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•June 30, 2020
Governor Rescinds Indoor Dining Order Ahead of July 2 Reopenings
Long Beach Island area restaurants will not be reopening for indoor dining services ahead of the Fourth of July weekend after Gov. Phil Murphy pulled the plug on restaurants statewide just days…
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•June 29, 2020
Farm Market Extends Into the Early Evening
The Barnegat Township Recreation Department will hold its first afternoon-evening Jersey Farm Market on Thursday, July 9. Sixteen vendors will set up shop at the field across from the firehouse on…
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•June 27, 2020
Injuries Result When Boat Hits Sandbar
A woman was airlifted for medical attention after the sport boat in which she was a passenger struck a sandbar in Oyster Creek Channel Saturday, officials from the Barnegat Light First Aid Squad…
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•June 27, 2020
Pilot Rescued After Banner Plane Crashes Off Surf City Beach
The pilot of a banner plane sustained minor injuries after his plane went down in the ocean waters off the North 13th Street beach in Surf City Saturday afternoon, June 27, according to law…
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•June 26, 2020
Architects’ View of ‘Home, Sweet Home’ Post-COVID and Beyond
In “Company Man,” the first short story in David Sedaris’ new collection Calypso, he asserts the only real perk to middle age is “with luck, you’ll acquire a guest room” – either by default because…
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•June 25, 2020
Salvaged Lightship Bell ‘Where It Belongs’
In order to hear the nautical “clang” of this 1,000-pound polished bell as the town of Barnegat Light did Saturday, a person previously would have had to pass by or work aboard the sturdy lightship…
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•June 25, 2020
Long Beach Township Lowering Speed Limit on Ocean Roads
Ocean Boulevard, Beach Avenue and Atlantic Avenue – the ocean roads that run through Long Beach Township – will have a speed limit of 15 mph as of next Tuesday. The municipality is currently…
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•June 25, 2020
Coast Guard Removes Hazardous Channel Markers from Waterway
In just 32 hours spanning a four-day period, the U.S. Coast Guard removed and replaced four out of six dangerous aids to navigation channel markers in the Intracoastal Waterway off Long Beach Island.…
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•June 25, 2020
After 48 Years in Stafford School District, Margaret Coppola Leaves Teaching to Become a Retiree
Two weeks ago, Margaret Coppola had the opportunity to spend a few days in her pre-kindergarten classroom at the Oxycocus School.
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•June 25, 2020
Turtle Time: Terrapins Get Helping Hands
Now that the heat is on, the diamondback terrapin dash from one side of the street to the other has begun. Sadly, not all will make it, but the awareness and hopes of the locals are high.
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•June 25, 2020
GoFundMe Campaign Launched to Save Our Gang Players
Our Gang Players, Ocean County’s longest-running community theater troupe, is in danger of becoming a victim of COVID-19.
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•June 25, 2020
Ocean County College Ranked Second Among State Community Colleges for Online Education
Ocean County College has been ranked second among all community colleges in New Jersey for online education in 2020 as per Guide To Online Schools, a free compendium that enables students to compare…
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•June 25, 2020
Stafford Police Revive Summer Camps for Youth
Every summer, the Stafford Township Police Department provides several camps designed to be not just educational, but also a lot of fun while connecting the town’s youth to the men and women who…
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•June 25, 2020
Long Beach Township Taps Climate Corps to Help Save Energy
Long Beach Township has been matched with an Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps fellow to provide expertise and support for evaluation, planning and implementation of projects to improve the…
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•June 25, 2020
Ocean County College to Offer Most Fall 2020 Courses Online or Remotely
Although Ocean County College is eager to reopen its Toms River and Manahawkin campuses for instruction, officials at the college emphasize that “a measured and gradual approach must be taken to…
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•June 24, 2020
Governor’s Wind Port to Assist Offshore Wind Farm Development
The second piece of the offshore wind puzzle, how to get and service potentially eight wind farms offshore New Jersey, has just fallen into place.
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•June 24, 2020
Judge Orders Decommissioning Temporarily Halted at Former Nuclear Plant
Ocean County Superior Court Judge Francis R. Hodgson issued an order of temporary restraint to the owners of the shuttered Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station on June 2, stopping all…
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•June 24, 2020
SOMC Nurses, Hackensack Meridian Health Reach Tentative Contract
The nurses at Southern Ocean Medical Center and Hackensack Meridian Health have reached a tentative contract agreement.
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•June 24, 2020
Manahawkin Lake Park Reopens
Manahawkin Lake at A. Paul King County Park on West Bay Avenue in Manahawkin is once again open for swimming as of Friday, June 19.
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•June 24, 2020
Barnegat Democrats Tout Mail-In Balloting
The New Jersey 2020 primary election is Tuesday, July 7, and because of the pandemic, voting will mostly be done through mail-in ballots.
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•June 24, 2020
Resumption of Indoor Dining Another Challenge for Area Restaurants
It took weeks of planning, ordering tents, umbrellas or creating temporary walls or other barriers for many restaurant owners to prepare to welcome customers when full al fresco dining services…
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•June 24, 2020
Independent Candidate Martin Weber Seeking Economic Reforms
New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District Independent candidate Martin Weber is calling for sweeping economic reforms to assist the state and the country in the COVID-19 recovery.
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•June 24, 2020
Harvey Cedars Takes Aim at Dead Trees
If you have a dead tree on your property in Harvey Cedars, the borough advises you to get rid of it quickly.
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•June 24, 2020
Mom and School Board Echo Praise for ‘Graduation Experience’
Prior to June 17, Peggy Beck had attended just about every Southern Regional Board of Education meeting during the past four years. Whether last week’s meeting was her last was uncertain, and board…
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•June 24, 2020
Camping at 12 NJ State Forests to Open Monday
Camping at Bass River State Forest is allowed starting Monday, June 22, with extra precautions in place for the COVID-19 emergency, including the wearing of masks in communal areas, such as…
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•June 24, 2020
Libraries Offering Service Updates
Although the Ocean County Library System has not yet opened to the public, various protocols are in the works in the event it can welcome back patrons.
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•June 24, 2020
9th District Delegation Works to Protect Senior Freeze, Homestead Benefit Programs
Sen. Christopher Connors, Assemblyman Brian Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove of the 9th Legislative District are calling on Gov. Phil Murphy to fully fund the state’s Senior Freeze and Homestead…
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•June 24, 2020
Long Beach Township Establishes Municipality-Wide 9 p.m. Curfew for Juveniles
Long Beach Township has established a municipality-wide curfew for those 17 years of age and under. An order issued Tuesday, June 23, mandates that juveniles cannot be outside after 9 p.m. and until…
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•June 24, 2020
Farm Markets Set for Wednesdays in Beach Haven
Sassafras Hill Farm in Barnegat Township is holding a farmers market in Beach Haven at Walsh Field on Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to noon through Sept. 2.
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•June 23, 2020
Congressman Kim Holding Telephone Town Hall About Racial Issues
Congressman Andy Kim, the Democrat who represents New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District, including half of Stafford Township and all of Barnegat Township, will hold a telephone town hall…
