Coming from New Jersey, the Outer Banks holds a particular draw for any surfer or beach person. Not only are the waves more powerful and consistent, but the Carolina coast is considered “humid ...

I was a councilman in Ship Bottom and retired last year. I have known Bill Fenimore for 10 years and found him to be respectful, intelligent and someone who deeply cares about Ship Bottom. As the ...

Do you know what the Day of the Dead is, when it takes place, and where it is celebrated? Please register at theoceancountylibrary.org, in person or by calling the branch at 609-693-5133.

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 ...

Folks attending Surflight Theatre’s current show, “On Golden Pond,” will see a wonderful play, written by a 28-year-old Ernest Thompson in 1978, who snagged an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screen ...

A $6.2 million N.J. Department of Transportation dredging project to restore local waterways to save navigable depth is expected to get underway in the Waretown Channel complex. The project, which is ...

Tour the LBI region’s familiar landscapes and landmarks, vistas and vignettes through the eyes of the nearly 50 artists whose work is hanging inside the main gallery at the Long Beach Island ...

The New Jersey Coastal Alliance believes two bipartisan Jersey Shore congressmen fighting over federal cuts to beach replenishment are missing the overall big picture and impact the historic method of ...

A “celebration of life” service was held the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 27 at the Kirk O. Larson Sr. Memorial Park in Barnegat Light, for the late mayor of the same name. The grass field was filled ...

Alex Henbest made the decision years ago that he wanted to pursue a career in golf. When he accepted the offer to be part of the University of Nebraska’s Professional Golf Management program, his ...

A few miles out in the Great Bay, a steel skeleton, swallowed by tall grasses and poison ivy, rises from an island. Though it is now little more than a reminder of a bygone era, the decaying structure ...

The Ocean County Board of Commissioners recently adopted a resolution that supports Beach Haven’s request that Atlantic City Electric delay the startup/commissioning of the proposed Battery Energy ...