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•March 16, 2020
Non-Urgent Surgeries Postponed at Hackensack Meridian Health Hospitals
Beginning Tuesday, March 17, all non-urgent surgeries and procedures at Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals and campuses – including Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin – will be postponed…
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•March 16, 2020
Barnegat Light Borough Hall Closed to Foot Traffic
Borough officials are at work this week in Barnegat Light, but the door is closed to the public in person, as a precaution due to the coronavirus.
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•March 16, 2020
Barnegat Township Municipal Building Closed
The Barnegat Township municipal building is closed until further notice.
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•March 16, 2020
LBT Municipal Building Doors Locked
The Long Beach Township municipal building in Brant Beach is open, but the doors will be locked.
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•March 16, 2020
Popcorn Park Zoo Closes Amid COVID-19 Concerns
Popcorn Park Zoo in Lacey Township is closed to the public until further notice, in an effort to limit the interactions among people due to the coronavirus threat.
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•March 16, 2020
Beach Haven Borough Hall, Library, School Closed
As of Monday, the Beach Haven municipal building is closed until further notice.
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•March 16, 2020
Harvey Cedars Borough Hall on Lockdown
Effective Monday, all public buildings in Harvey Cedars will remain locked until further notice.
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•March 16, 2020
Ocean County Library System Closed
The Ocean County Library System has closed all branches through Sunday, March 29 in response to the coronavirus threat.
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•March 14, 2020
LBI Consolidated School Learning Goes Virtual
After consulting with the Long Beach Island Board of Health, LBI Consolidated school officials closed the district’s two elementary schools beginning Monday, March 16, according to a message from…
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•March 14, 2020
South Jersey Episcopal Churches Cancel Services Indefinitely
The Right Rev. William Stokes, the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Trenton which oversees all the congregations of Episcopal churches in southern New Jersey, suspended all public worship services…
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•March 14, 2020
COVID-19 Situation Closes Stafford School District Through March 29
As New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy last Friday talked about the inevitable closing of all schools within the state, and as more districts began enacting plans to close for several weeks, Superintendent…
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•March 14, 2020
Pinelands Regional Schools Closed, Moving to Online Instruction
The Pinelands Regional School District has closed its schools to face-to-face instruction and is moving toward online education, communicating with students and the school community via Blackboard…
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•March 14, 2020
Stafford Mayor Announces Updates on Several Fronts in Dealing With COVID-19
Stafford Mayor Greg Myhre on March 13 announced several measures being taken within the township in response to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak throughout the state, while St. Mary Academy has closed…
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•March 14, 2020
Manahawkin Woman Recalls ‘Horrible’ March Storm of 1962
Until a beast known as Superstorm Sandy arrived on Oct. 29, 2012, the Jersey Shore hadn’t experienced a storm like the nor’easter that sprung up out of nowhere, then stalled off the coast for three…
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•March 13, 2020
Barnegat Vietnam Ceremony Canceled
The Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony scheduled for Sunday, March 29, at the Frederick Watts Gazebo Park in Barnegat has been canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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•March 13, 2020
Southern Ocean Medical Center Institutes New Visitor Restrictions
Effective Friday, March 13, visitors are prohibited at all Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals and nursing and rehabilitation facilities in response to the situation surrounding COVID-19 (novel…
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•March 13, 2020
Area Colleges Move to Online Instruction in Face of COVID-19 Threat
Local colleges and universities and the flagship of New Jersey’s public university system have finally joined their brethren across the county in canceling on-campus classes.
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•March 13, 2020
School News: Southern Serves … in Varied Ways
Southern Regional seventh-graders completed a variety of charitable projects in the first Southern Serves Day Feb. 14.
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•March 13, 2020
SOMC Visitor Policy Restrictions Instituted for Coronavirus Watch
Precautions about the novel coronavirus led to a new visitor policy and screenings that became effective on March 9 at Hackensack Meridian Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin.
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•March 12, 2020
A Fellowship of Baboons Seeks Sponsorship
West Creek local John Bergmann, who has worked with the Associated Humane Societies for nearly five decades, helped build Popcorn Park Zoo in Lacey Township in 1977. Today, he is the shelter and…
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•March 11, 2020
Oyster Creek Generating Station Reactor Vessel Being Dismantled
Nearly 18 months after the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station was permanently taken offline by its former owners, the retired power plant’s reactor vessel is being dismantled for disposal as…
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•March 11, 2020
Fantasy Island Wants to Add Fireworks Shows
Fantasy Island Amusement Park in Beach Haven is looking to double its offering of fireworks shows in the borough.
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•March 11, 2020
Sea Scouts Refurbish Coast Guard Boat
Bill Murphey is the skipper of the local Sea Scouts’ newest acquisition, a donated, decommissioned 40-foot steel Coast Guard utility boat. On Saturday, four of the Sea Scouts were at the Great Bay…
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•March 11, 2020
Ocean County Freeholders Oppose Possible Toll Hike on Parkway, Turnpike
Late last month the New Jersey Turnpike Authority announced it may increase tolls on the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike. Public hearings on the “proposed capital plan and the toll…
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•March 11, 2020
Work on Changing Hotel LBI East-Facing Balconies to Begin
Scaffolding was erected around the upper floor decking on the east side of Hotel LBI Monday as work on the balconies – a point of contention between the hotel owner and the borough of Ship Bottom –…
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•March 11, 2020
Waretown to Open Public Dog Park
Dogs of Southern Ocean County will finally have their day, as the Township of Ocean, otherwise known as Waretown, prepares to open a public dog park by summer. According to Mayor Ken Baulderstone…
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•March 11, 2020
Dancer Recalls Her Saga of Saving Radio City
Radio City Music Hall in New York City to this day is a top tourist attraction, and for this visitors owe a debt of gratitude to Rosemary Novellino-Mearns.
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•March 11, 2020
Freeholder: Zero Tolerance for Price Gouging
As more and more stores report shortages of soap, disinfectants, hand sanitizers, bottled water, cleansers and toilet paper, Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari warned businesses that price gouging…
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•March 11, 2020
Statewide Caregiver Conference By Interfaith
Caregivers may want to plan on attending and learning at the first Statewide Caregiver and Volunteer Conference, to be held April 18 by Interfaith Health and Support Services of Southern Ocean County.
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•March 11, 2020
Fundraiser Aids Crash Victim’s Family
An all-day fundraiser for the family of Michael J. Severin is planned on Saturday, March 21 at Breakers Kitchen and Tap in Waretown.
