News
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•September 26, 2023
Red Men Lodge Thrilled By Visit From County Health Department
Tuckerton’s Red Men Lodge was visited by three representatives of the Ocean County Health Department last Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 12.
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•September 24, 2023
Surf City Undertakes Water Tower Project
The scaffolding that envelopes the water tower behind Surf City Borough Hall is easy enough to see from ground level, but as the eyes move up it becomes slightly more difficult to take the whole…
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•September 23, 2023
Harvey Cedars Gets Update on Beach Conditions
At the Sept. 18 meeting of the Harvey Cedars Board of Commissioners, Kimberly McKenna, interim director of the Stockton University Coastal Research Center, made a presentation regarding beach erosion…
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•September 22, 2023
Werner and Aji Take 2023 Jetty Clam Jam Title; Hurricane Lee Played Starring Role
Dave Werner and Brian Aji are names that have been mentioned many times in the history of the Jetty Clam Jam. Werner, 44, has surfed all 17 Clam Jams to date. Brian Aji, 26, has surfed it since he…
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•September 21, 2023
Surf City Badge Checkers Successful Despite Pushback From Some Beachgoers
Even as badge checkers were lauded for their part in the borough’s nearly $53,000 increase in beach revenue over 2022, there was discussion about how to ensure they remain safe during interactions…
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•September 21, 2023
Lightship Barnegat May See Restoration in Camden
Its days on the high seas behind it, the rusted Barnegat lightship now mired in mud at a Camden marina may get at least partially repaired now that Camden County is turning the marina into a park and…
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•September 21, 2023
Stafford Township Observes Constitution Week
“Without the Constitution, we are not Americans,” according to Stafford Township Mayor Greg Myhre. “It’s our foundational document, and it’s more important today than it ever has been.”
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•September 20, 2023
Junior Girl Scouts Earn Bronze Award for Sensory Garden
Girl Scout Junior Troop 50080 of Little Egg Harbor has earned its highest distinction, the Bronze Award, for a sensory garden the scouts established at the George J. Mitchell Elementary School…
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•September 20, 2023
Morello Appointed to Stafford School Board on Heels of Brennan Resignation
As the Stafford Township School District kicked into gear earlier this month, the board of education was tasked with finding a replacement to fill a vacant seat among its membership. That task was…
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•September 20, 2023
Ocean County Health Department Releases Schedule for Fall Flu/COVID Shot Clinics
The Ocean County Health Department has released its schedule of clinics for flu shots and COVID shots for the fall of 2023.
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•September 20, 2023
DEP Asks for Public’s Input on Statewide Outdoor Recreation Plan
The state is asking residents to weigh in on the great outdoors: The N.J. Department of Environmental Protection has just opened a 30-day public comment period for the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor…
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•September 20, 2023
Tuckerton Introduces Revised Ordinance on Wildlife Feeding
During Tuckerton borough’s Sept. 18 council meeting, Councilman Keith Vreeland introduced a resolution on the recently modified Wildlife Feeding (Chapter 253) code, citing several complaints…
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•September 20, 2023
Dancer’s New Step: Library Branch Manager
Laurence Krupinski recently took over as manager of the Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City, replacing Toni Smirniw, who has retired.
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•September 20, 2023
Tuckerton Fire Co. Ignores Borough Attorney’s Advice
Despite Tuckerton Borough Attorney and state Sen. Christopher J. Connors’ recent advice to the Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co. to mind its own business and work on meeting the conditions necessary for…
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•September 20, 2023
Surf City Pickleball Courts to Be Rebid
The Surf City Borough Council unanimously rejected the sole bid to construct pickleball courts in town because it “substantially exceeded the cost estimate and the appropriation for the goods or…
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•September 20, 2023
Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst Earns ‘Military Conservation Partner’ Accolades
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service annually recognizes military installations that advance natural resource conservation through tangible, on-the-ground programs and projects marked by conservation…
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•September 20, 2023
New Student Council President, Instructional Staff Welcomed at Southern
Cassidy DeMasi’s first time seated among the Southern Regional Board of Education was an eye-opening experience.
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•September 20, 2023
Route 72 Delays Expected as Road Work Resumes
While the winding down of the summer season around the Long Beach Island region has long come with the turning of traffic signals to a blinking cycle on the Island, in recent years it has also…
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•September 20, 2023
Woman Sentenced to 10 Years for Aggravated Manslaughter
Natalie Sabie of Lacey Township was recently sentenced to 10 years in the state prison as a result of her previously entered guilty plea to aggravated manslaughter in connection with the death of her…
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•September 20, 2023
New COVID-19 Immunizations Offered by Private Providers
Many individuals have relied on their nearby health department for the COVID-19 immunization since the start of the pandemic, but this fall “marks a different phase in the provider landscape,” said…
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•September 20, 2023
Little Egg Harbor School Board Faces Busy Year
The Little Egg Harbor Board of Education is launching its search for a new permanent superintendent of schools, hoping it will be able to hire a candidate by the start of the 2024-25 school year.
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•September 18, 2023
Environmental Alliance Challenges Accepted Offshore Sonar Levels
Saying protective distances adopted by the National Marine Fisheries Service for incidental harassment authorizations related to offshore wind sonar work is having the opposite effect, Save the Right…
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•September 18, 2023
Ribbons Tie to Awareness of Ovarian Cancer Symptoms
Turn the Towns Teal is a movement toward national ovarian cancer awareness that every September gets more of Southern Ocean County involved.
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•September 15, 2023
Cunliffe, Naples Look to Unseat GOP
For the fourth year in a row Charles Cunliffe is looking to be elected to a Barnegat Township Committee seat on the Democratic ticket. This year his running mate is Ron Naples.
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•September 15, 2023
Marte, Cirulli Are the Republican Ticket in Barnegat
Barnegat Township Deputy Mayor Joseph Marte and Committeeman Alfonso Cirulli are seeking re-election in November as the Republican ticket.
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•September 14, 2023
Route 72 Traffic Delays Expected to Last Until Spring
Beginning at 11 p.m. Sept. 15, the center and right lanes of Ninth Street in Ship Bottom will be closed between Shore Avenue and the Boulevard for drainage work as well as concrete curb and sidewalk…
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•September 14, 2023
Birdwatcher: Forsythe Pollinators Are Ruined
As an avid birdwatcher, one of Terry Carruthers’ favorite spots is the Cedar Bonnet Island section of the Edwin B. Forsythe Wildlife Refuge on Bonnet Island.
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•September 14, 2023
Ship Bottom’s New State-of-the-Art Municipal Complex Opens to Public
The interior color scheme of the new Ship Bottom municipal complex was a near identical match to Mother Nature’s hues on Monday as the state-of-the-art building opened to the public.
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•September 13, 2023
LBI Students Observe Sept. 11 With School Lessons, Events
Some 75 miles separate Long Beach Island from New York’s Ground Zero, where 22 years ago on Sept. 11 nearly 3,000 people were killed after two planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers. Time…
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•September 13, 2023
Tuckerton Borough Council, Attorney Set Record Straight With Tuckerton Fire Co.
During Tuckerton borough’s Sept. 5 council meeting, Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Co.’s Dale and Lee Eggert returned to challenge council with regard to their suspension of service. Borough Attorney…
