Over the course of just a few days this month, sand sculptor Matthew Deibert turned 20 tons of special packing sand deposited near the ocean beach entrance at 68th Street in Brant Beach into an impressive sculpture. One side of the formation commemorates the United States’ upcoming 250th anniversary, while the other side depicts a mermaid, treasure and a sunken pirate ship to delight visitors to this Long Beach Township location.
Farther south on LBI, at Fantasy Island in Beach Haven, Deibert is now at work on a sand creation that features both a…
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