Surf City News

If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? No, not the Ghostbusters.

The Rose and Louis H. Linowitz Charitable Foundation of Trenton has pledged it will match the next $5,000 raised for the 2009 Times-Kiwanis Camp Fund.

Medical waste washed up on Long Beach Island recently. The Atlantic City Press reported the debris was found between Barnegat Light and Surf City last weekend.

A gross display greeted some New Jersey beachgoers Sunday when medical waste began washing up at high tide along an eight-mile stretch of beach from North Surf City to Barnegat Light .

Medical waste including 20 syringes was found on Long Beach Island beaches over the weekend, but health officials said the debris was cleaned up by Monday morning, according to a report in the Press of Atlantic City.

The House of Representatives' Appropriations Subcommittee on Thursday earmarked $600,000 for the ongoing Long Beach Island beach-replenishment project.

The fourth annual LBI Artists Open Studio Tour takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on Long Beach Island.

While some vacationers and merchants view the rain that has engulfed the area as a detriment, the drizzle has driven business into a few establishments.

HARVEY CEDARS The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers still plans to make Harvey Cedars the next municipality to be part of the federally funded beach replenishment project.

This summer, the key words are "quick" and "easy." But you still want a trip that delivers.

A pair of former college classmates were found dead Friday afternoon in a bay side residence from an apparent drug overdose, authorities reported.

The Board of Commissioners is preparing to bond for approximately $6.3 million for various improvements to the borough's water system.

A U.S. Senator from Oklahoma has issued a scathing 41-page report calling beach replenishment projects ""a waste of money'' and saying that nourishment of beaches has led to more coastal development.

A 52-year-old township man died Saturday morning when a van he was working on apparently slipped off jacks and pinned him underneath.

Author Jayanti Tamm will speak about her book "Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing up Cult" and her experiences at the Sri Chinmoy Center during a program at the Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library The program begins 7 p.m. Monday June 8 and is free and open to the public.

SHIP BOTTOM - Long Beach Island will scarcely have wound down from the excitement of the June 4-6 Lighthouse International Film Festival, then another prestigious event will come to the Island the following weekend.

BARNEGAT LIGHT: Memorial Mass, 4:30 p.m., St. Peter's at the Light, West 7th St.; 609-494-5048. BAY HEAD: Service, 9:30 a.m. in front of Borough Hall, 81 Bridge Ave.

ON THE WEB: Visit APP.com and search for "Memorial Day weekend beachgoers" for a link to a photo gallery of scenes from the Shore.

Mike Popdan hauls fencing at the Club at Diamond Beach, the private facility he runsin Lower Township, N.J. For merchants, the Memorial Day weekend is more a barometer of the coming season thana big breakthrough.

SURF CITY - Music and lively chatter filled the air, creating an unusual din inside the borough branch of the Ocean County Library as dozens gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Friends of the Long Beach Island Branch and the 20th anniversary of the construction of the branch's Central Avenue building.