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•April 2, 2021
Bass River and Little Egg Harbor Taxpayers Will Take Hit in Pinelands 2021-22 Budget
Pinelands Regional School District Business Administrator Nick Brown gave a presentation explaining the district’s proposed 2021-22 school year budget at the March meeting of the Pinelands Regional…
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•April 1, 2021
Stafford First Responders Recognized for Lifesaving Actions
At the March 23 town council meeting, Stafford EMS Chief Michael Essig and Ptl. Chris Smith were presented with Lifesaving Valor Awards for their actions in October 2020 that saved a woman from…
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•April 1, 2021
LBI Grade School Student Wins Atlantic Shores Contest
Last October, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, the 50-50 joint venture between EDF Renewables North America and Shell New Energies US LLC, offered Zoom lessons on sustainable energy to elementary…
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•March 31, 2021
Ocean County Board of Social Services Getting a New Home
It is a safe bet to say social services have been in great demand in Ocean County during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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•March 31, 2021
Williams Selected to Be Pinelands Regional Board President By County Superintendent
Thomas “Tommy” Williams has been selected to be president of the Pinelands Regional Board of Education.
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•March 31, 2021
Hope Remains Even as Churches Trudge Through Pandemic Times
Churches are as intertwined within the fabric of Southern Ocean County communities as any other nonprofit group or organization. To many, church life is essential.
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•March 31, 2021
Tuckerton Elementary to Return to Four-Day In-Person Learning
Effective on Monday, April 12, the Tuckerton Elementary School will be moving to four days per week in-person learning. Parents were able to select whether they would like their child to remain at…
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•March 31, 2021
Stafford Presents $49.6 Million Budget With No Tax Increase
With a 66-slide presentation given by Township Administrator Matthew von der Hayden and Chief Financial Officer Doug Gannon, Stafford Township publicly introduced its 2021 municipal budget, totaling…
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•March 31, 2021
Conserve Wildlife Foundation Dispatches Piping Plover Winter Report From the Bahamas
Since 2011, the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey has been working in the Bahamas, primarily Abaco, to help study the habitat and distribution of wintering piping plovers, with senior…
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•March 31, 2021
Proposed Measure Spells Out Approved Use at LBI School Site
The fight to keep the LBI Grade School as an educational institution for students in five Island communities received a jolt of support as the Ship Bottom Borough Council last week introduced an…
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•March 31, 2021
Local Author Writes on Autism Essentials
In 1973, Andy McCabe took over as director of special education for the Bayonne School District. While he had to help coordinate programs for children with various disabilities, he did not see his…
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•March 31, 2021
Harvey Cedars Police on the Lookout for Distracted Drivers
Law enforcement officers from the Harvey Cedars Police Department will be cracking down on distracted drivers during April as part of New Jersey’s “UDrive. UText. UPay.” enforcement campaign.
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•March 31, 2021
American Eel: ‘Underappreciated Hero of Aquatic Ecosystems’
In 2010, the European Union banned export of eels in response to population decline. The sanction contributed to what writer Rene Ebersole, in a 2018 National Geographic article, called a “sushi…
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•March 31, 2021
Immediate Care Takes Over Operation of COVID-19 Testing at Ocean County College
In an effort to free up additional staff to assist at vaccination clinics, COVID-19 testing at Ocean County College is now under the operation of Immediate Care.
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•March 31, 2021
Beach Haven Taxpayers Plan Zoom Forum on Offshore Wind Energy
The Beach Haven Taxpayers Association holds an offshore wind energy forum via Zoom on Friday, April 9, beginning at 7 p.m.
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•March 31, 2021
New Jersey Sierra Club Director Jeff Tittel Retiring
For nearly 23 years Jeff Tittel, director of Sierra Club’s New Jersey chapter, has lobbied for environmental legislation among Trenton’s lawmakers and has been one of New Jersey’s strongest and most…
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•March 31, 2021
Inflatable Rats at Barnegat Town Hall Over Union Protest
They are unmistakable sights in front of the parking area at Barnegat’s township hall: two large inflatable rats, symbols of unions protesting what they say are unfair labor or hiring practices.
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•March 31, 2021
Blood Drive at St. Francis Parish Hall
The American Red Cross will be at St. Francis of Assisi Church Hall, 4700 Long Beach Blvd., Brant Beach, on Tuesday, April 20 for a blood drive. Hours are 1 to 6 p.m.
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•March 31, 2021
Junior Miss Stafford Lindsey McDermott Honored by Red Cross New Jersey Region
On April 21, the American Red Cross New Jersey Region is slated to honor community heroes during its virtual experience, “New Jersey Heroes: Meeting the Moment.” Stafford Township 11-year-old Lindsey…
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•March 29, 2021
Teachers Everywhere Have Struggled But They Continue to Persevere
Ask any school administrator to say something about his or her teachers and how they have handled things during the past year, as a global pandemic undermined just about everything they had been used…
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•March 28, 2021
Village Harbour Home Destroyed By Fire
A Village Harbour home has been reduced to a charred wooden frame and the two cars in its driveway completely destroyed following a fire on Saturday. The house next door also sustained damage.
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•March 27, 2021
Southern Ocean Medical Center Administers 10,000th COVID-19 Vaccine Shot
Retired dental hygienist Judy Rapoza of Barnegat received the milestone 10,000th COVID-19 vaccine dose on Friday, March 12, at Hackensack Meridian Southern Ocean Medical Center’s vaccination center…
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•March 26, 2021
Seal Rescued From Harvey Cedars Driveway
Sightings of beached seals on Long Beach Island are not unusual this time of year. But a baby gray seal took things a step farther last Thursday when it was spotted in a driveway of an East 68th…
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•March 25, 2021
Pinelands High School Goes All Virtual Again
Pinelands Regional High School’s experiment with four-days-a-week face-to-face instruction came to a crashing halt on Thursday, March 25.
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•March 25, 2021
Long Beach Township Achieves Third Sustainable Jersey Recertification
Back in 2009, Long Beach Township was one of the first municipalities in the state to register with Sustainable Jersey, which provides tools, training and financial incentives to support communities…
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•March 25, 2021
Harvey Cedars Marsh Tract to Be Preserved
A 3.4-acre area of open space in Harvey Cedars will be preserved, according to action taken last week by the Ocean County Board of Commissioners. It represents a portion of $500,000 in open space tax…
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•March 25, 2021
Board Rejects Offer for LBI School, Advertises for Bids a Second Time
While the sole bid for the LBI Grade School property in Ship Bottom exceeded the minimum asking price of $12 million, it was rejected by the Long Beach Island Consolidated Board of Education because…
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•March 25, 2021
Crea Wins Support at GOP County Convention
After Little Egg Harbor Township Committeewoman and former Mayor Barbara “Bobbi Jo” Crea earned the endorsement of the Ocean County Republican Screening Committee in February to run for the seat of…
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•March 25, 2021
School, Community Mourn Intermediate Teacher Tim Rogers’ Sudden Death
A beloved Stafford Township Intermediate School teacher, Tim Rogers of Barnegat, died at home unexpectedly on March 6. His death followed a brief illness, possibly COVID-19, but the family will not…
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•March 24, 2021
Foreclosure Mitigation to Include Bulk Purchase of Loans
The New Jersey Foreclosure Prevention Act, signed by Gov. Murphy, authorizes programs to address mortgage distress in New Jersey amid a rising number of foreclosures that was seen as far back as 2018…
