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•February 24, 2021
Atlantic Shores Signs Pacts with Unions to Give Good Paying Jobs in Offshore Wind
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind LLC has signed a memorandum of understanding with six unions operating in New Jersey as part of its bid submission to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. The…
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•February 24, 2021
Winter Population Hike on Mainland Hard to Define
To quantify, by dictionary definition, is simply to express or measure the quantity or amount of something. If only quantifying an increase in the population of the five mainland towns in the Long…
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•February 24, 2021
Texas Winter Storm Causes Leap in Gas Prices
Former Texas Republican Gov. and former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry famously, or infamously, said “Texans would be without electricity for longer than three days to keep the federal government…
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•February 23, 2021
LBI Education Association Donates Much-Needed Items to St. Francis Food Pantry
Food banks collect much more than food, and are often in great need of hygiene and personal products for adults and children. The Long Beach Island Education Association recently connected with the…
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•February 22, 2021
Little Egg Harbor Township Man Shot and Killed in Lakewood
The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office is asking the public for any information in regard to the murder of Dajour Randolph, age 20, of Little Egg Harbor, who was shot and killed in Lakewood on Feb. 21.
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•February 22, 2021
Firefighters Use Soon-to-Be Demolished Loveladies Home for Practice Drills
Late Saturday morning, firefighters from the High Point (Harvey Cedars), Surf City and Barnegat Light volunteer companies converged on a house on Laguna Drive in the Loveladies section of Long Beach…
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•February 19, 2021
LBI Officials, Taxpayers Want More Input on Proposed Wind Farm
With the Atlantic Shores Wind Farm proposed off the coast of Long Beach Island before the state Board of Public Utilities for the right to generate electricity, there’s a growing movement on the…
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•February 18, 2021
Cameras, Snares Employed in Barnegat Light Coyote Survey
On the sign at the entrance to Barnegat Light is a notice stating, “Dogs should stay on a leash at all times.” There’s a new reason for that currently: A tracking program that also involves trapping…
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•February 18, 2021
Pregnant During a Pandemic: Moms, Nurses Share Experiences
All expectant mothers hope for a comfortable, happy pregnancy and a complication-free childbirth and newborn experience. And while most understand the reality may not align with expectation, no one…
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•February 18, 2021
New Jersey Osprey Monitoring Project Weathers Pandemic to Record Productive Year for Species
Keeping an eye on the state’s osprey population last year proved a bit challenging for the New Jersey Osprey Monitoring Project, but the Conserve Wildlife Foundation and its volunteers persisted, and…
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•February 18, 2021
Faulty Wiring Caused House Fire on South Union Street
An investigation by the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department and Fire Marshal into the cause of a Jan. 29 house fire that destroyed the home at 31 South Union St. in Stafford Township concluded faulty…
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•February 18, 2021
Charges Upgraded for Driver in LEH Crash
Charges have been upgraded for the 26-year-old Manahawkin man who caused a two-car crash in Little Egg Harbor on Saturday, Jan. 30 that ultimately killed Gianna Palmieri, 16, and seriously injured…
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•February 18, 2021
Rockin’ Valentines Thank Healthcare Workers
On Friday, Feb. 12, heartfelt valentines were delivered to team members at Southern Ocean Medical Center from Philly-based rock ’n’ roll band Low Cut Connie and its fan base, “Tough Cookies,” which…
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•February 18, 2021
Stafford Joins ‘Safe Routes’ Program to Encourage ‘Active Travel’ on Foot, Wheels
Stafford Mayor Greg Myhre announced the township and the Stafford Township School District have received “First Step”-level recognition in the New Jersey Safe Routes to School grant program.…
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•February 17, 2021
St. Francis New Location of COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics on LBI
Beginning the week of Feb. 22, the Long Beach Island Health Department’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic for both doses of the Moderna shot will be held at the St. Francis of Assisi Church Hall in Brant…
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•February 17, 2021
New Cardiac Calcium Scoring at Hospital Saves Man’s Life
When team members were being recruited to test the new cardiac calcium scan procedure at Southern Ocean Medical Center in Stafford Township, Kevin Jester, the hospital’s imaging manager, signed up.…
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•February 17, 2021
Surf City GOP Announces Support for Candidates in Upcoming Election Year
Citing the loss of the economic stability due to a lack of leadership from the current administration in Trenton over the last three years, the Regular Republican Organization of Surf City is backing…
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•February 17, 2021
Water Meter Deadline Extended in Barnegat Light
Barnegat Light residents now have until June 15 to get their new digital meters activated, reported borough council.
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•February 17, 2021
Little Egg Harbor Administrator Spadaccini Leaves; CFO Haines Will Take Over
Little Egg Harbor Township Administrator Matt Spadaccini “has moved on to other things in his life,” said Mayor John Kehm during the Feb. 11 municipal committee meeting. Chief Financial Officer…
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•February 17, 2021
Landscape Cleared for Compass Point Development
People driving on West Bay Avenue in Barnegat Township near the adult communities got a visual jolt last month as acres of trees were felled near the entrance to Cloverdale Farm County Park.
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•February 17, 2021
Democrats Franco and Moran Running Again for LEHT Committee
Democrats Gabe Franco and Shaun Moran have filed to run for Little Egg Harbor Township Committee in 2021. The duo and their “Little Egg Harbor United” team created a lot of momentum last year and…
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•February 17, 2021
Local Author’s Diversity Series Fills History Gap for Children
“Three-D glasses, house alarms and dry cleaning are just a small number of contributions Americans of African descent have contributed not only to American history, but world history,” said local…
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•February 17, 2021
Barnegat Pressing for COVID-19 Vaccine Site
Barnegat Township officials are asking the Ocean County Health Department to set up a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in town. But that will have to wait until the county is able to get a sufficient…
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•February 17, 2021
Snowman Building Contest Underway
The recent snowfall made Barnegat Township Recreation Director Jean Broadbent smile. It meant she would get some decent entries for her department’s snowman building contest, in which township…
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•February 17, 2021
Scams, Scams, Everywhere a Scam
Scamming is big business. Really big! And it is getting larger by the year.
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•February 17, 2021
Congressman Kim to Hold Telephone Town Hall Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines
Congressman Andy Kim, who represents New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District that includes half of Stafford Township and all of Barnegat Township, will hold a telephone town hall with Ocean County…
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•February 14, 2021
With Mom as His Inspiration, Owen LaRocca Assists in COVID-19 Treatment Research
Owen LaRocca understands what suffering looks like. From the time he was 8 years old, he watched as his mother struggled with varying ailments and a disease that affected only a handful of people and…
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•February 13, 2021
Pickleballers Continue to State Their Case
For around 40 minutes Monday night, pickleball enthusiasts continued to press the Beach Haven Borough Council for three additional courts.
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February 12, 2021
School News: Southern Musical to Be Livestreamed; Senior Student-Athletes Sign Commitment Letters
“Tuck Everlasting,” the Southern Regional Theatre Company’s spring musical, will be available for livestream only, for free, but the audience will have to preregister for a link at srsdtheater.com.
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•February 12, 2021
Expert Says Wind Turbines Can Harm LBI Economy
Beach Haven resident Bob Stern has taken a keen interest in Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind’s proposal to construct a wind farm off the coast of Long Beach Island and parts south to Atlantic City. And…
