News
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•August 9, 2023
Barnegat New Town Hall Project Lagging
At this time two years ago, Barnegat Township officials believed the new municipal building would be occupied and ready to go by the fall of 2022. That time has passed.
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•August 9, 2023
Barnegat Schools Getting Four ‘Buddy Benches’
The school setting should be an enjoyable place where children can learn new things and socialize with their peers. Unfortunately, not all children have good experiences, as some have been bullied…
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•August 9, 2023
School Board Candidates for November Election Are Announced
The official list of candidates for school board seats in Ocean County this November has been released by the Ocean County Clerk’s Office.
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•August 9, 2023
Career Training Open House at Ocean County College
The Workforce and Professional Education Department at Ocean County College is planning a free open house for anyone interested in starting a new career, upgrading their job skills or exploring…
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•August 9, 2023
Prosecutor: Catastrophic Fires Are Wholly Preventable
In light of the recent tragedy in Lacey Township where four people lost their lives in a house fire, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer issued a statement outlining fire safety tips.
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•August 9, 2023
Free Naloxone Available at Nine Southern Ocean County Pharmacies
It has been widely reported that the country is suffering from a huge annual number of drug OD deaths of late, with opioids, especially fentanyl, being the prime suspects. In May the Centers for…
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•August 9, 2023
BPU Stalls Offshore Wind Rate Cost Review Request
The N.J. Board of Public Utilities has rebuffed an initial request for a hearing to revisit its 2021 approval granting above market prices for power produced by the Atlantic Shore Offshore Wind…
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•August 9, 2023
SOMC Performs Thousandth Robotic-Assisted Surgery
Robots are taking over Manahawkin’s Southern Ocean Medical Center.
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•August 7, 2023
Hearing on Open Space Tax Proposal Aug. 9 in Ship Bottom
The public will have an opportunity to comment on a proposed open space tax ordinance at a special meeting of the Ship Bottom Borough Council on Aug. 9. The proposal, if adopted, would allow borough…
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•August 7, 2023
Food Fight: Offshore Wind a Risk to Cultural Fabric, Fishing Industry of LBI
Discussions about the impact of wind farms planned off the coast of New Jersey have been in the broad sense recently, but last week two commercial fishermen brought it home to Long Beach Island.
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•August 4, 2023
Late Night Heroes: Meet the Overnight Workers Who Keep LBI Going Until Dawn
There’s one mug at the popular Chicken or the Egg restaurant in Beach Haven that looks different from the rest, emblazoned with different insults taken from the works of William Shakespeare.
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•August 3, 2023
Vessel Off Harvey Cedars Prepping for Beach Replenishment
A vessel that was seen in the ocean off 75th Street in Harvey Cedars last week has been identified as a jacked-up work barge, according to Mayor Jonathan Oldham.
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•August 3, 2023
Beach Haven Adopts More-Stringent Curfew
Individuals under 18 years of age will have to be home by 10 p.m., according to an ordinance adopted at the July 27 Beach Haven Borough Council agenda meeting. The current curfew is midnight.
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•August 3, 2023
Little Egg Harbor Rider Participates in Fifth Great Cycle Challenge USA
Bicyclist Joe Mobus of Little Egg Harbor has pledged to ride 350 miles and raise $1,500 during the month of September in support of the Children’s Cancer Research Fund as part of its ninth annual…
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•August 2, 2023
E-Bike Popularity Continues as Speed Concerns Police
One of the highly advertised perks of electric bicycles is that they provide a quick-speed alternative to a motor vehicle and help protect the environment while also offering a mode of transportation…
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•August 2, 2023
ReClam the Bay Begins Living Shoreline Off Parkertown Beach
Last Tuesday, ReClam the Bay volunteers deployed 300 spat-on shells and shell bags at Parkertown Beach in Little Egg Harbor Township. The effort is part of the Little Egg Harbor Living Shorelines…
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•August 2, 2023
Beach Haven Auto Site Designated for Development – With Controversial Terms
At an agenda meeting last week, the Beach Haven Borough Council approved a recommendation by the land use board to designate the former site of Beach Haven Auto as a condemnation area in need of…
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•August 2, 2023
Little Egg Harbor School District’s George J. Mitchell School Has New Principal
The Little Egg Harbor Board of Education made another important hire at its July 25 meeting, plugging another critical administrative hole as the 2023-24 school year rapidly approaches.
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•August 2, 2023
Stafford Gets ‘on the Map’ With City Health Dashboard
Stafford Township has joined the City Health Dashboard program as part of the Put Us on the Map Challenge, Mayor Greg Myhre announced. The program was launched last year.
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•August 2, 2023
Beach Haven Special Election Petitions Available
Beach Haven Borough Manager/Clerk Sherry Mason has announced petitions to run in a special borough council election Nov. 7 can be picked up at her office in borough hall. Whoever picks up petitions…
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•August 2, 2023
New Fantasy Island Attraction Is ‘Wheely’ Big
Fantasy Island Amusement Park in Beach Haven will hold a private, invitation-only ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 8 at 3 p.m. for its new “Giant Wheel.” It replaces a similar ride that had…
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•August 2, 2023
Tax Increase Blame Game Returns in Barnegat
Last spring, Barnegat Township and school district officials got into a verbal kerfuffle when a sign was put up in the municipal building highlighting a proposed 6-cent (per $100 assessed value)…
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•August 2, 2023
NJDEP Seeks AmeriCorps Watershed Ambassadors
The state Department of Environmental Protection is currently seeking recruits for the 24th year of the AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassadors Program, which helps protect watersheds while creating…
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•August 2, 2023
Jersey-Friendly Yards Helps Girl Scouts Earn Junior Gardener Badge
While interning with the Ocean County Soil Conservation District a few years ago, Gabriella Marzella worked to combine the necessary steps to earn the Girl Scouts’ Junior Gardener Badge with the…
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•August 2, 2023
Beach Haven Looking to Lower Speed Limits
Beach Haven is drawing up an ordinance to reduce the speed limits from 25 to 20 miles per hour on Beach and Atlantic avenues. The side streets located on the east side of the borough run parallel to…
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•August 2, 2023
Ocean County Library Expands Autism Resource Listings
Individuals with autism and their families can find access to quality support systems through the Ocean County Library’s online Autism Resources Center. Now, the library system has announced the…
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•August 2, 2023
Ship Bottom, Ocean County Agree to Pump Station Project Terms
Another layer of relief for one of the most flood-prone areas in Ship Bottom is one step closer after the borough council adopted a resolution last week entering into a shared service agreement with…
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•August 2, 2023
Math a Problem at Pinelands Regional and in Much of the State
Many members of the Pinelands Regional High School Class of 2024, as well as almost 50% of their counterparts throughout New Jersey, will have to buckle down if they expect to graduate next June.
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•August 1, 2023
Conserve Wildlife Foundation: Osprey Cams Shine Light on Prey Availability, Brood Reduction
Visitors to the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey website, conservewildlifenj.org, are given access to the life and times of ospreys along the coast thanks to six cameras set up to allow a…
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•August 1, 2023
Man Wanted in Connection to Animal Abuse, Deaths
The Little Egg Harbor Police Department is seeking information regarding the whereabouts of individual Jarriel S. Walton Sr., who is presently wanted for alleged participation in the cruel, inhumane…
