News
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•February 5, 2025
Beach Haven Students Explore Entrepreneurship
Beach Haven Elementary School students came together once again this year to showcase their creative talents and ingenuity through participation in the Schools TREP$ program and marketplace.
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•February 5, 2025
Southern Regional Thespians Rack Up Awards at Annual Festival
Stephanie Berson enjoys the experience of the New Jersey Thespian Festival. In fact, the Southern Regional High School senior gets a little bummed knowing others don’t have the opportunity.
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•February 5, 2025
Resident Raps Mayor’s ‘Christian’ Comments
When Alfonso Cirulli was handed the mayor’s gavel at the Barnegat Township Committee reorganization meeting on Jan. 1, he made a speech in which he stressed the importance of “Christian values.”
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•February 5, 2025
Ocean County Library Commission Reorganizes
The Ocean County Library Commission recently held its reorganization meeting at the headquarters of the library system in Toms River. Timothy McDonald was named chair of the library’s governing body…
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•February 5, 2025
Seniors Can Apply for Three Property Tax Relief Programs With One Application
Senior homeowners will soon be able to submit a single application to claim benefits from the state’s Senior Freeze program, the Affordable New Jersey Communities for Homeowners and Renters (ANCHOR)…
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•February 5, 2025
Guilty Pleas in Robbery, Shoplifting Cases
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on Jan. 27, Nicholas Santiago, 39, of Barnegat Township pleaded guilty to robbery and shoplifting before Ocean County Superior Court Judge…
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•February 4, 2025
Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale Focus of Wind Energy Impact
As the future of offshore wind energy remains up in the air, proponents and opponents of offshore wind have found common ground in the need to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right…
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•February 3, 2025
Beach Haven at Odds With Atlantic City Electric
On Monday, Feb. 3 at 10 a.m., Beach Haven officials have scheduled a meeting with representatives of Atlantic City Electric to discuss the utility company’s proposal to activate a battery energy…
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•January 31, 2025
Little Egg Harbor Police Find, Arrest Individual in ‘Unusual Circumstance’
Little Egg Harbor police have identified and arrested a man who allegedly entered an elderly dementia patient’s home around 10 p.m. on Dec. 1, 2024.
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•January 31, 2025
Harvey Cedars Beach Replenishment Begins in February
With beach replenishment concluded on the south end of the Island two weeks ago, the project is now heading north.
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•January 30, 2025
Former Barnegat Resident Experiences Snow in the Big Easy
In spending most of her life in New Jersey, Laura Giannotta has had plenty of experience with snowstorms. When she moved from Barnegat Township to New Orleans 10 years ago, the last thing she…
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•January 30, 2025
Trump: Drone Usage Sanctioned by FAA, ‘Not the Enemy’
It took seven days from the time President Donald J. Trump returned to office for his administration to confirm what the federal government told the American people about drones flying over New…
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•January 30, 2025
Most Causeway Work on Time to Finish Before Summer
Changes are coming in the next few months, including a return to Daylight Saving Time, the arrival of spring and, perhaps, the final phase of the Causeway project in Ship Bottom being completed on…
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•January 30, 2025
Long Beach Township Board of Commissioners Reviews Accomplishments
On Jan. 13, Long Beach Township Mayor Joseph H. Mancini and Commissioners Joseph P. Lattanzi, M.D. and Alexander L. Meehan were sworn into office for another term at the helm of the 12 noncontiguous…
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•January 30, 2025
Jen’s Links Co-Owner Charged With Multimillion-Dollar Fraud
Scott Mason, a Montgomery County, Pa.-based former investment adviser, Loveladies homeowner and 25% owner of Jen’s Links miniature golf course in Barnegat Light, has been charged by the Securities…
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•January 29, 2025
Mystic Island Structure Fire Triggers Multiple Fire Company Response
Mystic Island was shrouded in smoke and anxiety after reports of a commercial structure fire at Muffler Masters on Radio Road just after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28.
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•January 29, 2025
New Police Officer Joins Force in Tuckerton
Tuckerton welcomed a new full-time police officer, Jared Miller, to its small force as he was sworn in at the Jan. 21 council meeting.
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•January 29, 2025
NJ Taking Steps to Protect Environmental Regulations During Federal Transition
Earlier this month New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced three actions the state is undertaking to defend environmental protections and protect the health of residents in the wake…
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•January 29, 2025
Norovirus Rapidly Spreading Across Country and County
Norovirus is spreading across the U.S. at a highly elevated rate this winter.
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•January 29, 2025
Little Egg Harbor Township Discusses Affordable Housing
The Little Egg Harbor Township Committee passed a resolution to accept the planning board’s estimate of 142 prospective affordable housing units at a special meeting on Jan. 28 to discuss plans for…
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•January 29, 2025
Water Main Replacement on Harvey Cedars Agenda
Harvey Cedars announced the project to replace the water main on the west side of Long Beach Boulevard north of 80th Street is about to commence.
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•January 29, 2025
West Creek Man Charged With Construction Fraud
Rob’s Platinum Home Service of West Creek is in hot water for alleged construction fraud. Stafford Township police say Robert Sprague, 29, was not properly licensed as a home improvement contractor…
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•January 25, 2025
LBI Rotary Fundraiser Tops $100K
The Rotary Club of Long Beach Island raised over $100,000 for local organizations and causes at its 39th annual holiday auction and gala, held at Manahawkin’s Mainland Holiday Inn on Dec. 12. The…
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•January 24, 2025
LBI Beachfill Work on South End Wraps Up
Beach replenishment in Beach Haven, North Beach Haven and Holgate is complete as of Jan. 12, according to Steve Rochette, public affairs officer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia…
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•January 23, 2025
New Barnegat Town Hall Opens Its Doors
Barnegat Township employees showed up for work on Wednesday morning, Jan. 22, in totally different surroundings – the long awaited new township hall, located on West Bay Avenue behind the current…
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•January 23, 2025
Surfers Helping Surfers: Jetty Organizes California Wildfire Relief Initiative
The Jetty Rock Foundation, born in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, has organized campaigns to help those affected by natural disasters since devastation hit the New Jersey coastline in 2012. Now…
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•January 23, 2025
Pinelands Regional Kicks Butt in State Theater Competition for 20th Straight Year
There have many super dynasties in the world of sports. The New York Yankees in baseball. The New England Patriots in football. The Montreal Canadiens in hockey. The Boston Celtics in basketball.
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•January 23, 2025
Unsafe Sand Near Barnegat Lighthouse Raises Alarm
Jointly, the Barnegat Light First Aid Squad and Volunteer Fire Co. issued a public service announcement this week to warn beach walkers about some unstable sand along the lighthouse/jetty walkway in…
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•January 23, 2025
Causeway CARes Donates Service Vehicle to Sea Change
Sea Change Recovery Community Organization ushers in “a new era of support” with the new year, as a donated Honda Odyssey minivan from Causeway CARes is transforming its outreach and recovery…
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•January 22, 2025
Trump Halts Offshore Wind Development
With the stroke of his pen, President Donald J. Trump temporarily withdrew offshore wind leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf and implemented a review of the federal government’s leasing and…
