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May 24
Chowderfest hits a celebratory 25th anniversary this year, the same year that our own state hosts the Super Bowl. Put those two together, and the ...
May 23
If the invitation wasn’t official before, it is now: Come to Long Beach Island; the summer of 2013 is waiting for you. “Soar Into Summer,” the ...
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May 23
Veterans who served in Iraq and or Afghanistan are eligible for five years of free medical care, said Ocean County Freeholder Gerry Little.
The ...
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May 23
A state Assembly bill that would set up a Coastal Commission much like the Pinelands Commission has advanced out of Environment and Solid Waste ...
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May 23
The Barnegat Township Police Department will be conducting entrance testing for the purpose of establishing a hiring list for patrol officer. Lt. ...
May 23
Atlantic City Electric presented its annual Merit of Excellence Award for Commitment to Public Safety to the Long Beach Island Emergency Operations...
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May 23
If Tuckerton receives the $1,197,700 FEMA low-interest disaster loan it applied for, it will cancel the 2-cent tax rate increase proposed in the ...
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May 23
A “team” from the Long Beach Island region was part of the Big Game Experience in the Meadowlands Exposition Center May 22 for a media event ...
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May 23
Ocean County Vocational Technical School has announced the opening of Cuisine on the Green, a new culinary arts training center at the Atlantis ...
May 23
Pinelands Regional Junior High School special education teacher Tracy Rosario and her “Wildcats in Business” students have been awarded a prestigio...
By MICHAEL MOLINARO - May 23
Personally, my only goal in running the inaugural Get LBI Running 5K in Surf City on Saturday was to defeat Borough Councilman Peter Hartney in a ...
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May 23
Cheryl A. Arthur of Yeoman Road in Stafford Township was arrested for burglary May 21 after she was found to be in possession of personal items ...
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May 23
A public hearing at 5 p.m. June 19 will review an amendment to the 2013 municipal budget at the Barnegat Light Borough Council meeting. The budget ...
May 23
Ocean County residents will have an opportunity to rid their homes of household hazardous waste Saturday, June 1, at the Stafford Township public ...
May 23
There are heroes among us and we’re not aware of it, even if their destroyer survived kamikaze attacks in World War II, or they were ordered to ...
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May 23
One way or the other, things are probably going to get a lot tougher for drinkers who drive in the next couple of years. Last week the National ...
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May 23
An early-morning traffic stop Saturday in Harvey Cedars resulted in recovery of a stolen car from Burlington County. Police Chief Thomas Preiser ...
By MARIA SCANDALE - May 22
It was an afternoon at Buckalew’s when Mike McCarthy’s middleneck clams were slipped steaming onto the barside tables and disappeared, consumed, ...
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May 22
Drivers in Barnegat Township who don’t buckle up will be the focus of police officers as part of the “Click It or Ticket” campaign which will run ...
By PAT JOHNSON - May 22
The Oyster Creek nuclear power plant passed its 2012 Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspection and did not have any incidents rising to a level ...
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May 22
In Beach Haven, one of the lessons learned from Superstorm Sandy’s oceanfront dune damage is that those street ends with significant native ...
May 22
Week 15:
This is a weekly installment of photographs by SandPaper staff photographer Jack Reynolds that supplements photos appearing in the print ...
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May 21
As the LBI Historical Association Museum in Beach Haven gets ready to open for another summer, the association is stepping up fundraising for a ...
May 20
Flutist Inna Gilmore and pianist Elizaveta Kopelman will present a recital of Russian romantic music on Tuesday, May 28, at 7 p.m. at the Barnegat ...
May 18
The Barnegat Garden Club and Shade Tree Commission are sponsoring a guided walk covering the first mile of Barnegat Rail Trail on Thursday, June ...
May 18
Want to know what living in Barnegat Township was like when the United States was a young nation? Beginning May 25 the Barnegat Township Historical...
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May 17
The Barnegat Recreation Department is signing up registrants for Camp Funtime, scheduled to run from Monday, July 8, to Friday, Aug. 16.
Stacy ...
