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Business••August 29, 2024
NeuroDiverse Fit is Functional Fitness to Meet Special Needs
You are not what happened to you; you are what you choose to become. — Carl Jung
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Opinion•August 29, 2024
On the Horizon
“They paved paradise and put up a parking lot/ With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot/ Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone./ They paved…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 29, 2024
Art Notes, Aug. 28
Nature Nurtures: The Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library presents mixed media art by Carol Bicknell in the first-floor McConnell Gallery from Wednesday, Sept. 4 through Wednesday, Oct. 2.
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Opinion••August 29, 2024
Wanna Be an Islander? See You in Your Socks
Here you are around Labor Day in your bare feet or flip-flops, reading this while contemplations of the end of the summer season are starting to come to mind. No doubt you’re feeling that you’ve…
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Opinion•August 29, 2024
Deadly ‘Takes’
Yes, Virginia, our government gives permission for offshore wind companies to harm or kill marine life. Offshore wind projects along our shore are said to be beneficial to our globe because they are…
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Opinion••August 29, 2024
Paying Tribute on Labor Day to McGuire Versus Maguire
Labor Day is a nationwide federal holiday that is designated by law to be the first Monday in September. This year, Labor Day occurs somewhat early, on Sept. 2. Although summer officially ends with…
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Opinion•August 29, 2024
Stick With Seagull
Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow Americans, today we’re diving into the cutting-edge world of vexillology with Long Beach Island’s newest flag. Oh, what a sight to behold! It’s as if the Island itself…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 29, 2024
Dancing in September at the Lizzie Rose
“Ba-dee-ya, say do you remember? Ba-dee-ya, dancing in September? Ba-dee-ya, never was a cloudy day.”
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Opinion••August 29, 2024
Caught Up (Literally) in Clydesdale Mania
Aug. 16 was a hot but beautiful day, and I had seen the full page ad in The SandPaper. The Budweiser Clydesdale horses were coming to LBI! I called two old friends to invite them to go see the horses…
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Opinion•August 28, 2024
Gator Gratitude
My husband and I have vacationed on LBI for over 50 years. We first rented a house on 16th Street in Beach Haven and then rented various homes in Long Beach Township, first for one week and then for…
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News••August 28, 2024
Stafford Police First to Arrive, Assist After Boat Collides With Water Marker in Bay
When the Stafford Township Police Department unveiled its new rescue boat and marine unit last month, the goal was to provide an important service on local waterways, particularly the bay that…
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News••August 28, 2024
Surf City Named Best Place to Retire in New Jersey
Surf City may be one of six towns on Long Beach Island, but it stands alone in the Garden State as the best place to retire in New Jersey, according to a recent list compiled by Stacker.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 28, 2024
Surflight’s ‘Head Over Heels’ a Weird Combo of ’80s Rock and Faux Elizabethan Language
Surflight Theatre’s current production of “Head Over Heels,” which will run through Sept. 1, is a message show.
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News••August 28, 2024
Taxpayers Association Honors Former Mayor Oldham
At the annual membership meeting of the Harvey Cedars Taxpayers Association on Saturday, Aug. 24, former Commissioner/Mayor Jonathan Oldham was honored with a presentation and thank-you gift.
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News••August 28, 2024
Student Trailers Not Part of Transition Plans at EJ School
A report last week on the transition plan for merging all LBI Consolidated School District students and staff into the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School was brief yet contained good news: There…
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Sports••August 28, 2024
With Kline, Parkinson Leading the Way, Pinelands Regional Could Be Division Contender
Through the first four weeks of last season, the Pinelands Regional football team appeared to be unstoppable, winning all four games by a combined score of 100-31. The Wildcats won just one more…
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News••August 28, 2024
Growing Number of ESL Students a Concern at Little Egg Harbor School District
The days of pencils, books and teacher’s dirty looks are rapidly approaching.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 28, 2024
Final Summer Concert Inspires Fall’s Playlist
It seems it was only last week we were publishing a column on the quintessential summer playlist, and fall is already creeping over the Island like a slow ballad, changing the whole vibe. While it…
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Business••August 28, 2024
Little Egg Harbor Couple ‘Blesses’ Customers With Free Bouquets
“We’re growing for the needy; we’re growing for the pollinators; we’re growing for the feeling it gives people to bless someone else,” Laura Cross said.
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Opinion•August 28, 2024
Proud to Help
Friends of Beach Haven and ReClam the Bay will be the charitable recipients for the Sea Shell Resort’s 27th annual Striped Bass Derby. This event will be held on the weekend of Oct. 25-27.
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Opinion•August 28, 2024
Sincere Appreciation
The Women’s Auxiliary of Surf City Volunteer Fire Co. #1 and EMS recently conducted our annual Auction and Flea Market. It is with sincere appreciation that we would like to recognize and thank our…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 28, 2024
Member, Student, Faculty Exhibition Salutes LBI Art Institution’s Wide Span of Talent
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences’ annual Member, Student, Faculty Exhibition closes out the summer season with a celebration of the artistic visions and productivity of the…
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Sports••August 28, 2024
Time for Runners, Walkers to Register for Annual LBI 18 Mile Run/12K
The Long Beach Island Commemorative 18 Mile Run is a staple here. It’s been part of the Island’s fabric for more than five decades.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 28, 2024
Local Author Delves Into New Jersey Privateers
Growing up at the Jersey Shore in Avalon, Robert Cobb said he has always had a fascination with history, especially the local history of coastal New Jersey.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 28, 2024
Albert Music Hall Holding Pinelands Heritage Day
The Pinelands Cultural Society is holding a “Pinelands Heritage and Americana Fest” on Saturday, Sept. 14 from noon to 5 p.m. in the back parking lot of the Albert Music Hall, located at 131 Wells…
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News••August 28, 2024
9th District Provides Update on ANCHOR Payments
State Sen. Carmen Amato and Assemblymen Brian Rumpf and Gregory Myhre of the 9th Legislative District are reminding residents about New Jersey’s ANCHOR (Affordable Communities for Homeowners and…
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Business••August 28, 2024
Yoga Bohemia Celebrates Decade of Growth, Community Building
As Yoga Bohemia celebrates ten years on LBI, with three yoga studios, the Boutique at Yoga Bohemia and its own yoga school, all on LBI, co-founder Katie Ribsam looks back and remembers that it all…
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News••August 28, 2024
Cousins Turn Seashell Art into Animal Shelter Benefit
If dictionaries were pictionaries, there would be a photo of five enterprising cousins next to the definition of the word “enterprise” and again next to the phrase “animal lovers.”
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Arts & Entertainment••August 28, 2024
Barnegat Soccer Coach Tries to Make It 2-for-2 as Lacey Coach Seeks First Win
Last summer, Barnegat High School boys soccer coach Kevin Peters was one of just two individuals to challenge me and win. The other, of course, was O-Street Mini Golf Association’s “El Presidente,”…
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News••August 28, 2024
Beach Haven Council Race Lineup Set
Three incumbents, a former candidate and two newcomers have filed for the Beach Haven Borough Council election on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
