A recent electricity capacity auction offered a glimmer of hope for some ratepayers after years of surging power bills, arriving just as the state shifts its energy goals toward technologies expected ...

A few dreary midnights back, I found my mood up … and then down. No, it wasn’t a bipolar episode, it was merely a polar one. While taking out two trash cans fully loaded with recyclables, I happened ...

The Rev. Wesley Smith has served as the Harvey Cedars Department of Public Safety chaplain for eight years, but that position was never certified by the borough, until now. At a recent meeting, the ...

The Long Beach Township Board of Commissioners approved a resolution on Monday designating Block 13.16, lots 9.02 and 9.03, and Block 13.19, lots 12 and 12.01, as “an area in need of rehabilitation.” ...

When Robert Ho and Frank Dymond arrived on opening day, store manager Brendon Rauscher wasn’t even inside the building yet. Rauscher didn’t show up for work until closer to 5 a.m. “We thought some ...

Phil Murphy is no longer governor of New Jersey. And soon you may not have a drawer full of thin cellophane packs of plastic silverware. These two statements are related because in his last hours in ...

Scientists and conservationists gather annually at the Northeast Bat Working Group to support and inform each others’ work on behalf of these fascinating winged mammals. This year, wildlife biologist ...

First, I would like to thank the kind snow plow driver who saw our dilemma and took a few minutes to remove the mound of frozen ice and snow that was plowed in front of our driveway. What took him a ...

In the immediate future, the borough of Barnegat Light will amend its building height ordinance to compensate for the state Department of Environmental Protection’s new 4-feet-higher base flood ...

The Horizons at Barnegat Holiday Singers recently visited the Barnegat Rehabilitation and Nursing Center to spread cheer to the residents. “This was an opportunity to give to those who are unable to ...

The Long Beach Township Land Use Board last Wednesday, Jan. 14 approved an application for a subdivision of the property at 12800 Long Beach Blvd. in Beach Haven Terrace, long occupied by The Van Dyk ...

Perhaps Rip Wagner should have been a mailman instead of an educator. Snow, rain, heat, nor gloom of day stays the former elementary school physical education teacher from completing one of his daily ...