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•October 20, 2021
Cannabis Dispensary Proposal in Beach Haven on Oct. 27
A group of partners looking to establish an adult-use cannabis dispensary in Beach Haven will hold a public presentation Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. at the Beach Haven Firehouse.
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•October 20, 2021
Flu Vaccination Clinic Oct. 26 at LBI Health Department
The Long Beach Island Health Department is encouraging residents to “be seen before Halloween” to receive their influenza vaccine, as flu season has begun. Vaccination can help limit the spread of…
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•October 20, 2021
Beach Haven’s $1.8 Million Sandy Debt Is Forgiven
Beach Haven will not have to pay back $1.8 million in Superstorn Sandy federal disaster aid as the U.S. House of Representatives forgave those loans as part of the spending bill recently signed by…
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•October 20, 2021
Voters Once Again Will Weigh in on New Jersey Gambling
Gambling is on the ballot again in New Jersey this fall. Voters will decide the fate of two constitutional amendments – aka public questions or referendums – when they enter the voting booth on Nov.…
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•October 20, 2021
Sign Up, Clean Up in 36th Annual Beach Sweeps
This weekend, take part in Clean Ocean Action’s 36th annual Fall Beach Sweeps.
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•October 19, 2021
Comments Sought on Offshore Wind Farms Proposed Off Jersey Shore
The U.S. Department of the Interior is seeking comments for an environmental impact statement being developed by its Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for two wind farms proposed off the coast of New…
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•October 15, 2021
Stafford, Southern School Districts Still Await State-Assigned Providers to Schedule COVID Testing
With the Oct. 18 deadline to have school district staff vaccinated against COVID or begin weekly testing for unvaccinated individuals fast approaching, many New Jersey districts headed into this past…
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•October 15, 2021
Ten Seek Three Seats for Barnegat Board
Barnegat Township voters will have a choice of 10 candidates for seats on the board of education on Nov. 2.
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•October 15, 2021
Beach Haven Landmark Officially Sold
The Morrison’s property in Beach Haven officially has a new owner, Coastal Holdings, which entered into a purchase agreement in April and finalized the transaction late last month.
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•October 14, 2021
Coast Guard Station Seasonal Operations Up in Air
If a proposal to eliminate a U.S. Coast Guard weekend crew and small life rescue boat stationed in Beach Haven during the busy recreational boating season is adopted, Coast Guard personnel and assets…
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•October 14, 2021
Longtime Couple Remembered as Accused Killer Claims Innocence
Mid-morning Monday, at the end of North Seventh Street in Surf City, the choppy water of Manahawkin Bay churned relentlessly in front of a vacant two-story, single-family home with a real estate for…
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•October 14, 2021
Strong Winds, Strong Turnout for LBI Fly Kite Festival
“You look at the kites and you can’t help but smile,” noted Lisa Willoughby, who organizes Long Beach Island’s kite festival alongside the LBI Chamber of Commerce. And over the weekend, for the…
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•October 14, 2021
Jack Ciattarelli Is a Jersey Boy With a Shore House in Surf City
Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, 59, has a connection to Long Beach Island. He started visiting LBI in his college days back in the 1980s; then his sister “settled on LBI,” he…
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•October 14, 2021
Cedar Bonnet Island Trail, Parking Lot Slated to Close Oct. 18-22 for Trail Improvements
U.S. Fish and Wildlife will temporarily close the Cedar Bonnet Island Environmental Trail and the parking lot along the Causeway Bridge to improve the trail surface to meet Americans With…
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•October 13, 2021
Three Seats to Fill on LBI School Board in November Election
Next month, Long Beach Township taxpayers will vote to fill two spots on the Long Beach Island Consolidated Board of Education. Board President Colette Southwick is in the race to retain her seat…
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•October 13, 2021
Parts of Barnegat Get a Sprucing Up
Some 60 volunteers spent the late morning and early afternoon of Oct. 9 sprucing up areas of Barnegat Township through the Adopt-A-Street program, which was launched two years ago.
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•October 13, 2021
Ocean County’s COVID-19 Numbers Ticking Up Again, If Only Slightly
The Ocean County Health Department reported 1,462 new cases of COVID-19 throughout the county, including Long Beach Island, for the “week” of Oct. 5 through Oct. 12 on Tuesday.
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•October 13, 2021
New Crosswalks Installed in Harvey Cedars
Last week, Ocean County crews added seven crosswalks over Long Beach Boulevard in Harvey Cedars. The new one at 82nd Street was rather personal for resident Bob Stollen, who said he had been…
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•October 13, 2021
Stafford Thankful for Federal Loan Forgiveness, NJOP Says Fight Continues
New Jersey towns and school districts still recovering from 2012’s Superstorm Sandy are encouraged by the news that the outstanding balances on their federal disaster loans are being forgiven, as…
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•October 13, 2021
Tuckerton Borough Has Clean Audit
Tuckerton borough has received the results of its Best Practices Survey from the state and found it scored 95% and will receive 100% of state aid. The borough’s 2020 audit also was good, as the…
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•October 13, 2021
Need Storm Relief? NJOP Offers Help
The New Jersey Organizing Project provides resources and how-to guidance on relief applications and emergency situations to residents affected by Hurricane Ida and others in need, to help them cope…
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•October 13, 2021
Pick Up Free Dune Grass in Beach Haven
Free dune grass bundles are now available to Beach Haven residents through the Ocean County Planning Department.
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•October 13, 2021
Van Drew Opposes COVID Vaccination Mandates and Raising Debt Limit
Jeff Van Drew, who represents all of Southern Ocean County except half of Stafford Township and all of Barnegat Township in Congress, was known as a moderate when he was elected to that office as a…
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•October 13, 2021
Barnegat Town Hall Project Looks Ahead of Schedule
Barnegat Township’s new municipal building project could be done considerably earlier than original projections, in which officials were figuring an October 2022 opening.
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•October 13, 2021
JCTA: Donate to First Aid Squads, Fire Companies
The Joint Taxpayers Council Association of LBI encourages individual taxpayers and taxpayer and property owner associations to submit donations to support local community first aid squads and fire…
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•October 13, 2021
LBT Shellabration Brings Bay Farmers, Bay Fans Together in Brant Beach
A crowd flowed in and out of Bayview Park in Brant Beach all afternoon on Saturday, Oct. 9 as Long Beach Township held its annual Shellabration to honor the area’s long-standing, and recently…
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•October 11, 2021
Fishing Vessel Salvage Weather Dependent After Running Aground Off LBI
There were no reported injuries after the commercial fishing vessel Bear ran around last Friday night on a beach off Barnegat Light, but the boat remained stranded over the weekend after it was…
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•October 8, 2021
Fishing Association Deploys 16 More Reef Balls
On Sept. 29, the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association deployed the second set of 16 reef balls through its Junior Mate reef project.
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•October 7, 2021
New Traffic Signal for Eighth Street and the Boulevard Approved
Citing an existing traffic condition requiring an additional traffic signal in Ship Bottom, the borough council last month approved an agreement with the N.J. Department of Transportation for the…
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•October 7, 2021
Pennsylvania Woman Charged With Murdering Father, His Girlfriend in Surf City
A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with two counts of murder after her father and his longtime female companion were found on Sunday, Oct. 3 stabbed to death in his Surf City bayfront home.
