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•March 26, 2025
Barnegat School Board Facebook Page Debuts
In an effort to improve community outreach, the Barnegat Township Board of Education recently launched a new Facebook page.
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•March 26, 2025
Southern Regional Chapter Plows Ahead as Key Club International Celebrates 100th Year
The T-shirts some students wore throughout the hallways and classrooms at Southern Regional High School as March 20 went along were simple and to the point: “Key Club International: 100 Years of…
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•March 26, 2025
Sparks Fly Over NJBPU Energy Affordability Report
The N.J. Board of Public Utilities last week unanimously accepted an energy affordability report that includes a proposal for income-based electric rates, even as it acknowledges the state’s bill…
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•March 26, 2025
Zoning Regulations Get Tweaked in Harvey Cedars
After not having a complete review and update in some 20 years, the Harvey Cedars Board of Commissioners last week adopted new zoning ordinances covering both residential and commercial areas.
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•March 26, 2025
Fulop Delivers Campaign Pitch on LBI
Steven Fulop, one of six candidates running in the Democratic primary election for governor of New Jersey, recently held a meet and greet at The Arlington in Ship Bottom.
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•March 26, 2025
Little Egg Harbor School Budget Facing Mounting Concerns
The Little Egg Harbor School District’s 2025-26 budget was introduced at the board of education’s March 11 meeting. Taxpayers are not going to be happy.
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•March 25, 2025
LBI Donors Help Purchase Ambulance for Troops in Ukraine
At the Lighthouse International Film Society’s January screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary “Porcelain War” at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies, and in…
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•March 24, 2025
Southern Regional Air Force Junior ROTC Drill Team Scores Big at Nationals
The bar has been raised to a new level within the Southern Regional High School Junior ROTC program. Its drill team scored big at the Air Force JROTC Open Drill Nationals this past weekend.
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•March 22, 2025
Business Owners Blaze Another Trail as Volunteer Firefighters
When Peter Maschal’s wife, Laura, rescheduled her husband’s chiropractic patients and left a note on the door just before Christmas, everyone understood.
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•March 21, 2025
Junior Police Academy Registering in Barnegat
The Barnegat Township Police Department is accepting registrations for its junior police academy, with a class beginning on Monday, July 7.
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•March 21, 2025
Feds Pull Plug on Atlantic Shores’ Environmental Permit
A federal environmental appeals court judge dealt New Jersey’s offshore wind program another blow last week after she remanded a Clean Air Act permit for what is expected to be the state’s first wind…
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•March 20, 2025
Electricity Demand Sparks Nuclear Energy Debate
A New Jersey congressman with the largest district in the state said nuclear energy should be part of a multi-faceted response to the nation’s energy crisis as questions about offshore development…
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•March 20, 2025
$35.5 Million in Additional LBI Beachfill Funding Sought
Congressman Jeff Van Drew is asking the appropriate federal authority to prioritize an additional $35.5 million to fund beach replenishment on Long Beach Island. A resolution from Surf City officials…
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•March 20, 2025
State Urges Wildfire Awareness, Water Conservation as Drought Conditions Persist
The Murphy administration is urging the public to continue exercising wildfire awareness and practicing water conservation as drought conditions persist in the state – particularly as springtime is…
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•March 20, 2025
Tuckerton Introduces 2025 Municipal Budget
Councilman Brian Martin introduced the 2025 municipal budget for Tuckerton at the borough council meeting on Monday, March 17.
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•March 20, 2025
Little Egg Harbor Police Officers Awarded for Service
Retired Little Egg Harbor police officer Eric Nelson was named officer of the year and a dozen other officers received awards for their service at the township committee meeting on Thursday, March…
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•March 19, 2025
Surf City Settles Verizon Tax Appeal Case
The Surf City Borough Council last week unanimously approved a personal property tax appeal settlement with Verizon New Jersey Inc., which permits the town to keep more than $34,000 collected since…
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•March 19, 2025
Barnegat Light Considers Implications of Upping Base Flood Elevation, Height Limits
Prior to its regular meeting on March 12, the Barnegat Light Borough Council spent the half-hour caucus meeting discussing a new proposed requirement to raise residential and commercial structures 5…
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•March 19, 2025
Barnegat School District State Aid Drops
As the Barnegat Township Board of Education was preparing the 2005-26 school budget, it got word from Trenton that its state equalization aid was going to drop by $526,185.
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•March 19, 2025
Democrats Gather to Protest Congressman Van Drew
Various Democratic Party organizations in South Jersey converged on Republican Congressman Jeff Van Drew’s Atlantic County office on March 13, demanding he fight back against what they called “the…
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•March 19, 2025
Furry Friend Offers Comfort at Horbelt School
Every Thursday morning at the Robert Horbelt Intermediate School in Barnegat Township, a special visitor enters the classrooms.
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•March 19, 2025
Vietnam Veterans Will Have a Day in Their Honor
One is a very successful high school girls basketball coach. Another is a retired contractor who lives on Long Beach Island. But Tammy Thu Nicolini and Khai Le share a common bond, as they were…
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•March 19, 2025
The Youngest Barnegat Students Spread Kindness
Each February, the Barnegat Township School District students participate in Kindness Week to focus on compassion and positivity in the school community. This year, the littlest learners at the…
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•March 19, 2025
Pinelands Preservation Alliance Reflects on 35 Years of Advocacy
Earlier this week the Pinelands Preservation Alliance released its State of the Pinelands Report to mark the occasion of the nonprofit organization’s 35th anniversary. The report offers a…
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•March 19, 2025
More Shoplifting Arrests Made in Stafford Township
Arrests connected to shoplifting incidents at ShopRite on Route 72 have ramped up during recent months, and the Stafford Township Police Department announced two involving repeat offenders last week.
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•March 19, 2025
Committee Approves Amato Bill Extending Tax Benefits to Veterans’ Spouses
The New Jersey state Senate Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee recently advanced bipartisan legislation sponsored by Sen. Carmen Amato Jr. (R-9th) and Sen. Renee Burgess (D-28th) that would…
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•March 19, 2025
Southern Regional Dance Marathon Tops $9,100 for Ocean of Love
It takes a small army to make it happen, but the 11th annual Southern Regional Dance Marathon was another rousing success, according to student council President Cameron Minnick.
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•March 19, 2025
Sea Oaks Residents Voice Support for Potential County Land Acquisition
Sea Oaks residents packed the Little Egg Harbor Township Committee meeting on Thursday, March 13 to show their support for the potential acquisition of a property located at Route 539 and Frog Pond…
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•March 17, 2025
Tuckerton Library 150 Years Old as County System Celebrates Centennial
While the Ocean County Library System celebrates its centennial this September, the system’s Tuckerton branch celebrates its sesquicentennial on May 3.
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•March 15, 2025
LBI Kids Help Tap Trees for Stockton University’s Growing Maple Syrup Project
Five years after its start, more than 12,000 gallons of sap have been collected, and more than 150 gallons of maple syrup created, as part of Stockton University’s Maple Project – proving “Vermont…
