News
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•August 5, 2020
Maritime Museum Goes Pink With Fundraiser
At the New Jersey Maritime Museum in Beach Haven, the staff really “gives a ship.”
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•August 5, 2020
NEA Awards Grunin Center $50,000 as Part of CARES Act
The National Endowment for the Arts recently announced the nonprofit arts organizations recommended for direct funding through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and the…
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•August 5, 2020
New Ship Bottom Municipal Complex Construction Not Expected This Year
Ship Bottom officials anticipated going out to bid in March for a new borough hall with construction beginning in front of the existing building between 16th and 17th streets on the Boulevard this…
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•August 5, 2020
Ship Bottom Preps for Drainage Work at Entrance to LBI
The Ship Bottom Borough Council last month introduced a $3 million bond ordinance that paves the way for infrastructure improvements to Eighth and Ninth streets to begin. The work, which is slated to…
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•August 5, 2020
Water Meter Installation Deadline Oct. 1 in Long Beach Township
Earlier this year, Long Beach Township pushed back the deadline for installation of water meters due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the new date for compliance – Oct. 1 – is fast approaching.…
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•August 5, 2020
9th District’s Disabled Veteran Property Tax Relief Measure Passes Senate
The state Senate has passed legislation sponsored by the 9th District’s Sen. Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove that would extend the current disabled…
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•August 5, 2020
Ocean County Soil Conservation District Awarded Grant for Aquaculture Project
For the third year, the nonprofit National Association of Conservation Districts technical assistance grant program, created with funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is aiding farmers…
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•August 5, 2020
Ocean County Irish Festival Canceled
The Ocean County Chapter of The Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh has regretfully announced the 2020 Ocean County Irish Festival, which was to be held on Sept. 12 at Manahawkin Lake Park, has been…
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•August 5, 2020
Waretown Dog Park Grand Opening Aug. 7
The grand opening ceremony for the new and highly anticipated dog park in Waretown will take place from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, and all are welcome. The dog park is located near the…
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•August 3, 2020
United Methodist Churches of LBI Offer Outdoor Services By the Bay
Beginning Aug. 9, the United Methodist churches of Long Beach Island – located in Beach Haven and Beach Haven Terrace – will be offering outdoor worship services at 8:30 a.m. on Sundays at the…
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•August 3, 2020
Beach Haven School Will Go In-Person
The Beach Haven Elementary School will reopen its doors next month with in-person instruction, Superintendent/principal Christopher Meyrick announced recently.
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•August 2, 2020
Eagleswood Buys Dock Road Parcel; Town Hall Opens to Public
The Eagleswood Township Committee passed resolutions during the July 27 committee meeting authorizing land purchases on Dock Road, which will utilize NJDEP Green Acres grant funds. According to Mayor…
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•August 1, 2020
Outdoor Dining Hours Extended in Ship Bottom
Citing the recent heat wave and a hope to help restaurant owners during a summer truncated due to the pandemic, Ship Bottom borough has lengthened outdoor dining hours until midnight. Outdoor dining…
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•July 30, 2020
Former Longtime Islander Mary Rose Leonardi Celebrates 109th Birthday
On Sunday, July 26, a day before she turned 109 years old, Mary Rose Leonardi was celebrated with a line of well-wishers that motored past her current residence, the senior community Seacrest Village…
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•July 30, 2020
Two Men Rescued Off Barnegat Light After 68-Foot Fishing Boat Takes on Water
Two men who were fishing 33 miles east of Barnegat Light early Tuesday morning were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after their boat began to take on water. The names of the men were not released as…
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•July 30, 2020
VFW Post 2729 Welcomes First Female Commander
One of the first projects as new commander of VFW Post 3729 for Denise Hart is launching a fluke tournament fundraiser Aug. 15 to support the post’s unheralded but strong work for veterans.
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•July 30, 2020
35 LBI Lifeguards Test Positive for COVID-19; 11 From Surf City Cleared to Return to Work
Eleven Surf City lifeguards who tested positive earlier this month for COVID-19 were cleared by the Long Beach Island Health Department to return to work July 27, Mayor Francis Hodgson said Monday…
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•July 29, 2020
St. Francis Counseling Service Offers Post-Quarantine Support Group
As the community reenters the world post-quarantine, all are adapting to an entirely new lifestyle as the pandemic remains pervasive across the country. The quarantine and subsequent climate have…
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•July 29, 2020
Traffic Volume Up on 10th Street, Average Speed Below Posted Limit
A recent traffic study of Tenth Street in Ship Bottom, located just off the Causeway to Long Beach Island, recorded 11,024 motorists used the residential roadway between July 1 and July 20. That’s…
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•July 29, 2020
Pinelands, Local School Districts, to Explore Consolidation
The Pinelands Regional School District, like many and perhaps most school districts throughout New Jersey, still isn’t sure what reopening will look like this autumn.
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•July 29, 2020
COVID-19 Phase 3 Vaccine Trials Give People a Chance to Be Heroes
Would you like to be a hero? You may be able to do so, at least if you are willing to travel a moderate distance.
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•July 29, 2020
Yes, a Hospital Fundraiser Can Thrive Online – Raising $90,000
Even without having a live dress-up dining and dancing event to attend, the Southern Ocean County community rallied to support its local hospital during its first-ever virtual fundraising event, held…
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•July 29, 2020
Coast Guard Revisits Buoy Work in Waterway
The U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation team, based in Cape May, expects to revisit at least one of the newly placed buoys in the Intracoastal Waterway off Long Beach Island when it makes a trip to…
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•July 29, 2020
Clean Ocean Action Supports Offshore Wind Projects While Preserving Marine Environment
As climate change accelerates, producing increased temperatures, stronger storms, ocean acidification and sea level rise, the turn to wind power – the use of turbines to capture kinetic energy from…
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•July 29, 2020
Gardener Likes Sharing Crops With Her Neighbors
Longtime gardener Gail Folinas of Barnegat Township goes by that motto as she tends to her vegetable garden at the Brighton at Barnegat development.
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•July 29, 2020
Tuckerton Elementary Releases Tentative ‘Hybrid’ Reopening Plan for September
At the July 27 meeting of the Tuckerton Board of Education, Superintendent Janet Gangemi shared the latest plan a committee has worked up to comply with Gov. Phil Murphy’s edict to reopen school in…
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•July 29, 2020
Candidate Sues Barnegat Over OPA Violations
Charlie Cunliffe, a Democratic candidate for Barnegat Township Committee, has filed a lawsuit in Ocean County Superior Court against the township and the committee for violating the N.J. Open Public…
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•July 29, 2020
Seven Running for Barnegat School Board
Two incumbents, a former candidate and four newcomers are running for three seats in the Nov. 3 Barnegat Board of Education race.
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•July 29, 2020
LBI School District Planning for In-Person Instruction to Begin Sept. 8
With three options being discussed, the LBI Consolidated School District is focused on the one that allows for a combination of in-person classes with modifications due to the pandemic as well as a…
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•July 29, 2020
Weber Touts Second Amendment Rights
New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District Independent candidate Martin Weber is vowing to preserve the spirit and legality of the Second Amendment. The seat is currently held by Democrat Andy Kim.
