News
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•July 15, 2022
Causeway Bridge Jumper Safe; Stunt Ill-Advised
An unidentified individual who jumped into Barnegat Bay from the northwest bridge of the Causeway to Long Beach Island safely exited the water, according to what witnesses told a crew from Coast…
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•July 14, 2022
NJ Bay Islands Initiative Collective ‘Looks West’ From LBI
The group boarding a handful of boats in Beach Haven on the last day of June included members of, and other stakeholders connected to, the New Jersey Bay Islands Initiative. Established just a few…
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•July 14, 2022
For Sale: $13.9 Million Standout Loveladies Mansion With Ice Cream Parlor and More
Long Beach Island’s highest-valued property listing has been a showplace ever since passersby watched the Victorian estate rise from the oceanfront in Loveladies between 1997 and 1999.
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•July 14, 2022
Deceased Sand Tiger Shark Washes Up on Surf City Beach
Employees of the Surf City Public Works Department removed a deceased sand tiger shark from the Sixth Street beach in Surf City Sunday morning after law enforcement received permission from the N.J.…
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•July 14, 2022
Hunger Foundation of Southern Ocean Distributes $90,500 to Local Food Pantries
On Thursday morning, July 7, the Hunger Foundation Of Southern Ocean distributed checks totaling $90,500 to nine food pantries that serve the hungry of Southern Ocean County at a meeting at the…
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•July 14, 2022
Unexpected Lane Closure on Causeway Jams Traffic on LBI
A lane closure on the Causeway westbound that snarled outbound traffic on the three main arteries leaving the Island for a portion of Monday was due to unexpected maintenance on the bridge closest to…
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•July 13, 2022
Two Ship Bottom Liquor Licenses Renewed Following Call to Deny Both
The Ship Bottom Borough Council renewed two liquor licenses held by the owner of Hotel LBI following a somewhat lengthy discussion at its June meeting as a three-year legal proceeding over several…
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•July 13, 2022
Recreational Boat Safety Urged, Overall Incidents Decline in 2021
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Fifth District aided 55 people from 44 distress calls to its command centers over the four-day span of July 4th weekend, prompting a call for boaters to make preparedness and…
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•July 13, 2022
Longtime Headboat Captain Remembered
“A Barnegat Light icon” and “a wonderful guy” are some of the ways former headboat captain Charles L. Eble Jr. is being described after his June 23 death at age 66.
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•July 13, 2022
Committeeman Lauds Barnegat Crime Reduction Unit
As the Barnegat Township Committee’s liaison to the police department, Committeeman Joseph Marte often lauds officers when they do outstanding work. At the July 5 committee meeting, he singled out…
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•July 13, 2022
Gender Studies Get Rapped at Informational Meeting
Next month, the Barnegat Township Board of Education will be voting on how to implement newly developed New Jersey Student Learning Standards into its health and physical education programs.
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•July 13, 2022
Bear-ing Down on a Barnegat Summer Day
Barnegat Township-based social media pages were abuzz late last month with reports of a black bear sighting near the high school football field and other areas of town.
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•July 13, 2022
Stafford School Board Approves Eberle as Hoffman’s Successor as McKinley Principal
After three decades in the Stafford Township School District, Marge Hoffman is scheduled to retire on Aug. 1. During her long stint, she’s been a teacher, district supervisor, and for the past 15…
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•July 13, 2022
Upgrade Planned for Pinelands Commission Office
New Jersey’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget includes a $500,000 appropriation to refurbish, stabilize and maintain a historic 19th-century farmhouse that has long served as the office of the Pinelands…
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•July 13, 2022
Ocean Advocates Seek More Time to Review, Comment on Offshore Wind Impact Study
Calling a 45-day deadline to review and comment on a 1,400-page draft environmental impact statement for New Jersey’s first offshore wind project “unreasonable and unjust,” Clean Ocean Action is…
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•July 13, 2022
Water Boiling Advisory Draws Heat at Pinewood Estates
A group of residents of the Pinewood Estates mobile home community are asking Barnegat Township to step in and help notify them of emergencies, saying the development’s management has been remiss in…
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•July 13, 2022
Beach Haven Delays Decision on Parking Changes
A proposed measure to create a no-parking area at the end of West Avenue in Beach Haven while eliminating four public parking spaces to make room for the loading/unloading zone between the hours of 1…
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•July 13, 2022
Long Beach Township Plans for Infrastructure Work
The Long Beach Township Board of Commissioners introduced various bond ordinances at its July 11 meeting to plan for infrastructure work throughout the municipality. All the measures were approved…
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•July 10, 2022
Explore St. Francis Center Programs, Pools for All Ages at Open House July 10
At the St. Francis Community Center in Brant Beach, the 50th year is being observed by open houses to show everybody what’s there to take part in – whether they’re a year-rounder or visiting for a…
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•July 7, 2022
Ship Bottom Fire Co. Celebrates 100 Years of Service
Reaching a centennial anniversary is a fête, perhaps more so when it involves a volunteer fire company on a barrier island where the population swells for three months a year. With that in mind…
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•July 7, 2022
Ocean Mile Swim Falls Victim to Nesting Piping Plovers in Barnegat Light
The warning went out on June 11. Charadrius melodus ultimately delivered the death blow three weeks later. And so, the Barnegat Light Beach Patrol’s 13th Ocean Mile Swim will have to wait until next…
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•July 7, 2022
Join the ‘Plastic Free July’ Challenge
Alliance for a Living Ocean, the Long Beach Township Marine Field Station and Root Green Shoppe are among those taking part this month in “Plastic Free July” – and hoping to inspire others to join…
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•July 6, 2022
Surf City Structure Fire Under Investigation
The Ocean County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a fire that broke out in a trash bin at a Surf City home that is currently under construction.
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•July 6, 2022
Eventful June for Stafford Police
The Stafford Township Police Department has a lot to be proud of – always, and lately.
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•July 6, 2022
Ocean County COVID-19 Numbers Plateau
The Ocean County Health Department had reported 776 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county for the week of June 8 to 14. That was great news, considering there had been 1,230 new cases for the…
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•July 6, 2022
Holy Innocents’ Church Marks 140 Years Saturday
Of more than 7,000 parishes in the Episcopal Church, only 18 are named for The Holy Innocents of Bethlehem, making it fairly rare, and understandably so, given its gruesome meaning.
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•July 6, 2022
Greater Tuckerton Food Pantry Busier Than Ever
Everybody knows food prices have shot up in the past year. The average person likely isn’t very happy when they go to a supermarket and see the price of staples such as bread, eggs, milk and meat as…
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•July 6, 2022
Marlin Liquor License Renewed With Special Conditions
At its agenda meeting on June 30, the Beach Haven Borough Council approved the renewal of the liquor license for the Marlin Restaurant and Bar.
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•July 6, 2022
Near Drowning in Surf City Reminder It Can Happen Anywhere, Any Time
Water safety during the summer on Long Beach Island often focuses on rip currents, but a recent near drowning at a home in Surf City is another reminder of how quickly summer fun can turn dangerous…
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•July 6, 2022
Pinelands Preservation Alliance Seeks New Policy Director
Nonprofit Pinelands Preservation Alliance is currently searching for a new policy director to lead PPA’s work in monitoring and acting on significant development and regulatory issues arising within…
