News
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•August 28, 2024
Student Trailers Not Part of Transition Plans at EJ School
A report last week on the transition plan for merging all LBI Consolidated School District students and staff into the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School was brief yet contained good news: There…
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•August 28, 2024
Growing Number of ESL Students a Concern at Little Egg Harbor School District
The days of pencils, books and teacher’s dirty looks are rapidly approaching.
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•August 28, 2024
9th District Provides Update on ANCHOR Payments
State Sen. Carmen Amato and Assemblymen Brian Rumpf and Gregory Myhre of the 9th Legislative District are reminding residents about New Jersey’s ANCHOR (Affordable Communities for Homeowners and…
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•August 28, 2024
Cousins Turn Seashell Art into Animal Shelter Benefit
If dictionaries were pictionaries, there would be a photo of five enterprising cousins next to the definition of the word “enterprise” and again next to the phrase “animal lovers.”
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•August 28, 2024
Beach Haven Council Race Lineup Set
Three incumbents, a former candidate and two newcomers have filed for the Beach Haven Borough Council election on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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•August 28, 2024
Children Go ‘Casting With a Cop’ in Barnegat
A new late-summer tradition has apparently taken hold in Barnegat Township with its first “Casting With a Cop” fishing event on Aug. 24 at the municipal dock.
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•August 28, 2024
Ocean County Library Helps Kids, Reaches Out to Homebound
The Ocean County Library System is about more than just books, magazines, videos and CDs. Hundreds of youngsters in need and the Ocean County Library’s Homebound and Volunteer Services are thanking…
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•August 28, 2024
Brant Beach Taxpayers Association Meeting Sept. 7
Long Beach Township Mayor Joseph Mancini will serve as the guest speaker at the Saturday, Sept. 7 fall membership meeting of the Brant Beach Taxpayers Association, to be held at 9 a.m. in the…
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•August 28, 2024
50th Anniversary Celebrants Get a Parade in Their Honor
For their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 18, longtime Beach Haven summer residents Robert and Ruth Goldston knew there was going to be a dinner celebration.
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•August 28, 2024
Barnegat Swears in New Patrol Officer
On Aug. 15, the Barnegat Township Police Department swore in Emmanuel Koffi as its newest police officer.
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•August 28, 2024
Harvey Cedars Bans Signs on Public Lands
At a recent Harvey Cedars Board of Commissioners meeting, officials adopted an ordinance banning political or promotional signs on public property.
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•August 28, 2024
Stafford Police Seek Applicants for Upcoming Citizen’s Academy
Starting Sept. 25, Stafford Township residents can attend a fun, interactive course detailing the inner workings of the police department.
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•August 28, 2024
Prepare to Turn Towns Teal for Ovarian Cancer Awareness
This year marks the 18th annual national campaign to Turn the Towns Teal for the month of September to promote awareness of ovarian cancer and its often-subtle symptoms and risk factors, because “the…
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•August 28, 2024
Most Area Towns Have Uncontested Elections This Fall
Many commentators from both the Republican and Democratic sides have said the Nov. 5 General Election will be one of the most important elections in U.S. history.
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•August 27, 2024
LBT’s Angela Andersen Named to NJ Coastal Resilience Collaborative Leadership
The New Jersey Coastal Resilience Collaborative – a network of more than 75 diverse partners established to foster sustainable and resilient coastal communities and ecosystems – recently approved a…
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•August 26, 2024
Authorities Investigating Harvey Cedars Boating Fatality
The Harvey Cedars Police Department and the New Jersey State Police are investigating a fatal boating accident off Sunset Park Sunday afternoon, Aug. 25.
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•August 24, 2024
Barnegat Light Council Divided on Future Hotels, Motels
The Barnegat Light municipal meeting room overflowed into the hallway with residents concerned about preserving the borough’s character by preventing future hotels or motels from being built. But the…
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•August 22, 2024
Surf City Fighting for Beach Nourishment Inclusion
If the federal government needs any more convincing that Surf City beaches belong in the next periodic nourishment project, perhaps it isn’t the problem areas they should consider but the number of…
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•August 22, 2024
Team Effort Saves Anglers Trapped By Rising Waters in Barnegat Inlet
With a full moon tide and hurricane swells of up to 8 feet, Barnegat Inlet was the scene of a daring rescue on Sunday evening, Aug. 18, of two fishermen stranded on a Coast Guard structure marking…
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•August 22, 2024
Proposed Development Raises Resiliency Questions in Ship Bottom
A redevelopment plan for the LBI Grade school property that would allow for 21 single-family homes has drawn concern from residents in the area and questions about resiliency plans.
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•August 21, 2024
Opponents Amp Up Offshore Wind Challenges
A 2024 study predicts the proposed offshore wind farms planned off Long Beach Island will cost municipalities hundreds of millions of dollars in tourism monies as well as nearly a million annual…
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•August 21, 2024
Beach Haven Fire Co. Gets Two-Year Extension to Use EOC Building
Beach Haven borough has extended a lease with the Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co. for the outfit to use a portion of the emergency operations center based in the old Coast Guard station on Pelham…
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•August 21, 2024
Yacht Club Event Benefits Veterans Groups
On Aug. 10, the Barnegat Light Yacht Club in Harvey Cedars held its third summer fundraiser, this year to benefit two New Jersey veterans groups.
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•August 21, 2024
Baby Oysters Deployed Off Little Egg Harbor Township
ReClam the Bay recently deployed 300 spat-on shell bags containing juvenile oysters on rock sills at Mystic Beach in Little Egg Harbor Township.
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•August 21, 2024
Tuckerton Council Opposes Offshore Wind Projects
Tuckerton Borough Council passed a resolution “vigorously” opposing offshore wind projects that would impact the area, namely Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind and Offshore Wind 1 LLC, at the Aug. 19…
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•August 21, 2024
Pickleball Nets Friendships Formed on Courts
Pickleball might be the nation’s fastest-growing sport, but on a recent Monday afternoon at the Surf City courts it wasn’t so much the game itself that garnered the win, but the rapid willingness of…
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•August 21, 2024
LBI Garden Club Announces Scholarship Winner
Lacey Township High School (MATES) graduate Caroline Liebmann has been named the Garden Club of Long Beach Island’s scholarship recipient for 2024. She is beginning her fall semester at King’s…
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•August 21, 2024
Former BPU Commissioner: Offshore Wind Reliability Not There Yet
Saying New Jersey should have a diverse energy portfolio, a former New Jersey Board of Public Utilities commissioner cautioned against making offshore wind the focus because of its intermittent…
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•August 21, 2024
Conserve Wildlife Works to Enhance the Sciences at LBI Foundation
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies has for years fostered a relationship with Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey – the mission of which is to preserve…
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•August 21, 2024
New Jersey Recognized for Efforts to Reduce Food Waste
Uneaten food thrown out by businesses, schools, hospitals and residents results in wasted resources – including water, land, energy, labor and capital – as well as wasted opportunities to help those…
