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•February 14, 2024
Ordinances Clarify Easement Landscaping, Off-Street Parking in Long Beach Township
Long Beach Township’s board of commissioners has approved, on first reading, an ordinance that would add a zoning permit requirement to install landscaping that exceeds 12 inches in height in any…
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•February 14, 2024
New Jersey Launches School Bus Electrification Program
New Jersey has commenced a new, groundbreaking program to provide up to $45 million in funding over three years for school districts and school bus operators to replace diesel school buses with…
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•February 14, 2024
Stay Vigilant to Energy-Related Scams, Atlantic City Electric Warns
Atlantic City Electric customers lost more than $205,000 to phone scams in 2023 – nearly 30% more than the previous year. Candice Womer, senior communications specialist at ACE, said the company has…
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•February 14, 2024
Coast Guard Distress Training Reaches New Heights
Smoke on the water and fire in the sky wasn’t about lyrics to a classic rock song for some graduates of the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, who participated in pyrotechnic exercises in…
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•February 14, 2024
Republicans Select Candidates for Stafford Council Seat
With Robert Henken now serving as Stafford Township’s mayor, somebody soon will need to fill the chair sitting empty on the township council. The county Republican committee representing the township…
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•February 13, 2024
District 9 Legislators to Murphy: Stop the Toll Hikes
In a recent letter to the Murphy administration, District 9 legislators Sen. Carmen Amato and Assemblymen Brian Rumpf and Greg Myhre called on the governor to veto the New Jersey Turnpike Authority…
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•February 11, 2024
Germain Retiring as Barnegat Police Chief
Saying he had “accomplished everything” he had set out to do, Barnegat Police Chief Keith Germain announced his retirement at the township committee meeting Tuesday, Feb. 6.
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•February 10, 2024
Henken Ready to Throw Around Some Dad Jokes, Get to Work as Mayor
Still a young man not out of college for too long, Robert Henken returned to his hometown of Brick in the early 1990s after many years living in Wapheton, N.D., where he had raced motorcycles.
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•February 8, 2024
State’s New Storm Drains in Ship Bottom Applauded, But Maintenance Questioned
Whether a remedy is determined to address sand and water issues in the work area for the final phase of the Causeway project in Ship Bottom is unclear, but at least one borough official is hopeful…
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•February 8, 2024
West Creek, Parkertown Communities Mourn Tragic Death of Firefighter, Recycling Supervisor
West Creek resident Tim Hannold, 50, died Wednesday, Jan. 31, when he was crushed in a dumpster at the Northern Recycling Center in Lakewood.
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•February 8, 2024
Ship Bottom Eyes New Curfew Regulations
It might still be winter on the calendar with overnight temps dipping too low for outside late-night escapades, but warmer weather is around the corner and Ship Bottom officials have their eyes…
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•February 8, 2024
‘Not One More’ Campaign Reports Progress in Mission to End Overdose Crisis
The grassroots campaign “Not One More” has announced multiple victories in the fight for solutions to “crush stigma” against substance use disorder and to end the state’s overdose crisis: The Ocean…
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•February 7, 2024
Stafford Township Police Issue Warning to ATV Enthusiasts
If you ride all-terrain vehicles, or ATVs, within Stafford Township borders, the police department recently served a warning to the public about doing so.
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•February 7, 2024
Contention Galore at Pinelands Regional Board Meeting
Portions of the January meeting of the Pinelands Regional Board of Education meeting were contentious. At times it got downright nasty.
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•February 7, 2024
Ship Bottom Switches Up Land Use Board
Changes are in store for the Ship Bottom Land Use Review Board as it appointed a new chair and moved its meeting day and time for this year.
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•February 7, 2024
Queen City East/West Approved by Board
At its meeting Feb. 5, the Beach Haven Land Use Board approved the proposed Queen City East and Queen City West developments on Bay Avenue.
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•February 7, 2024
Proposed Ordinance Cleans Up Public Health Nuisance Messes
While the number of verbal and written warnings for household trash and recycling violations in Ship Bottom appears to be on the decline, one property, described as unfit at a recent council meeting…
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•February 7, 2024
Tuckerton Fire Co. Does Not Meet Standards for Reinstatement
Former Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co. Chief Lee Eggert returned to the Tuckerton Borough Council meeting Feb. 5 to question the council about the company’s now-permanent suspension. Tuckerton’s fire…
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•February 7, 2024
Barnegat Woman Pleads Guilty to Drug Distribution
Laurie Maxson of Barnegat Township recently pleaded guilty in Ocean County Superior Court to conspiracy to distribute more than 5 ounces of methamphetamine. At the time of her sentencing, scheduled…
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•February 7, 2024
Pinelands Regional Fills Empty Board Seat
The Pinelands Regional Board of Education picked Crystal Martin to fill an empty seat on the board at its January meeting.
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•February 6, 2024
Primary Learning Center Students Deliver 784 Boxes of Cereal to Fulfill
Surrounded by hundreds of classmates and teachers as well as emergency medical services and police personnel, Lincoln Scofield gave a light, two-handed shove to the first cereal box with Toucan Sam’s…
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•February 5, 2024
Land Use Board Approves Brennan Fuel’s Building Renovation
Long Beach Township’s Land Use Board approved, at a meeting last month, an application from Brennan Fuel LLC to renovate the existing commercial building at 13601 Long Beach Blvd. in Beach Haven…
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•February 4, 2024
It Takes Hard Work, Friends and the Touch of God to Build a Church
On Sunday, Jan. 14 the leadership, congregation and friends of Little Egg Harbor’s New Life Community Church celebrated the 10th anniversary of its building, located at 595 Parkertown Drive, with a…
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•February 1, 2024
Robert Henken Appointed New Mayor of Stafford Township
It’s official. Stafford Township’s new mayor is Robert Henken.
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•February 1, 2024
NRC to Review Nuclear Plant’s License Termination Plan
The decommissioning operator of the shuttered Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township is expected to submit a license termination plan for the former power plant to federal…
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•February 1, 2024
Deaf Barnegat Resident ‘Achieving My Dreams’ With New College ASL Position
Anthony De Franco, the Barnegat Township resident who is known in the community for teaching American Sign Language at the local bay beach, was recently hired as an adjunct American Sign Language…
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•February 1, 2024
BPU Awards Two More Offshore Wind Leases at ‘More Sensible’ Sites
While the chasm between proponents and opponents of New Jersey’s offshore wind goals remains apparent in the wake of the Board of Public Utilities’ unanimously awarding two new leases last week, a…
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•February 1, 2024
Joint Research Plan Aimed at Offshore Wind, Wildlife Unveiled
Saying it will provide the blueprint for the future, the Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind has released its landmark research plan to guide studies of interactions between…
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•January 31, 2024
Save Money on Utilities This Winter
As the frigid temperatures of winter settle in and heating systems are forced to work overtime, Atlantic City Electric has released a host of tips on how to use less energy and save money on utility…
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•January 31, 2024
Local EMS to State: Include Us in Fire Company Assistance
Proposed state legislation to financially aid volunteer fire companies has area first aid squad leaders wondering why they were not included in the package.
