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•May 27, 2020
Ship Bottom Vetoes Drive-In Request From Lighthouse Film Festival
Citing noise, traffic and other public safety concerns, the Ship Bottom Borough Council Tuesday rejected a proposal from the Lighthouse International Film Festival for a five-night double feature…
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•May 27, 2020
Swimming at Bass River State Forest Closed, Parking Limited
Swimming at Bass River State Forest will remain closed until further notice, but visitors are welcome to enjoy passive recreation while maintaining a 6-foot social distance from others and wearing…
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•May 27, 2020
SOMC Nurses Authorize a Strike
Nurses at Manahawkin’s Southern Ocean Medical Center and Neptune’s Jersey Shore University Medical Center have voted to authorize their bargaining committees to call for a strike or another form of…
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•May 27, 2020
Blood Drive in Tuckerton Under the New Normal
The Red Men Tribe 61 of Tuckerton, located at 145 East Main St., is hosting its annual blood drive on Friday, June 12, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. A limited number of scheduled hours are available, most…
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•May 27, 2020
Commercial Fisheries and Fishermen Can Apply for CARES Relief But Not Yet
New Jersey will receive $11,337,797 from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also called the CARES Act, to assist commercial fisheries that have been negatively affected by the…
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•May 27, 2020
Little Egg Harbor 2020 Budget Delayed
Little Egg Harbor Township’s 2020 budget process, like other towns, has been delayed due to the coronavirus.
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•May 27, 2020
Barnegat Schools Lauded for Music Education
Barnegat Township School District Superintendent Brian Latwis formally congratulated the district’s music department for being recognized as one of the “Best Communities for Music Education” by the…
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•May 27, 2020
Fireworks Canceled; Drive-In Movies Are On
Expecting social distancing to last well into the summer, Barnegat Township has canceled its Independence Day fireworks show scheduled for Thursday, July 2, at the high school football field.
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•May 27, 2020
Cool Weather, Pandemic Restrictions Open Summer on LBI
While people from all over flocked to Long Beach Island for the Memorial Day weekend despite the cooler temps and threat of rain, there’s no doubt the unofficial kickoff to summer was different.
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•May 27, 2020
SOMC Is Prepared as State Allows Elective Surgeries to Resume
Gov. Phil Murphy announced earlier this month that elective surgeries may resume on Tuesday, May 26. Hackensack Meridian Health, which includes Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin, is ready.…
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•May 27, 2020
Craft Day, Arts Festival, Three Concerts Canceled in Harvey Cedars
The Harvey Cedars Activities Committee has canceled activities at Sunset Park through July due to COVID-19 concerns.
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•May 27, 2020
Southern Regional Counselors Stay Positive for Seniors During Cap and Gown Pickup
Nothing about the past two past months within the Southern Regional School District has been typical. Classes have been conducted remotely. Spring sports and all other extracurricular activities were…
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•May 26, 2020
Summer Opens With Renewed Tourism Website
With restrictions from COVID-19 beginning to lift, the need for safe travel planning can be easily met online with Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce members’ newly re-launched tourism-related…
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•May 26, 2020
‘Great Storms of the Jersey Shore’ Seizes National Award
Over the course of seven months, from last September into March of this year, more than 160 librarians, booksellers and design and editorial experts were tasked with judging the titles submitted to…
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•May 25, 2020
Barnegat Business Offering Free Meals
In an effort to feed those in need throughout the community WBNJ-FM, Delights Artisan Café in Barnegat Township and the Barnegat Waretown Chamber of Commerce are providing free meals to our community.
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•May 25, 2020
Neighbors of Korean War Army Veteran Say Goodbye in Unique Style
Bret Bissey remembers Feb. 4, 2018 as if it were yesterday. It was the day his beloved Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl, and he received a call from neighbor John “Jack” Webb.
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•May 24, 2020
From Sea to Shining Recipe
Just 25 hours after Nantucket scallops were dredged and loaded from Georges Bank, they glistened like treasure at Viking Village in Barnegat Light. Aboard the 97-foot Kathy Ann, Capt. Cory Karch…
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•May 23, 2020
Different Look and Feel to Summer 2020 on LBI
Ready or not, the unofficial start of the summer season has arrived on Long Beach Island – only this year it is taking place in the midst of a pandemic.
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•May 22, 2020
Long Beach Township Mayor Offers Update Ahead of Memorial Day Weekend
Mayor Joseph Mancini, in a video posted to the Long Beach Township Facebook page earlier this afternoon, Friday, May 22, provided an update for residents and vacationers in the township for Memorial…
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•May 22, 2020
A. Paul King County Park in Stafford Township Reopens for Passive Activity
Even though Memorial Day weekend is now behind us, warmer weather looms and that likely will encourage residents and visitors alike to head outdoors. Fortunately, the Ocean County Department of Parks…
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•May 22, 2020
Local Towns Rethink Memorial Day Ceremonies
The coronavirus pandemic shut down three of the Surf City Volunteer Fire Co. and EMS fundraisers this spring; what it won’t shut down is this year’s Memorial Day ceremony at Veterans Park.
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•May 21, 2020
LBI Shuttle Adding Decontamination Feature to Fleet
As summer approaches and the novel coronavirus remains a reality, Long Beach Township is working to ensure that the LBI Shuttle service is as safe as possible when the fleet returns to the road. The…
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•May 21, 2020
Coast Guard Identifies Damaged Channel Markers in Inspection South of LBI Causeway
Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, the U.S. Coast Guard inspected channel markers in the Intracoastal Waterway off Long Beach Island from the Causeway to Beach Haven, setting additional aids to…
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•May 21, 2020
State Pandemic Restrictions Under Fire on LBI
Some Long Beach Island officials and business owners are pushing back against Gov. Phil Murphy’s phased reopening of the state’s economy after two months of a near shutdown, saying the restrictions…
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•May 21, 2020
A-Rod Crashes Local Zoom Meeting to Offer Encouragement
Barnegat native Mike Powers, founder of Give Us a Shot Network, which supports and promotes a variety of podcasts, has spent the quarantine in an effort with cofounder Tyshan Edwards to interview as…
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•May 20, 2020
New Jersey Organizing Project Helps Get Clawback Legislation to Congress
There is no lack of stories of economic hardships that have come and will come from the COVID-19 pandemic. But many people in our area are still suffering from the long-drawn-out effects of…
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•May 20, 2020
Beach Badge Buying Goes Partly Digital in Barnegat Light
Barnegat Light has gone mobile with its beach badge sales, as it introduces “Viply,” an app on cell phones that badge checkers on the beach can scan with their own phone. The beachgoer pays first…
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•May 20, 2020
Doorstep Do-Gooders Leave Gifts for Colony Lakes Neighborhood
After losing her husband, Rosalie Torry lives alone in a reverse-living home in the Colony Lakes section of Stafford Township. “When you’re alone after almost 60 years, it gets pretty lonely…
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•May 20, 2020
Cocktails to Go for a Socially Distant Summer
As communities have sheltered in place for nearly eight weeks, one thing keeping spirits high and businesses afloat has been takeout meals and market items from favorite local establishments.…
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•May 20, 2020
Tuckerton Seaport Plans Different But Busy Summer
The Tuckerton Seaport, a reconstructed maritime village telling the history of the area while offering music, folk arts and science programs, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. In those…
