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•March 11, 2020
Pickleballers Unhappy With More Tennis Courts
At its March 9 meeting, the Beach Haven Borough Council awarded a $211,000 contract to Shore Top Construction, Toms River, to rehabilitate three tennis courts at the Walsh Field complex. And although…
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•March 11, 2020
Dune Vegetation Case Adjourned Again as Parties Work Toward Resolution
Ship Bottom Municipal Court Judge James Liquori last week agreed to adjourn the case involving the clear cutting of dune vegetation at the site of new construction on 17th Street for another 60 days…
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•March 11, 2020
Barnegat Township Resolution Pleases Gun Activists
Believing that gun rights activists are getting the short shrift in the state, New Jersey 2A Sanctuary formed last December. Part of the mission of the non-partisan advocacy group is encouraging…
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•March 11, 2020
Barnegat Town Budget Set at $27.9 Million
Barnegat Township plans to spend $27,905,000 in 2020, according to a municipal budget introduced at the township committee meeting March 3.
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•March 11, 2020
Ocean County College, New Jersey City University Sign Agreement for Connected Degree Program
Ocean County College and New Jersey City University signed an academic programs partnership agreement on March 2 that will connect students pursuing associate degrees at OCC to a variety of…
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•March 11, 2020
Barnegat High School Dinner Has International Flavor
While walking through the main entrance to Barnegat High School early in the evening on March 4, the aroma of cooked food was unmistakable. That’s because the world language club was holding its…
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•March 11, 2020
9th District Delegation Speaks Out Against Gov. Murphy’s Free College Plan
Sen. Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove are speaking out against Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposal to provide free college tuition for two years to students…
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•March 11, 2020
Atlantic City Electric Proposes Utility Redundancy, Reliability Upgrades for LBI
The Ship Bottom Land Use Board is expected to hear an application next week from Atlantic City Electric officials for a project that will improve energy redundancy on Long Beach Island.
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•March 11, 2020
April 20 Registration Deadline for Companies Conducting Soil and Fill Recycling Services
Any New Jersey businesses conducting soil and fill recyclable material services that do not already possess an A-901 license have until April 20 of this year to register with the state Department of…
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•March 11, 2020
Tuckerton Waterfront Residents Hear Tax Assessment Options
Waterfront residents of Tuckerton Beach and Paradise Cove in Tuckerton borough were invited to a special meeting with borough officials on Saturday, March 7, to consider their options: if they want…
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•March 11, 2020
Beach Haven Seeks Grant for Sidewalk, Curb Cuts
Beach Haven is seeking an Ocean County Community Development Block Grant of approximately $30,000 to build a new sidewalk at the Taylor Avenue Park and numerous curb cuts on downtown Bay Avenue.
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•March 11, 2020
Erosion Plaguing Leeward Avenue Beach
Last weekend, Mike Lehner saw something he didn’t expect when approaching the entrance to the beach at Leeward Avenue in Beach Haven.
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•March 11, 2020
March Field Trips for Stafford Students Cancelled Over Coronavirus Concerns
By Monday afternoon, March 9, 21 school districts and universities in New Jersey had begun making plans to close their buildings or alter their schedules in an effort to address potential…
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•March 10, 2020
New Jersey’s State of Emergency Doesn’t Affect Daily Life – Yet
Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency and a public health emergency in New Jersey on Monday after an additional five COVID-19 presumptive positive test results brought the total of…
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•March 10, 2020
Stockton University Reacts to Coronavirus Threat
Stockton University has announced the following measures to help reduce the rate of transmission of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
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•March 9, 2020
Martin Truex Jr. Boulevard Closed for Drainage, Road Work
Martin Truex Jr. Boulevard in Manahawkin is closed to all traffic for the week. The shutdown began Monday, March 9, and is expected to last through 6 p.m., Friday, March 13, according to state…
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•March 7, 2020
Long Beach Township to Purchase, Remodel Motel for Lifeguard Housing
Following the passage of a $1.5 million bond ordinance at its meeting last Monday, the Long Beach Township Board of Commissioners is moving forward with plans to purchase and remodel the Long Beach…
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•March 6, 2020
DEP Issues Violation Notice to Hotel LBI Owner for Failure to Obtain CAFRA Permit
The state Department of Environmental Protection has issued a notice of violation against the owner of Hotel LBI, the new 102-room hotel just off the Causeway in Ship Bottom, for failing to obtain a…
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•March 5, 2020
DOT Bay Dredge Project Benefits Beach 3 in Holgate
Significant. That’s the word Long Beach Township Mayor Joe Mancini used to describe a project to use sand from the bay to fill Beach 3 in Holgate. The project, which began Tuesday at Pershing Avenue…
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•March 5, 2020
Lightship Bell Now Home in Barnegat Light
The ½-ton nickel bell from the U.S. Lightship Barnegat is now retired to Barnegat Light, the town where its ship stood offshore as a floating lighthouse from 1927 to 1942 and then after World War II…
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•March 5, 2020
Students’ Families Get a Seuss-Filled Treat at Oxycocus School
As several of the Stafford Township schools celebrated “Read Across America” Day to honor the author extraordinaire Ted Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, the Oxycocus School went a few steps beyond the average…
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•March 5, 2020
Hand’s Store Will Be Open After All
Last month, it appeared that a longtime Long Beach Island fixture would be coming to a close – the Hand’s Store. Since 1952, the variety store has operated year ’round at 1300 Long Beach Blvd. in the…
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•March 5, 2020
Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Urgent Need of Surgical Face Masks for Seal Caretakers
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center, a private nonprofit in Brigantine dedicated to aiding seals, whales, dolphins and sea turtles, is in immediate need of surgical face masks – specifically, if…
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•March 5, 2020
Cox House Restoration Project Sparks Interest, Concern
The same team responsible for the restoration of the Cedar Bridge Tavern in western Barnegat Township has begun the long overdue restoration process of the historic Cox House in downtown Barnegat.
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•March 5, 2020
LBI Board of Education Appoints Architect of Record
A majority of the Long Beach Island Consolidated Board of Education voted Feb. 26 to appoint Spiezle Architectural Group as its architect of record. The contract began March 1 and runs through June…
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•March 4, 2020
Testimony Concludes in Beach Haven Hotel Proposal
With testimony concluded at the March 2 Beach Haven Land Use Board meeting concerning the proposed hotel at the former site of Morrison’s Restaurant, Keith Davis, an attorney for a group of residents…
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•March 4, 2020
Stepped-Up Encounter With Reported Coyotes on North End of LBI
An unnerving experience of being followed by two animals Saturday evening on the Ninth Street beach pathway is a first among reports of more remote sightings of coyote or coyote-wolf-type species in…
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•March 4, 2020
Barnegat Board of Ed Signs Off on Schools Reconfiguration Plan
Now that the Barnegat Township Board of Education has approved a school reconfiguration plan, District Superintendent Brian Latwis and his administrative team will be hard at work getting it ready in…
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•March 4, 2020
Tuckerton Police Officer Justin Cherry Waits for Disciplinary Charges to Come to an End
Both Justin Cherry’s attorney and the attorney for Tuckerton borough have submitted their summations to hearing officer Bonnie R. Peterson. Peterson now has six to eight weeks to ponder them and…
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•March 4, 2020
Ørsted Joins with NJ Cares to Help Customers Pay Electric Bills
Ørsted, the global leader in the development of offshore wind, and New Jersey SHARES, a nationally recognized nonprofit organization providing statewide help, guidance and referral for essential…
