To the Editor:

I want to commend The SandPaper for publishing the letters by Jennifer Perez and Mary Palmer in the Sept. 16 edition. And I want to commend Ms. Perez and Ms. Palmer for recognizing that this is not an ordinary summer and fall but a time when we are all called on to do our duty for our country.

I have been coming to LBI for many years right after Labor Day and have enjoyed to the nth degree everything the Island offers (particularly great windsurfing), but this year I am counting the days to…

October 7, 2026