News
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•June 14, 2024
Stafford Republicans, Democrats and an Independent Set for General Election
Let the general election campaigning within Stafford Township begin.
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•June 13, 2024
Beach Haven ‘Gator’ Assists With Beach Access
Beach Haven’s Gator beach taxi service is up and running for its third summer in which older and disabled people get improved access to borough beaches.
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•June 13, 2024
Ship Bottom Working on Traffic Problems, Potential Rowdiness
It didn’t take long for seasonal traffic safety concerns to arise in Ship Bottom as residents brought the issue, among others, to the borough council’s May meeting, one day after the unofficial start…
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•June 13, 2024
Stafford School District Plans $75.7 Million Referendum
In September, the Stafford Township School District will seek the help of voters on a $75.7 million referendum that it claims will strengthen the structures and systems of its school buildings while…
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•June 13, 2024
‘Honor Long Overdue’ – Former Mayor Is Grand Marshal for 60th Stafford Founders Day
As the sleek, white convertible slowly crept northward on Route 9 toward the Oxycocus School, the man sitting atop the back seat, waving to the crowds of residents lining both sides of the roadway…
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•June 12, 2024
Little Egg Harbor Police Chief Honors Officers for Saving Lives
Little Egg Harbor Township police Chief James Hawkins recognized five officers who performed life-saving CPR in two separate incidents last year at the May 10 township committee meeting.
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•June 12, 2024
National Religious Pilgrimage Makes a Stop at St. Mary of the Pines
There’s a huge religious pilgrimage taking place in the United States even as we speak, and the St. Mary’s Parish Center and the St. Mary Academy in Manahawkin recently played a part in it.
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•June 12, 2024
Sea Shell’s Liquor License Gets Tweaked
The Beach Haven Borough Council held off approving the liquor license renewal for the Sea Shell Resort and Beach Club during a hearing at the Monday, June 10 meeting after numerous residents…
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•June 12, 2024
Grant Program to Aid Removal of Abandoned and Derelict Vessels From Waterways
In an effort to remove abandoned and neglected boats from waterways throughout the nation, the Boat Owners Association of the United States (BoatUS) Foundation is seeking qualified, diverse and…
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•June 12, 2024
Two Area Students Are ‘Unsung Heroes’
As the school year wound down, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office recently honored various elementary and high school students with Unsung Hero Recognition Awards. These included Olivia Sickinger…
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•June 12, 2024
MATES Students Winners Again at NJ Envirothon
For the second year in a row, Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science students Megan Ebinger, Cailean Connelly, Michelle Karamian, Caroline Liebmann and Amalie Werner have taken first…
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•June 12, 2024
West Creek Veteran Honored With Quilt of Valor
Lt. Col. Michael Matelski of West Creek became the latest Ocean County veteran awarded a Quilt of Valor in a ceremony at American Legion Post 492 in Little Egg Harbor on Saturday.
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•June 12, 2024
GOP Incumbent, Newcomer Win Contested Primary in Ship Bottom
A female candidate has cleared the first hurdle in seeking a seat on the Ship Bottom Borough Council for the first time in more than two decades, netting the most ballots cast and outpacing her…
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•June 12, 2024
State Proposes Removing Bald Eagles, Ospreys From NJ Endangered Species List
The Murphy administration is proposing removal of the bald eagle and the osprey from the state’s list of endangered species, reflecting decades of work to restore these iconic birds to New Jersey’s…
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•June 12, 2024
Albert Music Hall Awards Scholarships
The Pinelands Cultural Society/Albert Music Hall recently awarded the 2024 Edward W. Rearick PCS Scholarships to 13 graduates of Southern Regional High School. The scholarships were worth a total of…
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•June 12, 2024
Reynolds Foundation Raises Over $30,000 for Those in Need
The Reynolds Family Foundation raised over $30,000 for the community at its first fundraising event last Thursday night, a garden-themed party outside the garden shop featuring live music, cocktails…
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•June 12, 2024
St. Mary Academy Flex Program Adds Fun to Enhance Education
Princess Cunanan has dreams of possibly being part of the creative team in an animation studio, maybe as a character designer. Ava Richardson loves to sing, but crocheting and sewing may someday add…
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•June 6, 2024
Southern Regional Seniors Accept a Record Nearly $1M in Scholarships
Cassidy DeMasi couldn’t contain herself – she was that overjoyed with what had just occurred.
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•June 6, 2024
Holiday Snack Bar and Beach Haven Settle Differences
The Holiday Snack Bar’s legal wranglings with Beach Haven appear to be over as the borough land use board approved a settlement agreement between the two parties Monday night. The borough council…
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•June 6, 2024
Mosquitoes Won’t ‘Marsh’ Our Mellow, Thanks to County
If you’re wondering why you’ve seen helicopters hovering over Barnegat Bay, fear not: It’s the Ocean County Mosquito Commission performing routine checks of the mosquito populations in the marsh.
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•June 6, 2024
Bidding Goodbye to Class-Raised Butterflies in the E.J. Schoolyard Garden
On a sunny day last week, Mallory Mulcahy’s pre-kindergarten class filed outside to the garden at the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School, in Surf City, for a special occasion: the release of…
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•June 6, 2024
Huelsenbeck Breaks Silence on LBI School Fight
If one thing is clear about the future of the LBI Grade School, it’s this: Ship Bottom officials are unified in their commitment to keep the property for public use. In his first comments since an…
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•June 5, 2024
Offshore Wind Proponents, Opponents Disconnected on Plans
State officials announced they are ramping up the fifth offshore wind solicitation schedule by 15 months, even as a local grassroots organization continues to battle the industrialization of the…
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•June 5, 2024
Ship Bottom Backs Technology, Business Practice Updates for OPRA
While reaffirming its commitment to transparency in government and the public’s access to records, the Ship Bottom Borough Council also encouraged reforms to modernize New Jersey’s Open Public…
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•June 5, 2024
Little Egg Harbor School District Hires Lisa Antunes as Superintendent
The Little Egg Harbor School District will have a new superintendent of schools beginning July 1.
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•June 5, 2024
Long Beach Township Lauds Police Promotions
Following the promotion of former captain Ed Bernhard to the role of chief of the Long Beach Township Police Department, three other officers ascended to new ranks, while a fourth was hired to join…
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•June 5, 2024
Beach Haven Signs Off on $15.4 Million Budget
At its May 30 agenda meeting, the Beach Haven Borough Council adopted a 2024 municipal budget of $15,435,861, approximately $140,000 less than last year’s spending plan.
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•June 5, 2024
Friends of Beach Haven Gathering Momentum
Friends of Beach Haven is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was established in the beginning of 2024 with a goal to support the local community and aimed to improve public parks and places…
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•June 3, 2024
Residents Schooled in Condemnation Process as Hearing Pushed to July
Calling the relationship between Ship Bottom officials and their LBI Consolidated School District counterparts over the last decade adversarial, resident Jeff Miller told the borough’s land use board…
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•June 2, 2024
New Season, New Look for Harvey Cedars’ Sunset Park
Earlier this year, the borough of Harvey Cedars sold a buildable lot it owned and immediately passed a resolution dedicating $750,000 of the proceeds for improvements in Sunset Park, with a plan to…
