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•May 28, 2025
Southern Regional Remembers Those Who Made Ultimate Sacrifice
As he spoke to the crowd gathered on the lawn along Route 9, outside the 9/10 building of Southern Regional High School, Air Force Major Paul Calvello couldn’t help but notice the two visitors…
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•May 28, 2025
Southern Regional Skateboard Club Sees Successful Start
Southern Regional High School is well known for its extra-curriculars, from sports and arts to clubs and academic teams. And as of this spring, students now have the option to join the new Southern…
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•May 28, 2025
Ship Bottom Eyes More Beautification Opportunities
Not even Mother Nature could prevent the completion of a beautification project in Ship Bottom ahead of the unofficial start of summer, and she tried mightily to do just that. Still, April showers…
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•May 28, 2025
Save LBI Opposes New Jersey’s Suit Against Trump Offshore Wind Order
A local grassroots organization is asking the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts to reject a lawsuit challenging President Donald J. Trump’s wind-energy directive brought against his administration…
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•May 24, 2025
Harvey Cedars Land Use Board Approves Scaled-Down Restaurant Plan
In a 6-1 vote last week, the Harvey Cedars Land Use Board approved an application by the owners of Azzurri Italian Cucina to expand their horizons by establishing a restaurant, Harvey Cedars House…
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•May 22, 2025
A Century of Memories: Charlotte Irene Griffin Turns 100
On Sunday, March 30, Charlotte Irene Griffin, who found home on both shores of Barnegat Bay, celebrated her 100th birthday.
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•May 22, 2025
Beach Replenishment Done in Harvey Cedars
After a series of delays getting started and some interruptions once it was operational, the Harvey Cedars beach replenishment has been successfully completed, with refurbished beaches stretching…
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•May 22, 2025
Southern Regional Field Renovation Pushed Back a Year
Hold the phone. The arrival of Southern Regional High School’s new turf field inside Goldberger Memorial Stadium is going to be delayed.
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•May 22, 2025
Stafford Police Ride in Unity to Honor the Fallen
Since the Police Unity Tour began in 1997, it has grown from a humble 18-cyclist ride to one that now consists of nine chapters of some 2,500 participants, and the Stafford Township Police Department…
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•May 22, 2025
Quilts of Valor Wrap Father and Son in Special Ceremony
In just a year since its inception, the Jersey Shore Chapter of Quilts of Valor has blanketed Southern Ocean County with warmth and gratitude, reassuring active duty military that they are not alone…
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•May 21, 2025
Barnegat Historical Society Thrift Shop Reopens
The Barnegat Township Historical Society announced its thrift shop is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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•May 21, 2025
No Decision on Surf City-Centric Kite Festival
With the official start of summer still a ways off, talk in Surf City, at least some of it, has turned toward the fall and a possible new kite festival that would be site-specific to the borough.
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•May 21, 2025
Rent Leveling Done, But Stays Until End of the Year
While the Barnegat Township Committee recently adopted an ordinance abolishing the rent leveling board, the ordinance will remain in place until the end of the year.
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•May 21, 2025
Rubenstein, Blumenthal Running in Barnegat
Barnegat Township Deputy Mayor Albert Bille recently announced he will not be seeking a sixth three-year term on the Barnegat Township Committee.
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•May 21, 2025
Barnegat Light Fire Co. Bemoans Loss of White’s Market
“Financing the fire company is becoming an issue,” according to Barnegat Light Councilman Ed Wellington, who made an appeal at the regular borough council meeting of May 14 on behalf of the Barnegat…
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•May 21, 2025
Stafford Township to Receive Clean Communities Grant
Stafford Township is set to receive a $102,851 NJ Clean Communities grant to support litter removal programs “that spruce up neighborhoods, keep trash out of waterways and protect wildlife and their…
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•May 21, 2025
Beach Replenishment Funds Elusive for Surf City Work
In nearly all aspects possible, the Surf City beach renourishment project is waiting on a shelf and ready to go. The only outstanding item, though, is a big one: money.
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•May 21, 2025
Toms River Eminent Domain Takeover Bid of Historic Church Makes National News
Ocean County is making national news in a huge way.
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•May 21, 2025
Brant Beach Infrastructure Work Should Wrap Up This Week
A project to update gas, sewer and water mains on the east side of Long Beach Boulevard from around 44th to 61st streets in Brant Beach should conclude sometime this week, Long Beach Township…
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•May 21, 2025
Taxpayers Group Puts Green Thumbs to Use
Friday morning, May 16, saw a mini army of gardeners advancing on the flagpole/paver area of Sunset Park in Harvey Cedars. They were there to beautify the area and did so by planting more than 90…
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•May 21, 2025
Tuckerton Obtains $4.5M ‘Living Shoreline’ for LEH Boulevard
The Tuckerton Borough Council appointed a new police officer, Matthew Cox, at the May 19 council meeting. Cox, from Tuckerton, was sworn in by Mayor Susan Marshall in front of family and friends.
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•May 21, 2025
Mental Health Advocates Honor Barnegat Police
The Barnegat Township Police Department has been recognized as an “outstanding community advocate” by ARRIVE Together, a groundbreaking initiative led by the New Jersey Office of the Attorney…
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•May 21, 2025
Little Egg Harbor School District Lays Off Four People
Despite a 32.6% tax increase for the 2025-26 school year, the Little Egg Harbor Board of Education had warned there would still be some staff layoffs. At its May 13 meeting the board eliminated four…
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•May 19, 2025
LBI Grade School Students Create Upcycled Tote Bags
Kids attending the Long Beach Island Grade School have a unique childhood, having grown up surrounded by water and the beautiful natural ecosystems on Long Beach Island. Fifth grade English Language…
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•May 15, 2025
Surf City Beach Perfect Place to Kick Off Summer Tourism Season
Against the backdrop of a cloudless sky, rolling waves, beachgoers and surf fishermen, the unofficial start of the summer season arrived a little early this year in Surf City as members of the Ocean…
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•May 15, 2025
New North-South Traffic Patterns in Ship Bottom Take Shape
With the unofficial start of the summer season less than two weeks away, the traffic shift at the former Causeway Circle in Ship Bottom has some motorists shaking their heads at the configuration and…
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•May 15, 2025
Rotary Club of LBI Marks 75 Years of ‘Service Above Self’
The Rotary Club of Long Beach Island was formed 75 years ago in the spring of 1950 by 22 men dedicated to nurturing their community through relationships, partnerships and financial support. Its…
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•May 14, 2025
Tuckerton Rewards Students, Honors Residents for Arbor Day
Tuckerton held a belated Arbor Day celebration at borough hall on Wednesday, April 30, featuring presentations by students from Tuckerton Elementary School and a dedication honoring Bill and Elaine…
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•May 14, 2025
Residents Frustrated With Little Egg Harbor School Board Budget
Little Egg Harbor residents voiced their frustrations with the school board’s 2025-26 budget, which includes a 32.6% tax increase, at the township committee meeting on May 8.
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•May 14, 2025
Harvey Cedars Looks to Be Street Smart
With the hundreds of thousands of people expected to visit New Jersey’s beaches this summer, police departments in shore communities are participating in Street Smart NJ to raise awareness about…
