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Traffic Pattern Shift, Curb Material Sound Safety Alarm in Ship Bottom
Even though the final phase of the Causeway project is on hiatus for the summer, traffic safety concerns stemming from the $349 million, multi-year federally funded project remain at the gateway to Long Beach Island. The focus, this time, is on Barnegat Avenue, between Route 72 East, known locally as...
Five Jersey Shore beaches under fecal bacteria advisories on Tuesday, July 2
Five Jersey Shore beaches are under advisories for high levels of fecal bacterial on Tuesday, July 2, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Fecal bacteria, or enterococci, is common in the excrement and intestines of animals, and was found in high levels in water samples collected at each of the five beaches on July 1. The bacteria is used as an indicator species to signify the likelihood that other illness-causing microbes, viruses or parasites...
Stafford Schools Get New Schedule Come September
As the calendar changes and the days progress through the next two months, school districts throughout New Jersey will begin preparations for the next school year. In Stafford Township, parents and guardians need to begin preparing as well. During its most recent meeting, the Stafford Township Board of Education approved...
Long Beach Township Intros Plans for New Stormwater Pump Stations
A bond ordinance introduced Monday, July 1 by the Long Beach Township Board of Commissioners would allow for the construction of stormwater pump stations and piping at various locations throughout the municipality, including, but not limited to, West 20th Street, West 32nd Street, West 33rd Street, 44th Street, 53rd Street, 76th Street and 89th Street.
Housing, Public Space to Coexist at LBI School Site Under Redevelopment Plan
Six months after asking the land use board to begin a preliminary investigation into the LBI Grade School property as an area in need of condemnation, the Ship Bottom Borough Council last week cleared a hurdle for a local architect seeking to build single-family homes on the land. “Of course,...
Solid Variety of Music Set for Stafford’s Summer Concert Series
For more than two decades, the Stafford Township Historical Society has hosted its annual concert series, and this summer’s slate even comes with a slight adjustment. Now, concerts will be every Monday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the pavilion in Manahawkin Lake Park. Residents and visitors alike are...
Mordecai Land Trust Plans Educational Event
On Sunday morning, July 7, the Mordecai Land Trust is offering a family friendly program from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at the street ends of Berkeley and West Avenue in Beach Haven. Mordecai Land Trust members, along with John Wnek and a number of students from the MATES program, will be providing hands-on activities to illustrate and educate about Mordecai Island and its inhabitants. Stations will include baby turtles, make-and-take paper turtle crafts, and shells of New Jersey.
Barnegat board will consider 74-unit, age-restricted apartments
BARNEGAT — A luxury apartment developer is proposing to build 74 new units of age-restricted housing in a forested parcel on Erin Way. The Residence Club, if approved, seeks to construct two buildings of one- and two-bedroom apartments. The project would be spread across 5.3 acres of forested land west of Gunning River Road.
Cops & Rodders Teams Up With Eagles Nest Airport
Once again, Little Egg Harbor’s Citizens on Patrol partnered up with the Eagles Nest Airport and held their annual car show, Cops & Rodders, during the airport’s Community Day. Children ages 8 to 17 enjoyed free introductory plane rides offered by the Ocean County Chapter of the Experimental...
Harvey Cedars Gives Six-Month Rundown
More than 100 Harvey Cedars residents gathered at the High Point Firehouse last Saturday morning to hear the borough commission’s “Six Month Progress Report” Community Forum on what it has accomplished so far in 2024. “I was thrilled with the turnout,” said Mayor John Imperiale, “not just...
Family Fun Promised At Ocean County Fair
BERKELEY – The Ocean County Fair will again be held at the Robert J. Miller Airpark on Route 530 in Berkeley and will be filled with all the rides, food, and entertainment you’ve come to expect at the annual event. Entrance to the fairground is $10. Parking is...
Farm Markets Return to Stafford Township But on Selected Dates
Good news, Stafford Township residents and visitors. Farmers’ markets will be back this summer. However, there have been some changes, so mark your calendars and schedule accordingly. This year, the Stafford Recreation Department has scheduled four farm markets on selected dates, coinciding with the Monday concert series at Manahawkin...
N.J. brewery owned by a female veteran has closed
New Jersey’s brewing community is again without another beer maker, with the recent closure of a business that’s believed to be among only a few woman-owned breweries in the state. Backward Flag Brewing Company, which was known as space devoting itself to helping veterans transition into post-military careers,...
Harvey Cedars’ ‘Coffee With a Cop’ Has Four Dates
The Harvey Cedars “Coffee With a Cop” initiative has grown this summer to include four different dates at four locations around the borough. “Our residents have told us how much they appreciate the program,” said Mayor John Imperiale, who is also commissioner of public safety. “So we decided to add a fourth date this summer. Also, while our residents love it, the borough gets valuable feedback from our visitors and residents at each and every session.”
Berkeley Council Adopts $61 Million Budget
BERKELEY – At the June Township Council meeting, the governing body approved and adopted the $61 million 2024 budget. According to the Township, the budget is $61,450,458.49, which is over a $5 million increase from the 2023 budget. “It took seven meetings in total to come up with this...
Shore towns seek halt to wind turbine plan through lawsuit
As part of the ongoing opposition to the construction of Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Farms plan, eight shore towns in Ocean and north Atlantic counties are attempting to reverse the state’s project approvals through litigation. At the end of May, a group of eight towns, referred to in the lawsuit as the Shore Municipalities, including Long Beach Township, Beach Haven, Ship Bottom, Barnegat Light, Surf City, Harvey Cedars, Brigantine Beach and Ventnor City filed two appeals and a stay motion against the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in an attempt to prevent 200 wind turbines to be placed less than nine miles offshore, adding that the DEP is “failing to protect the sensitive coastal waters of New Jersey by granting the final stages of approvals to Atlantic Shores.”
Barnegat Historical Society Members Honored by County
Each year, the Ocean County Board of Commissioners presents the Virginia E. Haines Historic Advocate Award to a person or persons who have made significant contributions to promote a greater understanding of the rich history of Ocean County. This year’s recipients are Kathryn D. Conrad and W. Grove Conrad of the Barnegat Historical Society, where they serve as trustees.
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