News
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•April 24, 2020
LBI Outdoor Dining Options Could Be More Plentiful This Summer
Long Beach Township restaurants will have more opportunities for outdoor dining at their establishments this summer under a new township ruling that seeks to further accommodate social distancing…
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•April 24, 2020
Surflight Considering at Least Three Reopening Options for 2020 Season
Perhaps no industry in the U.S. other than cruise lines has been shut down as totally because of the COVID-19 crisis as live theater.
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•April 23, 2020
Proposed Beach Haven Hotel Apparently Hits Roadblock
Developer Christopher Vernon’s plan to build a 102-room hotel on the vacant site of Morrison’s Restaurant in Beach Haven appears to be on shaky ground, according to borough officials.
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•April 23, 2020
Long Beach Township Extending Short-Term Residential Rental Ban Until May 15
Officials in Long Beach Township have decided to extend, until May 15, the municipality’s order prohibiting short-term rentals of residential properties, as New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy continues to…
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•April 23, 2020
Officials Trying to Figure Out New Summer Norm for LBI
With all the debate about reopening America as the coronavirus curve flattens and heads downward, there are added considerations on LBI, which in normal times would be ramping up for a summer tourist…
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•April 23, 2020
Community Rallies for Ship Bottom Surfer Fighting Cancer
Suddenly, Patrick Harrington’s bayside street in Ship Bottom was a parade of cars and cheers and music. Harrington’s parents had ushered him to the family’s front yard on a sunny day last week…
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•April 23, 2020
Barnegat Teacher Featured on ‘Learning Live’
Erich Wald, chorus teacher at the Russell O. Brackman Middle School in Barnegat Township, recently participated in NJTV Learning Live’s first week of programming. The programs are virtual lessons for…
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•April 23, 2020
Ship Bottom Couple, Both in 90s, Survive COVID-19, Celebrate 70 Years Married
After weeks of battling for their lives, their suffering magnified by the loss of dear friends and family members, Jackie and Stacy Stockton, 90 and 92, of Ship Bottom have persevered against…
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•April 23, 2020
NJDEP Files Civil Charges Against Youths Who Set Spring Hill Fire
The N.J. Department of Environmental Protection’s Forest Fire Service has filed civil charges against five young adults for having set the 2019 Spring Hill Fire that burned 11,638 acres in Bass River…
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•April 23, 2020
State Wildlife Management Areas Open for Trout Fishing
Although state and county parks have been closed due to the coronavirus, the N.J. Department of Environmental Protections’s Division of Fish and Wildlife wants anglers to know the 356,886 acres of…
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•April 23, 2020
Barnegat High School Swim Team Delivers for St. Francis Food Pantry
Emily Cherry is the kind of coach who’s always in touch with the athletes on her squad, even during the offseason. And several weeks back, when most of the Barnegat High School swimmers were…
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•April 23, 2020
County Firefighters’ Group Donates Baby Monitors to Hospitals
Each hospital in Ocean County now has several video baby monitors to use in the care of coronavirus patients, thanks to the New Jersey State Firemen’s Mutual Benevolent Association Local 98, made of…
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•April 22, 2020
Police Charge Two New York Men in Little Egg Harbor Shooting
Law enforcement has charged two Long Island, N.Y., men with the shooting of a man on Center Street in Little Egg Harbor on the night of April 3. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and…
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•April 22, 2020
Friendly Sons of Shillelagh Bring Easter to Healthcare Workers and Needy Children
The Ocean County Friendly Sons of Shillelagh is a fraternal order of men who celebrate their Irish heritage. The organization strives to help those in need in the Ocean County area with a focus on…
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•April 22, 2020
Van Drew and Kim Have Big Leads Money-Wise Over All Oponents
Money makes the world go round, especially the political world.
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•April 22, 2020
Hope Lives: Southern Regional Superintendent, Administration Wait to See ‘Which Plans We Pluck’
Despite the uncertainty of anything beyond it, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s announcement that schools will remain closed to their student bodies and most staff until May 15 was met with optimism by…
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•April 22, 2020
Association Looks Ahead to 2021 Implementation of Food Waste Recycling Act
The Association of New Jersey Recyclers, which represents both public and private recycling operations statewide, is applauding the approval as law, earlier this month, of the Food Waste Recycling…
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•April 22, 2020
Tentative Deal Reached With Barnegat Schools Superintendent
The Barnegat Township Board of Education’s negotiations committee recently agreed on a five-year contract with District Superintendent Brian Latwis.
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•April 22, 2020
LBI Handling of COVID-19 Response From Taxpayer Groups Mostly Positive
Change is on the horizon. When it will arrive isn’t completely known – yet. From Gov. Phil Murphy’s perspective earlier this week, changes to the state’s COVID-19 restrictions are somewhere between…
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•April 22, 2020
FulFill Signs Direct Needy to Food Pantries
Signs directing people to text “Find Food” or call 888-918-2729 to learn about open food pantries are popping up all over Tuckerton and Little Egg Harbor, said Tuckerton Mayor Sue Marshall during the…
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•April 22, 2020
Plowing Through a Pandemic, Southern Regional Food Bank Helps Families for Easter
A few weeks before Robyn DellaValle retired from the Southern Regional School District last year, she was talking to Tracey Adams about the school’s internal food bank. For some 10 years, DellaValle…
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•April 22, 2020
A Sparkling Find Among Record Numbers in Clean Ocean Action’s 2019 Beach Sweeps Report
Clean Ocean Action has released its 2019 Beach Sweeps Report, documenting the results of a record 10,744 volunteers removing a record 496,291 items from the beaches during last year’s spring and fall…
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•April 22, 2020
Beach Haven Taxpayers Helping Out in Pandemic Crisis
The Beach Haven Taxpayers Association board has unanimously supported a program for Hackensack Meridian Health at Southern Ocean Medical Center to get food and donations to local heroes – the…
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•April 22, 2020
A Big Surprise for Barnegat High School Senior Class
This has been anything but a typical school year for the Class of 2020 at Barnegat High School. With the recent announcement that New Jersey schools will remain closed until at least May 15, many…
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•April 22, 2020
Ocean County Library System Lists Enhanced Online Services
Although all 21 Ocean County Library branches remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the system aims to continually serve the community with enhanced online services services around the clock…
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•April 22, 2020
Stafford Mayor, Council Thank Frontline Workers, Residents for Efforts During Pandemic
Mayor Greg Myhre had plenty to say about workers on the front lines of the battle against novel coronavirus COVID-19 during the Stafford Township Council meeting on April 14. He even had the…
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•April 22, 2020
Grocery Delivery for LBI Seniors a Vital Service That Keeps Giving
Last month, Long Beach Township gathered a group of volunteers and initiated a program to allow any Long Beach Island seniors 65 years of age and older, and individuals with compromised immunity, to…
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•April 20, 2020
Husband of Democratic Candidate for Van Drew’s Seat In NYC Hospital With COVID-19
The race for the Democratic nomination for New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District just got especially tough for one candidate, Brigid Callahan Harrison.
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•April 20, 2020
Used Plastic Gloves, Face Masks Pose Hazard to Public Health, Environment
For the time being, plastic gloves and face masks are a part of everyday public attire. It remains to be seen when that will change, but what does need to change is the disposal of those sanitary…
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•April 19, 2020
Hodgson: Consequences of COVID-19 Response Shouldn’t Divide LBI Area
While officials in most Long Beach Island communities have taken precautionary action to limit exposure of COVID-19 in the resort area, Surf City’s governing body has been relatively quiet about…
