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A Freshwater Well Across From the Ocean Could Save Millions, Improve Water Quality in Seaside Park
At first glance, it may not seem to make sense: if a town needs to dig a freshwater well for its city...
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Vote on Rooftop Bar, Restaurant Expansion on Seaside Heights Boardwalk Put Off to January
A proposal to add a large rooftop restaurant and bar over top the building that houses Spicy Cantina, Midway Bar, and the...
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Funtown Pier Rebuild Approved in Seaside Park, Owner to Propose 200-Foot Tall Ride
Seaside Park officials have approved a portion of a request by William Major, the owner of the former – and future –...
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/ 4 years agoProsecutor’s Office Reviewing Circumstances of Boardwalk BLM Protester’s Assault Arrest
The Ocean County Prosecutor’s office said it was conducting a review of the “facts and circumstances” around the arrest of a...
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/ 4 years agoBlack Lives Matter Protester Charged After Allegedly Assaulting Man, 68, on Seaside Heights Boardwalk
A member of a group of about 25 protesters aligned with the Black Lives Matter movement was charged with simple assault...
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/ 4 years agoTangled Sea Turtle Saved From Sharks by the U.S. Coast Guard off Jersey Shore
U.S. Coast Guard members conducted a different kind of search-and-rescue mission Thursday, deploying its assets to assist a sea turtle that...
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/ 4 years agoOcean County Schools to be Grouped With Monmouth, Middlesex, Union in Safety Color Code Program
Schools reopening throughout New Jersey will be assigned a color-coded risk level once students return, with the state announcing that the...
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/ 4 years agoSeaside Heights Denies Application for New Bar on North End of Boardwalk
A proposal to add another bar and restaurant to the Seaside Heights boardwalk at Kearney Avenue has been denied in an...
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/ 4 years ago‘Sea Lice’ in Ocean County Waters: How Many Are There, and How Long Until They Leave?
Sporadic reports of “sea lice,” which are actually the larvae of the thimble jellyfish, have caused concern among some people visiting...
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/ 4 years agoNJEA to Murphy: All New Jersey Schools Should Open Remotely
The New Jersey Education Association, the union representing the vast majority of the state’s teachers and much of its school staff,...
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/ 4 years agoOcean County’s Annual Decoy, Gunning Show to Go Virtual This Year
An Ocean County tradition for 38 years won’t be stopped by the coronavirus pandemic even if, like most things, it will...
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/ 4 years agoSeaside Heights Readying ‘Quality of Life Task Force’ to Tackle Troubled Motels, Rentals
The Seaside Heights municipal government has begin taking numerous steps behind the scenes to organize a quality-of-life task force that will...
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/ 4 years ago‘Catastrophic’ Failure on Submarine Electric Lines to Island Bring Down Local Utilities
Residents island-wide were in the dark following Tropical Storm Isaias Tuesday, even though the island largely came through the storm otherwise...