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•June 15, 2026
ICE Agent Injured During Attempted Apprehension in Stafford Township
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was injured this morning, June 15, during an apprehension attempt on Route 72 near Mermaid Drive in Stafford Township, according to police.
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•June 15, 2026
Seal Found in Beach Haven Gardens in February Returns to Ocean
Following four months of recovery at the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, a harbor seal found in the Beach Haven Gardens section of Long Beach Township on Feb. 11 is now back home in the…
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•June 14, 2026
Restaurant Set for Corner of Route 539, Frog Pond Road
A new 12,000-square-foot restaurant and bar is slated for the corner of Route 539 and Frog Pond Road in Little Egg Harbor, after the planning board approved the proposal at its June 4 meeting.
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•June 13, 2026
More Fishing, Music, Family Time All Part of Haldenwang’s Retirement Plan
James Haldenwang loves to fish and can’t get enough of being out amongst nature.
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•June 13, 2026
Stafford Police Officers Help Carry ’Flame of Hope’ During Torch Run
It’s a tradition 43 years strong, and on June 5 members of the Stafford Township Police Department proudly participated in the annual New Jersey Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics…
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•June 12, 2026
Salt Shack Approval Serves Up Concessions
After roughly six hours of testimony over two meetings weeks apart and concessions by the applicant, the Ship Bottom Land Use Board unanimously approved revised plans to bring bayside dining and…
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•June 11, 2026
Good Samaritan Recalls Rip Current Rescue
Eighteen-year-old Ryan Aldrich sat on a Ship Bottom beach last Friday afternoon, June 5, drying off after coming out of the ocean about 20 minutes earlier, when a friend’s sharp whistle cut through…
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•June 11, 2026
Beach Haven Plans Grand Opening at All-Inclusive Playground
Beach Haven’s new all-inclusive playground at Nelson Avenue Park is officially completed, transforming an aging playground into a state-of-the-art space where children and adults of all abilities can…
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•June 11, 2026
Van Drew Predicts Breeze Airlines Will Have More Flights Out of ACY Than Spirit
Congressman Jeff Van Drew says Breeze Airlines is going to fill the shoes of Spirit Airlines at Atlantic City International Airport.
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•June 10, 2026
Authorities Warn Staffing Mandate Could Cripple Emergency Response
Companion bills under consideration in Trenton would finally designate emergency medical services as essential statewide. Yet as written, the bills threaten to bench volunteer rescue squads and could…
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•June 10, 2026
Pride Festival Grows in Barnegat
Barnegat Pride’s second annual Pride Festival drew approximately 1,500 on Saturday, June 6 at the Birdsall Street field.
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•June 10, 2026
New Jersey Joins High-Voltage Battle Over Wind Settlement Payouts
Calling it a politically charged blow to the state’s electricity future, New Jersey’s top law officer accused the federal administration of short-circuiting clean-energy projects and redirecting…
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•June 10, 2026
Sen. Amato Introduces Bill to Fully Fund Schools, Prohibit Cap
Sen. Carmen Amato Jr. (R-Ocean) plans to introduce legislation to ensure school districts receive the full amount of state aid they are calculated to qualify for under New Jersey’s school funding…
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•June 10, 2026
Beach Haven Accepts Pavilion Donation
A resolution adopted by the Beach Haven Borough Council Monday night, June 8, accepts the Friends of Beach Haven donation of a new pavilion in Veterans Park upon completion.
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•June 10, 2026
Reynolds Foundation Event Raises Over $60,000 for Community Causes
Amid the greenery of the Farm on Main, glowing in the evening sun, hundreds of community members, business owners and friends of the Reynolds Family Foundation dressed in their Kentucky Derby best…
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•June 10, 2026
Barnegat Man Sentenced in Double Murder
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on June 5, Michael Mulgrew, 37, of Barnegat was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan to 30 years in New Jersey State Prison – with…
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•June 10, 2026
LBI Historical Museum Marks Half-Century of Island Preservation
A whale skeleton. A “Jaws” poster. A sneakbox loaded with hand-carved decoys. Original Tuckerton Railroad tickets behind glass. A dugout canoe found on a Beach Haven jetty in 2006, carbon-dated to…
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•June 6, 2026
Rip Current Claims Forked River Man’s Life
A 28-year-old Forked River man died and three others survived when they got caught in a rip current Friday afternoon off the Ship Bottom beach.
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•June 5, 2026
Pinelands Regional Ecology Classes Highlighted at Board of Education Meeting
Plenty of controversy remains at the Pinelands Regional School District, what with the paid suspensions of Superintendent of Schools Melissa McCooley and Business Administrator Amanda Miller, plus…
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•June 5, 2026
Harvey Cedars Beaches Beef Up Evening Patrols
When the beach season officially starts on Saturday, June 20, the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol is expanding after-hours coverage.
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•June 4, 2026
BESS Project on Beach Haven Taxpayers Group Agenda
The controversial Battery Energy Storage System, or BESS, will be a topic of discussion at a public meeting of the Beach Haven Taxpayers Association on Saturday, June 6 at 9 a.m. at the Beach Haven…
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•June 4, 2026
Island Community Rallies Around Wally’s After Fire
Following a late-night fire May 30 that forced Wally’s in Surf City to shutter for about six weeks for repairs, the community returned the care the restaurant has always shown as neighbors stopped by…
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•June 4, 2026
Mancini: NJREAL Pause Not Real Win for Waterfront Communities
In a striking retreat, state environmental officials last month announced a temporary reprieve from a contentious coastal-resiliency rule that would require many waterfront property owners and…
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•June 4, 2026
Ship Bottom Balances Growth as DOT Traffic Changes Jam Island Flow
A proposed bayfront bar and restaurant in Ship Bottom is the latest flashpoint exposing flaws in a two-decade-old state-sanctioned traffic study that drove the multi-year Causeway improvement…
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•June 3, 2026
Revaluation Process Under Way in Harvey Cedars
On Saturday morning, May 30, 120 Harvey Cedars residents met at the High Point firehouse to hear a presentation detailing the ongoing borough-wide revaluation program.
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•June 3, 2026
Land Use Board Issues Approvals for Well-Known Sites in Long Beach Township
The Long Beach Township Land Use Board doled out a number of application approvals at its May meeting, including for well-known locations such as the Brant Beach Yacht Club; Island Surf and Sail…
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•June 3, 2026
Barnegat Police Officers File Federal Complaint Against the Department
Citing sexual harassment and gender discrimination among other complaints, two female Barnegat Township police officers recently filed a 35-page federal lawsuit. According to the complaint, the…
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•June 3, 2026
County Awarded Matching Tourism Grants to Many Southern Ocean County Nonprofits
The Ocean County Board of Commissioners and the Tourism Business Advisory Council have awarded $95,540 in tourism grants to 13 nonprofit organizations as well as one municipality to support events…
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•June 3, 2026
Huelsenbeck Loses, Dupuis Wins in Local Mayoral Races
There were only two local contested primary races in Southern Ocean County this year, both on the Republican side.
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•June 1, 2026
Neighbors Raise Trifecta of Summer Concerns as Salt Shack Decision Looms
Anchored along the bay, just north of the Causeway in Ship Bottom, lies a quiet residential neighborhood of mostly year-round homes – its calmness surprisingly audible even with the sole exit from…
