Four on Ballot for LBI School Board
Election Is Nov. 5 On Nov. 5, taxpayers in Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars and Long Beach Township will vote for candidates to fill seats on the Long Beach Island Consolidated …
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Five Vie for Two Ocean County Freeholder Spots
Dems and Libertarian Face Tough Challenge in County Trump Dominated Toms River — Two Ocean County freeholders, Republicans John P. “Jack” Kelly and Virginia “Ginny” Haines, are up for re-election …
Ship Bottom Plans Water, Sewer Work Before Causeway Project Final Phase
Ship Bottom — After six years of road work on the Causeway Bridge system to Long Beach Island, locals aren’t surprised by a sudden traffic pattern switch or a lane …
Swift Emergency Response System Draws Questions About Public Safety From Ship Bottom Officials
Ship Bottom — Protect, secure, safety – any of these words can be used to define a rapid response access system the Ship Bottom Borough Council was asked to greenlight …
Volunteers Help Alliance for a Living Ocean With Fall ‘Beach Sweeps’
Long Beach Island — Volunteers gathered at New Jersey beaches, bays and waterways last Saturday for Clean Ocean Action’s annual Fall Beach Sweeps. Alliance for a Living Ocean coordinated a …
LBI District Clarifies School Referendum Details, Hears Concerns from Public
Long Beach Island — The $7.68 million referendum for which voters in five Island communities will be asked to cast ballots on Dec. 10 is only for renovations to the …
Stafford School District Rallies in Opposition of State Funding Cuts
Stafford Township — Stafford Township Board of Education member Joe Mangino, no stranger to leading the charge against state officials when something is amiss, has a message for the community. …
Community Options Inc. Is Meeting Special Need in Little Egg Harbor, Stafford Townships
Southern Ocean County — Community Options Inc. offers permanent housing in staffed group homes for those of our most vulnerable citizens: those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Some have aged …
Poached Terrapins Returned to Great Bay Wilds
Man Convicted of Taking Thousands Since 2011 Little Egg Harbor — It was a good ending to a two-year investigation into illegal trafficking of protected diamondback terrapins, many of them …
Shellabration: ‘A Party With a Purpose’
Restoring Oysters in the Bay Is Growing Success Brant Beach — Farmers, guardians and lovers of the bay gathered last Saturday in Brant Beach for the second annual Shellabration: a …
Kite Festival Weathers Flooding, Rain as It Soars to New Highs
Barnegat Light — Flooding on parts of Long Beach Island began late last week and didn’t relinquish its grip until Columbus Day weekend was in full swing and after it …
LBI Board Agrees to Postpone School Consolidation Discussion
Ship Bottom — The Long Beach Island Consolidated Board of Education last night agreed to temporarily suspend a June decision to develop a plan to relocate the entire student body …
LBI School Referendum Expected to Top Agenda at Next Surf City Council Meeting
Town Halls on Referendum Scheduled in Four Other LBI Towns Surf City — The final town hall meeting to discuss the $7.68 million December LBI Grade School rehabbing referendum is …
Chowderfest: All 2,880 Gallons and Then Some
Weekend Draws Thousands Into ‘Chowder Capital Of NJ’ Beach Haven — Chowderfest 2019 was a party for 13,506 people with the “lobsta” bisque flowing from a copper kettle along with …
Proposal: Keep LBI, EJ Schools Both Open Until Debt Paid
$7.68M to Fix Ship Bottom School Awaits Vote Ship Bottom — A parent group opposed to the closing of the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School are hoping an amended proposal …
Ship Bottom Traffic Signals to Remain Fully Functioning Until Oct. 15
Ship Bottom — For anyone waiting for the traffic signals on the south end of Long Beach Island to be turned to blinking, marking the true beginning of the off-season, …
Final Phase of Causeway Project in Design Phase
Ship Bottom — The end is in sight – well, mostly. Contracts for the last remaining phase of the $312 million federally funded Causeway bridge expansion and rehabilitation project are …
Ocean County Library Joins New Digital Reading Program
The Ocean County Library System is joining public libraries nationwide in a new digital reading program, the Libraries Transform Book Pick, which offers access to the same ebook for a …
Barnegat Light Museum Curator Stars in his Own Romance Story
Barnegat Light — On Sunday, Oct. 5, Reilly Platten Sharp married his childhood sweetheart, Adrianne Grosse, on the beach at 11th Street in Barnegat Light. The wedding reception was held …
Plantation Restaurant Sold to Black-Eyed Susans
Harvey Cedars — Harvey Cedars’ dining-scape is shifting, when Plantation Restaurant says goodbye and closes its doors Saturday, Oct. 12, and buyer Black-Eyed Susans will relocate across the street to …