May 16
For nearly a decade, residents of Perry’s Lake in Manahawkin have gathered for a bonanza breakfast fundraiser to benefit community programs for ...
May 16
Since 1975, people receiving Social Security could expect annual raises called COLAs, or cost-of-living adjustments, in times of inflation. ...
May 16
It was on time and on budget. On May 10, the Route 9 bridge deck replacement over the Westecunk Creek in Eagleswood Township was deemed completed, ...
By MARIA SCANDALE - May 16
Look out for more flood insurance rate changes in October unless Congress intervenes, owners of businesses and primary homes in flood prone areas ...
May 16
Week 14:
This is a weekly installment of photographs by SandPaper staff photographer Jack Reynolds that supplements photos appearing in the print ...
May 16
The Barnegat High School Winter Guard team recently won its first Atlantic Coast Championship title at the Wildwod Convention Center as part of ...
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May 16
Crew members of the U.S Coast Guard Barnegat Light Station and members of the USCG Auxiliary Division 7 will offer vessel safety check stations ...
May 16
“I’m hoping ‘DoMa’ catches on, short for Downtown Manahawkin,” joked Robyn Pallotta, owner and operator of The Schwee Tea Co. Organic Café and ...
May 16
The 24 constituent municipalities of the 9th Legislative District have aggregately received more than $614,000 in Clean Communities Grants to fund ...
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May 16
Superstition tells us that “things come in threes.” Let’s hope the concept is only superstition.
New Jersey, including Southern Ocean County and ...
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May 16
Beach Haven officials paid tribute to former Mayor Frank J. Little Sr., who died on May 9 at the age of 87 at Jersey Shore University Medical ...
May 16
During the May 9 Little Egg Harbor Township municipal meeting, Little Egg Harbor Mayor John Kehm said the ad hoc committee formed in February to ...
By MARIA SCANDALE - May 15
The “Open” sign in front of Howard’s Restaurant in Beach Haven Gardens is a celebration for the owners as much as for families who crave familiar ...
May 15
Later this month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District and its contractor will begin restoring the beaches on Long Beach Island ...
May 15
The Board of Education for the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District voted last week to reoccupy the LBI Grade School in Ship Bottom ...
May 15
In a case seen as having huge ramifications on the future of beach replenishment projects, the New Jersey Supreme Court heard arguments on whether ...
May 15
Ten parishioners of the Cross Roads Community Church, part of a Mennonite community in Jersey Shore, Pa., came to Tuckerton once again to help the ...
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May 15
Beach Haven has received its last easement agreement for beach replenishment work, and officials are hoping the Army Corps of Engineers could ...
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May 15
Stafford Township and Little Egg Harbor Township were among the first municipalities in Ocean County to receive FEMA Community Disaster Loans, ...
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May 15
Halfway through Barnegat Township’s “Buy in Barnegat” program, Committeeman Albert Bille estimated shoppers have saved between $4,000 and $5,000 ...
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May 11
When owner Anthony D’Aloisio opened Nino’s Jerzee Steaks in Mayetta in February, he and his family were busy recovering his Seaside Park restaurant...
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By - May 11
Founder’s Day is Saturday, June 8 (raindate, June 9), and this year boasts the theme “Stafford for Shore – Recovering Together,” Stafford Township ...
May 11
While many of Christopher McManus’ peers may be planning a party-filled summer in the bars and on the beach, the 21-year-old Stockton College ...
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May 11
Several residents of Anchor Avenue in Manahawkin addressed the Stafford Township mayor and council Tuesday night with concerns about an apparent ...
May 11
You can enjoy a refreshing walk and enhance your environmental knowledge at the annual Miles for Mordecai on Saturday, May 25, at 9 a.m. at the ...
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May 11
Stafford Branch,
Ocean County Library
129 North Main St. (Route 9)
Manahawkin (609-597-3381)
theoceancountylibrary.org
The Friends of the branch ...
By PAT JOHNSON - May 10
Long Beach Island was honored to be the kick-off point for the 4th annual Barnegat Bay Blitz cleanup on May 10, with New Jersey Department of ...
