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•January 25, 2022
Shore Environmental Groups Praise New Recycled Content Law
Environmental groups and others throughout New Jersey are applauding Gov. Phil Murphy’s signing on Jan. 18 of Bill A4676/S2515, known as the Recycled Content Law. The measure establishes increased…
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•January 24, 2022
Barnegat VFW Post Collecting Winter Clothing Items
Barnegat VFW Post 10092, in partnership with Barnegat High School Naval JROTC, is taking donations of cold weather clothing items for its “Operation Keep Warm” collection drive, which got underway…
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•January 24, 2022
New Drive-Through COVID-19 Test Site Open in West Creek
Hackensack Meridian Health has opened a convenient new drive-through COVID-19 testing location at the site of the former Ocean Club, at 700 S. Main St., Cedar Run in Stafford Township. Hours are…
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•January 23, 2022
Southern Regional, Stockton University Partnership a ‘Unique Opportunity’ for Students
While the main highlight of the most recent Southern Regional Board of Education meeting two weeks ago was the presentation by Adele Berardi and Kendra Stefanski regarding the colossal success of…
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January 22, 2022
School News: Nominations and Signing Commitments
The following students have been nominated to apply to represent Southern Regional High School for this year’s Governor’s School, a residential program at Rutgers School of Engineering: science…
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•January 21, 2022
Barnegat Democrats Invite Candidates Jan. 26
The Barnegat Democratic Club is inviting candidates from Congressional District 2 to its meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. via a Zoom format.
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•January 21, 2022
COVID Vaccine Clinics Planned in Harvey Cedars, Beach Haven
The Long Beach Island Health Department is planning COVID-19 vaccination clinics at the Harvey Cedars Borough Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 25, and the Beach Haven Municipal Building on Tuesday, Feb. 1.…
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•January 21, 2022
Honored by Devils, Stafford Youth Learned a Lot During Leukemia Battle
Had Lucas Files not endured a battle with leukemia, it’s very likely he wouldn’t be the young man he is right now.
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•January 20, 2022
Ocean County Library Gets Grant for New Stafford Branch Building
New Jersey will give Ocean County $4.8 million toward the cost of building a new 19,700-square-foot library in Stafford Township, designed by architectural firm Yezzi Associates of Toms River. The…
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•January 20, 2022
Top 20 SandPaper News Stories of 2021
After 2020 and COVID-19, everybody was hoping for a fresh start, a better year. Well, how did that work out?
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•January 20, 2022
Barnegat Mayor Now Wears a Principal’s Hat
Not only did Alfonso Cirulli begin the new year as mayor of Barnegat Township, but he also officially became the new administrator/principal at Lighthouse Christian Academy, a private school…
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•January 20, 2022
Interior Department Is Leasing More Offshore Land to Wind Energy Companies
As part of the Biden administration’s efforts to combat climate change, on Jan. 12, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will hold a wind energy…
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•January 19, 2022
Little Egg Harbor Appoints New Committeeman Kenneth Laney
The Little Egg Harbor Township Committee appointed local businessman Kenneth Laney Jr. to fill the unexpired term of Barbara Jo Crea, who has left to take her position on the Ocean County Board of…
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•January 19, 2022
Light Agenda at January Barnegat Light Meeting
A quorum at the Barnegat Light Borough Council meeting was possible because two members were connected by phone to make a total of five out of seven members, so the meeting proceeded Jan. 12 in…
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•January 19, 2022
New Ocean County COVID-19 Numbers Fall Dramatically
There’s finally some good news on the Ocean County COVID-19 front.
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•January 19, 2022
Volunteer for Ocean County’s Domestic Violence Response Team
Providence House Domestic Violence Services of Catholic Charities and local police departments are seeking volunteers for several of the Domestic Violence Response Teams throughout Ocean County.
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•January 19, 2022
Businesses Participate in Knock Out Opioids Initiative
The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office is helping to raise awareness of the dangers associated with prescription opioids by teaming up with local businesses to distribute life-saving information to…
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•January 19, 2022
Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center Seeks Summer Interns
College students are encouraged to apply for an unpaid summer environmental education internship at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center, located in Barnegat Bay, in New Jersey’s only…
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•January 19, 2022
Two Sought in Elderly Scam Incident in Barnegat
Two Bronx men are being sought in connection with a theft by deception incident in which an elderly resident of Barnegat Township allegedly was scammed.
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•January 19, 2022
At Beach Haven School, Wednesdays Mean Wellness
On Wednesdays, children at the Beach Haven Elementary School know they are going to get a break from the usual daily activities.
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•January 19, 2022
Beach Haven Reinstitutes Mask Mandates
Employees and visitors at the Beach Haven Municipal building or the public library are now required to wear masks, according to a directive announced by Borough Manager Sherry Mason.
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•January 19, 2022
Five Arrested in Barnegat Drug Bust
Four Barnegat Township residents were charged with numerous drug-related offenses following a raid at a Highland Drive residence last week.
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•January 19, 2022
Realtor Donates Drone to Harvey Cedars Police
The Harvey Cedars Police Department will now be able to implement a drone program thanks to the generosity of Benee Scola & Co. Realtors, located in the borough.
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•January 19, 2022
OCL ‘Memory Café’ Program Seeking Volunteers
The Ocean County Library System is seeking compassionate, sociable volunteers to facilitate Memory Cafés, a collaboration of the library and the Alzheimer’s Association Greater New Jersey Chapter.…
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•January 19, 2022
Lakewood Man Indicted for Murder of 20-Year-Old Little Egg Harbor Resident
A grand jury sitting in Ocean County on Jan. 12 indicted Jahvontae Debose, 25, of Lakewood, charging him with the murder of Dajour Randolph, 20, of Little Egg Harbor Township on Feb. 21, 2021.
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•January 18, 2022
2021 Another Successful Year for NJ’s Bald Eagles
New Jersey’s bald eagles begin their courtships and nest improvements in early January, then lay eggs up until about early March, caring diligently for their young when they hatch several weeks…
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•January 16, 2022
Garden Club of LBI Unveils ‘Recycling Hero’
As an organization, the Garden Club of Long Beach Island prides itself on focusing not just on green thumbs, but on various environmental issues as well.
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•January 14, 2022
LBI Library Branch Closed for New Lighting
Effective Friday, Jan. 14, the Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City closed for two weeks while a new lighting system is installed in the building.
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•January 14, 2022
Long Beach Township Rescinding Bulkhead Height Rule
Following months of discussion between Long Beach Township officials and residents, the municipal board of commissioners decided to rescind Ordinance 21-27C, adopted last October, “which changed…
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•January 13, 2022
Outdoor Dining Ordinance in the Works in Beach Haven
The Beach Haven Borough Council is fine-tuning a proposed ordinance regulating outdoor dining, and is looking to introduce it at an agenda meeting scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 27 at 4 p.m.
