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•October 2, 2025
Headley Family Farm Keeps Pinelands Traditions Growing
For more than 20 years, John Headley has dedicated his days to growing blueberries and cranberries on his family-owned and operated farm nestled out in the pinelands in West Creek.
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•October 2, 2025
After Decades of Dead Ends, Paradise Cove Residents Desperate for Dredging
For decades, residents of Paradise Cove, a small waterfront community on Thompson Creek in Tuckerton borough, have been pushing for dredging. The fight has been comprehensive – residents have reached…
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•October 2, 2025
Dredge Project to Reset Safe Navigation in Barnegat Bay
A $6.2 million N.J. Department of Transportation dredging project to restore local waterways to save navigable depth is expected to get underway in the Waretown Channel complex.
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•October 1, 2025
U.S. Energy Bureau Reconsiders Atlantic Shores Approvals
Wind projects planned off the coast of Long Beach Island could be scrapped completely if the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management determines its prior approvals were flawed.
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•October 1, 2025
South-End Cleanup: Keeping the Forsythe Refuge Spick and Span
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•October 1, 2025
LBI Elementary Welcomes Fall With Apple Cider and Scarecrows
The Long Beach Island Elementary School ushered in autumn last week with the help of Fairgrown Farms co-owner James Klett, who traveled to Surf City from Pennington along with 400 pounds of apples.…
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•October 1, 2025
JCTA: Give to Your Volunteer Emergency Responders
Beginning late last year, the Joint Council of Taxpayers Associations of LBI began a campaign to stress the importance of supporting and donating to volunteer fire companies and first aid squads.
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•October 1, 2025
Big Changes Coming to Fix Little Egg Harbor School Busing
The Little Egg Harbor School District unveiled it new transportation plan to the public at its Sept. 16 board of education meeting. Superintendent of Schools Lisa Antunes led off the presentation.
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•October 1, 2025
Late Mayor Kirk Larson Warmly Remembered, Celebrated at Borough Park; Community Gathers to Say Goodbye
A “celebration of life” service was held the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 27 at the Kirk O. Larson Sr. Memorial Park in Barnegat Light, for the late mayor of the same name.
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•October 1, 2025
Eagleswood Preps for Town Annual Fair
The 29th annual Eagleswood Country Fair is coming up on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and a handful of vendor tables/spaces are still available, the township committee announced at its…
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•October 1, 2025
Learn About Employment Disabilities Resources at Fair
The Ocean County Library will present “Employment and an Overview of the N.J. Division of Developmental Disabilities” at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at Ocean County College in the Larson Student…
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•October 1, 2025
CAFRA Permit Approval Next Step for LBI School Redevelopment
The N.J. Department of Environmental Protection is expected to render a decision on the Coastal Area Facilities Review Act permit application for the site of the now-closed LBI Grade School in Ship…
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•October 1, 2025
NJ Offering $20 Million in Electric School Bus Grants
To mark National Drive Electric Month, the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection announced the availability of $20 million in grants, from two grant programs, to fund the purchases of electric…
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•October 1, 2025
Help Track NJ’s Rare Wildlife as Endangered Species List Expands
Earlier this year, New Jersey added 28 species to the state’s endangered list, including monarch butterflies, northern diamondback terrapins, barn owls, little brown bats, Pine Barrens tree frogs…
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•September 30, 2025
Southern Regional Student Dies in Early-Morning Crash on Route 72
A 17-year-old male and Southern Regional senior died early in the morning on Sept. 30 after his vehicle crashed into a utility pole and electrical box at the intersection of Route 72 and Nautilus…
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•September 30, 2025
Excitement Takes Flight Ahead of Surf City’s Inaugural Kite Show
When Lisa Willoughby’s children were young, they would collect broken and discarded kites to fix throughout the quiet winter months on Long Beach Island so they could fly them on a Surf City beach in…
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•September 29, 2025
Flag Flown Over Capitol Will Have Special Role Next Summer
The summer may be over, but Long Beach Island lifeguards already have something to look forward to for next year. On July 4, they will carry a special flag on the country’s 250th birthday during the…
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•September 28, 2025
Wright Presbyterian Church Celebrates 150 Years
In September 1875, a group of Barnegat residents posted a notice on the doors of the Main Street building known as the “town hall.” It proclaimed to the public the intention to form a Presbyterian…
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•September 25, 2025
Officials Declare School Merger a Success for LBI District
With the arrival of school buses and the sound of the first bell, a new academic year at the Long Beach Island Elementary School (formerly the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School) in Surf City began…
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•September 25, 2025
Project Terrapin Aims to Reduce Road Mortality for Turtles
As the weather warms each year, female northern diamondback terrapins emerge from brackish saltwater marshes, coastal bays and lagoons to seek spots to lay their eggs. “The search for nesting habitat…
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•September 25, 2025
Learn About Flood Insurance Options in Little Egg Harbor
Flooding is an issue many Little Egg Harbor residents and business owners face and must plan around, living in a coastal community. But assistance and information to help manage the problem are…
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•September 25, 2025
Water Issue Resolved in Tuckerton, Clerk Says
A few weeks after some Tuckerton residents reported experiencing discolored tap water in their homes, Borough Clerk Jenny Gleghorn announced at the Sept. 15 borough council meeting that the issue had…
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•September 24, 2025
Van Drew Scores $61 Million for 177th Air National Guard Wing
Republican Congressman Jeff Van Drew, who represents all of the residents of Southern Ocean County in the House of Representatives, has announced the 177th Air National Guard Fighter Wing at Atlantic…
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•September 24, 2025
Day of Fishing a ‘Reel’ Catch
On Saturday, Sept. 20, people with physical disabilities cast their lines into the bay waters through Access for Reel, Fishing Without Barriers. The event took place at the Dock Road fishing pier in…
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•September 24, 2025
Harvey Cedars Forming Historical Society
Harvey Cedars is in the process of forming a historical society, whose goal will not only celebrate the town’s storied heritage, but also be actively seeking volunteers from the community to help…
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•September 24, 2025
Little Egg Harbor Schools Battling Student Absenteeism
One of the issues addressed at the Sept. 16 Little Egg Harbor Board of Education meeting was chronic absenteeism, a substantial problem in the school district.
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•September 24, 2025
Online Portal Tracks Barnegat Bay Water Quality in Real Time
Since 2017, the Barnegat Bay Partnership has operated continuous water quality monitoring stations at three sites in the bay to track changes in critical parameters such as temperature, dissolved…
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•September 24, 2025
Utility Urges Storm Readiness During National Preparedness Month
September is National Preparedness Month – “a timely reminder that even during a relatively quiet Atlantic hurricane season, we must remain vigilant,” notes Atlantic City Electric, which is…
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•September 24, 2025
Child Sexual Abuse Charges Filed
A joint investigation by the Barnegat Township Police Department and Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit has led to the arrest of Aiden Grady, 22, of West Creek.
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•September 24, 2025
Beach Funding Cut Is Opportunity, Not Burden, Says Coast Alliance
The New Jersey Coastal Alliance believes two bipartisan Jersey Shore congressmen fighting over federal cuts to beach replenishment are missing the overall big picture and impact the historic method…
