A new member of the Southern Regional Board of Education has jumped aboard the train while one has hopped off and a former member soon will return to help steer.
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•January 17, 2023
Scientists Undertake Subaqueous Soil Survey in Great Bay, Mullica River
Near the end of last year, Ocean County Soil Conservation District staff members Kristin Adams and Rachel Hammack partnered with David Steinmann and Adam DeWolf, from the U.S. Department of…
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•January 16, 2023
Rebuild Underway at Surf City Firehouse Following December Blaze
Although there is no definitive timeline to bring utilities at the Surf City Firehouse back online, the building has been cleaned and members have begun the process of rebuilding following a…
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•January 14, 2023
Proponents: Low-Speed Vehicles, Traffic Safety Not Mutually Exclusive
Away from the high-traffic, road-work laden streets at the entrance to Long Beach Island, seven lanes of traffic separate the bayfront from the oceanfront in Ship Bottom. And those lanes are just on…
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•January 13, 2023
Seacrest Celebrates Its Centenarians
While the rest of the world marches into the new year, Seacrest Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Little Egg Harbor took a pause to recognize not just one, but two centenarians among its…
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•January 12, 2023
Advocacy Groups Demand Transparent Investigation Into Deaths of Six Endangered Whales
Calling the deaths of six endangered whales that have washed up in 33 days on the beaches of New Jersey and New York “alarming and environmentally harmful,” local, state and regional ocean advocacy…
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•January 12, 2023
New Year, New Leash on Life for Hoarded Animals
As animal cruelty and child endangerment charges begin to be heard in Superior Court this week, hoarded dogs and cats from a Brick Township home have become available for adoption at Ocean County…
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•January 12, 2023
Recycle Christmas Trees at Ocean County Parks
Ocean County is encouraging those still cleaning up after the holidays to recycle their Christmas trees as part of a long-running program. Most of the trees are ground into wood chips and used for…
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•January 12, 2023
Vietnam Native Joins Museum Foundation Board
Thy Cavagnaro, a Barnegat Township resident who with her husband, Jimmy, established “Thanking Vietnam Veterans, has accepted an invitation to be the newest board member of the New Jersey Vietnam…
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•January 12, 2023
Newcomers Take Seats Among Incumbents on Stafford School Board
During the summer months, the Stafford Township Police Department was involved in several drills within the schools, including an active shooter drill with the Stafford Township School District. As…
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•January 12, 2023
Tuckerton Reorganizes, Sets Tone for 2023
Tuckerton borough held its reorganization meeting at noon on Jan. 1 just following the swearing in of Mayor Susan Marshall, who was surrounded by her grandchildren. The swearing in of Councilman Sam…
