Vol. 5 - No. 51
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Film Fest Success: LBI Celebrates End Of 10th Annual Festival
By Kimberly Bosco SHIP BOTTOM – The Lighthouse International Film Festival (LIFF) brought its 10th annual season to a close with an after party and awards ceremony on June 10, the final day of the four-day festival. This year’s festival was a great success, according to LIFF Executive Director Eric Johnson. Johnson will be stepping down as executive director, a position to be taken over by the current deputy executive director, Amir Bogen, for next year’s event. “I think the festival went great this year, there was a fantastic turnout,” said Johnson. “Up and down the island, we saw turnouts for not just the crowd-pleasing films, but the avant-garde films, the challenging documentaries, and the shorts program as well as our new storytellers’ episodic category.” Even for the new genres, such as the episodic features, there was a positive audience response, according to Johnson. “It’s just another great way of storytelling, and other great content,” he added regarding the episodic category. Johnson noted that it is always a good idea to expand the content in the festival, which this year included a new virtual reality section as well as the storytellers genre. A favorite of LIFF volunteer Rafael was the closing night film, one of the four headliners, “Anote’s Ark.” This documentary showcased Kiribati, a low-lying pacific island that faces destruction from sea-level rise and climate change. The films covered a host of topics, from challenging issues such as climate change, to behind the scenes stories of the Dallas (Festival - See Page 4)
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Primary Election Winners: Who Are Stafford’s New Conservatives?
–Photo courtesy Stafford Conservatives Facebook By Kimberly Bosco STAFFORD – The Stafford conservatives took home an election win on June 5, beating out the current Republican council members and Mayor John Spodo-
fora by slim margins in the Primary Election. MAGA Republican mayoral candidate Gregory Myhre came out on top against Spodofora with approximately (Election - See Page 5)
Pinelands Football Team Fundraising To Furnish New Field
–Photos by Kimberly Bosco (Top to Bottom) The Lighthouse International Film Festival hosted their awards ceremony and party at Joe Pop’s Shore Bar & Restaurant. LIFF Managing Director Christine Rooney and Executive Director Eric Johnson hosted the awards ceremony. The ceremony, much like the festival, had a great turnout.
By Kimberly Bosco LITTLE EGG HARBOR – The Pinelands Junior Wildcats football team is raising funds to supplement their new field with equipment for the upcoming fall season, after being displaced from the Pinelands Regional High School’s grounds due to continuing construction. According to Wildcats president and a lifelong resident of Little Egg Harbor Township, George Martin, the team has gained the use of a field on the township complex off of Route 539 for this fall, since being displaced. However, the field lacks certain equipment necessary to host the team during its season such as a (Football - See Page 6)
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