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Opinion••August 14, 2022
Nonnie’s Pink Beach House: A Story of Salvation
Until the 1960s, Long Beach Island was an offbeat summer destination. During that time, the properties on the Island were predominantly bungalow-style cottages and Cape Cods. For the past 50 years…
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News••August 13, 2022
Approach to Outdoor Dining Differs on LBI, Mostly Scaled Back
While the final numbers won’t be tallied for some time, the summer of 2022 on Long Beach Island, for many, certainly looks, feels and sounds like it did pre-pandemic. That includes limited outdoor…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 12, 2022
Stafford Friends Plan Theater/Dinner Trip
It may be the heart of summer, but the Friends of the Stafford Library already have the holidays on their mind.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 12, 2022
Applebee’s Schedules Back-to-School Supply and Fundraiser Event
Applebee’s of Manahawkin will be hosting a major back-to-school supply drive and is accepting donations of backpacks, notebooks, pencils and other supplies to help youngsters in Stafford Township…
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News••August 12, 2022
Surprise: Southern Regional Will Have Contested Races for BOE Seats This Year
For the first time in many years, the Southern Regional Board of Education is going to have a contested race for several of its seats on Election Day.
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Sports••August 12, 2022
Harvey Cedars Makes History With Seventh Consecutive Island Tournament Title
His eyes watery and voice shaky, Chief Randy Townsend could barely get out the words to define what his Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol had just accomplished.
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News••August 11, 2022
Dramatic Rescue in Barnegat Inlet Saves Mother and Child
What rescuer Bob Selfridge said to the 4-year-old girl and her mother trapped in the submerging cabin of the capsized boat outside Barnegat Inlet was “OK, I’m here, let me get you out of here.”
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News••August 11, 2022
Long Beach Township’s New Pickleball Courts Open
The brand-new pickleball courts in the Beach Haven Terrace section of Long Beach Township are now open for play. Hours for these courts, on the old M&M Steam Bar lot between Delaware Avenue and 34th…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 11, 2022
Shell Shuck: ‘Happy as a Clam on LBI’
Anyone who has had the pleasure of living in (or visiting) Long Beach Island and the surrounding area has likely learned the importance of the “ReClam the Bay” campaign (visit reclamthebay.org).…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 11, 2022
ALO LBI Longboard Classic Back This Year With Performance at All-Time High
As we get into the figurative and literal heat of summer 2022, this Saturday will see the 14th Annual Alliance for a Living Ocean LBI Longboard Classic, which has become not only the biggest…
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Sports••August 11, 2022
Boston Red Sox Ship Former Barnegat Star Jay Groome to San Diego Padres
The former Barnegat High School left-handed pitcher, drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 2016 as the 12th overall pick in the first round, on Aug. 2 was dealt to the San Diego Padres in exchange for…
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Columns••August 11, 2022
Sharing Surfing Can Be a Powerful Thing, So Can Upwelling in August
Hopefully your family is having a good summer. Now that the sandbars have formed, hopefully the kids are running across the flats at low tide and flopping into the water. (That is, when there aren’t…
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News••August 11, 2022
LBI Gives Together at Spray Beach Yacht Club, Delivers More Than 100,000 Meals to Food Bank
At one end of the “Black Team” table, Allan Eaglesham, Jan O’Connell and Joy Power funneled dry macaroni into sealable pouches. On the other side, Leon Kanopka shoveled dozens of completed bags of…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 11, 2022
Manahopkin Festival Dishes Four Shows to Rival Phish
So many legendary music icons were in our neck of the woods this weekend it simply is not fair. Of course, Phish took over Atlantic City for three nights, sandwiched in the center of a tie-dye tidal…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 11, 2022
Final Surflight Comedy Night of Summer May Make You Wet Your Pants Laughing
Surflight Theatre’s final Comedy Night of the summer is set for Monday, Aug. 15 at 8:30 p.m.
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Opinion•August 10, 2022
Wonderful Assistance
Hopefully, the lovely people who helped me after I took a horrible fall on 17th Street and the bay in Barnegat Light read The SandPaper because it’s the only way I can reach out to thank them for…
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Opinion•August 10, 2022
Lagoon Rule #1
Stephanie Rebeck’s July 27 SpeakEasy column (“I Hope in Situations Like This My Searches Are Unsuccessful”) got my attention, and I hope it was a reminder to many. My husband and I have found that…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 10, 2022
Bellarine Theatre Co. Is Back In the Swim With ’A Little Mermaid’
The Bellarine Theatre Co. is back after its long COVID-19 related hiatus.
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Business••August 10, 2022
Craig W. Brearley Architecture Transitions to New Ownership
Architect Craig W. Brearley, AIA, principal of Craig Brearley Architects in Manahawkin, is pleased to announce his retirement and is happy to share the news that Sarah D. Jennings, AIA and nine-year…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 10, 2022
Prominent Wildcats Tee Off Against ‘Greatest Mini Golfer of All Time’
Back on May 16, Brandan Tyhanic and Grace Klements completed another golf season with Pinelands Regional High School, and during the post-match interviews, I asked Brandan a really important…
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News••August 10, 2022
Cost of Renovating/Replacing Pinelands Regional’s ‘Damn Dam’ Continues to Climb
Outgoing Pinelands Regional School District Business Administrator Nick Brown had some good news for the Pinelands Board of Education at its July meeting, the last of Brown’s tenure.
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Opinion•August 10, 2022
Be Honest
The article on Chowderfest (8/3) has me so annoyed. Jeremy DeFilippis is trying his best to convince us this year’s event is better and more exciting than the previous 30-some years of Chowderfest.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 10, 2022
Pie It Forward for Hunger Relief Charity
Pie It Forward is a “dough-raiser” for the Hunger Foundation of Southern Ocean. It’s an engaging way for people to donate to the nonprofit hunger relief charity while taking home the makings of a…
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Opinion•August 10, 2022
Unacceptable Sacrifices
Beach Haven is a place my family and I hold very dear to our hearts. It is a place I visit that feels like home. I have been visiting LBI for the past six years, and with each trip I realize more and…
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Opinion••August 10, 2022
Plastic, Plastic Everywhere – What’s a Grandma to Do?
There are multiple brands of bottled water as I walk down the beverage aisle in the supermarket. I am overwhelmed by too many choices. I’m buying bottled water as my family is visiting and they can’t…
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Sports••August 10, 2022
Still Time to Get in on Early Registration for Dog Day Race in Harvey Cedars
Step aside, COVID. The Dog Day Race is back in action this year.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 10, 2022
Kids Getting STEAM-ed This Summer
This summer at the Long Beach Island Historical Association Museum in Beach Haven, a group of youngsters are really getting steamed. Actually, make that STEAMed, as they are involved in the activity…
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Opinion•August 10, 2022
Unwelcome Parking
For all of you who parked on the shoulder on Central Avenue for the 12th Street house tour: I guess it’s all right if a child riding a bike gets killed riding in the traffic lane to go around all the…
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Opinion•August 10, 2022
Done Deal
In my opinion much of the well-meaning debate about the offshore wind farm proposal misses a significant point: It is almost a done deal.
