News
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•May 25, 2022
Assemblyman Rumpf Calls for Faster Processing of Unemployment Claims
During a recent hearing of the state Assembly Budget Committee – to which the Commissioner of the N.J. Department of Labor and Workforce Development was invited to respond to legislators’ questions –…
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•May 25, 2022
Tuckerton Fire Company Issued Fine for Repeat Violation
The Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co. has been under metaphorical fire for the past six months, after a number of members resigned. Ann Marie Sweeney of South Green Street has been the main spokeswoman…
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•May 23, 2022
Club Gives Flower Baskets to Cheer Up Homebound
Here’s a way to cheer someone up on a nice spring day: The Garden Club of Long Beach Island recently delivered baskets of May flowers to local residents who are confined to home.
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•May 20, 2022
LBI Preps for Unofficial Start of Summer
It’s that time of year on Long Beach Island when the busy season of preparation readies itself for the finishing touches ahead of the unofficial start of summer, despite the weather forecast being…
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•May 19, 2022
Beach-Nesting Bird Monitoring Underway at Forsythe Refuge in Holgate
Over the past eight years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has contracted the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey to provide monitoring of beach-nesting birds at the Edwin B. Forsythe…
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•May 19, 2022
Assessed Values Going Up With Teardowns on LBI
As municipal budgets are prepared and introduced this time of year, aggregate assessed value of residential properties comes into play. Across the board, these values are going up on Long Beach…
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•May 19, 2022
Stafford Adopts Historic Preservation Ordinance
The victory for historic preservation in Stafford Township was hard won.
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•May 19, 2022
Ship Bottom Eyes Stronger Penalties for Outdoor Hardscape Practices
The Ship Bottom Borough Council is considering a measure that, if approved, will set and clarify violations and penalties for the cutting of pavers, bricks, concrete and fiberglass, and power washing…
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•May 18, 2022
Police Increase Presence on Accident-Prone Roads
With the unofficial start of summer a little more than a week away, all roads, so it seems, lead to the Long Beach Island region and other coastal communities in Ocean County. The result isn’t just…
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•May 18, 2022
Barnegat Light Budget Keeps Hike to Half-Cent
Audience members thanked the Barnegat Light Borough Council at its monthly meeting for holding the municipal tax rate hike to half a cent amid inflation.
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•May 18, 2022
REAL ID Effective May 2023, Required for Domestic Flights
Effective May 3, 2023 those without a valid passport or other federally approved form of identification must have a REAL ID compliant driver license/non-driver identification in order to fly within…
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•May 18, 2022
Federal Funds Available for Eligible Nonprofit Groups
Qualified nonprofit organizations in New Jersey at the highest risk of terror attacks can apply for a U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant. The New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and…
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•May 18, 2022
Barnegat Schools Honor VFW Post With Breakfast
The Barnegat Township School District marked Military Appreciation Month by honoring members of the Barnegat Veterans of Foreign Wars Post with a special breakfast on May 6 at the high school…
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•May 18, 2022
Tuckerton Approves 2022 Budget, Discusses Possibility of Marijuana Sales
At the May 16 Tuckerton Borough Council meeting, a unanimous decision was made by council to approve the 2022 municipal budget. The floor was opened for questions from the public. One Tuckerton…
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•May 18, 2022
Committee Advances 9th District’s Sandy Victim Clawback Bill
The N.J. Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee has advanced legislation S-1700 – introduced by Sen. Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove of the…
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•May 18, 2022
Barnegat Bay Partnership Releases State of the Bay Report
Every five years, the Barnegat Bay Partnership, a national estuary program, releases a State of the Bay report, prepared using data from recent and ongoing research to assess the current…
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•May 18, 2022
Little Egg Harbor Submits Budget; Speeding Still Dangerous on Center Street
The first piece of business at the May 12 Little Egg Harbor Township Committee meeting was to introduce the 2022 municipal budget, which has total general appropriations of near $26.3 million. The…
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•May 16, 2022
First Responders Learn Practical, Lifesaving Skills
REAL LIFE LESSONS: (From top) Rooftop training was held on the shuttered Surf City Square building ahead of high winds last week. Following through on the inside. Lessons are taught walking toward…
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•May 14, 2022
Circle Drive Work Postponed, Expected to Ease Some Summer Traffic Concerns
Even as the days are growing longer, the time for the N.J. Department of Transportation to address concerns about lane closures and night work expected to be conducted this summer at the entrance to…
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May 14, 2022
School News: Serviceman Makes Surprise Return to Southern Regional
On May 3, Nick Carrano (Southern Regional High School Class of 2020) returned home from his South Korea military assignment and surprised his sister Julia by visiting her during English class. Julia…
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•May 12, 2022
LBI Garden Club Flower Show Back in Limelight
More than 200 visitors flocked to the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences for the Long Beach Island Garden Club’s Flower Show May 5. It was the first time the event was open to the…
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•May 12, 2022
Historic Harvey Cedars Home’s Fate Is Up in the Air
Attempts are underway in Harvey Cedars to save a home dating back to the early 20th century from the wrecking ball.
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•May 12, 2022
Awarded Contracts Power Start of NJ’s First Offshore Wind Project
Engineering, procurement and construction contracts have been awarded for New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm, to be constructed south of Long Beach Island, off the coast of Atlantic City.
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•May 12, 2022
Tuckerton School Flood Temporarily Closes Classrooms
When Tuckerton School District Business Administrator Marian Smith introduced the district’s 2022-23 budget at the March 28 board of education meeting, she said one of the elements that had to be…
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•May 11, 2022
Southern Regional Student Removed From School After Making Threats
A Southern Regional Middle School student was arrested and indefinitely removed from school after the student made terroristic threats via social media.
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•May 11, 2022
Seventh-Graders Get a Lesson in ‘STYLE’
A team of Southern Regional High School students who are part of the STYLE (Student Teambuilding Youth Leadership Experience) program recently held a two-day program to teach leadership skills to…
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•May 11, 2022
Ocean County Commissioners Adopt Ordinance to Renovate, Restore Cox House
At its May 4 meeting, the Ocean County Board of Commissioners adopted an ordinance appropriating $2.25 million for restoration of the historic Cox House in Barnegat Township.
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•May 11, 2022
Eagleswood Adopts Budget, Slight Tax Raise
Eagleswood Township’s 2022 budget in the amount of $2.3 million was approved at the municipal meeting of April 25.
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•May 11, 2022
Stafford School District Welcomes New Transportation Facility
Eric McIlhenny knew all too well about the hazards and inconveniences of trying to work in and outside of the old bus garage utilized by the Stafford Township School District.
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•May 11, 2022
Southern Regional School Board Approves 2022-23 Budget
Each year, the Southern Regional School District’s goal is to allocate 60% of its budget toward direct instruction of its students while keeping all extra-curricular programs intact and offering a…
