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Tired of the Malls? If you’re tired of shopping malls, Sunday will provide you with the perfect opportunity to get some gifts for anyone on your list with a love of all things comic books. It’s the 14th Annual Atomicon Comic Book Exposition at the Holiday Inn on Route 72 East in Manahawkin! The s...

Cost Saving Consolidation Eagleswood Township (West Creek) in southern Ocean County aims to save taxpayers money by moving its Municipal Court operations to Little Egg Harbor (LEH). It will still be the Eagleswood Municipal Court, but it will be located at 655 Radio Road in Little Egg. This follo...

Traveling on the NJ Parkway this Weekend?   We’re used to traffic at the Jersey Shore, it increases Memorial Day and continues through Labor Day. There are two heavy traffic days off season, one in the spring (Mother’s Day) and one this weekend, Thanksgiving! To make your drive safe and easy, rem...

Economic Stimulus in New Jersey? The New Jersey Senate has given final approval to a package of bills, touted as an economic stimulus package for New Jersey and its struggling businesses. The proposals were called for in Governor Corzine's recent economic address to the Legislature. The Governor ...

LBI Arts Foundation…Indoor Fun!   Silk Painting– Children 8 to 12 can learn to paint on silk from 1pm til 3pm, Saturday November 22nd. They’ll learn how to make scarves, pillow cases and frameable art. They’ll stretch silk, apply French dyes and use sea salt for some unusual effects. There’s a $3...

    A Statue Stands in Tuckerton, NJ! When I first moved back to southern Ocean County many years ago, the statute in the middle of Tuckerton was always a bit of a mystery to me. It sits on a small island on Route 9, where the state highway and Great Bay Boulevard intersect, in between the Tucker...

Where Does It End? (My Rant!) First we bailout financial institutions, the auto makers see a good thing and want to jump on the gravy train…Now the Governors of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut want the feds to bail out thousands of financial industry workers who are loosing their jobs!  This...

I'm not pleased but here goes!  I've been tagged (thanks Kara?)  .... who will be next?  This is a MeMe with a twist.  You don't have a bunch of questions to answer!  It is very simple, actually. Here's the deal: 1. Grab the nearest book.2. Open the book to page 56.3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. ...

   If you look at the post I reblogged yesterday you can see we launched a new book. C Tann-Starr took the initiative to share the info with the AR community (thanks again).  Today (and I probably should have done this a few days ago...) I wanted to share some of the behind the scenes info on our...

  Pinelands Development Changes Proposed! For the first time in 28 years, the New Jersey Pinelands Commission is considering realignment of Pinelands zoning boundaries. The Pinelands National Reserve in New Jersey was created by Congress under the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978. It is ...