News
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•October 27, 2021
Ocean County, Library Join Forces With Sensory Space Facility
With ceremonial scissors in hand, Ocean County Commissioner Joseph H. Vicari was joined by Gary Quinn, director of the Ocean County Board of Commissioners, and members of the Ocean County Library…
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•October 27, 2021
Early Machine Voting in NJ Is Easy Peasy
I voted on Monday. I’m a resident of Tuckerton, but shortly after noon I drove the few miles to the Little Egg Harbor branch of the Ocean County Library, located at 290 Mathistown Road, to cast my…
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•October 27, 2021
County’s COVID Numbers Dropping Fast
There’s encouraging news on the COVID-19 front in Ocean County
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•October 25, 2021
LBIHD Offers Appointments for Moderna COVID-19 Immunization Booster
The Long Beach Island Health Department is expanding its COVID-19 vaccination clinics to provide Moderna boosters for eligible individuals who received their initial Moderna or Pfizer vaccine series…
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•October 24, 2021
Road Work Signals the Offseason on LBI
Autumn is in full swing, both on the calendar and on Long Beach Island but Island roads remain as busy as they are in the summer. The difference between the two seasons, other than temperatures and…
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•October 24, 2021
‘A Season of Change and Hope’ for Barnegat Light Ospreys
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey’s live osprey camera in Barnegat Light recorded more than 360,000 views and 111,000 hours watched as observers, during the most popular on-air nesting…
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•October 22, 2021
Dead Whales Will Be Named in Barnegat Light
To memorialize their deaths, Barnegat Light will name the whales that wash up on the beaches, said Dottie Reynolds, chair of borough council’s beaches and parks committee. Council passed the…
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•October 21, 2021
Surf City’s French Legion of Honour Recipient Reaches Another Milestone
Decorated World War II veteran John Gutbrod’s cache of honors now includes one from the Surf City Borough Council, which on the occasion of his centennial birthday celebrated and honored the borough…
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•October 21, 2021
Pennsylvania Woman Charged in Surf City Double Homicide Faces Gun Charges
The Pennsylvania woman charged earlier this month with the stabbing death of her father and his longtime companion at their bayfront home in Surf City now faces charges for possession of a handgun…
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•October 21, 2021
Giant Sea Turtle Stuck in Holgate Rocks
Last week, Beach Haven resident Bob Nish was walking along the beach in Holgate when something on a jetty caught his eye. It was a gigantic sea turtle, wedged between the rocks.
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•October 21, 2021
Polish Honor Count Casimir Pulaski at 1776 Battle Site in Little Egg Harbor
Little Egg Harbor has the distinction of having had a Revolutionary War battle fought on its soil. Soldiers from Count Casimir Pulaski’s Legion were brutally put to sword by British marauders during…
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•October 21, 2021
Tuckerton Seaport Still Going Strong While Doing the ‘Pandemic Pivot’
The Tuckerton Seaport annual members meeting on Oct. 14 was held in the Zoom venue, and as usual, Seaport Executive Director Brooke Salvanto was prepared with statistics and enthusiasm.
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•October 21, 2021
Little Egg Harbor Finds and Hires Dredging Contractor
The Little Egg Harbor Township Committee hired a contractor to dredge the Mystic Island Phase I and Atlantis lagoons during an executive session after the regular municipal meeting held Oct. 14.
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•October 20, 2021
Hard-Fought School Board Race in Little Egg Harbor
Five candidates are battling it out for three seats on the Little Egg Harbor Board of Education.
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•October 20, 2021
Coast Guard Recovers Remains of Glen Rock Man Off LBI
A crew from Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light recovered the remains of a Glen Rock man in the bay about 2 miles off Island Beach State Park on the evening of Oct. 14, ending a four-day search that…
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•October 20, 2021
Barnegat Light Refines Bayside Lot Height Plan
Borough Engineer Frank Little attended the Oct. 13 meeting of Barnegat Light Borough Council to discuss a revised method of measuring a baseline for lot elevations, to be used for new construction…
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•October 20, 2021
New Stafford Firetruck Dedicated to Brody Peak
On Saturday, Oct. 9, the Peak family, Chris, Audrey and Bryson, was presented with Stafford Township Volunteer Fire Co. #1’s newest truck (4735), dedicated in memory of Brody John Peak on what would…
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•October 20, 2021
Grab Some ‘Crazy Socks’ and Boost Southern Regional FCCLA Campaign
Of all the announcements made during the Southern Regional Board of Education meeting last week, one stuck out as being a bit funky.
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•October 20, 2021
New Cases of COVID-19 in County Finally Dropping
There’s good news at last on the COVID front in Ocean County.
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•October 20, 2021
Stafford to Consider Stricter Rules for Vacation Rentals in Residential Areas
Later this month, Stafford officials will consider an amendment to an ordinance dealing with short-term rentals, e.g. “Airbnb” properties, Mayor Greg Myhre announced.
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•October 20, 2021
Tuckerton Asks for New Emergency Management Service
The Quality Medical Transport ambulance service has notified Tuckerton borough it will not longer service the borough as of Nov. 1 because it is not financially beneficial for the company to do so.
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•October 20, 2021
Stafford Township Earns Silver in Safe Routes Program
To promote more walking and biking in the community and physical activity in general, Stafford Township hopes soon to see improved pedestrian and bike routes near local schools, including new…
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•October 20, 2021
Judge Will Hear Motion to Dismiss Ship Bottom Land Use Board Countersuit
An Ocean County judge will hear oral arguments in the legal proceeding between the Long Beach Island Consolidated Board of Education and Ship Bottom Land Use Review Board stemming from the land use…
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•October 20, 2021
Beach Haven Hears Wind Farm Update
Beach Haven resident Bob Stern has taken a keen interest in Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind’s proposal to construct a wind farm off the coast of Beach Haven and neighboring Holgate and parts south to…
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•October 20, 2021
McMenamin Appointed to Surf City Borough Council
Changes are in store for the Surf City Borough Council after one member resigned and another was granted relief from attending meetings due to a temporary illness by his peers at their monthly…
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•October 20, 2021
Drop Off Unused Medications on Oct. 23
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that his office will once again join the United States Drug Enforcement Administration in support of the 21st Annual National Prescription Drug…
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•October 20, 2021
Ocean County College to Offer ‘Artificial Intelligence for Workforce’ Certificate Program
Technology industry leader Intel is expanding its Artificial Intelligence for Workforce Program and partnering with Ocean County College, along with 17 other community colleges across the country in…
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•October 20, 2021
Barnegat Students Introduced to Meditation
A new program that teaches children coping skills through meditation and mindfulness soon will be used throughout Barnegat Township School District elementary schools.
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•October 20, 2021
Beach Haven Council Lauds Compassion Café
At its meeting last week, the Beach Haven Borough Council recognized the Compassion Café for its outstanding inaugural season.
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•October 20, 2021
Little Egg Harbor Hires Four Police Officers
When you think about community policing, isn’t it beneficial to have officers who know the territory, the residents and something of their problems? During the Oct. 14 township committee meeting…