May 09
Eleven eighth-grade students from the private Watershed School in Boulder, Colo., visited the Tuckerton area on Sunday to view firsthand the ...
May 09
With its 100th anniversary celebration events in the works, the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce welcomes members and visitors to stop in ...
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By MICHAEL MOLINARO - May 09
In Ocean County, more heroin addicts are dying, and they are dying young. A string of five in a week from April 12 to April 19 involved heroin ...
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May 09
During Monday night’s executive session, Tuckerton adopted a three-year contract with PBA local 295 that is in keeping with the austerity of the ...
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May 09
A majority of Barnegat Township Committee members voted at its May 6 meeting to pay $20,000 to help a former Junior Football Bengals president ...
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May 09
Ocean County expects to distribute approximately $940,000 in federal funds to municipalities and public agencies for housing rehabilitation and ...
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May 09
Superstorm Sandy may have taken a toll on the gardens at the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School in Surf City, but students, staff and an off-islan...
May 09
Roof repairs were recently completed at Barnegat Township’s historic Cox House, the 19th-century landmark located at the corner of Route 9 and ...
May 09
Tuckerton’s Mayor Buck Evans and Office of Emergency Management Chief Harold Spedding announced that the emergency disaster portion of Superstorm ...
May 09
Ship Bottom oceanfront homeowner Joe Esmerado is confident the borough will receive the easement signatures needed for a federal beach replenishmen...
May 09
It was nearly 60 years ago when the first Guinness Book of World Records was published in London. Now Long Beach Island has finally gotten an ...
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May 09
Eleven area communities are included in a state Department of Transportation grant package for 2013 totaling nearly $5 million for street, safety ...
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May 08
Long Beach Township has approved its 2013 municipal budget, with a tax increase of four-tenths of one cent, or approximately $30 for a house ...
May 08
ON THE MOVE: The South Jersey Chapter of the American Syringomyelia & Chiari Alliance Project (ASAP) held a Walk & Roll event on May 4 at Stafford ...
May 08
Tuckerton Mayor Buck Evans and the borough council agreed to tentatively endorse the Tuckerton Fire Volunteer Co., Station 50, as first responder ...
May 08
For years visitors to and summer residents of Long Beach Island could count on several auguries along Route 72 to alert them to the fact they were ...
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May 08
Two current topics of utmost interest, water conditions of the bay and flood insurance rule changes, are topics at the May 14 monthly meeting of ...
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May 08
Ever since he became a councilman when Beach Haven changed its form of government in 2010, Jim White has sought to increase participation in the ...
May 08
Week 13:
This is a weekly installment of photographs by SandPaper staff photographer Jack Reynolds that supplements photos appearing in the print ...
May 08
The spirit of recovery was alive and well in Holgate on Saturday, as 100 volunteers gathered to continue cleaning up this southernmost section of ...
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May 08
The Barnegat Township Committee introduced two bond ordinances totaling $1.45 million at its meeting on May 6.
Township Administrator David ...
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May 08
History comes out in Stafford Township along with all other activities of the warmer season. The Stafford Township Historical Society announces ...
May 08
Patricia Wendler of Burlington was surprised to find the property of the Holgate home she shares with her husband, John, listed on multiple real ...
May 08
Judy Lobrutto started working at the Jolly Roger Motel in Holgate as a 14-year-old, an inevitable job for the daughter of owners Ron and Pat ...
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May 07
Little Egg Harbor’s Margie Brown has had a rough stretch.
Almost three years ago her longtime companion, Leland “Charlie” Stein, passed away after ...
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May 06
Atlantic City Electric will conduct repairs to underground infrastructure in the Beach Haven West section of Stafford Township beginning Tuesday, ...
May 06
Area senior citizens now have a new place to socialize over a healthy meal, as Ocean County has opened a senior nutrition site at its Southern ...
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By - May 04
Without Sandy-related funds from FEMA, the coming tax increase for Little Egg Harbor could have been worse, said Township Business Administrator ...
