To the Editor:

My family has lived and worked on Long Beach Island all year ’round our entire lives. This is our only home, and we struggle to exist here, but we have always found a way because this is where our hearts lie, where my husband and I met and fell in love.

The Island boasts a strong community, and yet in these tough times, we have not come together to protect ourselves. Our community leaders have failed us in every way for their own greed, and we have been left open to the very real danger of this…

April 15, 2020