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It's not just any Monday for a seal named "Ocean"

By BEN LEACH Staff Writer, 609-272-7261

Published: Dec 01, 2008

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3:24 p.m. Update - A seal that stranded in Ocean City in October has been rehabilitated and was released Monday morning along the Great Bay in Little Egg Harbor.

The nine-month-old harbor seal nicknamed "Ocean" was taken in by the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine. The young seal was found dehydrated. It usually gets its freshwater intake from fish.

A tracking device, secured to the seal’s fur with an epoxy-like substance, is expected to stay with the seal for the next 100 days as it finds its way back to its home somewhere north of New Jersey.

Eventually, the seal's progress will be tracked and available at: www.marinemammalstrandingcenter.org More

Dec 01, 2008

• Checkpoints fail to catch real abusers, group says

With an issue poll / The night before Thanksgiving, about a half-dozen drivers on Shore Road in Northfield wound up with a little gift courtesy of the local police department.

Nov 30, 2008

• Mays Landing carpenter wants one gift - a job

Mike Schumacker is getting a lot of attention these days - but he is not proud of it.

Nov 29, 2008

• Black Friday bargains draw 5 a.m. crowds to some area stores

Before the dawn's early light, the line in front of the Best Buy in Stafford Township, Ocean County, was several hundred people deep - all in anticipation of Black Friday, the behemoth of a shopping day when retailers offer some of their best holiday promotions.

Nov 28, 2008

• Eagles knock the stuffing out of Cardinals

With photo gallery / PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles finally played up to their potential Thursday night.

Nov 27, 2008

• Retailers plan to get early start on Friday

Retailers are pulling out familiar favorites from their arsenal of promotions - "Buy one, get one free," "Free shipping," "Half-off sale!" - to ensure that this Black Friday is anything but blue.

Nov 26, 2008

• As seawall fails, nearly one-third of Sea Breeze residents seek state buyout

1:25 p.m. Update - Nearly one-third of the homeowners in the isolated community of Sea Breeze have applied for a state buyout of their properties.

Nov 26, 2008

• Food bank gives thanks as supplies increase

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - Kara Janson and three members of Somers Point Brownie Troop 11732 weren't the biggest donors to the Community FoodBank on Tuesday. But volunteer director Dwayne Jamison was still delighted to see them.

Nov 25, 2008

• Wildwood Crest student uses savings to buy food for needy

WILDWOOD CREST - Anyone seeking instruction on kindness need only turn to 9-year-old Brad Altman and his classmates.

Nov 24, 2008

• Reid says McNabb will start at QB for Eagles on Thanksgiving Night

12:16 p.m. Update with fan poll / Donovan McNabb will start at quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday night, coach Andy Reid announced Monday.

Nov 24, 2008

• Eagles go from bad to worse as Reid benches McNabb in 36-7 loss to Ravens

BALTIMORE - When Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid promised last week to shake things up, he wasn't kidding.

Nov 23, 2008

• Rising costs, falling value could shatter glass recycling

With an issue poll / In the early days of recycling, glass was one of the materials that made it worthwhile.

Nov 22, 2008

• One child's trashed bicycle is another's treasure in Atlantic City

ATLANTIC CITY - When it comes to granting a child's wish for a bicycle, John Frapaul knows where to look: the curb on trash day.

Nov 21, 2008

• Craig Callaway pleads guilty in Robinson sex-tape plot

1:30 p.m. Update - Craig Callaway, the formerly powerful Atlantic City Council president now in federal prison, admitted in court today to being involved in a plot to blackmail Councilman Gene Robinson in a sex-tape scandal.

Nov 21, 2008

• Corzine proposes to allow local governments to defer some pension payments

ATLANTIC CITY - Gov. Jon S. Corzine proposed Thursday to allow local governments to defer about half of their pension payments for three years to help municipalities avoid steep property-tax increases in the sagging economy.

Nov 20, 2008

• Corzine wants 3-year break for town payments into NJ pension system

5:41 p.m. Update - ATLANTIC CITY – Gov. Jon S. Corzine proposed allowing local governments to defer pension payments for three years, allowing them to hold onto an estimated $540 million in a down economy.

Nov 20, 2008

• 'It's just a blessing': Community responds to shortages at food bank;

With charity list / EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - The shelves and refrigerators of the Community FoodBank of New Jersey looked a little better Wednesday. The warehouse was bustling with activity when more than 100 people came to give money and supplies.

Nov 19, 2008

• Short season OK'd for Atlantic City track, but future course is muddy

3:02 p.m. Update - with issue poll / TRENTON – A last-minute agreement between Atlantic City Race Course and New Jersey’s racing industry resulted in a reprieve from a state-ordered 20-day 2009 racing schedule that track officials said would put the facility of business.

Nov 19, 2008

• Area food banks seek bailout

The scene inside and outside a food bank in Egg Harbor Township on Tuesday showed exactly how the slow economy is pummeling charities just before the holiday season.

Nov 18, 2008

• LATEST SPORTS: Sacred Heart boys soccer team wins state title

Click here for photos from the game

EWING TOWNSHIP -- The Sacred Heart High School boys soccer team won its first state title in program history Tuesday night with a 1-0 win over Gill St. Bernards' in the state Non-Public B final.

Nov 18, 2008

• Sinking economy leaves some boats abandoned

Boaters are abandoning their vessels at marinas and storage yards because they cannot afford the docking and storage fees during an economic meltdown.

Nov 17, 2008

• Ocean County doubles rate of foreclosure

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP - Cars line the curb and Halloween decorations still hang in the front yards of the houses on Reel Avenue, a short street in the Ocean Acres section of the township.

Nov 16, 2008

• Atlantic City Race Course racing toward possible finish

With 2 related stories plus issue poll - HAMILTON TOWNSHIP -The New Jersey Racing Commission will make a decision Wednesday that could put an Atlantic County horse-racing track out to pasture.

Nov 15, 2008

• Atlantic City convention center raises the roof on solar expectations

ATLANTIC CITY - A roof used to be just a necessity that occasionally required expensive maintenance.

Nov 14, 2008

• Would-be home sellers finding it easier to wait

With home prices and sales plunging over the past year, this is the most difficult period in a generation to sell a house. And yet plenty of houses are on the market.

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