May 04
It’s spring and the Tuckerton Seaport is coming back to life. Most of the buildings have been cleaned and certified mold-free after Sandy flooding,...
May 04
The pear and cherry trees planted along Tuckerton’s streets were in bloom, a perfect setting for the town’s seventh annual Arbor Day celebration ...
May 03
Sales of the popular craft beer Forever Unloved Sandy – better known as F.U. Sandy – helped the Flying Fish Brewing Co. raise thousands of dollars ...
May 02
Long Beach Island Grade School student Zoe Marie Deakyne’s essay “Nancy Morgan Hart: War Woman” has won first place in the state among sixth-grader...
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May 02
Businesses impacted by Superstorm Sandy can now go online and find applications for relief funds from the Stronger NJ Business Grant Program that ...
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May 02
The Little Egg Harbor Planning Board is appealing a Superior Court decision that would allow Sea Oaks Golf Course owner Joseph Mezzina to build 29 ...
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May 02
Little Egg Harbor’s school performance report from the state showed room for improvement in some areas. In academic achievement, the George ...
May 02
A blaze erupting outside Ming Dynasty Buffet in Stafford Township occurred thanks to two materials that don’t mix, according to the Ocean County ...
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May 02
Although the Ship Bottom Borough Council last week introduced an ordinance approving the advisory base flood elevation maps as outlined by the ...
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May 02
Come on down, the water’s fine!
OK, according to the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, the ocean water temperature off Long Beach Island ...
By PAT JOHNSON - May 02
Tuckerton Borough Mayor Buck Evans and the council lauded Tuckerton employees, emergency workers and volunteers at a special meeting held Monday ...
By PAT JOHNSON - May 02
It’s strange to be crossing the Route 72 Causeway Bridge on a warm, spring day and see nothing but open water in all directions. Where are the ...
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May 02
Sen. Christopher J. Connors of the 9th Legislative District was named New Jersey Conference of Mayors Legislator of the Year at an event held ...
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May 02
Ship Bottom will be saving more than $100,000 in its new five-year contract for garbage collection and recycling pickup with Suburban Disposable ...
May 01
Week 12:
This is a weekly installment of photographs by SandPaper staff photographer Jack Reynolds that supplements photos appearing in the print ...
May 01
Work recently began on rebuilding the Pearl Street Pavilion, the Beach Haven landmark that was washed away due to Superstorm Sandy. In March, the ...
May 01
Fourteen students in grades 7-9 at Pinelands Regional Junior High School are winners of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s ...
By MARIA SCANDALE - Apr 30
Sandy victims can apply for a new round of storm relief funding in three weeks, Gov. Chris Christie told a crowd at the St. Francis Center in ...
By MICHAEL MOLINARO - Apr 30
A landowner is looking to profit off the sale of protected wetlands in Holgate that were partially covered in sand during Superstorm Sandy.
The 24 ...
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Apr 30
May 1 will kick off “Buy in Barnegat Month,” where shoppers could be eligible for discounts of up to 20 percent from local businesses.
Township ...
Apr 30
Roy Miller, the producing artistic director of Beach Haven’s Surflight Theatre from the fall of 2010 to 2012, died suddenly early Sunday morning ...
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Apr 29
A 17-year-old Barnegat Township resident sustained multiple injuries after being struck by a car Saturday night on Barnegat Boulevard North near ...
Apr 29
After being closed since Superstorm Sandy, the Ship Bottom Post Office was back in business Monday morning. Beach Haven’s postal facility resumed ...
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Apr 29
Scojo’s Restaurants in both the Surf City and the Tuckerton Seaport locations are serving a newly created “Sandy Sandwich” as a fundraiser for ...
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Apr 25
Six months ago, the Tuckerton Borough Council contracted with Quality Ambulance service to replace volunteer service from Great Bay Regional EMS. ...
By PAT JOHNSON - Apr 06
Owning their own marina was a dream for boating enthusiasts Brian Nehila and his wife, Sheri. “We had to buy a marina for our boat,” joked Brian ...
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