News
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•May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Impact on Ship Bottom Municipal Budget Unclear
A year ago at this time, Ship Bottom coffers included more than $70,000 in beach badge sales ahead of the summer season. That figure is down by $55,000 this year with the borough collecting $15,000…
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•April 30, 2020
LBI Grade School Student Busy With Mask-Making Charity
Macy Deakyne, like all of the other children in New Jersey, has been out of school since the middle of March. The third-grader at the Long Beach Island Grade School doesn’t know if she and her…
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•April 30, 2020
Stafford Mayor Announces Availability of Food Crisis Kits for Residents in Need
Last week, Stafford Township Mayor Greg Myhre made a special trip to Neptune on behalf of the township recreation department.
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•April 30, 2020
Second Offshore Wind Farm Starts Surveys
A second offshore windfarm, Atlantic Shores, is starting to conduct marine surveys of its Outer Continental Shelf lease, 180,000 acres that stretches 9 to 20 miles off Atlantic City and Barnegat…
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•April 30, 2020
Closing Beaches and Public Trust Doctrine: A ‘Gray’ Issue
Access to and use of tidal waterways and their shorelines for navigation, commerce and recreation is guaranteed under the Public Trust Doctrine. In New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy enshrined the…
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•April 29, 2020
Shore Experts to Offer Outlook for COVID-Era Summer in Webinar
Shore experts will join in a webinar May 6 to discuss what is on the horizon for the 2020 summer season. Lori Pepenella, chief executive officer of the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce, is a…
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•April 29, 2020
Air Quality Report: Good and Bad News for Ocean County
There was good news and bad news for Ocean County residents in the American Lung Association’s 2020 “State of the Air” report.
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•April 29, 2020
April 30 Zoom Talk: ‘Recycling: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’
Join Angela Andersen, sustainability coordinator for Long Beach Township and president of the Association of New Jersey Recyclers, as she discusses “Recycling: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” via…
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•April 29, 2020
Restaurateur to Ship Bottom Officials: ‘We Need Everyone’
Ship Bottom officials promise to deliver a reopening plan tailor made for restaurant owners in the borough after they compile the results of a survey of owners to determine what their needs will be…
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•April 29, 2020
World Series of Birding Stays Close to Home
New Jersey Audubon’s World Series of Birding has been an annual event that in past years would send teams of birders throughout the state searching in likely birding spots for as many seen or heard…
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•April 29, 2020
Township Committee Candidates File in Barnegat
The Barnegat Township Committee 2020 race has been finalized as slates of Republican and Democratic candidates recently filed. They are uncontested in the primary, which has been moved to Tuesday…
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•April 29, 2020
Ocean County Clerk’s Office Managing Changes to Primary Elections Amid Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has changed nearly every aspect of daily life, including the how, when and where of elections. To maintain social distancing, Ocean County Clerk Scott Colabella earlier this…
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•April 29, 2020
Average Little Egg Harbor Homeowner Will Pay $22 More in Elementary School Taxes Next Year
The Little Egg Harbor Board of Education unanimously approved the district’s budget for the 2020-21 school year during a virtual meeting on Monday evening.
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•April 29, 2020
St. Mary Academy Students, Staff Growing in New Ways Due to Adjusted Learning Environment
Kathrynann Rienzi hasn’t changed much about her morning routine before heading to school to teach.
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•April 29, 2020
State Launches Virtual Park Visits and Online Activities
Soar above the unique maritime forest that surrounds Ol’ Barney, enjoy a bird’s-eye view of Batsto Village in the Pine Barrens, take in the mountain views of High Point State Park in Sussex County…
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•April 29, 2020
Library Has Online Autism Resources
Individuals and families concerned with the impact of COVID-19 on autism-related services now have a comprehensive list of agencies and organizations that are providing facts and support, on the…
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•April 29, 2020
Ocean County Library Offers Online Reading Challenges
Social distancing matters, but it doesn’t interfere with dual reading competitions for Ocean County Library card holders. The Cabin Fever Challenge and the 2020 Teen Reads Challenge are as close as…
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•April 29, 2020
Food Pantries in Little Egg, Tuckerton Reopening
Both food pantries in Tuckerton and Little Egg Harbor will reopen with a few new procedures due to the pandemic.
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•April 29, 2020
Second-Grader Kayleigh Winfough’s Artwork Featured on Earth Day Canceled Stamp
Several months ago, Eagleswood Postmaster Jennifer Andrews reached out to Eagleswood Elementary School art teacher Angela Stella-Randall to propose that a class of students create stamps in honor of…
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•April 29, 2020
Barnegat Man Charged in Fatal Car Accident
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on April 21, Jeydon Lowe, 24, of Barnegat was charged with aggravated manslaughter in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4 and strict liability…
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•April 29, 2020
Dog Day Race Canceled in Harvey Cedars
Uncertain about how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect the area this summer, the High Point Volunteer Fire Co. in Harvey Cedars has canceled the Dog Day Race scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 16.
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•April 29, 2020
Exercise Tiger Commemorations Continue Despite Coronavirus
Even in the midst of a worldwide disaster an earlier disaster was remembered on Tuesday.
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•April 29, 2020
Ocean County Provides Expanded Data on COVID-19 Cases, Deaths
Residents ages 19 to 44 and 45 to 64 represent the highest percentages of reported cases of the novel coronavirus in Ocean County – 33.73 percent and 32.73 percent, respectively – but many fewer…
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•April 29, 2020
Family Promise Doing Its Best During Pandemic But Support Needed Going Forward
Typically during a month’s time, Family Promise of Southern Ocean County receives about 50 referrals from various social service entities for families in need of assistance. Since COVID-19 began…
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•April 28, 2020
Stafford Police Officer Pushes Burning SUV Away From Taco Bell Drive-Through on Busy Sunday
Two separate incidents, a vehicle fire and a deadly vehicle crash, combined to make Sunday, April 26 a busy day for the Stafford Township Police Department.
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•April 27, 2020
Big Barlow’s Holding Fundraiser May 2
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began affecting the area last month, Chris Barlow has been at the forefront in donating free meals to various police departments. But the owner of Big Barlow’s BBQ and…
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•April 27, 2020
LBI Consolidated School Board April 28 Meeting Is Virtual
The LBI Consolidated Board of Education meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 28 will be held as planned on the Zoom meeting platform. It will begin at 6 p.m.
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•April 27, 2020
COVID Cases See a ‘Significant’ Decline at Southern Ocean Medical Center
The number of patients with the coronavirus currently at Southern Ocean Medical Center is less than half what it was at its peak, according to the Manahawkin hospital’s chief executive officer…
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•April 26, 2020
Offshore Wind Farm One Step Closer to Reality
Ørsted, the Danish company that is developing New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm, has completed another step toward realizing its plan to plant between 92 and 99 giant wind turbines 15 miles off…
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•April 25, 2020
Ship Bottom Beaches Reopen for Property Owners, Residents with Placards
Beginning at 6 p.m., April 24, Ship Bottom beaches are open to property owners and residents in possession of a disaster re-entry placard, officials announced late Friday afternoon. Surf fishing will…
