The staff of The SandPaper won more than five dozen awards in the 2021 New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest, netting 36 for advertising, 22 in editorial writing and four in photography. The contest was judged by members of the Utah Press Association.

In editorial writing, reporter Gina G. Scala took home first place in special subject writing for her coverage of Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light’s weekly helicopter training, education writing for an article highlighting LBI…