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Sports••December 22, 2022
Opening Night Is Thrilling for Southern Regional Boys Hoops Squad
Tom Menegus scored the Southern Regional boys basketball team’s first six points of the fourth quarter to keep the Rams in the game. Max DiPietro scored their last seven points to seal the victory.…
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News••December 22, 2022
Barnegat Light to Discuss Limiting Multi-Family Building
The Barnegat Light Borough Council is proposing to the town planning board a measure to limit new multi-family housing, condos, hotels or motels in Barnegat Light.
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Opinion•December 22, 2022
Heartfelt Gratitude
We would like to offer our heartfelt gratitude to our community for supporting our first annual Helping out HOME for the Holidays at The Marlin. We are committed to helping SRHS students in need.…
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Opinion•December 22, 2022
So Unsafe?
Is the Beach Haven Library so unsafe that it can’t be used while remediation work is going on? To close this valuable resource to staff and patrons seems to be an inordinately excessive measure.
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News••December 21, 2022
Surf City ’23 Beach Revenue Kicks Off With Holiday Badge Sales
The countdown toward the official start of the winter season isn’t nearly as exciting as it is to the summer season on Long Beach Island for most. The sale of holiday beach badges makes just the…
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Arts & Entertainment••December 21, 2022
Talk About Gen. George G. Meade Will Kick Off 2023 Barnegat Lighthouse Winter Lecture Series
Years ago, on July 3, 2013, I asked some 50 people who was the winning commanding general at the Battle of Gettysburg, which had come to a dramatic conclusion 150 years before.
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News••December 21, 2022
Fill St. Theresa’s Food Pantry for the Holidays
It’s no secret that charity and volunteer organizations are struggling as the U.S. emerges from pandemic life into an era of sustained sky-high prices on gas and groceries, and St. Theresa’s Food…
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Arts & Entertainment••December 21, 2022
Nikki Leah’s Art Is Mindfulness With an Edge
The coloring books filled with colorful language started as a creative outlet for Nikki Leah Heckelmann, to express on the page what she could not express in her job as a registered behavior…
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Sports••December 21, 2022
Check Out Southern Regional’s Annual Score at the Shore Hoops Tournament
The annual Score at the Shore basketball tournament is back in action next week at Southern Regional High School, and now’s a good time to mark the calendar to catch a game during the holidays.
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Opinion•December 21, 2022
Meter Misgivings
I noticed in this week’s SandPaper that Long Beach Township is considering raising water and sewer rates for 2023.
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Arts & Entertainment••December 21, 2022
Art Notes, Dec. 21
Sweet Spot: Still not sure what to get the hard-to-shop-for people on the list? Consider the gift of one-of-a-kind fine art – whether intended to stir the soul or match the couch, conjure a piece…
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News••December 21, 2022
Stafford Opens Visioning Questions for Future Bay Avenue Streetscape
One of the principles Stafford Township Mayor Greg Myhre campaigned on was keeping the town looking like the one longtime residents grew up in, while honoring how it’s changed, he said at the Dec. 8…
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Columns••December 21, 2022
Do Families Really Get Cars for Christmas? And Gift Wrapping Up the Year in Waves
Well, in case you didn’t realize it, the holidays are officially upon us. You probably noticed when Old Navy started running Christmas commercials a week before Halloween, aka “The War on…
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News••December 21, 2022
Input Sought on Offshore Mitigation Fund for Fisheries
Opponents and proponents of offshore wind have until Jan. 31 to address an initiative that would create a regional fund administrator aimed at fishery indemnity mitigation relief by offering…
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News••December 21, 2022
Museum Planning ‘Voices of LBI’ Exhibit
Next year, the LBI Historical Museum in Beach Haven is planning a “Community Oral History Exhibit” and is asking people to contribute their personal anecdotes about the Island.
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Arts & Entertainment••December 21, 2022
Library Plans Dakota & Elle Concerts
The Ocean County Library announces a concert series by Ocean County classical vocalists Dakota & Elle.
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Arts & Entertainment••December 21, 2022
View ‘Vibrant Empath Art’ This Month
The Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library is presenting Jersey Shore-based artist Amanda Santomenna’s exhibit “Vibrant Empath Art” in the McConnell Gallery throughout the month of December.
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News••December 21, 2022
Library Prom Dress Collection Begins Jan. 2
It may be winter, but the Ocean County Library is thinking spring with an upcoming prom dress collection drive.
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News••December 21, 2022
Daniel Allen: It Was an Honor to Serve Beach Haven
The Beach Haven Borough Council’s agenda meeting of Thursday, Dec. 29 at 4 p.m. will be the finale for Councilman Daniel Allen, who did not seek re-election.
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Opinion••December 21, 2022
Spirits in the Night Reveal the Real Gifts of Christmas
My favorite Christmas tale is Charles Dicken’s classic “A Christmas Carol.” I have read the novel, watched almost every version of the movie, and have enjoyed several theater productions. It always…
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Columns••December 21, 2022
Were You Paying Attention?
The shortest day of the year brings The SandPaper’s vacation, until the sun begins to return in January. As part of this annual ritual, this column has its end of year trivia contest. Speed here…
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Opinion•December 21, 2022
People’s Choice
With Kris Rutherford resigning from her councilwoman seat in Beach Haven on Dec. 12 and after reading the commitment to Beach Haven expressed by John Hailperin’s Commentary in The SandPaper last…
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Opinion•December 21, 2022
Unbridled Greed
Submissions from S. Fox and Sal Sorce in the Dec. 7 edition seemed sorely in need of some holiday spirit. I’m fully in agreement with Fox that there are important conversations that need to take…
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News••December 21, 2022
Joe Gieger Eyes Harvey Cedars Commission Seat
Although the election is more that 11 months away, long-time Harvey Cedars resident Joe Gieger has announced his candidacy for a borough commission seat.
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News••December 21, 2022
LBI Students’ Holiday Market Raises $2,610 for Local Nonprofits
Last week’s holiday market hosted by the two sixth-grade classes at the Long Beach Island Grade School raised a total of $2,610 for nine nonprofits in the local area. In the months prior to the…
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News••December 21, 2022
Inaugural Meeting Jan. 11 for Pinelands Preservation Alliance’s New Access Nature Forum
Pinelands Preservation Alliance is inviting the community to participate in the recently established Access Nature Forum, created to encourage conversations about enhancing entry to and enjoyment of…
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Arts & Entertainment••December 21, 2022
Jan. 30 Deadline for Pinelands Juried Exhibit Photo Submissions
“Give us your best shot!” the Pinelands Preservation Alliance encourages. The PPA is currently accepting submissions for its 2023 juried photographic exhibition, the goal of which “is to celebrate…
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Arts & Entertainment••December 21, 2022
Have Old Fashioned Fun at Albert Music Hall Jan. 8
If you love country, bluegrass and Pinelands music, Albert Music Hall in Waretown is the place to be on Sunday, Jan. 8.
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Arts & Entertainment••December 21, 2022
Place Local Musicians on Spotify Wrapped; Gift Ideas for Music Lovers
It’s not the most wonderful time of the year without a holiday edition of Sound Waves, and a lot has gone down, both locally and globally, since Labor Day. Rather than get into all the heavier stuff…
