Teen Vaping Rates Fell 6 to 8 Percent This Year This year has brought a lot of bad news, but at least teen vaping numbers are dropping. A survey released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed vaping rates among American teenagers fell dramatically in 2020, especially among middle schoolers. The survey showed just under 20 percent...

Fundraisers Assist Cancer Patient Brody Peak September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, which hits closer to home than some may think. Many locals are familiar with 4-year-old Brody Peak, who has been battling acute myeloid leukemia for nearly half of his young life. Brody received multiple rounds of intense treatment between 2018 and 2020. His most...

Barnegat Light Moves Into Quiet Season Council Restricts Early Morning Pickleball

Two ordinances were introduced in Barnegat Light at the Sept. 9 borough council meeting, one that will allow no pickleball games on the courts before 8 a.m., and another clarifying the dates when dogs are not allowed on beaches. Second reading and a public hearing are scheduled for the Oct....

Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Found in Ocean County The spotted lanternfly, an invasive species from China that traveled to Berks County, Pa., in 2014 in a shipment of stone and has caused some destruction to some of that state’s fruit crops, has now been found in Ocean County, around Jackson Township, according to horticulturist Susan Emhardt-Servidio of the...