Eric Englund

Instead of a National Night Out, the Barnegat Township Police Department will hold a Family Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Barnegat High School football field. The free event features live entertainment by DJ Mike Thompson, food and ice cream trucks, emergency vehicle tours and touch-a-truck, Ocean County sheriff’s K-9 demonstration, marine unit […]

Last week at the invitation of of Harvey Cedars Mayor John Imperiale and Commissioner of Finance Paul Rice, Ocean County Tax Administrator Chelsea Skuby and Assistant Tax Administrator Christine Allen attended a meeting at Harvey Cedars Borough Hall. Also present were Harvey Cedars’ Chief Financial Officer Rebecca Wessler, Municipal Clerk Christine Lisiewski and Tax Assessor Christopher Hackett. The meeting was […]

When she was 8 years old, Kristen Kirschner was pictured in The Beachcomber. “With confidence, I told the the roving reporter that when I grew up, I would be a writer, and I would live on the Island year ’round,” she said. “Well, we’re halfway there.” She recently had her first book published, Suddenly, at Beach Haven. It is written […]

While concerts at the Albert Music Hall in Waretown traditionally begin with the playing of the National Anthem, a new wrinkle was added to a special event held on Aug. 9. It was the Pinelands Cultural Society’s second annual “Pineystock,” a musical celebration of bands and artists from the Woodstock festival, soon celebrating its 57th anniversary, along with other anthemic […]

Three incumbents, a former member and a newcomer have filed for three three-year terms on the Barnegat Township Board of Education. The election will be he

The Beach Haven Public Library hosts “Whispers in the Pines: New Jersey’s Forgotten Legends” on Friday, Aug. 21 at 2 p.m. In this multimedia presentation, guest speaker Mike Familant will take the audience on a journey through all 21 counties to find New Jersey’s eeriest legends and folktales. One tale surely coming up is the Jersey Devil. Mother Leeds had […]

Along the bayfront at Sunset Park in Harvey Cedars lies a small beach that people use to launch sailboats and small craft. But on a recent morning the area witnessed an unusual sight – a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle. “My daughter first spotted it,” said Peter Chieco, who lives nearby at West Salem Avenue. “I walked over to look at it. […]

The Harvey Cedars Taxpayers Association holds its annual membership meeting on Saturday, Aug. 29 at the High Point Firehouse. Doors open at 9 a.m. for a li

The 57th annual Beach Haven White Marlin Invitational Aug. 10-15 came to a successful close Saturday after a memorable week of offshore fishing, near-perfe

For Beach Haven’s Jeff Heinel, those words are more than a sentiment. They are a call to action – one he recently answered by donating a brand-new 2026 Yam