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•September 27, 2021
Altercation at Pinelands Regional High School Monday Morning Leads to Lockdown
An altercation involving a small group of parents and students at Pinelands Regional High School on Monday morning led to the school being placed on shelter-in-place status, according to…
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•September 27, 2021
Water Meter Installation Deadline This Friday in Long Beach Township
Long Beach Township has pushed back its deadline for the state-mandated installation of water meters numerous times over the past couple of years, in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, though…
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•September 26, 2021
Eddie ‘FedEx’ Coleman Says ‘Goodbye for Now’ to LBI
Eddie Coleman has been Long Beach Island’s main FedEx delivery guy for over 30 years and will soon say farewell, “until we meet again,” to the residents and business people on the route he has…
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•September 25, 2021
Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary Students Grow and Learn in Schoolyard Garden
All the many vegetables students are currently harvesting from the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School garden in Surf City began as seeds planted between February and April. The seedlings were tended…
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•September 24, 2021
Unlocked Cars Still Leading to Thefts on LBI
A year after four luxury vehicles were stolen from Surf City residences over a seven-day period as a result of being unlocked with keys or fobs left inside, that trend is continuing.
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•September 23, 2021
Area First Responders Escort Junior Surf City Firefighter Home After Hospital Stay
The motorcade of fire trucks and first aid vehicles waiting near the environmental trail and scenic overlook on the eastbound Causeway during the early afternoon of Sept. 16 no doubt caused some…
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•September 23, 2021
Recent Causeway Closure Reminder to Be Prepared
On a clear, sunny Sunday in September, a harsh reminder of “see something, say something” arrived on the doorstep to Long Beach Island when a suspicious bag found under a Causeway bridge was…
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•September 23, 2021
Six Rescued From Bay After Overnight Boat Collision
Six boaters were rescued from the bay waters off Long Beach Island in the early hours of Sept. 19 by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co. after their 30-foot pleasure craft…
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•September 22, 2021
New COVID-19 Case Numbers In Ocean County Keep Climbing
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Ocean County continues to climb in the wake of the Delta variant.
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•September 22, 2021
NJNG Presses for Continued Use of Eagleswood Property in Cross-Bay Project
The firehouse on Railroad Avenue was filled with residents eager to hear the applications before the Eagleswood Land Use Board last Tuesday night.
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•September 22, 2021
Responsible Offshore Development Alliance Sues Department of Interior Over Wind Farm
The Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, a coalition of fishing industry associations and fishing companies, filed a petition for review on Sept. 13 in the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals…
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•September 22, 2021
Community Mourns Lionhearted Lily Rose Cramer
Lily Rose Cramer, 11, of Little Egg Harbor passed away at home after a long illness on Sunday, Sept. 19.
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•September 22, 2021
Fishermen Learn Keys to Averting Disaster at Sea
Commercial fishermen know all too well about the potential dangers from the elements when venturing out into the open waters of the high seas. Last week, a group of them as well as sport fishermen…
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•September 22, 2021
Character Counts at Beach Haven School
The Beach Haven Elementary School is applying to be a School of Character, an organization whose mission is to inspire core values that will help students succeed at home, in school and in the…
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•September 22, 2021
COVID Topic Absent at Pinelands, LEH Board Meetings, Yet Lingers in Schools
The Pinelands Regional and Little Egg Harbor school districts are a microcosm of school districts across the country that are dealing with a shortage of bus drivers, developing mask-wearing policies…
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•September 22, 2021
Ship Bottom Council Censures One of Its Own
An incumbent Ship Bottom borough council member up for re-election this year was censured by his peers for conduct unbecoming a council member and removed from all of his committee assignments for…
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•September 22, 2021
Charter Fishing Group Deploys Reef Balls
On Tuesday morning, the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association deployed 16 reef balls through its Junior Mate reef project.
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•September 22, 2021
Tuckerton Land Use Board Hears Boutique Motel Proposal
Chad Ludeman of Lokal 3 Penny LLC of Cape May unveiled conceptual plans for an “eco-friendly, boutique” motel for couples on a flag lot off Wood Street to the Tuckerton Land Use Board last week.
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•September 22, 2021
Virtual Seminar Discusses the Aging Process
Ocean County residents can learn about aging-related physical, cognitive and mental health changes and effective ways to manage them during an Ocean County Library virtual program on Tuesday, Oct. 5…
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•September 22, 2021
MATES Students in Running for National Merit Scholarship
Three students at Manahawkin’s Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science – Everett Botwinick, Joseph R. Kane and Seamus P. Watson – are semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship…
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•September 22, 2021
Congressman Kim to Discuss Afghan Refugees
Congressman Andy Kim, whose New Jersey 3rd Congressional District includes half of Stafford Township and all of Barnegat, will discuss the Afghan refugee situation in a telephone town hall starting…
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September 22, 2021
Southern Ocean Medical Center Goes on ‘Temporary Divert’
The Emergency Department at Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin went on “temporary divert” for four hours on Sept. 20.
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•September 19, 2021
Surf City Tops 2020 Beach Revenue Despite Dip in Badge Sales
A portion of Surf City’s almost $800,000 in beach revenue for the 2021 summer season will be allocated for a new tractor to replace a 30-year-old one that stopped working last month.
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•September 17, 2021
Barnegat Light Defends Decision to Bury Whale
Barnegat Light Borough Council backed up the town’s action to bury the 30-ton whale carcass on the 19th Street beach a week before, bringing copies of letters from agencies saying that was the only…
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•September 17, 2021
Barnegat Adopt-a-Street Plans Fall Cleanup Oct. 9
The Barnegat Adopt-a-Street program will hold a fall cleanup Saturday, Oct. 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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•September 16, 2021
Pelican Gets Helping Hand in High Bar
Ever pause to consider what happens to treble hook fishing lures that go missing in the bay? Harvey Cedars attorney and avid nature lover Bob Sexton found out – and lent a caring hand to help a…
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•September 16, 2021
LBI Shuttle Logs ‘Exceptional’ Summer
Despite the challenges of another summer navigating the pandemic, the LBI Shuttle has had “an exceptional year,” Long Beach Township Commissioner Joseph Lattanzi said at last week’s board of…
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•September 16, 2021
Community Unites to Remove Tornado Debris From Natural Areas of High Bar Harbor
The EF2 tornado that swept through High Bar Harbor on July 29 tore roofs off houses, downed power lines, overturned boats and uprooted trees. Emergency personnel and police responded to the scene…
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•September 16, 2021
9/11 Remembered at Barnegat Ceremony
The morning of Sept. 11 2021 seemed no different from the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. There were bright sunny skies and temperatures that were more like summer than autumnal.
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•September 16, 2021
Work Begins at Ship Bottom Borough Hall Ahead of New Construction
Work to clear the anchor and plantings in front of the existing Ship Bottom municipal building as well as the parking spaces has begun as the contractor prepares the site for the construction of a…
