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Kickball Event Raising Funds for ALO
Alliance for a Living Ocean will be the beneficiary of a “Summer Slam” kickball game on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 6 p.m. at Sunset Park in Harvey Cedars. First held last year, the fundraiser was started by Hannah Doscher and Quinn Daly, longtime friends from North Jersey who have summer homes in Harvey Cedars.
Lions Women's Lacrosse Picks Up IWLCA Individual, Team Academic Awards
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. (July 24, 2024) - Georgian Court Women's Lacrosse was honored this afternoon by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) for their success in the classroom throughout 2024. Four student-athletes earned a spot in the IWLCA Honor Roll while the team was awarded Academic Honor Squad status. In...
New Jersey man sentenced for series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish Community
A New Jersey man was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for committing a series of bias-motivated violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Je...
School Belongs to All
As lifelong residents of our beloved island and both former school board members, we are writing to express our deep concern and opposition to the proposed demolition of Long Beach Island Grade School to make way for a housing development. This plan not only threatens to erase another cherished landmark but also presents several other issues that could negatively impact the quality of life on Long Beach Island.
Rethink Shade Ban
The following was addressed to Long Beach Township Mayor Joseph Mancini. While we are not residents of LBI we proudly display a sticker on our cars as a reminder of our favorite vacation site for over 20 years. My wife and I started coming to LBI from our hometown of Vineland. We now live near Washington, D.C. and rent a house on LBI for my children and our grandchildren, all 10 of us.
Thanks, Lifesavers
I am writing to publicly thank the Long Beach Township police and the volunteer emergency responders for saving the life of my husband. On Saturday, July 20 they arrived almost immediately after I made my early morning 911 call. Not only did they know what to do but they did it with skill, efficiency and calm from years of experience. It literally saved his life.
Bruce Springsteen on the poetry of his classic album "Nebraska"
"I lived in this house exactly half a lifetime ago," said Bruce Springsteen. It may not look like much, but this small bedroom in Colts Neck, New Jersey, which still sports the original orange shag rug, is where Springsteen made what he considers his masterpiece: his 1982 album "Nebraska," ten songs dark and mournful. "This is the room where it happened," he said. I saw her standing on her front lawn just twirling her baton Me and her went for a ride, sir, and ten innocent people died From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska, with a sawed-off .410 on my...
Celebrated NJ township official stole recreation permit fees, cops say
BRICK — An award-winning recreation director has been charged with stealing municipal fees. Daniel Santaniello, 46, of Brick, asked private organizations that pay township facility permit fees to pay him directly in cash instead of paying the township, investigators said/. Santaniello pocketed the cash and issued fraudulent receipts to...
Jersey Shore beach bans swimming all summer over high levels of fecal matter
There Shore-ly won’t be any swimming here. High levels of fecal bacteria found in the water at Beachwood Beach West in the Jersey Shore borough of Beachwood led officials to ban on swimming there for the rest of the summer. The beach along the Toms River was shut down for the remainder of the season, “for the safety, health and welfare of the residents and others,” the borough’s mayor and City Council said in a post on the town website. NJ man arrested after ripping seagull’s head off when it tried to swipe fries from his daughter The Ocean County beach had four...
Jackson Man Stabs Roommate To Death, Charged With Murder
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Jackson Township Police Chief Matthew Kunz announced that on Friday, 38-year-old Louis Gargiso of Jackson was charged with Murder and weapons offenwes in connection with the death of 74-year-old Robert Sunris, also of Jackson. At approximately 5:55 a.m. on Friday, Jackson police responded...
Little League controversy: Shore softball team ruled loser of state final day after game
Heartbreaking losses are part of the nature of sports. There are Hail Mary passes that land perfectly in the end zone as time expires. There are walk-off home runs and also strikeouts with the bases loaded for the final out. There are buzzer beaters on the final shot, and there are buzzer beaters invalidated by bad calls. ...
Mary A. Thomson
2/13/1929 – 7/16/2024. Sea Girt And Shark River Hills. Loving daughter of John and Margaret Neary. Mother of six children. Grandmother of eight ‘Wonders of the World’ Andrew, Ryan, Caitlin, Lauren, James, Leah, Matthew and Jack. Great grandmother of three ‘Shining Stars’ James, Avery and Sophia. Loved her life in real estate. Devoted.
Robert B. Wade ‘Bob’
Robert B. Wade (Bob), 90, of Spring Lake passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at his home with his family by his side. Bob was born and raised in Kearny, NJ, the sixth and last child of Robert Sr. and Mary Wade. He proudly served in the US Army a.
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