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•March 14, 2025
Stafford Township Police Department Has Busy Few Weeks
The Stafford Township Police Department has been busy during recent weeks, arresting and charging suspects with a variety of crimes.
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•March 14, 2025
Long Beach Township Field Station an Educational Jewel on the Bay in Holgate
When Long Beach Township first acquired the lot at 127 West Osborn Ave. in Holgate in 2017, Mayor Joseph Mancini imagined an educational facility right there on the water – a vision that has come to…
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•March 14, 2025
Sea Tow Captain, Crew Recognized for ‘Efforts Above and Beyond’
All was quiet at Key Harbor Marina in Waretown on Sept. 20, 2024 until Capt. Walt Bohn, general manager of Sea Tow Central New Jersey, heard a report of a missing boater 2 miles offshore come across…
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•March 13, 2025
Bay Plunge Fulfills Maritime Museum Promise
Late last year, the New Jersey Maritime Museum in Beach Haven launched a fund drive to make infrastructure repairs to the Dock Road building. And to make it a little more interesting, if the target…
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•March 13, 2025
Sci-Fi Novelist Returns to His Barnegat Roots
Barnegat native Brian Seidel, a former TV producer for networks including HGTV, Magnolia and Animal Planet, recently published a sci-fi book for young readers and couldn’t wait to share it with…
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•March 13, 2025
Stafford Schools Expect State Aid Boost for 2025-26
After losing several million dollars in state funding during the past seven years, Stafford Township School Superintendent George Chidiac was almost certain the district would get whacked again for…
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•March 12, 2025
LBT Business and Rental Property Registration Due April 1
In Long Beach Township, no business, including home rentals, is permitted to operate without a business license, unless otherwise exempted by municipal ordinance. This is the second year the township…
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•March 12, 2025
Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate to Visit LBI March 18
Three-term Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, one of six candidates running in the Democratic primary election for governor, is slated for a meet and greet at The Arlington on Tuesday, March 18.
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•March 12, 2025
Ocean County Commissioners Take Road Trip to Harvey Cedars
On Thursday, March 6, Harvey Cedars borough hosted a breakfast meeting and discussion for area officials with three Ocean County commissioners and the Ocean County director of Business Development…
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•March 12, 2025
Beach Haven Mayor Salutes Meals on Wheels
At the March 10 Beach Haven Borough Council meeting, Mayor Colleen Lambert issued a proclamation celebrating senior nutrition programs and their efforts in the “End the Wait” campaign.
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•March 12, 2025
Beach Haven Police Roster Amended
An ordinance adopted by the Beach Haven Borough Council on Monday, March 10 will temporarily change the personnel structure of the police department.
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•March 12, 2025
Channel Dredging Complete; Sand Added to State Park Beach
New Jersey Department of Transportation officials last week announced the completion of navigation dredging of the High Bar Harbor State Channel, with navigation safety restored and dredge material…
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•March 10, 2025
HCPD Raffle Ticket Leads to a Proposal in Tropical Paradise
Sometimes, fate has a way of bringing people together in the most unexpected and beautiful ways. That’s exactly what happened for Danny Maurus and Abigail Lohrmann, a Harvey Cedars couple whose love…
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•March 7, 2025
Island Mayors Push NJBPU to Pull Plug on Offshore Wind Farm Off LBI
All six Island mayors are among signatories urging the N.J. Board of Public Utilities to vacate the 2021 offshore wind renewable energy credits it awarded to Atlantic Shores for its project 1 and…
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•March 6, 2025
Red-Banded Osprey From Long Beach Island Rescued in Trinidad
Through Project RedBand, young ospreys on Barnegat Bay are affixed with red auxiliary field-readable bands to enable future tracking. According to Ben Wurst, senior wildlife biologist with Conserve…
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•March 6, 2025
Borough Hall Dedication Launches Ship Bottom Centennial Year With Maritime History
Exactly 100 years to the day the New Jersey Legislature incorporated the borough of Ship Bottom, known then as Ship Bottom-Beach Arlington, Mayor William Huelsenbeck and members of the governing body…
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•March 6, 2025
Ship Bottom Greenlights New Fire Truck, Emergency Equipment Purchase
Among a sea of volunteer firefighters in their dress blues, EMS and the public, the Ship Bottom Borough Council last week unanimously adopted a $2.5 million bond ordinance for the purchase of…
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•March 5, 2025
Long Beach Township Reminds Residents About Gas Leaf Blower Ordinance
As spring approaches, Long Beach Township is reminding homeowners of the municipality’s restrictions on gas-powered leaf blowers. The blowers are not to be used on weekends or holidays, and they are…
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•March 5, 2025
Pinelands Thespians Please All at Board of Education Meeting
Back in the 1970s NHL hockey was a much tougher sport with teams such as the Philadelphia Flyers, nicknamed the “Broad Street Bullies,” and the “Big Bad Boston Bruins” playing very physical games…
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•March 5, 2025
Harvey Cedars Traffic Light Being Upgraded
With improving Long Beach Boulevard safety in mind, last year Harvey Cedars officials requested that the Ocean County Engineering Department install pedestrian and vehicle sensors for the traffic…
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•March 5, 2025
9th District Says Tax Relief, School Aid Reform Should Be State Budget Priorities
Following Gov. Phil Murphy’s ninth and final budget address last week, outlining spending priorities for Fiscal Year 2026, Sen. Carmen Amato Jr. and Assemblymen Brian Rumpf and Gregory Myhre of the…
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•March 5, 2025
Resilient LBI Lays Out Plans for Beach Haven
The Taylor Avenue waterfront area in Beach Haven is in line for some major ecological changes according to a statewide group that is looking to protect the area’s infrastructure, homes and businesses…
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•March 5, 2025
Electric Rate Hike Accountability Fight Heats Up
Citing the approval of escalating electric rates that are a direct threat to the financial health of residents, two Ocean County Board of Commissioners are demanding swift action against the N.J.…
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•March 5, 2025
Ocean County GOP Picks Spadea Over Ciattarelli for Governor
Former Assemblyman and 2025 gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, who narrowly lost to Gov. Phil Murphy in 2021, seems to be increasing his lead in what has become a crowded Republican field that…
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•March 5, 2025
Keep Your Distance From Stranded Seals
One positive thing about winter is that it brings the cutest visitors to the shores of Long Beach Island: seals! It’s common to see seals resting on the beach from November to May as they follow…
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•March 4, 2025
Eagleswood Elementary Parents Raise Concerns About Classroom Environment
On behalf of concerned parents in the room, Stephanie Thorne addressed the Eagleswood Township Board of Education at its Feb. 18 meeting regarding the size of the second-grade classes and concerns…
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•March 2, 2025
First Avian Flu Poultry Case Since 2023 Confirmed in New Jersey
Federal and state partners are coordinating disease response after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the N.J. Department of Agriculture’s Division of…
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•March 1, 2025
Horseshoe Island Continues to Grow With Flourishing Bird Populations
In late 2024, Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey closed out its third year of comprehensive monitoring and management of nesting and migratory birds at Horseshoe Island. This recently-formed…
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•February 27, 2025
Pennsylvania Woman Arrested in Connection With Surf City Fire
A 29-year-old Pennsylvania woman is facing charges of aggravated arson in connection with a structure fire that occurred Feb. 19 in Surf City, as well as charges for eluding police and receiving…
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•February 27, 2025
Anchor Returns to Ship Bottom Borough Hall
Perhaps it is fitting that the historic anchor recovered from the doomed Italian bark Fortuna is once again in place in Ship Bottom, which anchors Long Beach Island to the mainland, as the town…
