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The Light of Day Foundation is celebrating its 25th anniversary in January with a series of concerts all across New Jersey and New York City, culminating on January 18 with Bob’s Birthday Bash at the Count Basie Center’s Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey. The bill for that show includes John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls, Brian Fallon of the Gaslight Anthem, Brian Baker of Bad Religion, Pete Steinkopf of the Bouncing Souls, Dramarama, Willie Nile, and Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers.

Other events will take place at Asbury Park, New Jersey’s Stone Pony, Wonder Bar, McLoone’s Supper Club, Watermark, and Berkeley Ocean Front Hotel. There will also be concerts at Outpost In The Burbs in Montclair, New Jersey, and City Winery in New York City. Check out the official Light of Day website for more info.

Light of Day was born in November 2000 when a series of local musicians gathered at the Stone Pony to raise money for Bob Benjamin, a former Billboard writer and rock manager who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 1996. Unannounced guest Bruce Springsteen showed up at the end of the evening to jam with Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers. In the years that followed, Light of Day grew exponentially into a series of concerts all across the globe.

Springsteen was never officially on the bill, but he appeared at most of the shows in the early years when his schedule permitted. He hasn’t performed at one since the 20th-anniversary celebration in 2020.

“For many years, a lot of the buzz surrounding the event was because of Bruce,” Light of Day Executive Director and Co-Founder Tony Pallagrosi told Rolling Stone in 2020. “And Bruce has been so gracious to us and such a godsend. Because of him, we have worldwide presence. But when I became executive director, I really wanted people to know why we are there. It’s about Parkinson’s and ALS [Lou Gehrig’s Disease] and PSP [Progressive Supranuclear Palsy] and finding a cure and helping people on a daily basis. I wanted to pound that message home more and more every year and I think I have.”

Over the years, Southside Johnny Lyon, Darlene Love, Michael J. Fox, Gary U.S. Bonds, Max Weinberg, LaBamba’s Big Band, Jesse Malin, Jakob Dylan, Ed Kowalczyk, Lucinda Williams, and Suzanne Vega have all performed at Light of Day. Along the way, it raised approximately $6.5 million.

There haven't been many "pings" if any from OCEARCH-tagged great white sharks off New Jersey's coast this year until this week, when a 12-footer nicknamed Scot popped up just inshore of the continental shelf.

A satellite picked up Scot's tracking tag on its dorsal fin at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, revealing the apex predator's location was just northwest of the Hudson Canyon. The Hudson, a submarine canyon and prolific fishing ground for tuna, begins about 80 miles east of the Manasquan Inlet.

Scot is an impressive adult male shark that weighed 1,644 pounds when it was tagged by researchers Sept. 8, 2021, having been found it was swimming near Ironbound Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. OCEARCH researchers nicknamed him Scot after the people of Nova Scotia.

Since being tagged, Scot has swam 16,326 miles, a journey that has taken him from the Florida Keys to the Gulf of St. Lawrence on its seasonal migrations up and down the Atlantic Seaboard.

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OCEARCH is a nonprofit research group that has been studying great white sharks' behavior for over a decade off the eastern seaboard of the U.S. and Canada. Its Western North Atlantic White Shark Study is one of the most comprehensive studies of great white sharks in the world and includes a full health assessment of each shark, microbiological studies, movement, temperature and depth studies through the use of three different tags.

The largest of the great white sharks OCEARCH has tagged is Nukumi, a female that was 17 feet, 2 inches and 3,541 pounds when it was tagged. Nukumi has yet to ping off the coast of New Jersey.

The study has shown that the great white sharks winter in the waters off the southeastern coast of the U.S. and migrate north to waters off New England and Canada in the summer.

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When Jersey Shore native Dan Radel is not reporting the news, you can find him in a college classroom where he is a history professor. Reach him @danielradelapp; 732-643-4072; dradel@gannettnj.com.

ALLENHURST, NJ — Federal law enforcement is now looking for those responsible for butchering the carcass of a dolphin that washed up Wednesday on the beach in Allenhurst.

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said it was called last Wednesday to pick up the partial remains of a dolphin on the Allen Avenue beach.

The Stranding Center called it "a very disturbing call."

"When our Stranding Coordinator arrived, he found a Common dolphin that appeared to have been butchered, " the group posted Friday on Facebook. "The animal’s flesh had been completely removed with clean cuts from a sharp instrument, leaving only the head, dorsal fin and flukes. The animal’s organs, except for the heart and lungs, had been removed."

Law enforcement officers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have taken over the case, said Sheila Dean, executive director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center.

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NOAA declined to answer when Patch asked if there are any cameras in that area, or if NOAA is interviewing anyone of interest.

"It is long-standing NOAA practice not to comment on open investigations," said a NOAA spokeswoman Monday. "Anyone who may have information concerning this incident can call the NOAA Fisheries' Enforcement Hotline at 1-800-853-1964."

One person commented on Facebook that someone may have filleted the dolphin to use its meat as fishing bait.

Dean maintains Monday that it was an "evil person" who did this.

"My only hope is that the dolphin was already dead and did not suffer," she told Patch. "This sort of event is very disturbing to our staff. This job can make us cry every day. We just have to 'suck it up' and try to find out what happened to every animal, dead or alive."

She said it clearly was the work of a person, as the cuts to the dolphin's body were methodical and done the precision. The dolphin was "not decayed at all and the heart and lungs were still intact. I have never have seen this in my 50 years of strandings," she wrote.

On Tuesday night, the night before the butchered dolphin was discovered, a live Common dolphin was reported struggling in the surf one block away in Allenhurst.

"Witnesses reported that the dolphin was able to make it over the sandbar and swam back out. It is unknown if this was the same animal," the Marine Mammal Stranding Center wrote.

The public is asked to call Marine Mammal Stranding Center's 24-hour hotline if they have any information: (609) 266-0538.

It was another good week to play the New Jersey Lottery.

Last week, 15 players brought home more than $10,000 while playing their favorite games.

On Oct. 28, a $250,000 Crossword player won $250,000 at Downtown Liquor in Woodbridge, Middlesex County.

The same day, a Jersey Jackpot player won $10,000 at Quick Check in Bridgewater, Somerset.

On Oct. 29, a Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $666,481 was sold at Airport Bar and Liquors in Hazlet.

Halloween was a lucky day, as six people won big prizes. Three Jersey Cash 5 tickets worth $55,602 each hit. Those tickets were sold at Welsh Farms in Newark, Acme in Allendale, Bergen County, and Jersey City.

Also on Oct. 31, a Pick 6 ticket worth $25,309 was sold at Corner Deli in Franklin, Sussex County. A Winning Streak ticket, worth $200,000, was sold at 7-Eleven in Flemington, Hunterdon County. And a $100,000 Bingo Extra ticket, worth $20,000 was sold at Rick's Farm in Somerdale, Camden County.

On Nov. 1, a $150,000 winning Cash 5 ticket was sold at White Oak Liquors in Belleville, Essex County.

Also that day, three people won playing Mega Millions. Two lucky winners bStorerought home $10,000. Those tickets were sold at Krauszer's R&J Food Store in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County and the other at Shoppers Discount Liquors in Lake Hiawatha, Morris County. A third winning ticket, this one worth $20,000, was sold at Jackpocket in Hewitt, Passaic County.

Nov. 2 also saw winners as a pair took home $10,000. One $10,000 Loaded ticket was sold at Gunica in Newark. The other $10,000 winner was a $1,000,000 Spectacular ticket sold in Cliffside Park, Bergen County.