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1. A guide to New Jersey's lighthouses
(Life/Style)

... was deactivated in 1933 and although the light still shines every night, it is no longer an active navigational aid. Barnegat Light – Known to many as "Old Barney," this light is located at the northern ...

2. We all can play a role in improving water quality in N.J.
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... met, you receive a River-Friendly lawn sign. To find out more, visit here or call 609-737-3735. Clean Ocean Action has a similar program called "Barnegat Bay Buddies." Based on a checklist of land use ...

3. Wind energy off N.J. coast to have minimal impact on environment, says EPA study
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... 20 miles out to sea, from Barnegat Bay to Hereford Inlet off the coast of Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May counties. The study did find that Osprey, dolphins, herons and loons can be found in the areas ...

4. Bacteria?
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... coastal flooding, salt water intrusion, a dead Barnegat Bay, loss of wetlands? Didn't think so. Gee wiz, do you think the beachgoers care? Or will you continue to write DEP tourism promotional press ...

5. Jersey shore gets perfect score on preseason test
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

...  With Memorial Day weekend in sight and thoughts turning to the Jersey shore, there's no better time for the "clean bill of health" accorded this week to ocean water from Barnegat to Cape May Point. ...

6. Barnegat Light, NJ
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Barnegat Light is almost certainly too small and too uncrowded to win the popular vote--it is an intentionally-kept secret. Pop. around 4,000 I think, and about the same summer and winter weekends. Small ...

7. Time to Act
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The science presented by New Jersey's leading researchers at the first of these sessions was clear - Barnegat Bay is dying. The overall conclusions of the scientists were that the two main causes of the ...

8. Protection of Barnegat Bay topic of three N.J. DEP "stakeholder'' meetings
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

The future ecological health of Barnegat Bay and how to use science to protect it will be the focus of a series of meetings state environmental protection officials will hold with so-called public stakeholders ...

9. N.J.’s own Barnegat Light among America’s ‘coolest small towns’
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Budget Travel Magazine is holding a web exclusive contest for "America's Coolest Small Towns." Barnegat Light has been selected as one of 21 nominees from coast to coast. This seaside village, located ...

10. Bob Martin moves to reorganize N.J. DEP, names high-ranking staff
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BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The cleanup of Barnegat Bay, the operation of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, and the retrofitting of diesel engines statewide will be short-term priorities ...

11. Public hearings on Obama's offshore oil drilling plan scheduled for Newark
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... to Barnegat Light,'' Tittel said. "It may take weeks or even months to stop the rig from disgorging oil into the gulf. If a submarine cannot reach the safety valve on the rig, other alternatives will ...

12. Barnegat Bay stakeholder process is a positive step forward
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... all the problems affecting Barnegat Bay is a positive step forward. This stakeholder process will bring all the principal parties to the table and establish a record on the complexity of the issues facing ...

13. Convicted murderer Anthony Alongi gets release for Easter
(N.J./State)

... pay for the drugs. The DeTournays bodies were found a week later floating in the Barnegat Bay. Both had been weighed down by cylinder blocks and shot execution style. During the 1988 trial, prosecutors ...

14. Oyster Creek: Putting profits first, but at what cost?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... out of its responsibility to operate its business in accordance with the Clean Water Act provisions that require the use of the "best technology" to minimize its impact on the ecosystem of Barnegat Bay. ...

15. New Jersey can’t afford to lose Oyster Creek
(Opinion/Commentary)

... opposition. New Jersey's ratepayers would be the ones burdened with paying for these upgrades. There are many factors affecting the Barnegat Bay, including non-point source pollution, overdevelopment ...

16. N.J. environmental coalition urges Oyster Creek nuclear plant to stop damaging Barnegat Bay
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BY DENA MOTTOLA JABORSKA A coalition of environmental groups, fishing interests, and members of the public concerned about the health of Barnegat Bay and the Jersey Shore's livelihood are all calling ...

17. Stockton College, environmental organizations offer Volunteer Master Naturalist Certificate Program
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... organizations within local communities, focusing especially on the habitats of the southern New Jersey coastal region - Great Bay and Barnegat Bay and other local tidal areas and on coastal plains and ...

18. Environmentalists praise new state water protection proposal
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... criteria on limited nutrients in the critical coastal waterways, like the Barnegat Bay. Tittel said if the proposal had gone unchanged, it would have weakened protections of New Jersey waterways and ...

19. Taxes
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Every ten years I buy Barnegat a brand new Corvett with what I pay in property taxes.Tell me that's not insane?Fuck New Jersey,greedy bastards ...

20. wind farm in DE Bay, cumberland county
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Has Delsea explored a wind farm in Tom's River, Barnegat Bay? They have as much wind as we do!!! ...