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•August 18, 2022
Sound of Silence: No Amplified Afternoon Music Midweek in Surf City
In an effort to keep his customers and his neighbors happy, Matt Nichols was willing to purchase a commercial decibel reader to ensure amplified and live outdoor music coming from Northside Bar and…
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•August 18, 2022
Drought Watch Throughout New Jersey
For the first time since 2016, the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection has placed the state under a drought watch.
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•August 17, 2022
NJDOT Mum on Adequacy of New Causeway Storm Water System
Surf City Councilman Peter Hartney is calling out N.J. Department of Transportation officials for failing to address questions about the effectiveness of the new storm water system being built at the…
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•August 17, 2022
Tax-Free for 10 Days: School Supplies, Sports Gear, Some Computers
For the start of the school year, a 10-day state-tax-free reprieve on school supplies has been dropped in shoppers’ laps in New Jersey. What is less known is the law also includes a range of sports…
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•August 17, 2022
2022 Hurricane Season Forecasts Are Lowered But Not Much
It has been yet another summer of climate extremes in both the U.S. and across much of the world.
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•August 17, 2022
Building Rules Eyed to Comply With Flood Safety
Barnegat Light Borough Council introduced an ordinance revising “floodplain management regulations” pursuant to state law and federal flood insurance requirements at its monthly meeting Aug. 10.…
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•August 17, 2022
Starve Poverty Heads to Eastern Kentucky
A humanitarian organization based in Barnegat Township is heading out to eastern Kentucky to help families recover from the unprecedented flooding that ravaged their communities in late July.
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•August 17, 2022
Ocean County’s COVID-19 Numbers Rise as Murphy and CDC Lower Regulations, Recommendations
Last week the concern about the weekly number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ocean County was that a rather high base number could lead to a large jump after Labor Day weekend. Many of the waves…
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•August 17, 2022
Democrats Host Fundraiser for District 2 Candidate
The Democratic organizations of Barnegat and Lacey townships and Waretown are joining together for a fundraiser for District 2 Congressional candidate Tim Alexander on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2 to 5 p.m. in…
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•August 17, 2022
NJDEP Commissioner Delivers Climate Change Adaptation Remarks to Senate, Assembly
N.J. Commissioner of Environmental Protection Shawn M. LaTourette testified last week before a joint meeting of the Senate Environment and Energy Committee and the Assembly Environment and Solid…
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•August 17, 2022
Banner Plane Campaign One of Safety for All of New Jersey
Banner planes are as much a part of a beach day on Long Beach Island as sun, sand and sea. It’s the reason the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness opted to get the word out about…
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•August 17, 2022
COASTAL Aquaculture Project Awarded $961,227 in Funding
Local shellfish aquaculture is getting a boost. The Ocean County Soil Conservation District has announced that it, along with its diverse contingent of partners, was awarded $961,227 from the U.S.…
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•August 17, 2022
Little Egg Harbor Addresses Community Concerns, Looks Forward to Upcoming Events
The Little Egg Harbor Township Committee opened its Aug. 11 meeting by recognizing Purple Heart Recognition Day, which fell on Aug. 7.
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•August 13, 2022
Approach to Outdoor Dining Differs on LBI, Mostly Scaled Back
While the final numbers won’t be tallied for some time, the summer of 2022 on Long Beach Island, for many, certainly looks, feels and sounds like it did pre-pandemic. That includes limited outdoor…
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•August 12, 2022
Surprise: Southern Regional Will Have Contested Races for BOE Seats This Year
For the first time in many years, the Southern Regional Board of Education is going to have a contested race for several of its seats on Election Day.
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•August 11, 2022
Dramatic Rescue in Barnegat Inlet Saves Mother and Child
What rescuer Bob Selfridge said to the 4-year-old girl and her mother trapped in the submerging cabin of the capsized boat outside Barnegat Inlet was “OK, I’m here, let me get you out of here.”
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•August 11, 2022
Long Beach Township’s New Pickleball Courts Open
The brand-new pickleball courts in the Beach Haven Terrace section of Long Beach Township are now open for play. Hours for these courts, on the old M&M Steam Bar lot between Delaware Avenue and 34th…
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•August 11, 2022
LBI Gives Together at Spray Beach Yacht Club, Delivers More Than 100,000 Meals to Food Bank
At one end of the “Black Team” table, Allan Eaglesham, Jan O’Connell and Joy Power funneled dry macaroni into sealable pouches. On the other side, Leon Kanopka shoveled dozens of completed bags of…
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•August 10, 2022
Cost of Renovating/Replacing Pinelands Regional’s ‘Damn Dam’ Continues to Climb
Outgoing Pinelands Regional School District Business Administrator Nick Brown had some good news for the Pinelands Board of Education at its July meeting, the last of Brown’s tenure.
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•August 10, 2022
Northern Long-Eared Bats Prove Elusive in Pine Barrens Summer Surveys
While biologists from Conserve Wildlife Foundation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s New Jersey field office were able to capture a few northern long-eared bats during 2021’s surveys in the…
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•August 10, 2022
Five Candidates Will Fight for Three Seats on Little Egg Harbor School District BOE
There’s going to be a considerable change on the Little Egg Harbor Township Board of Education in 2023, no matter what candidates are elected.
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•August 10, 2022
State Budget Increases Operating Aid for OCC, Other NJ Community Colleges
There is good news for community colleges in the state budget, Ocean County College President Jon Larson noted in his latest report to the OCC Board of Trustees. The report, from July 28, followed a…
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•August 10, 2022
Beach Haven Officers, EMTs Receive Lifesaving Commendations
Four Beach Haven police officers and three first aid squad members were commended for their efforts after responding to an incident last month in which a man went into cardiac arrest.
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•August 10, 2022
Power Surge: Upgrades Strengthen Electric Reliability, Address Growing Demand
There’s been a lot of discussion surrounding electricity and how to generate more electric capacity going forward in a society so reliant on technology, including the growing market of electric cars.…
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•August 10, 2022
Barnegat Referendum Focuses on Political Signs
In recent years, Barnegat Township officials have discussed what to do about the proliferation of political signs on public property. They are now going to leave that decision to the voters as the…
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•August 10, 2022
Feds Extend Ocean Wind 1 Environmental Impact Comment Period
Even as the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has extended the public comment period on the draft environmental impact statement for New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm, a Long Beach Island…
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•August 10, 2022
New COVID-19 Case Counts Remain Stubbornly High in Ocean County
The virus that causes COVID-19 has proven to be one adaptive creature, thanks to mutation. It has stubbornly resisted vaccines and natural immunity, and although the virus isn’t making headlines as…
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•August 10, 2022
State Organization Honors LBI Garden Club
The Garden Club of Long Beach Island has received two state awards from the Garden Club of New Jersey.
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•August 10, 2022
Harvey Cedars Launches Sneaker Collection Drive
An estimated 200 million pair of used shoes and sneakers go into landfills every year, yet every single one of them can be recycled and the majority of them can be used again by people in need.
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•August 9, 2022
Stafford Township Eyes Independent Agency to Fulfill Animal Control Services Through End of Year
Following the resignations of Stafford Township’s two animal control officers during the past month, the municipality is taking action to ensure services don’t lapse, said Mayor Gregory Myhre.
