News
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•April 3, 2024
Surf City Hotel Al Fresco Dining Plan Rejected, Despite Concessions
Following more than six hours of testimony from professionals, neighbors and other interested parties over two separate meetings, the Surf City Land Use Board narrowly denied an application for a…
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•April 3, 2024
Governor Salutes Cavagnaro With Proclamation
Throughout the Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony at Barnegat High School, event co-coordinator Thy Cavagnaro effusively thanked the veterans for their service as well as the many organizations and…
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•April 3, 2024
Barnegat Schools’ New Business Administrator Up to the Challenge
To say Kate Van Tassel’s first day on the job as the Barnegat Township School District’s new business administrator/board of education secretary was eventful would be quite the understatement.
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•April 3, 2024
Little Egg Vietnam Vet Honored With Quilt of Valor
Newly established Jersey Shore Quilts of Valor Chapter 95426 has been hard at work since its January inception, garnering 20 chapter members, nine nominations and awarding two quilts, so far, to…
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•April 3, 2024
Eagleswood Elementary’s Assessment Scores Questioned
Concerned parent Corey Martinez Tortorello of Sprague Avenue addressed the Eagleswood Township Committee at its regular meeting of Monday, March 25 “to present the dissatisfying performance of the…
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•April 3, 2024
LBI Shuttle Funding Sparks Debate in Ship Bottom
Ship Bottom Councilman Tom Tallon was the lone naysayer when an annual vote to approve $20,000 in funding for the LBI Shuttle came before the borough council at its monthly meeting.
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•April 3, 2024
Stafford Township Council Approves Haldenwang as New Police Chief
Nearly five weeks after Thomas Dellane stepped out of the police chief’s office inside the Stafford Township municipal complex for the last time, the township council officially named his successor…
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•April 1, 2024
Barnegat Resident Pushing for Traffic Light at ‘Crazy’ Route 72 Intersection
If Barnegat Township resident Heidi Stevenson-Holt has her way, a traffic light would be placed at the intersection of Route 72 and Warren Grove Road.
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•March 28, 2024
LBI Causeway Meeting Yields Compromise, Understanding
If all goes as promised, there will be no last-minute fight to stop road work ahead of the summer season on Long Beach Island this year. That’s the word from multiple officials who attended a meeting…
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•March 28, 2024
Feds Probe Duck Deaths on Long Beach Island
Dozens of dead ducks discovered in Long Beach Township and Ship Bottom throughout the month have been tested for avian flu, a representative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Monday…
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•March 28, 2024
Waterbound Survival Skill Training Honed on Land in Barnegat Light
Multiple fire calls rang out at Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light over a recent two-day period, but most of Long Beach Island remained unaware as flashes of flames near the front gate were quickly…
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•March 28, 2024
E.J. School to Benefit From Eagle Scout Project
To attain an Eagle Scout badge, a Boy Scout has to successfully complete a community service project. Warren Ries, a sophomore at Southern Regional High School and a Harvey Cedars resident, has…
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•March 28, 2024
New Jersey Resources ‘All in on Renewable Energy’
After 30 years with the state Department of Environmental Protection, Ray Bukowski joined the infrastructure company New Jersey Resources, where he currently serves as managing director of government…
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•March 27, 2024
NOOK Food Pantry Seeks New Home; Interim Space Possible in Little Egg Harbor
The NOOK, or Nourishing Others Opportunity Kitchen, started receiving grant funding from Ocean County in September to address food insecurity and has been operating a food pantry out of offices in…
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•March 27, 2024
Little Egg Harbor BOE Will Have to Make Very Tough Budget Decisions
An initial review of the Little Egg Harbor School District’s 2024-25 budget was supposed to have been presented by Business Administrator Robert Green at the March 19 meeting of the district’s board…
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•March 27, 2024
MacArthurs’ Barnegat Light Marinas Undergo Upgrades
The Barnegat Light Planning Board approved upgrades to a second-floor apartment above Bayview Harbor Marina, owned by former 3rd Congressional District Rep. Thomas MacArthur.
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•March 27, 2024
Tammy Murphy Drops Out of U.S. Senate Race
Congressman Andy Kim’s race to become the next U.S. senator from the state of New Jersey took a huge step forward on Sunday when his biggest Democratic primary opponent, New Jersey’s first lady Tammy…
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•March 27, 2024
Tuckerton School District Faces Loss in State Aid, Increasing Costs
The Tuckerton School District faces serious challenges after suffering a major loss in state aid for the 2024-25 school year.
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•March 27, 2024
Barnegat Junior Police Academy Signing Up
Grade school children will get a primer on local law enforcement when the Barnegat Township Police Department holds a Junior Police Academy this summer. Sessions will be held Monday through Friday…
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•March 23, 2024
Dead Trees Get the Ax in Harvey Cedars
Given a chance to submit a written annual list of road needs to Ocean County officials or meet in person, the Harvey Cedars mayor and police chief opted for the in-person meeting. It brought…
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•March 21, 2024
Bay Islands Restoration Project Gets Additional Grant Funding
Long Beach Township learned earlier this winter that it had been approved for a $772,300 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant to design a final stage nature-based restoration plan for two bay…
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•March 21, 2024
Van Drew Secures Funding for Little Egg Harbor Safety Improvements
A close relationship between Little Egg Harbor Township and Congressman Jeff Van Drew has, so far, paid off in spades.
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•March 21, 2024
Garden Club Participates in Beach Sweep
Candy wrappers, soda straws, coffee cups and construction boxes were found among a substantial amount of debris recently cleared up by members of the Garden Club of Long Beach Island.
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•March 21, 2024
Barnegat Light Revisits Boat Ramp Issues, and Town Budget
For a beach wedding this June, Barnegat Light will allow an exception to the borough code that expressly prohibits campfires on the oceanfront at any time.
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•March 21, 2024
Southern Regional Middle School’s ‘Vintage Hut’ to Help Students in Need
Amid a Southern Regional Board of Education meeting filled with standard business for late winter, most of the exciting news occurred during various announcements to the board. However, there was one…
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•March 20, 2024
State, Feds Work to Protect Areas Near Military Bases in Wildfire-Prone Pinelands
Fighting wildfires has become increasingly challenging due to a warming climate. Here in New Jersey, the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Forest Fire Service has partnered with the U.S.…
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•March 20, 2024
ALO Accepting Summer Internship Applications
Alliance for a Living Ocean, based on Long Beach Island, is currently accepting applications for two paid internships for this upcoming summer. As the nonprofit notes, “ALO is seeking current college…
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•March 20, 2024
LBI Region Volunteer Fire Companies, Communities Benefit From State Aid
Eight Southern Ocean County volunteer fire companies are slated to receive tens of thousands of dollars from New Jersey’s second round of grants aimed at providing them with personal protective…
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•March 20, 2024
Congressman Wants to Hear About Your Atlantic City Electric Bills
Congressman Jeff Van Drew, the Republican who represents all of Southern Ocean County, wants to hear from his constituents over concerns about rising electric bills.
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•March 20, 2024
Barnegat Police Department Issues 2023 Report
When he became Barnegat Township police chief in February 2018, Keith Germain said one of his goals was to improve community policing through enhancing outreach programs and a greater presence…
