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Arts & Entertainment••March 2, 2024
Cozy Up at Seaport Stitchers Spring Quilt Sale
Spring is coming, but it’s still chilly. There are plenty of beautiful ways to bundle up, thanks to the Seaport Stitchers Quilt Guild, which will hold its second annual spring quilt sale on Saturday…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 2, 2024
Families Invited to ‘Cops and Crayons’
The Little Egg Harbor Police Department is getting creative with the community on Saturday, March 9 with Cops and Crayons at the Little Egg Harbor branch of the Ocean County Library. The sessions are…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 2, 2024
Tuckerton Seaport Offers Creative Aging Programs at Noyes Art Garage
Senior citizens call them the “golden years” for a reason. The Tuckerton Seaport invites seniors to enjoy the perks of “creative aging” once a month at Stockton University’s Noyes Art Garage (2200…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 2, 2024
Seaport Marches into Women’s History Month With Full Calendar
Spring is near and the Tuckerton Seaport has a full calendar of offerings.
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News••March 1, 2024
Pennsylvania Woman Guilty in 2021 Surf City Double Homicide
Following a nearly monthlong trial, the Pennsylvania woman charged in the double homicide of her father and his longtime companion at his Surf City bayfront home in September 2021 has been found…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 1, 2024
Arctic Outreach
FOR MALLORY: Arctic Outreach was formed in 2016 in honor of the late Mallory McBrien. Funds raised go to the McBrien children as well as Jetty Rock Foundation.
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News••March 1, 2024
Barnegat Friends Dance the Nights Away at THON ’24
When Caroline Sullivan and Kira Smith woke up on Feb. 19, it was understandable why they had stiff legs and sore feet. The two Barnegat High School graduates and Penn State students were feeling the…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 29, 2024
Everything Pinelands at Stockton Event March 10
Book signings, history, arts, humanities, a craft show and everything New Jersey Pine Barrens all take center stage with Lines on the Pines. The free indoor event, celebrating the New Jersey Pine…
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News••February 29, 2024
Hofmann Family’s Crow’s Nest, Barnegat Light Landmark, Gets Makeover
In 1952, Thomas Hofmann’s father, Charles, made a decision that set the course for generations to follow.
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News••February 29, 2024
Peraria Breaks Glass Ceiling as First Female Ship Bottom Fire Co. President
Emily Peraria’s path to being the first female president in the history of the Ship Bottom Volunteer Fire Co. has been paved with hard work and family tradition as well as the experience and…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 29, 2024
The Sounds of ABBA Will Fill the Southern Regional Auditorium This Week
ABBA fans, get ready, get set, and go to the Joseph P. Echle Theatre on the campus of Southern Regional High School at 7 p.m. on Feb. 28 and 29 and March 1 and 2.
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News••February 29, 2024
Offshore Wind Lease Areas Impede on Historic Fishing Grounds
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Feb. 26 extended its public comment period for the proposed development of six wind lease areas, totaling more than 488,000 acres of the Atlantic Ocean off…
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News••February 29, 2024
Harvey Cedars Businesses Looking to Organize
Business owners in Harvey Cedars could soon be forming an association following a recent meeting with borough officials.
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Arts & Entertainment••February 29, 2024
Pinelands Thespians Tackling a Huge Challenge With ‘The Little Mermaid’
To paraphrase Ed Sullivan, talk about a “really big show!”
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Arts & Entertainment••February 29, 2024
Author Comes to Terms With Irish Grandmother in Memoir
Growing up in Montclair in a neighborhood of Irish immigrants, Barbara Williams disliked her grandmother. But it wasn’t until much later when she learned about the history of her ancestors that she…
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Opinion•February 29, 2024
Clogs in Storm Drains Are Not the Largest Problem
This is in reference to the Feb. 7 article titled “New Storm Drains Expected to Provide Relief from Floods.” Although I am not thoroughly familiar with the details of flooding in Ship Bottom, I…
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Sports••February 29, 2024
Henrich Captures Region Title as Gearl, Yanuzzelli Earn Spots in Atlantic City
Samantha Henrich had lost twice to West Deptford’s Jaden Bennett during tournaments earlier in the season. Henrich learned the lessons from those losses and didn’t let them happen on Feb. 25, when…
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News••February 28, 2024
Tuckerton Environmental Commission Chair Resigns
The Tuckerton Borough Environmental Commission will have to undergo some growing pains after the resignation of its chair, Kaylyn Ullman, which was announced during the Feb. 20 borough council…
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Sports••February 28, 2024
Barnegat Girls Bowlers Capture First State Championship in School History
Remember Feb. 27, 2024, Barnegat Township. It’s the day your high school girls bowling team made history.
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News••February 28, 2024
Sea Change, CRAP Running Crew Partner for Mental Health Meetups
Members of Sea Change Recovery Community Organization and the CRAP Running Crew, plus friends, guests and supporters, gathered at the Barnegat Branch Trail Sunday morning to share a few hours and a…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 28, 2024
Behind the Scenes, in Studio, Cross Country Gains
What a wildly weird few weeks for music, but who’s complaining? Hard-earned women’s rights are deteriorating all over America, which in comparison to the war-torn rest of the world seems like a minor…
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News••February 28, 2024
SandPaper Staff Shows Depth and Breadth in State Newspaper Contest
A busy 2023 netted the staff of The SandPaper more than five dozen awards in the 2023 New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest, including 29 for advertising, 25 for print…
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Sports••February 28, 2024
French, Manera, Henrich Lead Southern Contingent into Boardwalk Hall for State Finals
It was tough to determine which one was Southern Regional senior Collin French’s toughest opponent, Lenape’s Jackson Wheeler or his own sweatshirt, which had him all tangled and twisted as he tried…
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Columns••February 28, 2024
Roadways Remain Wet Behind the Ears As Frequent Flooding Goes Nowhere Fast; The Universe’s Whitest White and Blackest Black
With March moving in, we enter the most precipitated upon month of the year for LBI, based on “Brant Beach” data stats from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Oddly, the second most…
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Business••February 28, 2024
Clemmy’s Restaurant Places Waretown Back on Map
As much of the Jersey Shore rolls up its sidewalks for the winter, full- time residents have to work a little harder to get an upscale meal without too much hassle. As of late last summer, Clemmy’s…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 28, 2024
‘Making Memories With Millie’ on March 1
The Beach Haven Public Library will hold the final installment of “Making Memories With Millie: Vintage Desserts and Great Books,” on Friday, March 1 at 2 p.m. Class size is limited to 15.
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News••February 28, 2024
Barnegat Fire Co. Releases 2023 Statistics
The Barnegat Township Volunteer Fire Co. answered a total of 578 calls, according to statistics recently compiled by the Birdsall Street outfit.
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News••February 28, 2024
Learning ‘Resilience Through Reading’ at Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary
Early next month, the implementation of a resilience reading program at the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School will commence with students receiving the book Judy Moody Was in a Mood, by Megan…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 28, 2024
Art Notes, Feb. 28
How to Win: At its first public meeting of 2024, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts awarded just over $1.7 million to 161 New Jersey artists through the Individual Artist Fellowship program.…
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News••February 28, 2024
War-Torn Art Studio in Ukraine Thanks LBI Foundation
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies has shared a thank you note in video form, received from the Aza Nizi Maza children’s art studio in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
