Vol. 5 - No. 12
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Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper For Lacey, Waretown, Barnegat, Manahawkin, LBI, Tuckerton and Little Egg | September 16, 2017
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Anglers Argue Over Fishing Limits
Caution Urged At West Bay Ave. Light
Don’t miss what’s happening in your town.
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Letters To The Editor Page 6.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News How To Increase The Longevity Of Your Hearing Aid
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Dear Pharmacist How To Prepare A First Aid Kit During Severe Weather
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–Photos by Jennifer Peacock (Above) Before sunrise at the docks by the Manasquan Inlet. Black Sea Bass and Fluke seasons, which draw the crowds, are over for now. (Left) Tenacity, coming in before sunrise at the Manasquan Inlet. The Magnuson Act not only dictates seasons and limits on recreational anglers, but commercial vessels as well. Tenacity, of Tenacious Fishing Corp. of Montauk, New York, has a federal fishing permit. By Jennifer Peacock STAFFORD – A trip to Annapolis, Maryland might be what saves the 2018 New Jersey fishing season. Saltwater anglers and their allies crowded the Stafford Township municipal chambers, where the Marine Fisheries Council held its regular Sept.
7 meeting. Although the first hour was filled with its usual reports and comments, the Council’s second hour saw passionate arguments and discussion from Council and audience members about what to do with the ever-shortening fishing season and its negative (Fishing - See Page 4)
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Dear Joel Indecisive Wife
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Classifieds Page 19.
Wolfgang Puck Page 23.
Horoscope Page 23.
–Photo by Chris Lundy Officials say people are running the light at the intersection of West Bay Avenue and 1st Street. By Chris Lundy BARNEGAT – After reports of drivers running a red light, officials urged people to be more careful at the intersection of West Bay Avenue when it is met by Lighthouse Drive on one side, and 1st Street on the other. The issue came up at the last Barnegat Township Committee
meeting. Committeeman John Novak said that people have been spotted running the red light there. The area is a busy intersection near shopping developments and close to the Garden State Parkway exit. Novak said that additional police patrols will be done in the area.
Barnegat Honors The Bandits
Ocean County 9/11 Victims Remembered
By Sara Grillo TOMS RIVER – Ocean County College held a 9/11 Commemoration outside its Gateway Building, where victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks who lived in Ocean County were honored with f lags placed around a wreath. According to humanities teacher
Richard Trimble, who spoke during the ceremony, Ocean County College was one of the first organizations in the state to receive steel from the World Trade Center and build a memorial, which is now located in the library. “This piece of steel is not broken, (Victims - See Page 5)
–Photo by Chris Lundy The Barnegat Bandits 14U posed with their coaching staff and members of the governing body. By Chris Lundy BARNEGAT – The Barnegat Bandits 14U softball team was celebrated for their win at the All-Shore Summer League during the latest Barnegat Committee meeting. (Honors - See Page 4)
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