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News••November 10, 2022
KIL-NR Board President Wins Re-Election in Barnegat
In the Barnegat Township Board of Education race, board president Sean O’Brien, former board president Scott Sarno and newcomer Carol Geene won three-year terms Tuesday.
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News••November 10, 2022
Lyons Holds Off Mangino to Retain Seat on Southern Regional School Board
The Southern Regional Board of Education is going to have one new face when it reorganizes on Jan. 4, but longtime board member Kevin Lyons’ seat is safe for another three years.
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Opinion•November 10, 2022
Which Eyesore?
While approaching our Causeway recently, where we are treated to stunning views of marshes and the bay, a huge billboard appeared over the horizon. What was it but a savelbi.org billboard that…
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Opinion•November 10, 2022
Keep It Up!
I have been attending the Harvey Cedars borough meetings and taxpayers association meetings for quite some time. I am impressed, yet not surprised, how one of my neighbors, Joe Gieger, as a private…
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Opinion•November 10, 2022
Spooky Vibes
I enjoyed the ghost column by Beth Miller (“A-Hunting We Go for Ghosts on Long Beach Island,” 11/2). I’m sorry she didn’t visit the Beach Haven Historical Museum across the street from Surflight…
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Opinion••November 9, 2022
Congress Needs to Be Educated on Sane Energy
Having been in the middle of many debates on the practicality of a carbon tax and, beyond that, the efficacy of carbon capture technology, I believe that economist Paul Krugman got it right…
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Opinion•November 9, 2022
Welcome View
The SandPaper has my admiration for publishing the high-profile commentary by Dan Fatton on Oct. 5, welcoming the proposed wind farm turbines 10 miles offshore. I’m sure you’ll get a garbage bag full…
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Sports••November 9, 2022
Road to Recovery Has Been Tough, But Southern Regional Sophomore Scores in Sectional Meet
Early last December, Francesca Verdi shattered her right ankle doing a floor exercise routine. After surgery to repair the injury later that month, the then-Southern Regional High School freshman…
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News••November 9, 2022
NJ School Ethics Commission Ruling Puts Spotlight on Little Egg Harbor Board of Ed
The Little Egg Harbor School District Board of Education may have repeatedly operated illegally, or at least unethically, much of the time since 2018.
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News••November 9, 2022
New Program Shines Light on Services for Veterans
For many, the color green is associated with the action of going, moving or doing. Operation Green Light doesn’t change the action behind the color green, but it does require a slowing down of sorts…
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News••November 9, 2022
NRC Eyes 2023 Decision on Oyster Creek Spent Nuclear Fuel
Holtec International, the Camden-based parent company of the shuttered Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, is expected to submit final safety review revisions to the Nuclear Regulatory…
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Opinion•November 9, 2022
Confusion Reigns
When I attended the Oct. 18 Little Egg Harbor Board of Education meeting, I was awestruck and incensed to observe the chaos and confusion interjected into this public proceeding by the Cooper…
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News••November 9, 2022
Charlene Costaris Fondly Remembered
For decades, few people had as great a cultural and environmental impact in Barnegat Township as Charlene Costaris. The co-founder of the Barnegat Garden Club and once a longtime president of the…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 9, 2022
Christmas Craft Show on LBI Lights Up Two Days in November
This year’s Christmas Craft Show at the St. Francis Center in Brant Beach is ready to open up all the possibilities for the holiday season, and some for anytime.
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News••November 9, 2022
Donate Pumpkins for Alpacas
Don’t let Halloween pumpkins go to waste. Wildflowers Too in Barnegat Light is a collection point for uncarved, unpainted pumpkins to be picked up for delivery to Out of Sight Alpacas in Waretown…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 9, 2022
‘Clown House’ Wins Halloween Decorating Contest in Barnegat
Since moving to Barnegat Township five years ago, Allen Clair says he has gone “hog wild” when it comes to decorating his Savannah Drive home. But this fall he had an extra incentive to adorn his…
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Sports••November 9, 2022
Southern Regional Boys Advance to Meet of Champions
A few weeks ago, several members of the Southern Regional boys cross-country team believed their squad was capable of placing among the top five at this year’s NJSIAA Meet of Champions. Going by the…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 9, 2022
Nov. 12 Comedy Night at Surflight Will Benefit Fire Company
Surflight Theatre will host a comedy night at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12 that will benefit the Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co.
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Arts & Entertainment••November 9, 2022
Professor Louie & The Crowmatix to Bring Legendary Woodstock to Lizzie Rose
A little bit of history is coming to the Lizzie Rose Music Room, which recently celebrated a momentous return to its indoor venue at 217 East Main St., Tuckerton. After a month of heavy hitters to…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 9, 2022
November Art Exhibit Reflects on Kindness
Kindness can take many forms, and its effects can last a lifetime. “A World of Kindness,” paintings by Ocean County families to show what warmth and goodwill mean to them, will be on display…
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News••November 9, 2022
NJ’s New Website Features Resources to Help Prepare for Future Storms
In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, “it was clear New Jersey faced a long and difficult road to recovery,” the state Department of Environmental Protection writes on its new storm-centric webpage.…
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Columns••November 9, 2022
‘Butterfly’: From Spray Beach to La Scala
The story of the famous opera “Madame Butterfly” started in Spray Beach on Long Beach Island, where long-time summer resident John Luther Long, a Philadelphia lawyer, took a story told to him by his…
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Opinion•November 9, 2022
Appropriate Reaction
In response to the “Inhumane Action” (10/5), I cannot understand how our president and the entire Democratic Party could support bringing illegal aliens by the millions into our border cities. They…
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Opinion••November 9, 2022
A Stormy Life – From ’35 Nor’easter to Today
Those of us living on Long Beach Island, trying to hang onto our homes against threatening storms, are well aware of the horrific damage of Hurricane Ian in Florida and the 10th anniversary of…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 9, 2022
Go Browsing at Stafford Library Fall Bazaar
Want to get a jump on holiday shopping, and save some money in the process? The Friends of the Stafford Library hold a fall bazaar Friday and Saturday, Nov. 18 and 19, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in…
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News••November 9, 2022
Little Egg Harbor BOE Scrambling to Find New Attorney
The Little Egg Harbor School District Board of Education held a special meeting on Nov. 1. The reason was William S. Donio, a partner in the Atlantic City law firm Cooper Levenson and a longtime…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 9, 2022
Sharpen Your Mind With Playaway Tablets at Ocean County Library
Brain games are fun ways to maintain or improve mental fitness. The Ocean County Library System is now offering a full menu of games in ready-to-use Playaway Launchpad tablets for patrons at its 21…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 9, 2022
Silkscreen Exhibit Running at Barnegat Library
The Barnegat branch of the Ocean County Library will feature Catherine LeCleire’s intriguing interpretations of the great outdoors, “Nature at Its Best,” beginning Friday, Nov. 11, and running…
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News••November 9, 2022
Final Police Community Forum Focuses on First Aid
The sixth and final Harvey Cedars Police Department Community Forum for the year will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 5 p.m. at borough hall.
