The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has issued a temporary ban on all campfires and open fires because of the extreme wildfire risk, according to the Toms River Fire District No. 2. This ban includes any fires previously approved by permit. The ban will... »
Boys who like to sing and dance are being sought for auditions this Friday for the Surflight Theatre’s 63rd season of Broadway at the Beach, for a season that includes “Annie” and “The Sound of Music.” Adult auditions are scheduled for this Friday as w... »
"It was unexpected and unannounced, sudden and surly, inundating, devastating, mutilating, obliteratiing. It battered and bludgeoned the shore until there was no more shore, unti it was all running water and milling debris, until almost every trace of ... »
A new performing arts company will make Barnegat High School's theater its home stage, officials announced today. The Ocean Professional Theatre Company, founded late last year by former head of LBI's Surflight Theatre Steve Steiner, is planning a full... »
Every early January, poets, memoirists and novelists from the Jersey Shore region leave behind their loved ones, their jobs, pets and the dirty dishes, to “get away” for a weekend of writing bliss at the shore. Right now, last-minute revisions are gett... »
Two decades later, despite the help of a movie starring George Clooney, memories of the "Perfect Storm" are beginning to fade among some Jersey Shore residents. "Oh, you mean the Christmas storm, right," is the most common response given by locals when... »
