This column is always a good opportunity to tell a good story. This is not the usual story like Beach Haven locals paddling to an outer shoal during Hurricane Belle in 1976 or the story of when the ...

As the weather warms each year, female northern diamondback terrapins emerge from brackish saltwater marshes, coastal bays and lagoons to seek spots to lay their eggs. “The search for nesting habitat ...

Public Lands Threatened!” “National Wildlife Refuges Face Funding Cuts!” These are some of the alarming headlines you may have seen lately as proposals by the Trump administration threaten to upend ...

The boat launch on Kinsey Cove off Bay Terrace in Harvey Cedars has long been an issue for the residents on Bay Terrace, especially the high level of commercial entities putting boats in the water all ...

With the arrival of school buses and the sound of the first bell, a new academic year at the Long Beach Island Elementary School (formerly the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School) in Surf City began ...

The new owners of White’s Market in Barnegat Light, who have not yet revealed their identities publicly but are collectively called Barnegat City LLC according to the deed filed with Ocean County on ...

The summer may be over, but Long Beach Island lifeguards already have something to look forward to for next year. On July 4, they will carry a special flag on the country’s 250th birthday during the ...

As a foreign language major in college, Valerie Morris traveled extensively in Europe, and she hasn’t stopped traveling since. “I was a student at Moravian College at the time,” said Morris, a ...

Decoy carving is a time-honored tradition throughout the Barnegat Bay and Pine Barrens regions. Seasoned artists have spent decades perfecting their craft and preserving the history behind the art ...

When Lisa Willoughby’s children were young, they would collect broken and discarded kites to fix throughout the quiet winter months on Long Beach Island so they could fly them on a Surf City beach in ...

This is the final part in this series. The crash of the airship USS Shenandoah in September 1925 rocked Ocean County, its home base. It was reported it had made 40 children orphans. On the 4th of the ...

Last summer, Mari’s Grooming added a second location in Barnegat Township. A little more than a year later, the pet-oriented business launched a whole new venture – the Pooper Scooper Crew. “At Mari’s ...