To the Editor: Each day, long before the lifeguards have set up, the shoreline is already dotted with empty, perfectly arranged chair encampments — all of them labeled “Tommy Bahama,” as if a beach ...

She said this summer’s topic moves north a bit, featuring rarely seen photos of old Barnegat City from about 1900 to 1920. In 1948, Barnegat City formally changed its name to Barnegat Light. Buchholz ...

When Henry Buerck qualified to be the newest coxswain at Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light a little more than two months ago, it was the beginning of a new chapter for him that began in his childhood ...

Not sure what to do after a day at the beach? One option is attending the annual Ship Bottom Volunteer Fire Co.’s biggest bash of the year: its block party, where attendees can enjoy great local brews ...

Visit the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 9 for educational family fun at the 19th annual Barnegat Bay Day. Each year, this event ...

It was the mid-1960s and Beatlemania was still the cultural rage. But in Beach Haven it marked the beginning of something new: Bay Village, which is celebrating its 60th summer of “aspiring to be a ...

The nation turns 249 this year, and the celebratory shows of patriotism will line the streets and color the skies accordingly. The truly ambitious could even make it to all five community events ...

In March 2020, as the pandemic began, I read a letter raving about the activities at the Compassion Cafe in Beach Haven. The idea of engaging neurodivergent adults on the spectrum in a work ...

A former partner in Jen’s Links Miniature Golf Course in Barnegat Light has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison plus three years of supervised release for fraud.

Last month, Jane DeHaven resigned her position as director of the Beach Haven Public Library, a job she had held since April 2023. As a result, the library board of trustees has named Marsia Mason as ...

Little Egg Harbor School District Transportation Supervisor Michael Cofer presented a transportation update to the board of education at its June meeting. He said the update would be about some ...

Last summer we were warned to take down our Shibumi beach shade since they are not permitted in Long Beach Township. Such is not the case for other towns on LBI. I wrote to the mayor and asked for the ...