Gina G. Scala

FacebookTwitterEmailPrintCopy LinkShare While President-elect Donald Trump has promised to do away with offshore wind, it’s unknown whether his incoming administration will follow Sweden’s lead of rejecting certain projects due to concerns over radar interference and its impact on national security.

When the time is right, LBI Consolidated School District officials are expected to provide a courtesy review to the Surf City Land Use Board of the district’s plans to merge all students and staff into the E.J. Elementary School. “The planning board (on Long Beach Island, a land use board functions as both the planning and zoning board) law has […]

FacebookTwitterEmailPrintCopy LinkShare Congressman Jeff Van Drew is calling out Atlantic City Electric for its $109 million request before the N.J. Board of Public Utilities to increase delivery rates the embattled utility company said are necessary to reflect upgrades and technology enhancements as it continues to ensure safe and reliable service across South Jersey.

HOLIDAY DAZE: The time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is dizzyingly short this season so make sure to always wear a smile because the Jolly Ol’ Elf might be lurking behind any mask, scarf or hat making his list. (File Photo by Erin Albertson) If there are traffic detours in Ship Bottom on the first Saturday in December, it can mean only one thing: the annual Christmas Parade either is about to start, in full swing or has ended.

FRACTURED: Discussion to fix up the walkway underneath the east-most bridge in the Causeway system to the Island began two decades ago. In November, Ship Bottom officials learned a proposal for the work was denied. (Photos by Ryan Morrill) A highly anticipated beautification project for the walkway underneath the Ship Bottom borough-based bridge in the Causeway series connecting the mainland to Long Beach Island has been rejected by the N.J. Department of Transportation, for now.

HOLLY JOLLY GOODBYE: (Above) Pete Rossi, here with Mary Basile, is excited to kick off the 45th annual Ship Bottom Christmas parade. (Supplied Photo) It’s the time of year when most people feel as though they are stretched to their limits, patience is just about where it is at the end of summer and what everyone really needs is more time in the day as well as some fun. There’s not much to be done about adding more time in the day, so let’s play a game. It will be fun, quick, and can be played from anywhere. Ready?

When he was growing up on Long Beach Island, a young Bob Selfridge’s room was scattered with books, all with tattered pages and broken spines, about courage and heroism that told stories of shipwrecks, lifesavers and survivors. In August 2022, life imitated art and Selfridge found himself cast in the role as hero with an ending that includes being the 707th American to receive one of the nation’s oldest awards for heroism.

On what was one of the coldest days of the fall around Southern Ocean County, with much-needed rain falling quickly, suddenly and then sporadically on a recent Thursday, there seemed to be no respite from the raw, bone-chilling temperature. But just off Route 9 and at the end of a winding driveway sat The Evermore Manor, cozy and warm against […]

(Source: Ocean County Sheriff) Santa’s sleigh isn’t the only aircraft getting tons of attention these days. Drone sightings in Southern Ocean County have multiplied recently and local residents are on edge, calling on the federal government to get to the root of who is behind the unprecedented activity over the last few weeks and why it is happening.

CHRISTMAS JOY: (From left) Myles Borawski tells Santa his Christmas wishes as Antonella Torres Hernandez and Meadow Luft look on. (Photos by Jack Reynolds) The sounds emanating from the Ship Bottom Firehouse were unexpectedly expected as children’s excited squeals rang out and Christmas music punctuated the soundtrack of a cold, cloudy December morning. That buzz of happiness and anticipation could mean only two things: The annual Kiwanis Club of LBI Christmas breakfast for special needs children was in full swing, and Santa Claus was in the house.