News
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•June 15, 2022
Summer Road Work Schedule Tested as Season Kicks In
For months, the blinking arrow pointing motorists away from the left lane approaching the base of the Causeway in Stafford Township was nothing more than confusion for drivers who, upon getting close…
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•June 15, 2022
Strong Local Relationships Build Safe Communities
The harsh reality of crime surges, terrorism and war needs no invitation to everyday life as society is inundated with social media images from around the world every minute on the minute. Even so…
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•June 15, 2022
Island Library Friends Announce Scholarship Recipients
The Friends of the Island Library group has awarded two $1,000 scholarships to local residents in recognition of past achievements and in support of future academic goals.
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•June 15, 2022
Eagle Chicks Fledging Throughout New Jersey
This year’s bald eagle nesting season in New Jersey has begun to wind down “as chicks take their first flights and steps to independence,” said Conserve Wildlife Foundation biologist Larissa Smith.…
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•June 15, 2022
LBT Man Sentenced to Prison for Throwing Explosive at Police During 2020 Pittsburgh Protest
Nicholas Lucia, 27, of Long Beach Township has been sentenced in federal court to two years of incarceration, followed by three years of supervised release, on a conviction of obstruction of law…
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•June 15, 2022
Vote Now to Crown the Best Beaches in New Jersey
June is speeding toward July, which means it’s time to cast votes for the best beaches in the state. New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium’s 2022 Favorite Beaches Poll lets residents and visitors choose…
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•June 15, 2022
Medical Services for LGBTQ+ Theme of Virtual Talk
With June serving as Pride Month, the Ocean County Library will offer a program on medical services and support groups that serve those in New Jersey’s LGBTQA+ community. A virtual program, “Be…
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•June 15, 2022
Beach Haven Firehouse Gets Extension for Improvements
An ordinance introduced by the Beach Haven Borough Council on Monday, June 13, extends a reversion clause with the volunteer fire company.
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•June 15, 2022
Brooding About Mosquitoes: Perennial Pests Prepare to Hatch
Like it or not, June means it’s officially skeeter season.
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•June 15, 2022
Books Available for Taking, Sharing Outside Stafford School Buildings
Olivia Abbott is a vegetarian. Ivy Vega is a vampire. Somehow, they’re twins. At least, that’s how they’re depicted in the second book of Sienna Mercer’s “My Sister the Vampire” series. However…
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•June 14, 2022
Another Southern Regional Student Charged With Terroristic Threats
An 18-year-old Southern Regional High School student was arrested and charged with making terroristic threats and will not be permitted to return to school, Stafford Township police reported in a…
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•June 13, 2022
Long Beach Township Solidifies Pickleball, Tennis Courts Badge Fee
The costs for passes to utilize tennis and pickleball courts in Long Beach Township have been set following the board of commissioners’ adoption of an ordinance at its meeting this past Monday, June…
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•June 9, 2022
Coast Guard Tows Fishing Vessel After Boat Fire
A crew from Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light towed the commercial fishing vessel Morning Star after it caught fire 3 nautical miles southeast of Barnegat Inlet during the early hours of June 1. At…
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•June 9, 2022
Demolition Begins on Surf City Square
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•June 9, 2022
Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co. Ordered to Cease Operations
Tuckerton borough has ordered the Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co. to temporarily suspend fire operations.
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•June 9, 2022
Ship Bottom Reaches Agreement on Dune Cutting Case
More than two years after first appearing on the Ship Bottom Municipal Court docket, borough officials approved a settlement agreement in the case of dune clear-cutting at a new oceanfront…
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•June 8, 2022
New Research, Training Courses Boost Endangered Species Protection
To bolster its monitoring and mitigation efforts relating to the North Atlantic right whale and other marine wildlife, New Jersey’s first offshore wind development and Stockton University are…
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•June 8, 2022
FOX Finds Friends at the Dynasty Diner
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•June 8, 2022
State’s Number of New COVID-19 Cases Leveling Off But Not Ocean County’s
COVID-19 is proving to be like friends or relatives who visit you at your beach house in the summer for a few days and end up staying a few weeks. It just won’t go away.
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•June 8, 2022
Beach Haven School Lauded for Community Outreach
The sixth-grade community outreach program at the Beach Haven Elementary School has been selected by Character.org for a 2022 Promising Practice Award.
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•June 8, 2022
NJ to Fund Water Quality Improvement Projects
New Jersey recently took a significant step forward with the Department of Environmental Protection’s release of final “Intended Use Plans,” which include billions of dollars of requests for…
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•June 8, 2022
Environmental Impact of Federal Irradiated Fuel Facility Expected Soon
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is expected to release the final environmental impact statement of an independent spent fuel repository in southeast New Mexico, proposed by the parent company…
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•June 8, 2022
Nature Lovers Gather at Rain Barrel Workshop
Save Barnegat Bay hosted its largest-ever rain barrel workshop on Friday of Memorial Day weekend in Stafford Township, with over 50 participants who had signed up to make and take home their own rain…
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•June 8, 2022
GOP Incumbents Easily Beat Back Challengers in Ocean County Primary Elections
It had been reported that incumbent Ocean County Commissioners Jack Kelly and Virginia Haines were facing a strong challenge from two outsiders in Tuesday’s Republican primary.
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•June 8, 2022
Paths to Stafford Schools Will Get More Walkable, Bikeable
To promote more physical activity in the community, Stafford Township will soon see improved pedestrian and bike routes around McKinley Avenue school facilities thanks to a grant for almost $1…
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•June 8, 2022
Southern Regional Middle School Penny Wars Delivers, Scholarship Program Reaches New Height
Years ago, Southern Regional Middle School developed a cool way to raise money for David’s Dream and Believe Cancer Foundation. It’s called Penny Wars, and the concept is quite fascinating and fun.
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•June 7, 2022
Barnegat Historical Society in Need of New Members
With only a handful of members, the Barnegat Township Historical Society is in danger of disbanding if it does not recruit some new blood.
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•June 2, 2022
Divided Sides in Ship Bottom Pickleball Debate
The growing popularity of pickleball has netted a split in Ship Bottom, where a new recreation fee prompted a request for the improvement of existing courts and a reminder that officials promised the…
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•June 2, 2022
Stafford Designates Diamondback Terrapin Official Town Reptile
Given Stafford Township is partly a tidal marsh ecosystem on the bay, the title of official reptile befits the diamondback terrapin, a keystone species and the subject of decades of study and…
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•June 2, 2022
Supporting and Opposing Forces Line Up in Legal Challenge to Offshore Wind Farms
While the federal government filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit initiated earlier this year by an LBI grassroots organization for what it calls a failure to comply with national environmental laws…
