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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
Amelia Stewart Photography Show Planned
“Looking A’Round,” a collection of photos taken on Long Beach Island by the late Amelia Stewart, will be on display throughout the month of February at the Ocean County Library’s Long Beach Island…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve Hosts Both Hands-On, Virtual Learning Scheduled All Winter
Nature is still unfolding all around us, even in the dead of winter, and the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve has got a full program of educational events for both virtual and…
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News••January 24, 2024
New 9th District Delegation Pledges Commitment to Constituent Services
The 9th Legislative District has a new assemblage for 2024, with Sen. Carmen Amato Jr. and Assemblyman Greg Myhre replacing Sen. Christopher J. Connors and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove alongside…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
Controversial Doctor in Jan. 30 Virtual Talk
Dr. Robert H. Lustig, the outspoken critic of “Big Food, Big Pharma and Big Government,” will take part in an Ocean County Library virtual author talk on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 2 p.m.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
Rutgers Professor Talks Marine Creatures at Jan. 27 Virtual Science Saturday
Join Science Saturday hosts Rick Bushnell of ReClam the Bay and SciStarter founder Darlene Cavalier as they welcome Rutgers University professor Josh Kohut, from the School of Environmental and…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
Art Notes, Jan. 24
Attention, Shoppers: Hanging inside the entrance of the Little Egg Harbor Walmart Supercenter is a work of art measuring approximately 4 by 8 feet – a print of a colorful oil painting of Holgate’s…
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Opinion•January 24, 2024
Only Flaw
This is in response to Lou McElwain’s letter concerning wind turbines (“Show More Respect,” 1/17). What a beautiful, insightful argument he made for discontinuing the concept of wind turbine…
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Business••January 24, 2024
Mangia Much: Restaurant Week Starts Friday
Long Beach Island BITES’ Winter Restaurant Week is back, Jan. 26 through Feb. 4, and the list of participating restaurants in the seventh annual celebration of the LBI region’s best dining…
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Business••January 24, 2024
Welcome Om: Find Support at Yoga Hive
A new support group for moms is forming in Manahawkin, in collaboration with the Yoga Hive. It’s called The Village – because, in the immortal words of Hillary Clinton, a village is what it takes to…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
LIFS Screening ‘Call Me Dancer’ at Surf City Firehouse on Jan. 26
The Lighthouse International Film Society will screen the documentary “Call Me Dancer” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 26 at the Surf City firehouse.
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News••January 24, 2024
SandPaper Journalist Grateful for Community Support
The SandPaper is deeply saddened to announce that one of its own has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.
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Sports••January 24, 2024
Southern’s Hoops Squad Lights Up Scoreboard During Four-Game Streak
Since a five-point loss to Barnegat a couple of weeks ago, the Southern Regional boys basketball team has been on fire. In fact, the Rams have been averaging more than 68 points per game since their…
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Sports••January 24, 2024
Southern Edges Red Bank Regional for Second Straight Win
In five of the Southern Regional ice hockey team’s six losses, burying the biscuit in the basket has been an issue. In those games, the Rams scored two goals or less.
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Sports••January 24, 2024
Yanuzzelli, Henrich Win Big as Southern Girls Take All Five Jamboree Bouts
Ella Yanuzzelli spent last season away from the wrestling mat as she recovered from not one, but two shoulder surgeries. She finally got back into action a couple of months ago but was hesitant to…
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News••January 22, 2024
State Offers Tools to Help Protect Homebuyers from Increasing Flood Risks
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette, Community Affairs Acting Commissioner Jacquelyn A. Suárez and Consumer Affairs Acting…
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Opinion••January 21, 2024
Twenty-Six Years of Service on the High Seas
On Oct. 20, Ralph Howland of Barnegat, a retired Coast Guard chief warrant officer who spent 26 years serving in some of the most brutal ocean conditions imaginable, shared his sea stories at a…
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Columns••January 20, 2024
We’re Getting Blown Away by the Weather; Island Towns Seeking Sand Renourishment
The weather is well worth a columnistic mention. We’ve gotten meteorologically bounced about of late, particularly by the wind gods … and goddesses. Again, maintaining my political correctness.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 19, 2024
Friends Present ‘U.S. Constitution 101’
The U.S. Constitution is firm enough to hold America together, flexible enough for all its people and still vibrant as it reaches 235 years of age. It is the topic of the Friends of the Stafford…
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News••January 19, 2024
Trio of Manahawkin Postal Workers Call It Quits After Many Decades of Service
Lenny Cona recalls his first day on the job with the U.S. Postal Service as if it were yesterday. In fact, it was a pretty good year for baseball fans in and around the Sheepshead Bay section of…
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News••January 19, 2024
Mordecai Island Project Clears Major Hurdle
The Mordecai Land Trust in Beach Haven has officially announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommended plan for the Mordecai Island Ecosystem Restoration Project has moved out of…
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News••January 19, 2024
’Jedi Master’ Ytreboe Leaves Stafford District for New Challenge in Plumsted
While Han Solo was his childhood hero, Dave Ytreboe most identifies with Obi-wan Kenobi.
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News••January 18, 2024
Land Use Board Grants Minor Subdivision Approval for Former Kubel’s Too Lot
Since the closure and demolition of Kubel’s Too a few years ago, the lot at 8200 Long Beach Blvd. in Brighton Beach has sat empty. A recent application approval by the Long Beach Township Land Use…
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News••January 18, 2024
It’s Easy to Guess What the Top News Story of 2023 Was in Southern Ocean County
Ranking the past year’s top news stories in Southern Ocean County as reported in the pages of The SandPaper often feels like shampooing hair: lather, rinse, repeat. Some stories hang around for years…
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News••January 18, 2024
Much Ado About Beach Boardwalks in Barnegat Light
The boardwalk pathways to the beach on multiple streets in Barnegat Light were the source of discord at the Jan. 10 borough council meeting, where residents expressed a desire to form a committee to…
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News••January 18, 2024
Area Beaches Take a Battering From Recent Storm
Beaches up and down the Island took a beating Jan. 9 as a storm rolled through the Southern Ocean County area. Parts of Long Beach Boulevard from Ship Bottom to Beach Haven were impassable due to…
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News••January 18, 2024
Suspect Arrested in Connection With Revolutionary Drive Fires
A Little Egg Harbor neighborhood was ablaze last week after three separate structures went up in flames in the middle of the night.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 18, 2024
Burnt Tavern Brings Post-Folk to Life
They describe themselves as Post-Folk From the Pine Barrens, and among the adjectives they use are “primal, archaic, intimate.” And when you first see the nine-member group known as Burnt Tavern…
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Sports••January 18, 2024
Barnegat Outrebounds Southern Regional on Way to Big Victory
It’s a simple formula for basketball. Solid defense and rebounding are essential elements to success. So far this season, just about every game the Barnegat boys team has won, the Bengals have…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 18, 2024
Art Notes, Jan. 17
Art, History: As the U.S. sestercentennial (250th anniversary) approaches in 2026, New Jersey’s rich arts community has a unique opportunity to engage its audiences with a once-in-a-generation…
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News••January 18, 2024
BPU to Solicit Additional Offshore Wind Plans This Year
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities is poised to launch the state’s fourth offshore wind solicitation early this year with the expected projects to be awarded sometime in 2025.
