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Surf City beach munitions cleanup could last until Memorial Day

By DONNA WEAVER Staff Writer, 609-978-2015

Published: Jan 08, 2009

SURF CITY - A $17 million cleanup of World War I-era military munitions pumped ashore during a beach replenishment project may not be completed until the brink of the 2009 tourism season.

A large cleanup was conducted in 2007, and this small town on Long Beach Island, Ocean County, waited nervously through spring, hoping the beach sweep would be completed by the start of summer.

Now, in the cleanup of all cleanups - sifting the entire beach from the dune to the waterline - the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers again will be racing against the clock. This year, however, just one block of beach will be closed at a time.

Last month, the corps announced that the cleanup would start in early January, but it now is planned to begin at the end of the month. More

Jan 08, 2009

• Trash truck hits power lines near Ocean, Barnegat border

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP - A Waste Management truck hit low-hanging power lines near the intersection of Bayshore Drive and Irvington Road early Wednesday morning, knocking out power for several hours, according to Ocean Township police who responded to the scene.

Jan 08, 2009

• Local briefs - Ocean and Cumberland counties

Lacey Township

Jan 08, 2009

• Ocean County freeholders pick Bartlett as director for 5th time

Jan 08, 2009

• New trash transfer station not wanted in Little Egg

Jan 07, 2009

• Town that battled strip club now faces trash transfer proposal

3:43 p.m. Update - LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP—Township residents who fought to keep a strip club out of town are now facing the prospect of a landfill operator building a transfer station here.

Jan 07, 2009

• LoBiondo, Adler sworn in to Congress

Two congressional representatives from southern New Jersey were sworn in to office Tuesday, one for his first term and one for his eighth.

Jan 07, 2009

• Hopes for Route 72 causeway hang on federal stimulus deal

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP - As the Dorland J. Henderson Memorial Bridge nears the 50th anniversary of its completion, it also nears the fifth year since it was labeled structurally deficient and it is still several years away from being replaced.

Jan 07, 2009

• NOAA begins issuing fisheries economic reports

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday issued its first report on Fisheries Economics in the United States, but the most useful data may not come until later in the year.

Jan 07, 2009

• State towns get a break on need to spray for gypsy moths

The Garden State's battle against a leaf-devouring and tree-killing pest could be a little easier this year.

Jan 06, 2009

• Exelon jettisons AmerGen at Oyster Creek nuclear plant

Jan 06, 2009

• Ocean Township seeks solar-power contractor

OCEAN TOWNSHIP - Solar panels should be generating power on the Southern Ocean Landfill by the end of this year, according to the township, which started seeking proposals for the project Monday.

Jan 03, 2009

• Properties facing eminent domain suits in Harvey Cedars

Jan 02, 2009

• Barnegat Lighthouse beams again

BARNEGAT LIGHT - It was barely 25 degrees on the northern tip of Long Beach Island as the sun set New Year's Day, but from the hundreds of people in the expectant, bundled-up crowd, it might as well have been Labor Day.

Dec 31, 2008

• Event has Barnegat Light beaming with pride again

Dec 31, 2008

• Lacey Township offers automated tax payments

From Press staff reports

Dec 31, 2008

• Municipal reorganization meetings

Dec 30, 2008

• Who needs GPS? Barnegat Lighthouse to shine again after 82 years

4:55 p.m. Update - At 5 p.m. on New Year's Day the Barnegat Lighthouse will shine again for the first time in 82 years on the 150th anniversary of its construction.

Dec 30, 2008

• Rep. Saxton's biggest regret: It took 9/11 for U.S. to fear terrorism

MOUNT HOLLY - U.S. Rep. Jim Saxton's office looks like one belonging to a guy with only days to retirement.

Dec 30, 2008

• Man in critical condition after being hit by vehicle on Lacey Road

From Press staff reports

Dec 29, 2008

• Louise Hannold, 90, still rules the kitchen at Stafford Township restaurant

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP - Louise Hannold has always been lucky, her niece Marie Garaud said.

Dec 28, 2008

• Economy dominates regional news in 2008

Harrah's, Borgata, Taj
open new hotel towers

Dec 28, 2008

• Lacey Twp.'s future tied to Oyster Creek

Dec 26, 2008

• Two hundred turn out for Lacey Friendship Dinner

The Lacey Township Holiday Friendship Dinner was held for its 19th time Christmas Day at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Volunteers served Christmas dinner to about 200 people.

Dec 25, 2008

• Small person, big gift

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP - "I'm happy for the kids who are getting presents."

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