Only One Active COVID-19 Case on Long Beach Island Although Ocean County has seen a recent rise in numbers of COVID-19, Long Beach Island has just one active novel coronavirus case as of Thursday, Sept. 24, according to the LBI Health Department. And, as Health Officer Dan Krupinski pointed out, the individual with the positive test result does not...

Construction Workers Airlifted After Partial House Collapse in Brant Beach Two men were airlifted from the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School field in Ship Bottom this morning after the top floor and deck collapsed on the Brant Beach home where they were working. The incident is currently under investigation and more information is expected to be released as it becomes...

Judge’s Ruling on Use Variance Approval for Former CVS Site Expected This Year A decision on whether the Ship Bottom Land Use Review Board should have granted a use variance for the shuttered CVS Pharmacy in April 2019, when the application for a family-style entertainment center was up for consideration, could come before the end of the year. The matter is currently before...

Volunteers Give Mordecai Island a Sprucing Up On Sept. 13, the Mordecai Land Trust in Beach Haven held a cleanup on Mordecai Island with a team of 33 volunteers of all ages, including five volunteers from ReClam the Bay and five boat captains. “September is the best time because at low tide it is most accessible by...