To the Editor:

Long Beach Island is ushering in the holiday season. Each of the six municipalities anticipates this joyous time in unique ways with events, displays, decorations and lights. But we in Long Beach Township take our hats off to the borough of Ship Bottom.

As the gateway to our Island, Ship Bottom has heralded this time in the most spectacular and beautiful of ways. The lighted figures at Waterfront Park cheerfully welcome each of us as we touch down on the Island from the mainland.

December 10, 2014