News
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•January 27, 2021
Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Partners With Psychiatry Department
The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office is partnering with the Department of Psychiatry at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine to train post-graduate year two psychiatry residents.
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•January 27, 2021
Ocean County Records First Case of COVID-19 Variant
Two cases of the more contagious COVID-19 strain B.1.1.7 have been found in New Jersey, the first known reports of this variant in the state. One of the individuals is an Ocean County man in his 60s…
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•January 25, 2021
Conserve Wildlife Explains Link Between Horseshoe Crabs and COVID Vaccine
Last month, CBC Radio Canada program “The Current” interviewed Conserve Wildlife Foundation Executive Director David Wheeler for a feature on the irreplaceable role of New Jersey’s horseshoe crabs in…
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•January 23, 2021
LBI Health Department Clarifies Dates for Second COVID Vaccine Doses
Amid some concern about COVID-19 vaccine scheduling, the Long Beach Island Health Department has clarified the dates for those who received their first dose of the Moderna vaccine from that…
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•January 23, 2021
Vessels Sunk to Bolster NJ’s Artificial Reef Program
On the morning of Jan. 14, three vessels were sunk 5 miles off Holgate to help bolster an artificial reef.
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•January 22, 2021
Stafford Obtains Sustainable Jersey Logo
Stafford Township Councilman George Williams commended the town’s Green Team for having obtained the Sustainable Jersey logo as part of its hard-won certification. “They’ve been doing a really good…
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•January 22, 2021
Lucia DeClerck to Celebrate 105 at Mystic Meadows
While the youth of today have unanimously declared 2020 to be the worst year, with 2021 threatening to follow suit, it might behoove them to talk perspective with Lucia P. DeClerck, who will…
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•January 21, 2021
Southern Students Return to In-Person Instruction on Jan. 25
Southern Regional School District students have received the all-clear to return to their classrooms inside the high school and middle school on Monday, Jan. 25, Superintendent Craig Henry announced…
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•January 21, 2021
Those Given COVID Vaccine on LBI Worry About Receiving Second Dose
When Jane Niemeyer called the LBI Health Department about receiving the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine last week, she was asked if she could be in Surf City at the firehouse for a 11:15…
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•January 21, 2021
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Meets with Recreational Fishermen
Executives for EDF Renewables and Shell New Energies held an online forum Jan. 13 to exchange information with recreational fishermen on their Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind project. But questions…
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•January 21, 2021
Stafford Residents Still Have Some Time to Fill 2020 Time Capsule
The clock is ticking, Stafford Township residents. A time capsule at the municipal complex soon will be closed up and locked for the next 50 years.
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•January 21, 2021
Home Depot Shoplifters Caught
Stafford Township Police Detectives have caught two shoplifters trying to steal more than $4,600 worth of merchandise hidden in a garbage can at the Manahawkin Home Depot store on Monday, Jan. 11.
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•January 20, 2021
Dune Disturbance Case Back on Ship Bottom Court Docket
More than a year after first appearing on the Ship Bottom Municipal Court docket, the beginning of the final court case of the clear-cutting of dunes at a new oceanfront construction on 17th Street…
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•January 20, 2021
New Decommissioning Quality Assurance Program OKed for Oyster Creek Generating Station
The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a fleet-wide decommissioning quality assurance program for the parent company of the defunct Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, which will…
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•January 20, 2021
Stafford Township Planning Board Brings on Newcomers Kirwan and Donnelly
Robert Kirwan is quite familiar with Stafford Township. After all, he’s been around since the mid-1970s.
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•January 20, 2021
Little Egg Harbor Committee Finalizes Dredging Assessments, Seeks Center Street Speeding Solutions
Paying for various dredging projects completed last year and the ongoing need for traffic control on Center Street highlighted the new year’s first regular meeting of the Little Egg Harbor Committee…
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•January 20, 2021
Love in Pandemic Times: Couples Find Coping Methods, Silver Linings Amid COVID Challenges
When they said “I do,” most married couples never counted on a global pandemic to have them cooped up together every minute of the day and night.
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•January 20, 2021
Scams, New and Old, Are Everywhere
Scams have something in common with weddings. You can find something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue with both.
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•January 20, 2021
Tiki Pontoon Boat Proposed in Barnegat Light
On the lighter side of news, a new boat in the seascape of vessels in Barnegat Light this summer is a proposed tiki barge to take riders out for fun. The first mention of the seasonal activity came…
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•January 20, 2021
Alliance Offers Webinars to Bridge Gap Between Police and Community
The New Jersey Alliance of Family Support Organizations is presenting a free webinar series titled “Bridging the Gap Between Youth, Families and Law Enforcement Communities” next month.
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•January 19, 2021
Pickleball Courts in Beach Haven Might Stay at Six
The Beach Haven Borough Council is exploring whether to rehabilitate six existing pickleball courts instead of expanding the number of courts from six to nine at the Nelson Avenue facility.
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•January 19, 2021
Scholarship Established to Honor Frank Caputo
The family of the late Frank Caputo, the former Barnegat Township mayor, has honored him by establishing a scholarship fund in his memory.
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•January 17, 2021
COVID-19 Dominated News in 2020
It is obvious what the biggest news story of 2020 was in Southern Ocean County as well as the rest of the world.
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•January 16, 2021
Signs Say, ‘Hold America Together’
The Barnegat Friends Meeting (Quakers) is partnering with the organization Braver Angels to promote the idea that our love for our country is shown by our concern for our fellow citizens.
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•January 15, 2021
Southern Regional District Extends In-Person Return Date for Students
The return to in-person instruction within the Southern Regional School District has been delayed again.
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•January 14, 2021
Vaccination Clinics at Capacity as Southern Regional Preps to Become One
Beginning this week, the Southern Regional Middle School is expected to act as a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for the Ocean County Health Department, according to county officials. Vaccines will be…
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•January 14, 2021
Home Sweet School Bus: Local Couple Talks Tiny Living
As the housing market continues to skyrocket, some first-time home buyers, such as Casey Douglas and Mike Toye, have decided to downsize significantly and invest their money in the latest trend in…
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•January 14, 2021
Bald Eagles in Every NJ County: Conservation Success for Once-Endangered Species
More than 40 years after facing near-extinction, New Jersey’s bald eagle population is soaring to new heights, with confirmation, for the first time, of nesting pairs found in each of the state’s 21…
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•January 14, 2021
Three Southern Regional Bus Drivers Die, Two from COVID-19, in Recent Weeks
Three Southern Regional bus drivers have died since mid-December, when the district switched to all-remote instruction, Superintendent Craig Henry confirmed Monday, Jan.11.
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•January 14, 2021
Barnegat Light Reorganizes With Two COVID Recoveries
At the Jan. 6 online Barnegat Light Borough Council reorganization meeting for 2021, Dorothy Reynolds and Mary Ellen Foley were sworn in as council members for another three-year term, and were…
