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•August 11, 2021
Ocean County College Partners With Intel to Offer ‘AI for Workforce Program’
Eighteen community colleges across the country, including Ocean County College, are teaming up with Intel to expand the technology industry leader’s Artificial Intelligence for Workforce program…
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•August 11, 2021
Murphy Defends Mask Mandate for Schools
Gov. Phil Murphy made it official at his COVID-19 briefing on Friday afternoon. New Jersey’s students, teachers and staff in all schools, be they public, private, parochial or preschool, will be…
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•August 11, 2021
19 New LBI COVID Cases, Not Including 29 in Teen Cluster
This summer was supposed to be a return to normalcy for everyone following nearly 18 months of restrictions due to COVID-19. In a lot of ways, it was – until an outbreak of the coronavirus among…
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•August 11, 2021
First-Timers Dominate Barnegat Board of Education Race
Newcomers will figure largely in the Barnegat Township Board of Education race, as 11 candidates have filed for three seats.
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•August 11, 2021
Are Mandatory Vaccinations Legal?
One of the biggest questions on the COVID-19 front today is this: Are vaccination mandates legal?
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•August 11, 2021
Fishermen Protest Upcoming Bid for Wind Farms in New York Bight
With the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management preparing to open more lease areas on the Continental Shelf to wind farm developers by the end of the month, the fourth and last meeting between…
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•August 11, 2021
Starve Poverty International Moving to Barnegat
Barnegat Township has entered into a lease agreement with a nonprofit organization that seeks to “break the chains of poverty” by deploying people into specific communities to help meet humanitarian…
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•August 11, 2021
Beach Haven Tables Invasive Plants Ordinance
An ordinance intended to crack down on invasive plants in Beach Haven is going back to the drawing board after concerns were raised during a public hearing at the Aug. 9 borough council meeting.
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•August 11, 2021
Sediment Filters Removed After Flood Concerns Raised
Part of the final phase of the $312 million federally funded Causeway expansion and rehabilitation project will address flooding issues in Ship Bottom, the gateway to Long Beach Island. Imagine the…
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•August 11, 2021
Lifeguards Get a Morning Treat at Compassion Café
Before reporting to their assigned posts at 10 a.m., Beach Haven Beach Patrol members spend an hour warming up with calisthenics and a training regimen. But this Monday, Aug. 9, lifeguards were…
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•August 11, 2021
Library System Seeks ‘Memory Cafe’ Volunteers
The search is underway for compassionate, sociable volunteers to facilitate Memory Cafés through the Ocean County Library System in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater New…
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•August 11, 2021
Barnegat: Total Tax Increase Lowest in Nine Years
Overall property tax increases in Barnegat Township will be the lowest they have been in nine years, announced Mayor Albert Bille at a recent township committee meeting.
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•August 11, 2021
Barnegat Teen Attains Eagle Scout Status
At a recent court of honor, Christian Babbage of Barnegat Township received his Eagle Scout badge at American Legion Post 232. He is the son of Stacy and Frank Babbage.
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•August 11, 2021
Boater Injured When Vessel Runs Aground Off LBI
A 62-year-old man sustained injuries Saturday when his 33-foot pleasure craft ran aground in the Oyster Creek Channel near Barnegat Light on Aug. 7.
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•August 11, 2021
Ship Bottom Cops Credit Two FDNY With Life Save on Beach
When Ship Bottom police responded to a medical call on the Fifth Street beach around 5 p.m. July 14, they found two vacationing members of the Fire Department of New York had revived an unresponsive…
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•August 11, 2021
Public Works, Lifeguards, Badge Checkers Saluted in Beach Haven
Last month, Beach Haven was voted the best beach in Ocean County in the recent New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium’s 2021 “Favorite Beaches” poll. And at the borough council meeting on Aug. 9, Mayor…
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•August 11, 2021
Arrests Made in String of Car Thefts in Barnegat
An adult and three juveniles, all from Atlantic County, were arrested last week in connection with the recent theft of motor vehicles from Barnegat residential developments.
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•August 11, 2021
Congressman Kim Lands New VA Clinic for Ocean County
This past week two-term Congressman Andy Kim (D-3rd) delivered what is probably his greatest accomplishment for constituents since being elected. In Ocean County, no less, which voted heavily against…
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•August 11, 2021
Northern Long-Eared Bats Found in the Pinelands, Conserve Wildlife Reports
Meaghan Lyon is among the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey biologists who, over the past two months, “have spent many late nights surveying for bats in the Pinelands,” she noted. “Our goal…
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•August 10, 2021
Water, Traffic Safety Concerns Prompt Proposed Bayfront Measure in Ship Bottom
The Ship Bottom Borough Council unanimously introduced an ordinance that, if approved, would regulate the boarding and disembarking of passengers from recreational watercraft in certain bayfront…
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•August 9, 2021
Ocean County’s COVID Numbers Rise Another Week
Ocean County’s positive COVID-19 cases rose again in the week ending Aug. 9.
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•August 7, 2021
Fantasy Island Proposes Five Fireworks Shows
At an agenda meeting last week, the Beach Haven Borough Council tentatively approved five fireworks shows for Fantasy Island Amusement Park. Four of the events will take place in the post-season.
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•August 5, 2021
Garden Club Dedicates New Pollinator Garden
The Garden Club of Long Beach Island opened its pollinator garden in Barnegat Light’s Bay Breeze Park with a ribbon cutting by Mayor Kirk O. Larson while butterflies, bees and goldfinches fluttered…
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•August 5, 2021
Andrea Doria Commemoration a Real Blast From the Past
Anyone in the vicinity of the New Jersey Maritime Museum in Beach Haven on Sunday, July 25, around 3 p.m. heard it: three long, slow foghorn blasts, a rich and perfect low C note, emanating from a…
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•August 5, 2021
20 Teen COVID Cases Confirmed as LBI Health Officials Investigate Cluster
The number of teenagers who have contracted COVID-19 with the commonality of attending teen nights at local nightclubs last month is up to 20, according to Long Beach Island health officials.
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•August 5, 2021
Local Bus Drivers and Aides Win National Award
School bus drivers and bus aides at Durham School Services, which serves Pinelands Regional and Little Egg Harbor school districts, have submitted a winning entry in Durham School Services’ National…
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•August 4, 2021
Coast Guard Auxiliary Serves Again After Being Grounded by Pandemic
The phrase was repeated by each member of the three-man crew as they worked together to bring the lone figure aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary boat just inside Barnegat Inlet, not far from Coast…
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•August 4, 2021
Stafford PD Joins Active Bystander Training Program
The Stafford Township Police Department announced this week it has been accepted into the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Project, Georgetown University Law Center’s national training…
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•August 4, 2021
Security-Related Violations Alleged at Oyster Creek Generating Station
During a discretionary inspection at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission identified apparent violations related to physical protection programs designed and…
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•August 4, 2021
Beach Yoga Returns to Surf City
Beach yoga has resumed in Surf City after a short pause last month. A parking complaint from a non-business neighbor of Yoga Bohemia had brought the class offering to the attention of borough…
