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•June 29, 2022
Petitions for Beach Haven Council Election Available
Prospective candidates for the Beach Haven Borough Council election in November can pick up petitions in the borough clerk’s office located in the municipal building on Bay Avenue.
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•June 29, 2022
Barnegat Pre-K Gets High Mark From Grow NJ Kids
The Barnegat Township School District is celebrating a top tier rating of its pre-K program. The rating comes from Grow NJ Kids, a state-sponsored initiative to raise the quality of early learning…
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•June 29, 2022
Tuckerton Man Faces Seven Years for 2021 Shooting
Tuckerton’s Donald Rutter, 53, has pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated assault and stalking before Superior Court Judge Wendel E. Daniels.
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•June 28, 2022
Stafford to Increase Patrols at Parks; Wins Wellness Award
In response to the May 18 arrest of a 15-year-old for bringing his father’s loaded handgun and a knife to Ocean Acres Park, Stafford Township police will increase and improve monitoring at local…
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•June 26, 2022
Education, Alliances, Water Quality: An Interview With ALO’s New Director
Earlier this year, Alliance for A Living Ocean’s former executive director Kyle Gronostajski took a job as the new environmental director at the Jetty Rock Foundation and recommended local Brittany…
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•June 25, 2022
Anonymous Letter Riles Up Beach Haven Historic Preservation Advocates
Members of the Beach Haven Historic Preservation Advisory Commission are taking umbrage with an anonymous letter sent to them containing critical comments over a home renovation.
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•June 23, 2022
Blessing of the Fleet Honors Family, Community
Tradition and teamwork are separated by thousands of words in the dictionary but forever linked by the commercial fishing industry and its community. For more than four decades, they come together…
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•June 23, 2022
Road Work: New Sign of Summer Around LBI Region
All roads lead to Rome – unless the motorist is traveling the Route 72 corridor to Long Beach Island just west of Mill Creek Road in Stafford Township. Then, all roads to lead to construction and…
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•June 23, 2022
Baby Terrapins Released Into Wild After Winter of Scientific Study
Students at Frog Pond and George Mitchell elementary schools in Little Egg Harbor saw a winter’s worth of hard work realized as they released head-started terrapins back into the wild. The effort was…
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•June 23, 2022
Little Egg Harbor Gives Dredging Update
Little Egg Harbor Committeeman Ray Gormley gave a dredging update during the June 9 township committee meeting. Following the poll taken in April of Mystic Island Phase 2 dredging residents which saw…
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•June 22, 2022
Offshore Wind Milestone Opens Public Comment Period
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is expected this week to release the draft environmental impact statement for Ocean Wind 1, New Jersey’s first offshore wind project, to be built south of Long…
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•June 22, 2022
Daughters of the American Revolution Awards Southern Regional Seniors
On Tuesday, June 7, the Great John Mathis Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held its annual dinner at Calloways Restaurant and Bar to honor three students from Southern Regional…
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•June 22, 2022
CDC No Longer Considers Ocean County at a High Risk of COVID-19 Transmission
Knock on wood, but the “mini-wave” of COVID-19 appears to be ebbing in Ocean County.
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•June 22, 2022
Administrative Resignations and Hires Galore at Pinelands and LEH School Districts
A confusing game of musical chairs was played out at the Pinelands Regional and Little Egg Harbor school districts’ Board of Education meetings in June.
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•June 22, 2022
Stone Road Paving Proposed in Eagleswood
The Eagleswood Township Land Use Board began its monthly meeting of Tuesday, June 14 with an informal discussion with residents about paving Stone Road. Recently the road has been passable for mail…
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•June 22, 2022
Tuckerton Contracts Phase 1 Dredging; Drone Nuisance Plagues Neighborhood
During the June 20 Tuckerton Borough Council meeting, the council awarded a contract to the JPC Group Inc. for Phase 1 of the 2022 dredging of Tuckerton bay lagoons.
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•June 22, 2022
Long Beach Township Drinking Water Quality Reports Available Online
The latest drinking water quality reports for Long Beach Township, for the year 2021, are now available on the municipality’s website. Results are grouped into the following sections: Brant Beach…
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•June 22, 2022
After All They Endured, Southern Regional Seniors Take One More Bow at Graduation (Video)
Haley Skimmons glanced around the Southern Regional High School gymnasium, full of classmates about to celebrate perhaps the biggest moment of their lives to date, and took a deep breath before…
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•June 21, 2022
Fire Service Works to Contain Wharton State Forest Blaze
The N.J. Forest Fire Service and local fire departments are making progress fighting a wildfire in Wharton State Forest that has reached 13,500 acres in size, fueled by dry and windy conditions. As…
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•June 17, 2022
LBI Named Best Go-To in the State
TravelPulse has been checking the beat of destinations for 20 years, and in 2022, the source has named Long Beach Island as New Jersey’s best summer travel destination.
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•June 16, 2022
Beach Haven Angler Serves Up Manhattan Cup for Veterans and Conservation
The morning of June 3, fishing boats began pulling into the Liberty Landing Marina in Jersey City, readying for the day ahead. As the sun rose behind the massive buildings along the New York City…
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•June 16, 2022
Little Egg Unveils Plans for Skate Park
Plans for a skate park as well as $1.5 million in road work are in the works in Little Egg Harbor.
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•June 16, 2022
Surf City to Mark Independence Week With Fireworks Once Again
A town-sponsored fireworks display for Independence Day makes its return in Surf City after years of absence.
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•June 16, 2022
Within Recent Report, Southern Regional High School’s Ranking Simply Not What It Seems
Some may recall U.S. News & World Report recently published its annual high school rankings report and Southern Regional High School ranked last in Ocean County. Don’t believe it.
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•June 16, 2022
Senior Nutrition Site Reopens in Manahawkin
After a two-year closure due to the pandemic, the Community Café reopened to Ocean County seniors the first week of June. It’s located at the Ocean County Senior Nutrition Site at the Ocean County…
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•June 15, 2022
Barnegat Light Rules on Pools, Pickleball
Barnegat Light Borough Council passed ordinances at its June 8 meeting addressing pools and pickleball before the summer officially started.
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•June 15, 2022
Incumbent Prevails Handily in GOP Primary
Barnegat Township Committeeman Albert Bille easily outdistanced a Republican Party challenger in last week’s primary election, setting up a race in November against Democrat Charles Cunliffe, who was…
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•June 15, 2022
Tuckerton Fire Co. Officially Shut Down
After many months of compounding allegations against the Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co., Tuckerton Borough has ordered the department to temporarily suspend fire operations, as advised by a letter…
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•June 15, 2022
Borough Congratulates Twins for Eagle Scout Ranking
Achievement was honored at the June 8 meeting when Barnegat Light Borough Council awarded proclamations to twins Nathan James Brindley and Scott Timothy Brindley for attaining the Eagle Scout ranking…
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•June 15, 2022
Two Liquor Licenses on Hold in Beach Haven
The Beach Haven Borough Council will be holding a special meeting to finalize the liquor license renewal for Bird & Betty’s and the Marlin Restaurant and Bar.
