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•April 30, 2025
Tuckerton Man Arrested on Child Porn Charges
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer has announced that Reuben Tallman, 62, of Tuckerton has been charged with two counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of…
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•April 30, 2025
ReStore Thrift Shop Celebrates 26 Years, Habitat for Humanity Continues Service
As the cost of living rises and affordable housing remains scarce in New Jersey, the impact of volunteer-based community services like Habitat for Humanity becomes apparent.
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•April 30, 2025
Tuckerton School District Tax Rate Increasing By a Mere 1.79%
Last year the Tuckerton Board of Education smacked taxpayers with a 17.64% tax levy increase. An owner of a house assessed at $190,000 had to pay $257.88 more in elementary school taxes than the year…
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•April 30, 2025
Stafford Township Marks Arbor Day with Tree Plantings
Arbor Day, on the last Friday in April each year, is commemorated throughout the country by the planting of trees. Stafford Township first observed Arbor Day in 1988, when a single white dogwood was…
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•April 30, 2025
Busy Spring Wrapping Local Vets in Quilts of Valor
Spring has been busy for the Jersey Shore Quilts of Valor chapter, launched just last year in order to present warm tokens of gratitude to local veterans in our region.
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•April 30, 2025
Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Fulop to Make Stafford Campaign Stop
The Democratic clubs of Stafford, Barnegat, Ocean (Waretown) and Lacey townships are sponsoring a meet-and-greet for gubernatorial primary candidate Steve Fulop and his lieutenant governor running…
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•April 30, 2025
LBI Garden Club Gives Pointers to Girl Scouts
For the first time, the Garden Club of LBI youth committee met with Girls Scouts in Stafford Township to teach flower arranging. Committee chairs Ginny Scarlatelli and Jeannette Michelson conducted…
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•April 30, 2025
Kean-Ocean Students Learn About NJ Soil Erosion Control
The Kean-Ocean students enrolled in Professor Becky Laboy’s Principles of Environmental Soil Science course departed Ocean County College’s Toms River campus on a cold day last month for a guided…
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•April 30, 2025
9th District’s Sen. Amato Aims to Combat Rising Energy Costs
Sen. Carmen Amato Jr. of the 9th Legislative District is calling for the state’s “energy sales tax windfall” to be returned to ratepayers to help New Jersey residents who are struggling with…
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•April 30, 2025
Pinelands School Board Passes Budget With 5% Tax Increase
The Pinelands Regional Board of Education officially approved its 2025-26 budget at its April 28 meeting.
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•April 30, 2025
Little Egg Harbor Board of Education Approves 32.6% Tax Increase
The Little Egg Harbor Board of Education approved its 2025-26 budget at its April 29 meeting. As expected, it raised its public tax levy by 32.6%.
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•April 30, 2025
Ocean County Introduces ‘Blue Envelope’ Program
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer, County Sheriff Michael G. Mastronardy and County Police Chiefs Association President Michal Rogalski announce the launch of the Blue Envelope Program, a…
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•April 30, 2025
Online Library Will Help K-5 Educators Incorporate Climate Change Lessons
As part of Earth Week 2025, last week the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection unveiled an online library that provides guidance on how to seamlessly incorporate climate change education into…
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•April 30, 2025
Harvey Cedars Welcomes New Officer
At a recent Harvey Cedars Board of Commissioners meeting, the police department welcomed new full-time police officer Matthew Ackermann.
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•April 29, 2025
Duke the Osprey Returns to Barnegat Light; No Sign of Daisy Yet
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey’s Ben Wurst recently announced some exciting news for osprey watchers: Duke, who has long occupied a nest in Barnegat Light that is the focus of a CWF…
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•April 28, 2025
Late Pope Francis ‘Reached Out to Those Who Were Marginalized’
Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 2013, died Monday, April 21. As requested in his will, he is to be buried in an unadorned tomb at the…
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•April 25, 2025
Board Turns Down Proposed Harvey Cedars Restaurant
In an 8-0 vote last week, the Harvey Cedars Land Use Board denied an application by the owners of Azzurri Italian Cucina to expand their horizons by establishing a restaurant, Harvey Cedars House, at…
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•April 24, 2025
Jones Road Wildfire Devastates Pines
DESTRUCTION: According to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, the wildfire, which started in the Greenwood Wildlife Management Area in Barnegat Township, had burned 3,200 acres and was 5% contained…
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•April 24, 2025
Governor Honors Harvey Cedars Chaplain Smith
When the Rev. Wesley A. Smith was invited to attend the Harvey Cedars Borough Commission meeting Monday, April 21, he had no clue he was going to be the guest of honor.
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•April 24, 2025
Surf City Honors Longtime Water Utilities Foreman
While most individuals are looking forward to the day this spring that Mother Nature rights the temperature for more than just a 24-hour period, at least one person has his eyes set on a snow day…
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•April 23, 2025
Jersey Shore Taxpayers Could Foot Entire Bill for Beaches
For as long as anyone can reasonably remember, maintaining and operating most of New Jersey’s beaches have been equally divided among all beachgoers via the purchase of a badge. But that could all…
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•April 23, 2025
Offshore Wind Study Inconclusive on Extent of Potential Impacts
A study on the benefits and impacts of offshore wind energy issued this month by a watchdog agency to congressional leaders confirmed what many have long believed: The renewable source of electricity…
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•April 23, 2025
Imperiale Joins Ocean County Planning Board
On April 16, Harvey Cedars Mayor John M. Imperiale was sworn in to the Ocean County Planning Board. He fills an unexpired term effective until the end of the year.
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•April 23, 2025
Ocean County CASA Honors Volunteers
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Ocean County recently honored Extraordinary Heroes of CASA of Ocean County at a special reception at the Toms River Yacht Club, a special celebration for the…
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•April 23, 2025
Pinelands School Board Proposes 5% Tax Increase
The Pinelands Regional Board of Education is proposing a 5% tax increase for its 2025-26 budget.
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•April 23, 2025
Tuckerton Adopts $6.3 Million Municipal Budget
Tuckerton borough adopted its $6.3 million municipal budget at the April 21 council meeting, with a 4.51% tax rate increase from last year.
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•April 23, 2025
Ciattarelli, Sherrill Polling Ahead in Primary Races
Any New Jersey resident who watches a fair amount of television knows that the 2025 gubernatorial election is heating up because the political advertisements are starting to pile up before the June…
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•April 22, 2025
NJDOT Draws Ocean County Into Central Avenue Redesign Concerns
If the N.J. Department of Transportation has its way, Ocean County engineers could find themselves on the hook to address Surf City Councilman Peter Hartney’s concerns over the conversion of Central…
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•April 21, 2025
Browse for Bargains During Barnegat Yard Sale Weekend
Barnegat Township is the place to be for bargain hunters on Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27, when the townwide yard sale will take place, beginning at 8 a.m. on both dates.
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•April 21, 2025
Competing Festival Organizers Divided on Impact to Businesses
On the surface, a proposal to bring a kite festival solely to Surf City on Chowderfest weekend is just that – an idea to draw more people to town and to the local businesses. But it also highlights…
