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Arts & Entertainment••November 2, 2022
Lighthouse International Film Society Screening Potential Oscar Winner on Friday
The Lighthouse International Film Society will be screening the film “Hold Me Tight” at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4.
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Columns••November 1, 2022
Contest Becomes a Leaden Downfall for Cheaters; LBI Bluefin Tuna Travels to the Mediterranean
The real-time capture of cheats at an Ohio walleye fishing contest has become a nationwide news sensation, highlighted by scathing social media comments evoked by smartphone video recordings of the…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 31, 2022
Matt O’Ree Band Visits Ocean County College Nov. 3
Former Bon Jovi guitarist Matt O’Ree has been a driving force in the blues/rock music scene for the last 20 years. Now he fronts the Matt O’Ree Band, which will perform at the Gia Maione Prima Studio…
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News••October 30, 2022
LBI Among Four Regions of State to Release Climate Resilience Plans
Four groups within New Jersey, including a team from Long Beach Island, have released climate action plans in advance of the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, the state Department of…
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News••October 29, 2022
Memories Still Fresh for SandPaper Staff Who Covered Superstorm Sandy
Jeff Kuhlman never thought Superstorm Sandy would make a hard left turn toward the Jersey Shore, despite preparing for the storm by planning for a week without electricity and filling every container…
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News••October 29, 2022
Impact From Sandy Raises the Bar for Development on LBI
A decade removed from Superstorm Sandy, the building landscape on Long Beach Island continues to adapt in ways that will mitigate the impact of a future natural disaster on the scale of the 2012…
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News••October 28, 2022
Southern’s Homage to Heroes Parallels the ‘Community’ Developed During and After Sandy
Ten years ago, a hurricane named Sandy closed in on the New Jersey coast. Residents of both Long Beach Island and the mainland prepared, uncertain of what to make of the approaching storm.
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Columns••October 27, 2022
Another Island Landmark Gone, Boardriders Converge, Uncooperative Winds
Here’s the sad news, folks: The 7-Eleven in Ship Bottom closed on Sunday.
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News••October 27, 2022
LBI Taxpayer Associations, ALO Lead Islandwide Cleanup
Barnegat Light Taxpayers Association members were among the many volunteers pitching in as part of Community Cleanup Day on Long Beach Island last Saturday, Oct. 22, organized by the Joint Council of…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 27, 2022
Hot Club of Cowtown Reopens Lizzie Rose Music Room
Rain drops tapped out an insistent rhythm, beating against the tall windows of the Lizzie Rose Music Room while an eager crowd gathered inside, anticipating the long-awaited reopening of the unique…
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Sports••October 27, 2022
Pinelands Cruises Past Manchester, Secures First Winning Season Since 2004
Regardless of what happens during the upcoming NJSIAA South Jersey Group III Regional Invitational Tournament, the Pinelands Regional football team is going to complete its first winning season since…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 27, 2022
Hoofy’s Fest Continues Legacy of Fallen Barnegat Patrolman Alex Hoffman
Saturday, Oct. 22 marked the third annual Hoofy’s Fall Fest in downtown Barnegat, and the sun shone brightly on the occasion. Hundreds gathered to partake in the day’s fresh-air fun, food and…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 27, 2022
Holiday House Tour Tickets Now on Sale
The Garden Club of Long Beach Island announces that tickets are available for its Holiday House Tour on Thursday, Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $65 per person.
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Sports••October 27, 2022
Southern Girls Overcome Donovan Catholic to Capture SCT Crown
Bend but don’t break. It’s one of those old mantras that applies to athletics in so many ways. And in the case of the Southern Regional girls volleyball program, it’s almost a calling. It’s like…
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Opinion•October 27, 2022
Rest of the Story
The Oct. 19 edition had letters to the editor to which, as a candidate for Surf City Borough Council, and on behalf of the other Republican candidates in Column B on the Nov. 8 ballot, Jackie…
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Sports••October 27, 2022
Laudati Keeps Barnegat in the Game But Bengals Fall to Trinity Hall
Angelica Laudati has made some big saves during the past four soccer seasons, and she single-handedly has kept the Barnegat girls soccer team in plenty of games it otherwise would have lost by a…
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Opinion••October 27, 2022
Monarch Butterfly Experience Yielding Diminishing Returns
I think it was in this season 11 years ago that I was amused to read the following account by SandPaper Managing Editor Jay Mann, writing in his column “The Fish Story.” He was traveling south on…
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Opinion•October 27, 2022
Rights Eroding
Barnegat residents, after a long absence, I once again find myself putting “pen to paper.”
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Arts & Entertainment••October 27, 2022
LBI Native Parlays Layers of Talent Into Perchal
Calla Aniski Boyd, a Ship Bottom native turned mainlander, is a multitalented maker of practical and wondrous things, as well as a creative business support professional.
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Opinion••October 27, 2022
Happy Hour Group Helped With Hard Sandy Times
Ten years ago, just five days after I submitted “It’s 5 O’Clock in Beach Haven,” the story of the idyllic existence of the Happy Hour Group of Beach Haven, to a local publication, dire warnings about…
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Opinion•October 27, 2022
Champion of Fairness
To most of us in New Jersey the following statistics are shocking: 299 Republican candidates for the House, Senate and important state offices are election deniers and 174 of them are running in safe…
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Opinion•October 27, 2022
Tax Correction
I feel I need to make corrections to statements I made in my previous letter to the editor. I misspoke about the taxes in Surf City. I stated that we had the lowest taxes, which is not true.
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Opinion•October 26, 2022
How Rad!
The political season is here. The radical left and the radical right are key words that I see on television and other media and through the mail. Events I see such as shootings, war and hurricanes…
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Opinion•October 26, 2022
Fine Job
As a homeowner in Surf City for over 20 years and now a permanent resident and with the upcoming elections underway, I felt a need to comment on the fine job our present administration has been doing.
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Opinion•October 26, 2022
Beyond Labels
I fully support Casey Courts Deacon’s thoughts (“Services Lacking,” 10/19). Witness poorly maintained roads, sidewalks and curbs, lack of public spaces, and businesses being replaced by more homes.…
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News••October 26, 2022
Stafford, State Police Halt Deadly Drug Operation
Last week, Stafford Township’s Drug Enforcement Unit and the Atlantic City-based New Jersey State Police Crime Suppression South Unit seized a large quantity of heroin and fentanyl, as well as…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 26, 2022
Art Notes, Oct. 26
PSAs for PSAA: “In the art world, fall is technically the start of the art year,” according to Pine Shores Art Association President Tom Rutledge. The current exhibit at the Manahawkin gallery is the…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 26, 2022
Pick Pumpkins That Give Back at St. Stephen’s
Fall brings with it chilly weather, warm coats, cozy fireplaces and cheerful pumpkins.
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News••October 26, 2022
Biggest Local Issue in Van Drew-Alexander Debate Is Wind Turbines
Republican incumbent Jeff Van Drew and Democratic challenger Tim Alexander squared off in a New Jersey 2nd Congressional District debate at Stockton University on Wednesday, Oct. 19.
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Arts & Entertainment••October 26, 2022
See Why ‘Everyone Loves Maple Syrup’ at Tuckerton Library Association’s Annual Luncheon
At Tuckerton’s Oct. 17 borough council meeting, Mayor Susan Marshall presented a proclamation to Donna Majchrzak, librarian at the Tuckerton branch of the Ocean County Library, in honor of National…
