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•September 8, 2021
Ship Bottom Awaits NJDOT Grant to Help Pay Water, Sewer Work
The Ship Bottom Borough Council last month unanimously approved two bond ordinances totaling $1.4 million for water and sewer improvement on two separate areas of Shore Avenue. The borough expects to…
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•September 8, 2021
Barnegat Food Pantry Thrift Shop Reopens
The Barnegat Township Food Pantry, located at 360 North Main St. (Route 9), recently reopened its thrift shop, which had been closed since March 2020 due to the pandemic.
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•September 8, 2021
Federal Interim Irradiated Fuel Repository Plan Gains Ground
In issuing its final environmental impact statement on a proposed temporary spent fuel facility in West Texas this summer, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission recommended a license be granted…
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•September 8, 2021
Jeff’s Camp is Now Official with Donation of Land
At the Just Believe Inc. Labor Day Festival held in Barnegat on Saturday, Marty Weber signed over 30 acres of wooded land off Route 72 to the nonprofit to begin what is hoped to be “Jeff’s Camp,” a…
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•September 8, 2021
Barnegat Man Charged in 1999 Murder
Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief John Zebrowski of the Sayreville Police Department announced on Aug. 31 that a Barnegat Township man has been arrested after being indicted by a…
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•September 8, 2021
Barnegat Democrats to Hold Talk on State of Democracy
On Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 6:30 p.m., the Barnegat Democratic Club is sponsoring a discussion on “The State of the Democratic Party and Its Role in Protecting Our Democracy.”
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•September 8, 2021
Old Barnegat High School Plans Sept. 19 Reunion
The old Barnegat High School invites classmates and former students for a reunion on Sunday, Sept. 19 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Calloways Restaurant in Eagleswood Township.
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•September 8, 2021
County’s COVID-19 Numbers Continue to Rise
The Ocean County Health Department released its latest installment of weekly new COVID-19 cases in both the county and LBI on Tuesday, a day later than usual owing to the Labor Day holiday.
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•September 8, 2021
Stafford Township School District Receives Preschool Expansion Grant
Editor’s note: Since the time of the original report, some of the numbers regarding preschool enrollment have changed or have been clarified by school district administration. This story has been…
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•September 6, 2021
NJOP Compiles Comprehensive Guide to Surviving Ida
The New Jersey Organizing Project has put together a list of actions, resources and key lessons for families struggling to recover right now from the impacts of Hurricane Ida, NJOP Director Amanda…
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•September 3, 2021
West Creek Teen Earns Her Pilot’s License at Age 17
Sarah Vetick is probably too young to remember the phrase “You go, girl,” but it perfectly reflects a recent accomplishment of hers.
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•September 3, 2021
Visit to Old LBI Home Brings Back Memories
From the outside, the yellow, two-story home at 111 North 12th St. in Surf City harkens back to a bygone era, showing off its cozy charm.
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•September 2, 2021
Coast Guard Aids Malfunctioning Local Commercial Fishing Boat Off LBI
A crew from Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light aided the commercial fishing vessel Relentless after it took on water just outside the Barnegat Inlet off Long Beach Island Sunday afternoon. The family…
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•September 2, 2021
‘Logistics’ Dictated Burial on Beach of 54-Foot Fin Whale
The 54-foot decomposing fin whale that washed up on Barnegat Light’s 19th Street beach Sunday morning was too large to be disposed of in any other way than burying it, advised the director of the…
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•September 2, 2021
Ship Bottom Bans Ferry-Like Service From Bayfront Areas
In approving an ordinance regulating the pickup and disembarking of passengers from recreational watercraft, the Ship Bottom Borough Council earlier this month strengthened a six decades-old measure…
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•September 2, 2021
Southern Regional Welcome Wagon Greets Four Lucky Students With Goodies
When Lily Gillen moved with her family to Long Beach Island from Watford City in western North Dakota last year, she quickly got accustomed to life by the ocean. She loves it.
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•September 2, 2021
Youngster Sells Lemonade to Help LBT Police
For someone who is just 6½ years old, Abigail Siegel is already quite civic minded.
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•September 2, 2021
Little Egg Harbor Pair Captured in Youth Heroin Overdose Death
On Friday, Aug. 27, the Atlantic City Transit police captured David Belk in Atlantic City. A fugitive from Little Egg Harbor Township, Belk was wanted in relation to the death of a 16-year-old youth…
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•September 1, 2021
Legal Deadlines Set in Battle Over LBI Grade School Designation Case
The latest court ruling in the legal proceeding between the LBI Consolidated Board of Education and the borough of Ship Bottom and the Ship Bottom Land Use Review Board over a zoning ordinance lays…
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•September 1, 2021
Believe It or Not, New Jersey Will Soon Cut Gas Tax 8.3 Cents
Gasoline prices tend to rise sharply and quickly after hurricanes, especially major hurricanes, in the Gulf of Mexico as oil rigs and refineries are shut down both preemptively and after the fact.
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•September 1, 2021
Scout Builds Green Head Traps for Little Egg Harbor
Connie and John Bizzoco are so proud of their grandson Louis, who decided he would build eight greenhead fly traps as his Eagle Scout project and donate them to Little Egg Harbor Township.
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•September 1, 2021
Congressman Kim and New Jersey Organizing Project Call for End to Opioid Epidemic
In honor of Overdose Awareness Day, Aug. 31, Congressman Andy Kim, the New Jersey Organizing Project and other advocates held a “Not One More NJ: A Backyard Conversation to Save Lives” round table in…
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•September 1, 2021
Former Nuclear Plant Site Gets Smaller as Decommissioning Continues
Nearly three years after the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township was permanently shuttered by its former owners, the protected area at the site has decreased from 150 acres to…
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•September 1, 2021
New Jersey Faces Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Faster Than Most
A Rutgers University professor in the Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jennifer Walker has done research on climate change and sea level rise by making mud cores of marshland in the Edwin B. Forsythe…
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•September 1, 2021
Tuckerton Elementary Ready for In-Person School Year
Tuckerton Elementary School students, teachers, staff administrators and visitors will be wearing masks when school begins Sept. 7. Anyone who has not received a COVID-19 vaccine will be subject to…
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•September 1, 2021
Weekly Ocean County COVID-19 Cases Now Over 1,000
COVID-19’s fourth wave in Ocean County keeps getting larger.
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•September 1, 2021
Majority of Americans Support Masking in Schools, Vaccination Mandates
There has been very loud opposition, especially in Ocean County, to Gov. Phil Murphy’s mask requirement for students, teachers and staff at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year and for an…
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•September 1, 2021
County Engineer: Sign Was Put in Erroneously
Barnegat Township officials were surprised recently when a new speed limit sign was posted on West Bay Avenue between Lighthouse and Nautilus drives.
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•September 1, 2021
Sen. Connors Urges NJ Homeland Security to Vet Incoming Afghans
Nearly 10,000 Afghan refugees fleeing the turmoil in their homeland will be coming to New Jersey, and state Senate Republicans – including Sen. Christopher J. Connors of the 9th District – are…
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•September 1, 2021
Beach Haven Honors Fishing Boat Rescue Effort
During June’s Beach Haven Tuna Open Tournament, boat Capt. Steven Palmer and his crew had to be rescued after the 28-foot craft began taking on water approximately 35 miles east of Atlantic City.
