News
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•April 13, 2021
Otter a Small Miracle Surviving With Surrogate Help
The tiny otter found washed up at the steps of a Ship Bottom bar is thriving more than two weeks later at the Woodlands Wildlife Refuge in Hunterdon County.
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•April 12, 2021
Ocean Ride Is Free to Vax Sites for Seniors, Disabled
Ocean Ride, the county’s public transportation system, offers free lifts to COVID-19 vaccination clinics for seniors 60 and older, as well as people with disabilities.
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•April 12, 2021
Walk-Ins Welcome at County College COVID-19 Test Site
The COVID-19 testing site at Ocean County College is now accepting walk-ins. Appointments are still recommended, but not compulsory.
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April 9, 2021
School News: Teacher ‘Rocks,’ Leo Club Bags Goodies
Diane Liebmann, eighth grade math teacher at Southern Regional Middle School on the Lightning team, has won WJRZ’s 2020-2021 Teacher Who Rocks award.
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•April 9, 2021
Ship Bottom Municipal Complex Construction Contract Leads to Lawsuit
Ship Bottom borough is moving ahead with plans for a new municipal complex at the current location between 16th and 17th streets on the Boulevard, as officials refute a civil action complaint filed…
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•April 9, 2021
Colorado State University Hurricane Experts Predict Above-Average Year in the Atlantic
President Joe Biden has said if the current rate of COVID-19 vaccinations stays on track, that should allow vaccinated people to gather outside in small gatherings with family and friends by…
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•April 8, 2021
Nightly Road Closures at Exit From LBI
The Causeway circle on Long Beach Island as well as Route 72 west between Sixth and Seventh streets in Ship Bottom are closed to traffic nightly between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. for road work, according to…
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•April 8, 2021
Surf City Woman Found Unresponsive on Beach Dies
Surf City and Ocean County law enforcement officials are continuing their investigation into the death of a 66-year-old borough woman who was pulled from cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean off North…
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•April 8, 2021
Southern Regional Freshmen Blaze a Path, Start Women’s Support Club on Campus
Let’s face a fact about American society on a broad level. Women still have to deal with many sensitive issues and are still trying to overcome them. From harassment to sexual assault, and…
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•April 8, 2021
Weather Condition Awareness Mitigates Wildfire Danger
Being in Southern Ocean County in the spring can be a lot of leaving coats and worries behind, but earlier this week the National Weather Service issued an increased risk of fire danger due to…
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•April 8, 2021
Hackensack Meridian, Other NJ Hospitals Receive $90 Million in Federal Funding
A combined $88,729,949 in federal funding has been allotted to help bolster emergency protective measures at New Jersey hospitals and long-term care facilities in response to the ongoing COVID-19…
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•April 7, 2021
Surveys Deliver Latest COVID Vaccine Scam
The Federal Trade Commission is warning that no legitimate survey-taker will ask participants for credit card or bank account information if they are offering a reward or prize for participating…
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•April 7, 2021
LEH School District May Face COVID Challenges After Easter and Spring Break
The Little Egg Harbor School District has already battled COVID-19 in 2021, and it may have to battle even harder in the coming weeks.
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•April 7, 2021
Barnegat Introduces New Anti-Pot Ordinance
Barnegat Township is making another attempt to ban the sale, manufacture and farming of marijuana in the municipality.
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•April 7, 2021
Barnegat Man Sentenced for Vehicular Homicide
On April 1, Barnegat Township resident Jeydon Lowe was sentenced to seven years in the state prison as a result of a previously entered guilty plea to vehicular homicide. The sentence is subject to…
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•April 7, 2021
Beach Haven Spending $13.3 Million in 2021
At a recent agenda meeting, the Beach Haven Borough Council introduced a 2021-22 municipal budget of $13,299,608, approximately $129,000 higher than last year.
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•April 7, 2021
Barnegat Committee Election Slates Finalized
The race for two seats on the Barnegat Township Committee is officially underway as slates of Republican and Democratic party candidates have filed. They were uncontested in the June primary.
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•April 7, 2021
9th District Delegation Opposes Bill Prohibiting Police at Polling Places
State Sen. Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman. DiAnne C. Gove of the 9th Legislative District are speaking out against legislation that would prohibit law…
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•April 7, 2021
Hackensack Meridian Health Develops High Speed Test to Find Coronavirus Variants
Experts at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation have developed a high-throughput test that can detect multiple variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 2½ hours, a major advance in…
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•April 7, 2021
Barnegat Town Budget of $28.8 Million Adopted
Barnegat plans to spend $28,856,373 in 2021, according to a municipal budget adopted at the April 6 township committee meeting. There were no comments made when it was up for public hearing.
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•April 7, 2021
National Weather Service Mount Holly Looking for Volunteers
If you are a person who loves weather, even snowstorms and heat waves, gets excited when a rare tornado strikes New Jersey and can’t take your eyes off the Weather Channel come hurricane season, the…
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•April 7, 2021
Interim Spent Nuclear Fuel Site in New Mexico Focus of Federal Lawsuit
A lawsuit filed by the state of New Mexico against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for its handling of a consolidated interim spent nuclear fuel storage facility application has ties to the…
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•April 7, 2021
Pre-COVID Learning Slowly Returns to LBI District
At the start of the second quarter of 2021, with both COVID-19 vaccinations and new cases on the rise across the state, there is a slow shift back to pre-pandemic ways – at least for most students on…
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•April 6, 2021
Public May Comment on Environmental Impacts of Ørsted’s Offshore Wind Farm
The Bureau of Ocean Management has announced a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for the construction and operations plan submitted by Ocean Wind LLC that would allow it…
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•April 5, 2021
New LED Lighting Installed in Stafford Near Target Shopping Plaza
Starting Monday, April 5, drivers along Stafford Park Boulevard and Recovery Road will see infrastructure upgrades in progress as Stafford Township works with Atlantic City Electric to replace street…
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•April 5, 2021
Nonprofits Shift Gears Amid Uncertainty Caused by Coronavirus
Editor’s Note: During the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted many aspects of our community. Throughout March, staff writers Gina G. Scala, Monique Demopoulos and David Biggy…
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•April 3, 2021
LBI Health Department Devoting Allotment of Single-Dose Vaccine to Most At-Risk
The Long Beach Island Health Department has received a shipment of the single-dose Johnson and Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine and plans to host stand-alone clinics with this vaccine for Ocean…
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•April 3, 2021
LBI Landmark Highlights Proximity of Proposed Offshore Wind Farm
To put shoreline visibility of a proposed offshore wind farm into perspective, Ship Bottom resident John Breitling used local landmarks anyone living, working or visiting on Long Beach Island can…
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•April 3, 2021
Route 72 Shoulder Closure Marks Start of Road Work
A contractor for the state Department of Transportation late last week closed the shoulder of Route 72 in both directions near the Marsha Drive intersection as the final phase of the…
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•April 2, 2021
Tuckerton Creates Ad Hoc Committee to Explore Banning Marijuana Sales in Borough
Tuckerton Mayor Sue Marshall asked borough attorney Christopher Connors at the borough council’s March 15 meeting to advise on how to best limit the sale and cultivation of cannabis in the town.
