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•November 12, 2022
Beach Haven CAP Announces Holiday Activities
On Saturday, Dec. 3, Beach Haven Community Arts will hold a holiday program and tree lighting ceremony at 7 p.m. at the Long Beach Island Historical Association Museum in the borough.
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•November 11, 2022
Daring Inlet Rescue Earns Selfridge NJ’s EMT of the Year Award
The New Jersey EMT of the Year lives right here on Long Beach Island.
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November 11, 2022
School News: High School and Middle School Teachers Face Off in Basketball Benefit
Southern Regional High School teachers will take on Southern Regional Middle School teachers in a faculty basketball game on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Tickets are available at the door for $3 and the game…
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•November 10, 2022
Yes, It’s November
Whether morning, noon or night November’s seemingly second summer offers something for everyone. These photos, taken from tip to tip of LBI – the Wooden Jetty on the south end and Barnegat Lighthouse…
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•November 10, 2022
Lying Low: Ron Jon’s Plans Include Return to One-Story Building
More than two decades after the owners of “The Original” Ron Jon Surf Shop redefined the skyline of Ship Bottom with a three-story building fronting Central Avenue, they want to raze it and replace…
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•November 10, 2022
Republicans Remain in Control in County, Local Contests
Ocean County residents on Tuesday re-elected their sheriff and two incumbents on the Republican ticket for the Ocean County Board of Commissioners, while Republican incumbents in the 2nd and 4th…
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•November 10, 2022
Beach Haven Library Temporarily Closed
The Beach Haven Public Library, located at 247 North Beach Ave., is temporarily closed as the facility undergoes renovation and restoration.
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•November 10, 2022
KIL-NR Board President Wins Re-Election in Barnegat
In the Barnegat Township Board of Education race, board president Sean O’Brien, former board president Scott Sarno and newcomer Carol Geene won three-year terms Tuesday.
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•November 10, 2022
Lyons Holds Off Mangino to Retain Seat on Southern Regional School Board
The Southern Regional Board of Education is going to have one new face when it reorganizes on Jan. 4, but longtime board member Kevin Lyons’ seat is safe for another three years.
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•November 9, 2022
NJ School Ethics Commission Ruling Puts Spotlight on Little Egg Harbor Board of Ed
The Little Egg Harbor School District Board of Education may have repeatedly operated illegally, or at least unethically, much of the time since 2018.
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•November 9, 2022
New Program Shines Light on Services for Veterans
For many, the color green is associated with the action of going, moving or doing. Operation Green Light doesn’t change the action behind the color green, but it does require a slowing down of sorts…
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•November 9, 2022
NRC Eyes 2023 Decision on Oyster Creek Spent Nuclear Fuel
Holtec International, the Camden-based parent company of the shuttered Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, is expected to submit final safety review revisions to the Nuclear Regulatory…
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•November 9, 2022
Charlene Costaris Fondly Remembered
For decades, few people had as great a cultural and environmental impact in Barnegat Township as Charlene Costaris. The co-founder of the Barnegat Garden Club and once a longtime president of the…
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•November 9, 2022
Donate Pumpkins for Alpacas
Don’t let Halloween pumpkins go to waste. Wildflowers Too in Barnegat Light is a collection point for uncarved, unpainted pumpkins to be picked up for delivery to Out of Sight Alpacas in Waretown…
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•November 9, 2022
NJ’s New Website Features Resources to Help Prepare for Future Storms
In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, “it was clear New Jersey faced a long and difficult road to recovery,” the state Department of Environmental Protection writes on its new storm-centric webpage.…
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•November 9, 2022
Little Egg Harbor BOE Scrambling to Find New Attorney
The Little Egg Harbor School District Board of Education held a special meeting on Nov. 1. The reason was William S. Donio, a partner in the Atlantic City law firm Cooper Levenson and a longtime…
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•November 9, 2022
Final Police Community Forum Focuses on First Aid
The sixth and final Harvey Cedars Police Department Community Forum for the year will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 5 p.m. at borough hall.
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•November 5, 2022
Eighth Street Work in Ship Bottom Projected to Restart in Spring
Road work at the east end of Eighth Street in Ship Bottom is likely to resume in spring 2023, following the discovery of contaminated soil and groundwater earlier this year, state transportation…
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•November 4, 2022
John Kaszuba Lived to Build Up Southern Regional Community and Everybody in It
A few minutes before leaving his office amid the Southern News Network studio to head to the auditorium on June 17, 2021, for the last staff appreciation ceremony he’d have to attend, John Kaszuba…
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•November 3, 2022
Upgraded Helicopters Arrive at Coast Guard Air Station
The first upgraded MH-65E helicopter arrived at Coast Guard Station Atlantic City last month, taking the place of the MH-65D choppers deployed out of the U.S. Coast Guard’s largest MH-65 unit.
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•November 3, 2022
Stafford Community Garden Turns Over New Leaf
The Stafford Community Garden on West Bay Avenue is changing leadership this fall as “Farmer Dennis” Skaggs steps down – to spend more time in Florida and pursue more travel and other pleasures, he…
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•November 3, 2022
Carry-In, Carry-Out Beach Trash May Come to Surf City
One of the take-aways from a meeting between Surf City officials and representatives of Alliance for a Living Ocean last week is to develop a study of trash on beaches in select municipalities on the…
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•November 3, 2022
Beach Haven Puts Out Call for Summer Officers
For the Beach Haven Police Department, a big priority in the off-season is to hire summer law enforcement officers for the next season.
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•November 3, 2022
Police, Foundation ‘Let It Grow’ to Help Cancer Patients
If you see people sporting longer hair and extra chin growth this month, it’s all part of a “Let It Grow/No Shave November” initiative involving Long Beach Island police departments and David’s Dream…
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•November 2, 2022
Stafford Council Again Nixes New Representative Government Study
At the Oct. 25 Stafford Township Council meeting, Councilman Paul Krier revisited the issue he raised last month about Stafford’s form of government, currently Small Muncipality Plan A, designed for…
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•November 2, 2022
Order Your Holiday Beach Badge in Beach Haven
Beach Haven’s special holiday beach badges, designed by Reiley O’Donnell, a sixth-grade student at Beach Haven Elementary School, are now on sale.
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•November 2, 2022
Local Student Starts Drive to Help Veterans
With a family tradition of military service, Luke Pennisi of Manahawkin has always wanted to do something to help veterans.
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•November 2, 2022
Barnegat Board of Ed Approves New Health/PE Curriculum
Late last month, the Barnegat Township Board of Education approved an updated health and physical education curriculum as mandated by the N.J. Department of Education.
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•November 2, 2022
Two Bat Species Numbers in Rapid Decline, Says Conserve Wildlife Foundation
Biologists from the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey work to monitor the area’s bat population, which includes annual “mist netting” in the Pine Barrens to capture the bats and identify…
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•November 2, 2022
With REAL ID Appointments Backing Up It’s a Good Time to Get a Passport
This is a great time to obtain a U.S. passport, and taking advantage of the Ocean County Clerk’s Office Passport Services team’s assistance is a great way to do so. Take the U.S. Department of…
