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Outlaw country music will take center stage at Albert Music Hall in Waretown on Saturday, June 13, during a special themed evening celebrating the genre’s rebellious spirit and storytelling traditions. Doors open at 5 p.m. and music begins at 6. Admission is $6 for adults and $1 for children under 12. The show will feature six local acts performing 30-minute […]

The Long Beach Township Land Use Board doled out a number of application approvals at its May meeting, including for well-known locations such as the Brant Beach Yacht Club; Island Surf and Sail, also in Brant Beach; and a portion of the site of the former Kubel’s Too in Brighton Beach. Attorney Eric Olson, representing the BBYC, explained the yacht […]

The Beach Haven Public Library presents “We Grew It Here,” a program on agriculture in New Jersey, on Thursday, June 11 at 1 p.m. The guest speaker is Lesley Parness, an agricultural and gardening historian. While New Jersey may be well known for its tomatoes, it was celebrated for its peaches, orchids and turf grass in the 19th century. On […]

Blisters on her heels certainly aren’t fun, but somehow they bring out the best in Gemma Bongiorni. “At the Group 4 indoor championships, I had this horrible blister on my left foot,” said the Southern Regional senior. “It hurt so bad, but I still split 60 seconds for the 4×400-meter relay. Mind you, my PR was 63 seconds, so I […]

Monday saw summer officially begin in the eyes of Northern Hemisphere meteorologists, despite the sky persisting with the jacket-needed mode. The real chill factor has been nasty winds. Those seem embedded for now, though we should get another fleeting glimpse of warmth this week, followed by yet another stint of shiveriness. Maybe we’ll have better luck with steady warmth when […]

HOME BASE: Tuckerton STYLE: Acoustic covers of folk, rock and pop LINEUP: Jimmy Brogan, solo guitar and vocals; sometimes as a duo or trio with a rotating lineup of musicians, or the Jimmy Brogan Band, which includes Jesse Wirtz on bass and Greg Jaeckel on drums. FUN FACT: Brogan occasionally also plays some original songs, so listen closely, or check […]

Summer is finally upon us. Between sunny boat rides with views of the creek and summery craft workshops, the Tuckerton Seaport is full of ways to soak up the start of the season. Spend some time out on the water this month. The Seaport offers several ways to see the creek and bay. On Saturdays and Sundays, hop aboard the […]

Darkhouse films are a major part of the Lighthouse International Film Festival. The Darkhouse genre consists of horror and sci-fi, period. The films in the narrative category aren’t broken down to drama, comedy and thrillers. Some shorts are just a few minutes long, while some others hit or even pass the 30-minute mark. What exactly is the cutoff? Documentaries can […]

Anyone on Long Beach Island with a love for heavy-hitting rock music is a fan of Shallow Green. The original prog rock project splashed onto the scene a little before the pandemic, when the members were just teens. Since taking the shore by storm, though, they each entered their first few years of adulthood, which has pulled them in different […]

Barnegat head coach Michael Palmieri played the Herb Brooks card on June 4. “I always post a quote in the dugout for every game, and today I went with his quote from ‘Miracle,’ because it was the right one for this game,” Palmieri said after his softball team made history by capturing its first NJSIAA South Jersey Group 2 championship […]