Growing up within a Dominican household in the Bronx, N.Y., cooking became a passion early in the lives of Danna and Amy Jimenez. “Cooking is a necessary skill, and it’s good when you can learn it ...

The Little Egg Harbor School District’s 2025-26 budget was introduced at the board of education’s March 11 meeting. Taxpayers are not going to be happy. The average local home is assessed at $208,000.

Experience matters in varsity athletics. There’s no hiding this fact. Fortunately, the Southern Regional boys lacrosse squad has plenty of it. “Coming off a season where we dealt with injuries and bad ...

Beach Haven,” a cinematic coming-of-age story, is a live-action movie “about nostalgia, change and the search for home – set against the raw beauty of winter at the shore.” To bring the project to ...

I have been privileged to be a full-time resident of Long Beach Island for 27 years, and have been fortunate to have so many many wonderful memories of times shared with family and friends on the ...

It feels like it’s been a very long time since there was good swell to report. Writing a surf column without surf is about as fun as playing pickleball alone (see … I know my audience). I lost track ...

In a story titled “Barnegat Light Weighs Costs of Rising Seas” (3/19), Mayor Kirk Larson commented that in his 60 years on the Island nothing had changed in regard to flooding. I disagree. Mayor ...

At the Lighthouse International Film Society’s January screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary “Porcelain War” at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies, and in ...

Spring had not sprung when Surf City Councilman Peter Hartney announced earlier this month that the borough had just 107 left of 1,000 holiday beach badges for sale. Whether the dash to snatch up the ...

With the federal enforcement of REAL ID set to begin on May 7, appointments are now backed up and virtually unavailable all across the state. To accommodate the surge, the NJ Motor Vehicle Commission ...

Surf City’s Jason and Avery Walters have some “wheelie” good news: They’re the third generation to own and operate Walters Bicycles and Pedego LBI. The couple purchased the Ship Bottom-based business ...

Congressman Jeff Van Drew is asking the appropriate federal authority to prioritize an additional $35.5 million to fund beach replenishment on Long Beach Island. A resolution from Surf City officials ...