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Harvey Cedars man hospitalized after motorcycle collides with SUV

Published: Jul 04, 2008

From Press staff reports

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP - Just after 3 p.m. Thursday, a motorcycle lost control on Long Beach Boulevard entering the North Beach section.

Justin K. Sheplin, 23, of Harvey Cedars, was driving a 2007 Kawaski Ninja motorcycle in the left lane when an SUV merged in front of him and he lost control of the bike.

The vehicle was driven by Roger C. Day of Sparta, Sussex County, still investigating More

Jul 04, 2008

• Correction

A1: The Eagles Nest Airport in Eagleswood Township, Ocean County, is operated by Diane Kummings. An article Sunday about pilots' reactions to recent plane crashes in southern New Jersey gave incorrect information about the airport's status.

Jul 04, 2008

• Tuckerton budget calls on taxpayers to shell out 12.7% more

TUCKERTON - Borough Council warned residents for months that "tough decisions" would have to be made in this year's budget.

Jul 03, 2008

• Lacey Township police reveal name of tree-cutter killed in electrocution

LACEY TOWNSHIP Police have released the name of a Freehold Township man who was killed Tuesday morning after hitting a power line with his saw while trimming a tree.

Jul 03, 2008

• Bank robbery suspect in Florida pleads guilty to Stafford Township heist

From Press staff reports

Jul 03, 2008

• Grass-roots effort asks public to help save Barnegat Bay

LAVALLETTE - Programs urging legislation to help decrease nitrogen pollution levels in the Barnegat Bay have been in place for years.

Jul 02, 2008

• Cause unknown in parkway crash

From Press staff reports

Jul 02, 2008

• Tree cutter dies of electrocution in Lacey Twp.

From Press staff reports

Jul 02, 2008

• Summer romance features several places around LBI

SHIP BOTTOM - Dressed in the colors of a dish of orange and raspberry sorbet, author Charlee Trantino, better known by the pen name Lucy Finn, signed copies of her Long Beach Island-based summer romance, "If Wishing Made it So," on Tuesday at the Dark Star Cafe.

Jul 02, 2008

• Congress expected to foot bill for munitions cleanup

SURF CITY - Congress
is expected to allocate
$11.7 million in funds to continue the cleanup of discarded World War I-era military munitions that were pumped ashore during a beach-replenishment project last year, U.S. Rep. Jim Saxton said Tuesday.

Jul 01, 2008

• Stafford Township man dies in 1-car crash on parkway

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP - Early Monday morning, 28-year-old Stafford Township resident Nicholas J. Aguilu lost control of his truck on the Garden State Parkway, hit a tree in the median and died at the scene, according to the police.

Jul 01, 2008

• Federal bill may aid Mullica River Conservation Initiative

LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - For years, the Mullica River and its watershed have served as a measuring stick for what other, less-pristine estuaries should be.

Jul 01, 2008

• Barnegat dirt bike races churn up few complaints

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP - The damp sand in the Johnson Pit revealed no fresh tire tracks Monday morning as Dale Freitas, director of the Atlantic Grand Prix series, cleaned up from the dirt bike and all-terrain vehicle races held there Sunday.

Jul 01, 2008

• Paddling for healthy oceans

Last summer, Margo Pellegrino a mother of two from Medford Lakes, Burlington County - paddled from Miami to Maine to inspire her children and others to take an active role in the stewardship of the ocean. This summer, she embarks on her second major voyage. She is carrying messages in a bottle from concerned Americans along the Atlantic Seaboard to Capitol Hill, urging Congress to Save Our Seas, or S.O.S., by passing healthy ocean legislation.

Jun 30, 2008

• happenings

Eating out

Jun 29, 2008

• Experts say sonar possible culprit in recent whale deaths

The stranding of two rare beaked whales on Long Beach Island over the past six months could be due to the effects of U.S. Navy sonar testing, experts said last week.

Jun 29, 2008

• Motorcycle hits house, injures two in Stafford

From Press staff reports

Jun 28, 2008

• Works begins on temporary bridge for damaged Lacey Road overpass

LACEY TOWNSHIP - Construction crews plan to finish by Wednesday night installing a temporary bridge that will replace the damaged Lacey Road overpass on the Garden State Parkway.

Jun 28, 2008

• Ex-Little Egg Harbor Township fire official gets prison for theft

From Press staff reports

Jun 28, 2008

• Bridgeton driver to be billed for damaged overpass

LACEY TOWNSHIP - Construction crews plan to finish by Wednesday night installing a temporary bridge that will replace the damaged Lacey Road overpass on the Garden State Parkway.

Jun 27, 2008

• House panel OKs plan to fund estuarine and coastal land purchases

From Press staff reports

Jun 27, 2008

• New police Web site a response to community

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP - The Police Department debuted its new Web site Thursday, with a refined and usable design, more content than was ever available before and ways that residents can interact with the department.

Jun 27, 2008

• Area police departments on the web

Some local police departments offer their own sites, other have areas within their municipalities' Web sites:

Jun 27, 2008

• Happenings

Eating out

Jun 26, 2008

• Environmental group says state of Pinelands is good

SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP - In its second annual State of the Pinelands report, released Wednesday, the Pinelands Preservation Alliance gave the state and local agencies that make the decisions that affect the pinelands an overwhelmingly favorable review.

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