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150th anniversary celebration of the Barnegat Lighthouse begins today

From Press staff reports

Published: Oct 11, 2008

BARNEGAT LIGHT - The 150th anniversary celebration of the Barnegat Lighthouse begins today in a countdown to the relighting of the tower in January.

Today's festivities, from
11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., include lectures and three concerts.

The lighthouse will shine again Jan. 1, 150 years to the day after it first began operating.

A smaller light will replace the original 10-foot-by-8-foot light that included a kerosene lamp. That light remains at the Barnegat Light Historical Museum. More

Oct 11, 2008

• Man kills wife at hospital, police say

TOMS RIVER - A Berkeley Township man shot and killed his ailing wife in her bed in a Toms River hospital Friday before turning the gun on himself, authorities said.

Oct 11, 2008

• Surf City sets fines for fake beach badges

SURF CITY - If you try to pass off a counterfeit beach badge next year you will end up in court, officials said.

Oct 11, 2008

• LBI club hosts youth sailing competition

From Press staff reports

Oct 10, 2008

• Surf City sets fines for fake beach badges

SURF CITY - If you try to pass off a counterfeit beach badge next year you will end up in court, officials said.

Oct 10, 2008

• Sailor's final cruise was lifelong dream

The family of a Massachusetts man who drowned after falling from his 40-foot sailboat in the Barnegat Inlet is wondering why he was not wearing a life jacket.

Oct 10, 2008

• Commission's plan to change Pinelands map offers few specifics

When John Stokes presented plans at last week's Pinelands Municipal Council Meeting to change the Pinelands Land Capability Map - a color-coded chart that divides land in the reserve into one of nine categories - questions immediately arose.

Oct 10, 2008

• Scarecrows await straw vote

Oct 10, 2008

• Democratic newcomer challenges Ocean Township Republican incumbent

OCEAN TOWNSHIP - This year's election in Ocean Township pits three-time incumbent Republican Robert Kraft against Waretown newcomer Joan Finn, a retired teacher with a long background in volunteerism and education.

Oct 10, 2008

• Ocean County Happenings

Eating out

Oct 10, 2008

• Friends of Cox House group forming

Barnegat Township

Oct 09, 2008

• Myers, Adler close on some issues, but quick to disagree

PLEASANTVILLE - The national economic bailout package, foreign policy and government transparency were among the issues discussed when the two 3rd District candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives met with The Press of Atlantic City editorial board Wednesday.

Oct 09, 2008

• Students studying Barnegat Bay find tropical visitors

A group of freshman students from the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science in Stafford Township were out on Barnegat Bay Wednesday morning casting nets as part of their weekly field trip. "The kids log in what species they collect and keep a running record of what the water's like," said biology professor Dave Warner. The students found two rare fish called permits, which are usually found in tropical waters but were swimming around the warm bay water. The students took one back to put in a saltwater tank at the high school, and biology teacher Dave Werner said they plan to release it when the water warms up again at the end of June.

Oct 09, 2008

• Students pumpkin up downtown Barnegat

A group of Barnegat High School art students helped prepare downtown Barnegat for Halloween on Tuesday and Wednesday by decorating local businesses. "It's a real positive for the community," said art teacher Linda Schuler. The art program was contacted by The Hurricane House restaurant, and eventually the other area businesses joined in to have their storefronts decorated, Schuler said. This is the first year the art students used their skills to decorate downtown. Schuler said businesses have already signed up for Thanksgiving. "It's just going to expand from here," she said.

Oct 09, 2008

• 'Suspicious' suitcase at Barnegat library holds -- an empty suitcase

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP - An unattended suitcase at the Barnegat branch of the Ocean County Library caused the evacuation of the library and the closing of neighboring streets until police declared the possible threat a false alarm Wednesday afternoon.

Oct 09, 2008

• Challenger says Ocean County clerk mismanages office's money

The race for Ocean County clerk grew heated recently, as Democratic clerk candidate Jason Varano accused incumbent Republican Clerk Carl Block of mismanaging his office's expenses, a charge that Block immediately refuted, calling it "gotcha politics."

Oct 09, 2008

• Long Beach Township considers ways to gain easements

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP - A citizens committee met Wednesday to discuss what can be done to convince 62 oceanfront homeowners to sign easements granting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state Department of Environmental Protection access to their properties to complete a beach replenishment project.

Oct 08, 2008

• Missing boater found dead off Surf City

BARNEGAT LIGHT - The body of a man pulled from the waters off Surf City on Tuesday afternoon was identified that evening as Clinton Vanorsdell of Hanover, Mass., who disappeared from his sailboat Monday evening in Barnegat Inlet.

Oct 08, 2008

• Driver who hit parkway overpass in Lacey gets suspended license

LACEY TOWNSHIP - Four months after slamming his truck into the side of the Lacey Road overpass and causing $3 million in damage, Tony Copeland pleaded guilty to three traffic violations in municipal court Tuesday afternoon.

Oct 08, 2008

• Long Beach Township delays decision on cell tower

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP - After two hours of testimony from experts on a 135-foot cell phone antenna-pole proposed for the property of St. Francis Church in the Brant Beach section of the township, officials decided to continue the hearing at another meeting.

Oct 08, 2008

• Myers accuses Adler of hiding his part in budget 'slush fund'

A state-wide scandal is adding even more fuel to the heated battle for the 3rd District U.S. House of Representatives seat.

Oct 08, 2008

• Court date set for man accused of killing woman found in Wharton State Forest

Thomas Paolino of Staten Island, N.Y., will be arraigned Oct. 27 on first-degree murder charges in connection with the strangling death of his former girlfriend Jessica Tush, authorities said Tuesday.

Oct 08, 2008

• Ocean County Happenings

Eating out

Oct 08, 2008

• Regulators deny petition to stop Oyster Creek license-renewal

Oyster Creek Generating Station in Lacey Township is one step closer to its licensing-renewal decision as the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission denied a petition from environmental groups that would have stopped renewal proceedings for Oyster Creek and three other plants in the Northeast.

Oct 07, 2008

• Authorities search for missing sailor in Barnegat Inlet

From Press staff reports

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