News
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•March 24, 2021
Education, Open Space and Recreation Only Permitted Use at LBI School Site
In approving the 2021 Master Plan Reexamination Report, the Ship Bottom Land Use Board on March 17 reaffirmed the significance of sustaining the LBI Grade School as a venue for open space/recreation…
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•March 24, 2021
All Signs Point to Marsha Drive Road Work Beginning
The orange and white cans lining both sides of Route 72 toward Marsha Drive coupled with electronic signs on the median saying roadwork is expected to begin March 26 can only mean one thing: The…
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•March 24, 2021
Eagleswood Fire Co. Asks for Help; Committee Will Take Another Look at Budget
Eagleswood Volunteer Fire Co. needs over $1.1 million in new equipment. A meeting with the Eagleswood Township Committee has been arranged for mid-April.
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•March 24, 2021
Pandemic’s Challenges Haven’t Stopped Schools From Educating Students
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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•March 24, 2021
Stockton University Will Open for In-Person Fall Classes
Based on projections for COVID-19 vaccine availability and access, Stockton University plans to open this fall with normal capacities for classes, housing and student activities.
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•March 24, 2021
Gas Prices Flattening But at High Level
The rapid rise of gas prices appears to be ending.
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•March 24, 2021
Sierra Club Warns of Increased Wildfires; Controlled Burns Not Complete Answer
The overpopulation of the area within the Pine Barrens fireshed and the increasing withdrawal of water from its aquifers pose the biggest threats to wildfires in South Jersey, according to the New…
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•March 24, 2021
Barnegat Teen Honored By Soroptimist Club
Soroptimist International of Long Beach Island has presented its 2021 Youth Service Award to Nora Hansen, a sophomore at Barnegat High School.
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•March 24, 2021
Atlantic Shores Responds to President Biden’s Endorsement of Offshore Wind Energy
President Joe Biden’s quick and encompassing response to global climate change has bolstered energy companies poised to develop offshore wind on the Jersey Coast.
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•March 24, 2021
Six-Week LEH Summer School Program Meant to Compensate for Pandemic Learning Loss
The Little Egg Harbor School District has been awarded a $156,425 grant to provide an intensive summer program this year and next.
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•March 22, 2021
Barnegat Paying Tribute to Beloved Dockmaster
While awaiting consistently warm weather, boat owners have been getting their personal watercraft prepped for the summer season.
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•March 21, 2021
New Café Offering Employment for Special Needs Individuals
Adolescents and adults with special needs will have work experience opportunities when the Compassion Café opens in Beach Haven in May.
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•March 20, 2021
Seaside Sightseeing: How to Observe LBI’s Marvelous Creatures
Long Beach Island is a proven place of refuge, even during an era of doom and gloom. Even — and perhaps, especially — in the absence of human festivity and mass gatherings, Mother Nature continues to…
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•March 19, 2021
New Jersey to Receive $10.2 Billion in State and Local COVID Relief
The federal $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package includes $10.189 billion in direct, flexible, federal assistance to New Jersey, with the state itself receiving approximately $6.434 billion, plus…
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•March 18, 2021
Long Beach Township Lowering Speed Limit on Ocean Roads April 1-Oct. 15
As of April 1, Ocean Boulevard, Beach Avenue and Atlantic Avenue – the oceanside roads that run through Long Beach Township – will have a speed limit of 15 mph. Last summer, in response to the spike…
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•March 18, 2021
$12M Minimum Asking Price for LBI Grade School
The minimum sales bid for the LBI Grade School, located between 19th and 20th streets where it intersects with Central Avenue in Ship Bottom, is $12 million, according to a legal notice that has…
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•March 18, 2021
A Year of Island Life Amid Pandemic
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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•March 18, 2021
Just Believe Inc. Plans Transitional Housing for Veterans in Barnegat
Paul Hulse, CEO of Just Believe Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to helping the homeless, met Marty Weber through a friend who was working on Weber’s political campaign. Last year Weber, a Barnegat…
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•March 17, 2021
Long Beach Township Reinstates Curfew for Juveniles
Long Beach Township has reestablished a municipality-wide curfew for those 17 years of age and younger, effective immediately, due to the continued need for social distancing as the COVID-19 pandemic…
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•March 17, 2021
Mystic Island Bank Reopens
The Bank of America’s Mystic Island branch in Little Egg Harbor has finally reopened.
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•March 17, 2021
No Smoking on Barnegat Light Beaches Includes Marijuana
Clarifying that marijuana cannot be smoked on the beaches and borough recreational areas was among updates at a relatively brief Barnegat Light Borough Council monthly meeting March 10. Council also…
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•March 17, 2021
Pandemic Prompts Changes, Growth for Volunteer Emergency Services
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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•March 17, 2021
Battle Continues Over Boat Slips; BHW Sewer Project Set to Start
Beach Haven Wester Gary Mazzacca remains determined to gain a boat slip he insists is already rightfully his, although Stafford Township disagrees.
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•March 17, 2021
Barnegat Quakers Resuming Meetings March 28
The Barnegat Society of Friends (Quakers) are resuming Sunday morning meetings for worship beginning March 28, at 10 a.m. outside at 614 East Bay Ave.
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•March 17, 2021
WOBM Honors Barnegat Senior as Student of the Week
Barnegat High School senior Kasey Keshecki has often been cited for academic excellence. Her latest honor is being named Ocean County Student of the Week by radio station WOBM-FM.
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•March 17, 2021
Barnegat Hotel/Motel Ordinance Awaits Word From Pinelands
Barnegat Township is awaiting the green light from the Pinelands Commission for a recently adopted ordinance concerning development on the west side of the Garden State Parkway to be implemented.
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•March 17, 2021
Little Egg Harbor to Improve Recreation Fields
The Little Egg Harbor Township recreation fields off Route 539 are 20 years old and in need of drainage upgrades and re-turfing. The township committee introduced an ordinance during its March 11…
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•March 17, 2021
Barnegat Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday With Parade
Rose Cordasco was wondering what all the fuss was about.
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•March 17, 2021
Donations Sought in Lieu of Canceled Sprint
For the safety of volunteers, participants and spectators, the Ship Bottom Sprint for Life has canceled its 2021 event.
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•March 17, 2021
Wright Church Open for In-Person Worship
The Wright Memorial Presbyterian Church, at 330 S. Main St. (Route 9) in Barnegat, has reopened its doors for in-person services Sundays at 10:30 a.m. and Tuesdays at 6 p.m.
