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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2024
Gabe Live Duo Delivers Beach Vibe to Nardi’s
As the sun shone brightly on Saturday afternoon, vacationers and locals alike cooled off at Nardi’s Tavern in Haven Beach as they enjoyed relaxing cover songs by the Gabe Live Duo, comprised of Gabe…
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Opinion•June 12, 2024
Takes a Village
Thank you, Mayor Huelsenbeck, for being right on point about the LBI School in last week’s SandPaper (“Ship Bottom Mayor Addresses Borough Stance on LBI School”). Taxpayers needed to hear the facts.
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Columns••June 12, 2024
Atlantic County Voters Say No
The battle over whether Southern Ocean County would become a center for the nation’s nuclear power industry and a test site for the new technology of floating power plants took a turn during the…
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News••June 12, 2024
GOP Incumbent, Newcomer Win Contested Primary in Ship Bottom
A female candidate has cleared the first hurdle in seeking a seat on the Ship Bottom Borough Council for the first time in more than two decades, netting the most ballots cast and outpacing her…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2024
Summer Vendor Fair in Tuckerton
Summer is in full swing, and Tuckerton’s the place to be for it. This Saturday, June 15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Paulina’s Sweets is hosting a summer vendor fair in the lot at The Riot cardioboxing…
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Opinion•June 12, 2024
Morrison’s in 1960s
L J. Wallace Jr.’s article “Surviving ‘The Hole’ in the Middle of Summer” (5/22) brought back many memories of the years I worked at Morrison’s Restaurant in Beach Haven. Pete and Peg Morrison were…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2024
Songs of Summer at Beach Haven Library
The Beach Haven Public Library will present “Sounds of Summer” featuring pianist/vocalist Jay Daniels on Friday, June 14 at 1 p.m.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2024
Get Plugged In at EV Talk at Toms River Library
Why are electric vehicles (EVs) rapidly becoming major factors in our mobility, ecology and the economy? Mara Starr of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will be presenting “EV…
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News••June 12, 2024
State Proposes Removing Bald Eagles, Ospreys From NJ Endangered Species List
The Murphy administration is proposing removal of the bald eagle and the osprey from the state’s list of endangered species, reflecting decades of work to restore these iconic birds to New Jersey’s…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2024
Buy Book Bargains at Little Egg Harbor Library
Need to stock up on your summer reading for the park or the beach? Stop by the Little Egg Harbor branch of the Ocean County Library at 290 Mathistown Rd. for the Friends of the Library’s week-long…
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News••June 12, 2024
Albert Music Hall Awards Scholarships
The Pinelands Cultural Society/Albert Music Hall recently awarded the 2024 Edward W. Rearick PCS Scholarships to 13 graduates of Southern Regional High School. The scholarships were worth a total of…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2024
Pinelands Preservation Alliance Selected for ‘Humanities Lab’ Cohort
The Pinelands Preservation Alliance is one of six nonprofit organizations throughout the state chosen to participate in a “Humanities Lab” devised by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2024
Resilient LBI Virtual Public Info Session June 20
Learn about Resilient LBI’s shared regional vision for climate resilience and adaptation at a virtual public information session scheduled for 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 20.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2024
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@kpyktr (Jun 5) Replying to @RoryOCleary 1st job was at 10 yrs old at the Harvey Cedars Tavern washing dishes, making salads & running to the liquor store for lottery tix for the customers…
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News••June 12, 2024
Reynolds Foundation Raises Over $30,000 for Those in Need
The Reynolds Family Foundation raised over $30,000 for the community at its first fundraising event last Thursday night, a garden-themed party outside the garden shop featuring live music, cocktails…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2024
Beach Haven Art Walk Showcases Beauty of LBI
Paintings, photographs, pottery and more – almost all depicting or inspired by the natural beauty of the ocean – decorated the streets of Beach Haven on Saturday, June 8 for the sixth annual Art Walk.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2024
Bicycle Safety 101 in Harvey Cedars
Harvey Cedars will be holding another in its series of community forums on Thursday, June 20 at 4:30 p.m. at borough hall. The topic is bicycle safety; the presenter is Les Leathem, league coach with…
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News••June 12, 2024
St. Mary Academy Flex Program Adds Fun to Enhance Education
Princess Cunanan has dreams of possibly being part of the creative team in an animation studio, maybe as a character designer. Ava Richardson loves to sing, but crocheting and sewing may someday add…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 11, 2024
Jay Leno: ‘Nothing Funnier Than Comedy in New Jersey’
The following interview was contributed to The SandPaper by guest writer John Poveromo of Beach Haven West, a nationally touring comedian, cartoonist, writer and actor, and the host of “Dystopia…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 9, 2024
Surflight’s ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ a Perfect Production
I’m not a huge fan of jukebox musicals. When playwrights construct story lines that have to fit around a number of disparate songs that often span many years and albums or, worse yet, many artists…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 8, 2024
Tuckerton Elementary Performs ‘Shrek the Musical Jr.’
Look out, Hollywood, Tuckerton is on its way!
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Arts & Entertainment••June 8, 2024
Little Egg Harbor’s Soup Can Magazine Awarded Coveted Grant
This summer, the team behind Soup Can Magazine, a publication dedicated to showcasing the vibrant arts and culture scene of Ocean County and beyond, takes its commitment to community outreach to a…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 7, 2024
Competitive LIFF Documentaries Cover a Lot of Ground
Eight full-length films are in the 2024 Lighthouse International Film Festival’s documentaries competition, hoping to win the jury award or audience award or – what a coup that would be – both.
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Columns••June 7, 2024
Big Jump in Water Temps With Surf on the Way
On Sunday morning, the surf temp hit 61 and even crept upward a few degrees during the day. This marks a very important milestone in the water temperature rise for the year.
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Columns••June 7, 2024
Unions, Birders and Politics Get Involved
The events of 1974 in many ways explain why today Ocean County is not a center for the nation’s nuclear power industry.
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News••June 6, 2024
Southern Regional Seniors Accept a Record Nearly $1M in Scholarships
Cassidy DeMasi couldn’t contain herself – she was that overjoyed with what had just occurred.
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News••June 6, 2024
Holiday Snack Bar and Beach Haven Settle Differences
The Holiday Snack Bar’s legal wranglings with Beach Haven appear to be over as the borough land use board approved a settlement agreement between the two parties Monday night. The borough council…
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News••June 6, 2024
Mosquitoes Won’t ‘Marsh’ Our Mellow, Thanks to County
If you’re wondering why you’ve seen helicopters hovering over Barnegat Bay, fear not: It’s the Ocean County Mosquito Commission performing routine checks of the mosquito populations in the marsh.
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News••June 6, 2024
Bidding Goodbye to Class-Raised Butterflies in the E.J. Schoolyard Garden
On a sunny day last week, Mallory Mulcahy’s pre-kindergarten class filed outside to the garden at the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School, in Surf City, for a special occasion: the release of…
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News••June 6, 2024
Huelsenbeck Breaks Silence on LBI School Fight
If one thing is clear about the future of the LBI Grade School, it’s this: Ship Bottom officials are unified in their commitment to keep the property for public use. In his first comments since an…
