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The adage that time is money is true when it comes to the Lighthouse International Film Festival. The 11th edition of the festival will be held on LBI from June …

Habitat Restoration Near Barnegat Inlet On the calendar of wildlife work on the north end of Long Beach Island, 2019 could be called the Year of the Plover. A federal/state …

“It was never meant to be this way,” Stafford Township Mayor John Spodofora said in reference to ShopRite’s interpretation of the town’s new plastic bag ordinance that went into effect …

The Garden Club of Long Beach Island pulled off its 53rd annual Holiday Tour of Homes on Thursday, Dec. 6. The 800 tickets were sold out within days of posting …

A funeral was held in Pine Beach on Saturday, Dec. 15, for Ocean County Freeholder John C. Bartlett Jr., who passed away three days earlier at age 71. Bartlett was …

Enhance, by definition, means to increase or improve in value, quality, desirability or attractiveness, according to the Merriam Webster dictionary. Nowhere in the definition does it say anything about change, …

Dale Parsons, fifth generation bayman and seafood purveyor in Tuckerton, has a more than passing interest in Little Egg Harbor Bay since his family has been making their living from …

Less than a quarter-mile north of Wawa on Route 9 in Stafford Township, some of the evidence of why the town council sought to ban the provision of single-use plastic …

Beach Haven took the last step in becoming the first community on Long Beach Island to offer public charging stations for owners of electric-powered vehicles by adopting a fees ordinance …

A billboard advertisement for veganism, sponsored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, went up on East Bay Avenue about a week ago, near the Mud City Crab House …

Two makeshift signs on the doors of the Wawa on Route 9 in Stafford Township bore a warning to customers. The era of no single-use plastic bags has arrived. “Due …

Outgoing Representatives Secure Flood Insurance Extension and Coast Guard Funding Congressmen Tom MacArthur and Frank LoBiondo are on their way out of Washington, with the former losing his 2018 re-election …

Ever Wonder How Holiday-Focused Shops Survive in Summer-Based Economy? Every year the holiday season starts earlier and earlier, especially in retail. Reese’s Halloween Peanut Butter Bats are still out at …

Ship Bottom 39th Annual Christmas Parade Winners: Overall Winner: Kiwanis/Maximillian Top Winners: 1st LBI School District 2nd Beach Haven Moose 3rd All Saints Regional Community Service: 1st ReClam the Bay …

It’s not quite time to celebrate the clearing of equipment from the north side of the Long Beach Island Causeway, a necessary move ahead of work requiring diamond grinding on …

Although the New Year is a little more than a month away, a lot of planning is going on in Harvey Cedars since in 2019, the borough will celebrate its …

Lots of things end up in recycling bins that should not be there: carpet, wood, hoses, tarps, textiles, Venetian blinds. So many plastic bags. A subwoofer. The carcass of a …

The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife has control over 122 preserved wildlife management areas, or WMAs as they are called. The division is a part of the state …

A group of homeowners on Dock Road in Beach Haven are intensifying their objections to an amendment to the Maritime District Redevelopment Plan ordinance adopted by the borough council that …

Beach badges will not cost more next summer in Barnegat Light. “The beach badge prices will remain the same as they were last year,” Councilman Dottie Reynolds announced at the …