News
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•March 30, 2022
Little Egg Harbor Honors National Library Week
Little Egg Harbor Committeeman Kenneth Laney presented a proclamation during the March 10 committee meeting to acknowledge and honor National Library Week, which occurs April 3 through April 9.
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•March 30, 2022
Five Pinelands Junior High Students Earn Highest Girl Scout Award for Their Age Group
Five girls were honored at the March 21 meeting of the Pinelands Regional Board of Education.
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•March 25, 2022
Ocean Acres Neighbors Again Come Through With a New Ride for Joe Pinto
The power of community is alive and well in the Ocean Acres section of Stafford Township, and recently Joe Pinto again was reminded just how much he’s loved by many in his neighborhood.
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•March 24, 2022
War in Ukraine Is Personal for Manahawkin Family
At the time of Kendyl’s first birthday Feb. 13 in Manahawkin, her parents, Andrii and Mallory Gladish Shtibel, knew the Russians were lined up on the border of his home country, Ukraine. They were…
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•March 24, 2022
Electric Dependability Work Not Connected to LBI Outages
Three power outages on Long Beach Island over a two-day period last week were not related to reliability work, according to Atlantic City Electric officials.
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•March 24, 2022
Year-Round Daylight Saving Time on the Horizon
There may be a new dawn rising for daylight saving time. Or will it?
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•March 24, 2022
MATES Student Research Projects Score Top Honors at Jersey Shore Science Fair
Students of Manahawkin’s Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science work the whole school year to design, implement and analyze independent research projects – a requirement for…
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•March 23, 2022
Death Café Explores Existential Ideas
Everyone dies. It’s a simple truth that turns some folks philosophical and makes others squirm.
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•March 23, 2022
New Jersey Earmarks Funding to Study Impact of Offshore Wind Development
Two state agencies charged with overseeing the development of offshore wind power announced earlier this month funding for study proposals that will provide enhanced scientific data on the impact of…
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•March 23, 2022
Autism Resources Fair Kicks Off April 2
The Ocean County Library’s most extensive Autism Resources Fair in its five-year history, with in-person and virtual programs for education, enrichment and entertainment, begins Saturday, April 2 and…
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•March 23, 2022
Pinelands Regional School District Introduces 2022-23 Budget
The residents of Bass River Township will see, for the first time in many years, a significant reduction in their taxes that support the Pinelands Regional School District.
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•March 23, 2022
Innovative Data Analytics Improve Access to State’s Recreational Trails
The state Department of Environmental Protection, in partnership with the Trails Task Force of the New Jersey Geospatial Forum, has released the first phase of a statewide inventory of public trails.…
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•March 23, 2022
Ocean County College Named a Gold-Level ‘Military-Friendly School’
Each year, the service-disabled, veteran-owned small business VIQTORY releases a “Military Friendly Schools” list, and for 2022-2023, Ocean County College has earned a gold-level ranking – a…
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•March 23, 2022
Harvey Cedars to Spend $5.3 Million in 2022
The Harvey Cedars Borough Commission last week introduced a municipal budget of $5,328,182, an increase of approximately $120,000 over last year’s spending plan.
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•March 23, 2022
Special Harvey Cedars Land Use Board Committee in the Works
The Harvey Cedars Borough Commission has introduced an ordinance to establish a three-person site plan exemption committee for businesses wanting to do a minor change of use or adding a temporary use…
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•March 23, 2022
New Guidebook Helps Municipalities Prepare for More Electric Vehicles
In an effort to reduce emissions, New Jersey is implementing strategies to add more electric vehicles and EV infrastructure throughout the state. A new guidebook, released earlier this month, will…
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•March 23, 2022
Barnegat Gets a Sprucing Up on April 9
The Barnegat Adopt-a-Street program will hold a spring cleanup Saturday, April 9 beginning at 10:30 a.m. Volunteers will meet outside the Lillian M. Dunfee Elementary School to receive directions and…
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•March 23, 2022
Kids in STYLE at the LBI Grade School
When Janelle Gosline was a student at Southern Regional High School, she had a hard time trying to find her niche. She tried sports teams and the theater group, but neither seemed to be a good fit.
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•March 23, 2022
Harvey Cedars Looking Out for Distracted Drivers
Law enforcement officers from the Harvey Cedars Police Department will be cracking down on distracted drivers during April as part of the state’s UDrive, UText, UPay enforcement campaign.
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•March 23, 2022
Murder Suspect Remains Held Without Bail
The former Barnegat Township man charged with murder in the death of his son shall remain detained in the Ocean County Jail pending trial.
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•March 23, 2022
Eggerts Respond to Tuckerton Fire Co. Controversy
During the public forum at the Tuckerton Borough Council meeting on March 21, Ann Marie Sweeney returned with more fodder against the Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co.
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•March 21, 2022
Circle Drive Closed, Traffic Detoured to LBI
A traffic shift on Cedar Bonnet Island in Stafford Township will bring additional motorists vying for access to North Barnegat Avenue at the gateway to Long Beach Island just as the spring season…
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•March 17, 2022
Skyrocketing Oil Prices Force Postponement of Tennis Court, Paving Project at Southern Regional
While it’s not surprising gas prices have increased along with the market prices for oil, what may be surprising to some is that the cost of certain types of pavements also has skyrocketed.
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•March 17, 2022
Charges Filed in September 2021 Boating Accident
The operator of a 1967 Bertram open motorboat involved in a September 2021 bay boating accident off Long Beach Township in which all six individuals aboard sustained “serious bodily injury” has been…
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•March 17, 2022
Water Rates Set in Barnegat Light; Metering Will Wait Until Next Year
Water bills in Barnegat Light this year will not be based on the newly installed digital metering after all. Fixed rates for 2022 were set instead while borough officials review more months of usage…
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•March 17, 2022
Southern Regional Freshman Seeks to Improve Others’ Lives Through Literacy Initiative
Lucais Romo’s Instagram account has a simple six-word statement that sums up what could be the defining aspects of a mission he’s on right now. It reads: “Literacy is the foundation for success.”
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•March 16, 2022
Little Egg Harbor Joins March for Meals Campaign
Little Egg Harbor Township joins Tuckerton and other communities in Ocean County and around the nation in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Older Americans Nutrition Act with the March for…
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•March 16, 2022
Little Egg Harbor Proclaims March 2022 as MS Awareness Month
At the March 10 Little Egg Harbor Township Committee meeting, Deputy Mayor Blaise Scibetta presented a proclamation naming March 2022 Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month.
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March 16, 2022
St. Francis Parish Looks to Hear From All Catholics
“A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” That is how Judith Clayton, director of religious education for Saint Francis of Assisi Parish on Long Beach Island, describes the current Spiritual Conversation…
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•March 16, 2022
‘Dream It Be It’: Pinelands Regional Girls Explore Values, Vision
When facing adversity or a transition in life, it’s normal to feel a little bit lost. A guiding light can be found in the “Dream It Be It” career support program, a girls conference and workshop held…
