Vol. 4 - No. 51
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–Photos by Sara Grillo The 9th Annual Lighthouse International Film - Photo by Chris Lundy Festival took place from June 8 to 11 on Long New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection employees partBeach Island. nered with local volunteers to clean up the municipal dock area as part By Sara Grillo ing virtual reality,” said of the Barnegat Bay Blitz. LONG BEACH IS- LIFF Executive DiBy Chris Lundy During the Barnegat negat Bay watershed, LAND – After four rector Eric Johnson at BARNEGAT - Clean- Bay Blitz clean-ups last including wooded areas days, 85 films, 40 film- the festival’s kick-off ing up the waterfront is week, employees from that drain into the bay. makers, three parties, screening on Thursday, one part of the problem, the New Jersey DepartThere were more than breakfasts and panels June 8. “We’re incredenvironmentalists said. ment of Environmental 100 clean-up sites in with filmmakers, five ibly, incredibly excited The other part is clean- Protection partnered 33 municipalities, said virtual reality shorts for you to see all these ing up the areas that with local workers to Katie Ribsin, principal a n d u n f o r g e t t a b l e movies.” drain to the waterfront. clean areas of the Bar- (Clean Up - See Page 4) memories – the LightThe festival kicked off house Inter national on Thursday night with Film Festival (LIFF) a screening of a 90s has finally closed the throwback film King curtain on its 9th year of Peking at the Long in production. Beach Island Founda“I really feel like this tion of the Arts & Sciedition of the lineup is ences. People showed By Chris Lundy kind of like the peak up early for the preSTAFFORD – For at least the second time, of the ideal of what we miere, as volunteers ality show. the Kmart on Route 72 in Manahawkin is set really want. We have were forced to keep Instead, MTV redecto close its doors. local films that touch adding more rows of orated a home into a The store, which is operated by Sears, anon global concer ns, chairs in front of the “ 90s-themed beach nounced that it will be closing in a few months. we have fantastic doc- projection screen. The house,” according to However, this is not the first time the store was umentaries, we have movie, which was set the network. on the chopping block. Last year, it was on a list international films, an in Beijing, China and “MTV channel talent, of stores to close, and then was removed from incredible short film had English subtitles, Nessa (“Girl Code”), (Store - See Page 13) lineup and we’re bring(MTV - See Page 13) (Festival - See Page 4)
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By Chris Lundy LONG BEACH ISLAND – MTV chose a residence in Loveladies to anchor their summer content, although it would not be the home of another Jersey Shore-styled re-
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