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Opinion•March 27, 2024
Electric Shock
I am writing this letter in response to the prepared statement by Candace Womer, of Excelon Corp. (parent company of Atlantic City Electric), as reported in Rick Mellerup’s article titled “Exelon…
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Opinion••March 27, 2024
LBI Housekeeping: Host Guests, Clean Up, Repeat
I’m somewhere between a slob and a neatnik. I’m embarrassed when I hear neighbors, friends and relatives talking about their wonderful sweepers, Swiffers and other cleaning devices. New products…
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News••March 27, 2024
MacArthurs’ Barnegat Light Marinas Undergo Upgrades
The Barnegat Light Planning Board approved upgrades to a second-floor apartment above Bayview Harbor Marina, owned by former 3rd Congressional District Rep. Thomas MacArthur.
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Arts & Entertainment••March 27, 2024
Stafford Township Green Team Schedules Cleanup in April
The Stafford Township Green Team is gearing up for spring by hosting a community-wide cleanup on Saturday, April 20. The effort is a cooperative one with Alliance for a Living Ocean, and it will be…
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Opinion•March 27, 2024
Poor Decision
I am writing in regard to the LBI school board’s decision to move all students out of LBI Grade School and into Ethel Jacobsen School. As a board member of 30 years and a resident of this community…
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Opinion•March 27, 2024
Easter Bunny Trails
If any of us have been sent out on an evening mission to Acme or Wawa or are coming home from a night on the LBI town, there is one animal that we most definitely will come across: the Eastern…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 27, 2024
Etiquette Refresh: Support Original Music, Respect Local Talent
It has been refreshing to see the LBI community embracing original music these last few months. Especially when the majority of musicians play everyone’s favorite covers five to seven days a week in…
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News••March 27, 2024
Tammy Murphy Drops Out of U.S. Senate Race
Congressman Andy Kim’s race to become the next U.S. senator from the state of New Jersey took a huge step forward on Sunday when his biggest Democratic primary opponent, New Jersey’s first lady Tammy…
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Opinion•March 27, 2024
ADU Benefits
Do you know what an ADU is? If you don’t yet know, it’s likely many New Jersey residents will know in the near future since the state Legislature has introduced bills to promote the building of more…
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Business••March 27, 2024
Nonprofit Forum, Chamber Association Commemorates 110th, County Promotes JOBS Program
Life coach, psychic medium and alternative/holistic health entrepreneur Colleen McNally of Soul Magic Healing has created an eight-week online course titled “The Tarot Unveiled: Mastering the Card…
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Business••March 27, 2024
Jersey Shore Supplements Team Guides Personal Growth, Transformation
The newest Jersey Shore Supplements store moved into Manahawkin Plaza in January, sixth in the family of stores throughout Monmouth and Ocean County owned by Brian Tweer, who opened his first in…
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Columns••March 27, 2024
Debate Over Power Nothing New
Over the past several years I have watched with interest the ongoing debate in The SandPaper editorial section over offshore windmills. Something in the debate triggered a vague memory; the story…
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News••March 27, 2024
Tuckerton School District Faces Loss in State Aid, Increasing Costs
The Tuckerton School District faces serious challenges after suffering a major loss in state aid for the 2024-25 school year.
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Arts & Entertainment••March 27, 2024
Estate Planning Primer at Lacey Library April 3
Creating the guidelines that your heirs will one day follow entails many steps and raises many questions. Attorney Paul R. Daniele will discuss those concerns during an estate planning workshop at…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 27, 2024
Medal of Honor Recipient Will Tell His Story at the Grunin Center
Medal of Honor recipient and author Kyle Carpenter will be appearing at the Grunin Center for the Arts on the Ocean County College campus in Toms River at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 3.
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News••March 27, 2024
Barnegat Junior Police Academy Signing Up
Grade school children will get a primer on local law enforcement when the Barnegat Township Police Department holds a Junior Police Academy this summer. Sessions will be held Monday through Friday…
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Sports••March 27, 2024
Despite Loss of Kean, Southern Regional Has Enough to Go Deep Into State Tourney
Replacing the production of one of the best players in the state isn’t an easy task. But with as deep a boys volleyball program as Southern Regional’s, in which talented players keep funneling…
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Opinion••March 27, 2024
Two-State Solution in Israel Is Insanity, as History Shows
There’s a well-known quote, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.”
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Sports••March 27, 2024
With Talent and Experience, Southern Regional Golfers Should Contend Again
Toward the end of last season, knowing who was coming to the Southern Regional boys golf program this spring, Alex Henbest already seemed prepared to relinquish the No. 1 spot in the lineup.
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Arts & Entertainment••March 26, 2024
Weather Forecasting Talk at March 30 Science Saturday
On March 30, Science Saturday welcomes Michael Folmer, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service’s Ocean Prediction Center in College Park, Md., for an 11 a.m.…
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Sports••March 25, 2024
After Hanging Up Cleats, Former Southern Regional Soccer Player Bischoff Turns Pro in Triathlon
Brad Bischoff wanted to be a professional soccer player. It was a dream of his since eighth grade, and much of his life through high school and into college had been centered around that goal.
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Columns••March 24, 2024
Solid Surf Roundup and March Radness; Put Away Your Snow Shovel But Don’t Plant Lettuce
Is the written word ineffectual these days? As a columnist in a weekly beach rag, do my accounts of the surf, editorializing of atmospheric events, small-town social commentary and general saltwater…
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News••March 23, 2024
Dead Trees Get the Ax in Harvey Cedars
Given a chance to submit a written annual list of road needs to Ocean County officials or meet in person, the Harvey Cedars mayor and police chief opted for the in-person meeting. It brought…
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Sports••March 22, 2024
Gesicki Looks Forward to Connecting With Cincinnati QB After Signing One-Year Deal
Joe Burrow is known around the NFL as a quarterback who can thread a needle or zip a football through a crack in a window. Mike Gesicki couldn’t have asked for a better offer than to be on the…
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News••March 21, 2024
Bay Islands Restoration Project Gets Additional Grant Funding
Long Beach Township learned earlier this winter that it had been approved for a $772,300 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant to design a final stage nature-based restoration plan for two bay…
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News••March 21, 2024
Van Drew Secures Funding for Little Egg Harbor Safety Improvements
A close relationship between Little Egg Harbor Township and Congressman Jeff Van Drew has, so far, paid off in spades.
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News••March 21, 2024
Garden Club Participates in Beach Sweep
Candy wrappers, soda straws, coffee cups and construction boxes were found among a substantial amount of debris recently cleared up by members of the Garden Club of Long Beach Island.
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Columns••March 21, 2024
Whale of a Use for AI: Commercial Fishermen Might Have No Choice
I’ve frequently been referencing artificial intelligence, knowing full well it is quickly altering the world for good … or possibly for bad.
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News••March 21, 2024
Barnegat Light Revisits Boat Ramp Issues, and Town Budget
For a beach wedding this June, Barnegat Light will allow an exception to the borough code that expressly prohibits campfires on the oceanfront at any time.
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Arts & Entertainment••March 21, 2024
Breakfast and Pictures With the Easter Bunny
Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail, hippity hoppin’, Easter’s on its way.
