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Arts & Entertainment••July 13, 2022
Dad-and-Son Duo Not Experienced With Island Golf But Make Most of Opportunity
Allan Clarke and his family, including son Brent, have enjoyed summers on Long Beach Island since 1990, first in Ship Bottom, where Brent had been a lifeguard for a number of years, then in Beach…
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Business••July 13, 2022
Shore Brake Cyclery Named Top Retailer by National Bicycle Dealers Association
Last week, Shore Brake Cyclery was granted the highest Bicycle Retailer Excellence Award by the National Bicycle Dealers Association. Shore Brake Cyclery was the only bicycle shop in New Jersey to…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 13, 2022
Take a Chance on Surf City’s Biggest Bazaar Benefit
After a two-year hiatus due to the global public health emergency, the Women’s Auxiliary of the Surf City Volunteer Fire Co. and EMS have has brought back its chance raffle and silent auction for…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 13, 2022
Lovelight
LINEUP: Steve Sprague Jr., guitar, box; Mark Diomede, guitar, box; Marty Schearer, keyboard, box; Dana Carroll, bass; Marv Kay, drums; Danny Albi, drums…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 13, 2022
Summer Fun for Families at Tuckerton Seaport
The Tuckerton Seaport and Baymen’s Museum is now open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Labor Day, and to make summer even sweeter, special admission is only $5 per person.
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Arts & Entertainment••July 13, 2022
All About Great Storms — at LBI Museum July 18
On LBI, people are no strangers to stormy weather. So, as the 10-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy nears, explore the history of the Island’s great storms with historic photos, survivor stories…
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Opinion•July 13, 2022
Who’s Bashing Whom?
I’m writing in regards to “Stop the Bashing” (6/1). This letter has taken bashing to another level.
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Sports••July 13, 2022
Stafford Township 13-Year-Old Takes Aim at National Junior Home Run Derby Crown
Abigail Krill has dreams of someday playing softball inside Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium for Tim Walton’s Florida Gators or Love’s Field for Patty Gasso’s Oklahoma Sooners. But, for now, the…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 13, 2022
MICA Club Hosts Comedy Night to Benefit Veterans’ Museum
Close out July with dinner and a show, complete with a lot of laughs! On Saturday, July 30 from 7 to 9 p.m., the MICA Club (Mystic Island Cooperative Association) at 114 Pilsudski Way, Little Egg…
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Opinion•July 13, 2022
On a Clear Day …
I read your article about wind turbine visibility and the model being used to show that the visible impact will be rare (“Initial Study Shows Turbine Visibility Will Be Rare Off LBI,” 6/29). During…
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News••July 13, 2022
Longtime Headboat Captain Remembered
“A Barnegat Light icon” and “a wonderful guy” are some of the ways former headboat captain Charles L. Eble Jr. is being described after his June 23 death at age 66.
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News••July 13, 2022
Committeeman Lauds Barnegat Crime Reduction Unit
As the Barnegat Township Committee’s liaison to the police department, Committeeman Joseph Marte often lauds officers when they do outstanding work. At the July 5 committee meeting, he singled out…
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News••July 13, 2022
Gender Studies Get Rapped at Informational Meeting
Next month, the Barnegat Township Board of Education will be voting on how to implement newly developed New Jersey Student Learning Standards into its health and physical education programs.
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News••July 13, 2022
Bear-ing Down on a Barnegat Summer Day
Barnegat Township-based social media pages were abuzz late last month with reports of a black bear sighting near the high school football field and other areas of town.
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Arts & Entertainment••July 13, 2022
Look for Birds, Stars at Cloverdale Farm County Park
Ocean County Commissioner Virginia E. Haines has announced the Ocean County Department of Parks and Recreation will be conducting three programs this month at Cloverdale Farm County Park, located at…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 13, 2022
Alpacas Drop By the Stafford Library July 27
Have you ever come face to face with an alpaca? You’ll get a chance on Wednesday, July 27 at 9:30 a.m. when Out of Sight Alpacas of Waretown brings its furry friends to the Stafford branch of the…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 13, 2022
Enjoy Music, Fellowship at Manahawkin Baptist Church Worship Night
Music and fellowship make a great combination. If you enjoy both, stop by and can get your praise on during a special Worship Night at Manahawkin Baptist Church on Sunday, July 17. The MBC worship…
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Opinion•July 13, 2022
Not ‘Rare’
I was taken aback when I read the headline “Atlantic Shores: Turbine Visibility Will be Rare, Rutgers Study Says” in the July 2 edition of The SandPaper. Even if you accept the claim of the Atlantic…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 13, 2022
Quaker Author in Zoom Presentation July 15
The Barnegat Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) will host a virtual talk by author Selden W. Smith on Friday, July 15 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be in Zoom format since the meeting house on East…
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News••July 13, 2022
Stafford School Board Approves Eberle as Hoffman’s Successor as McKinley Principal
After three decades in the Stafford Township School District, Marge Hoffman is scheduled to retire on Aug. 1. During her long stint, she’s been a teacher, district supervisor, and for the past 15…
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News••July 13, 2022
Upgrade Planned for Pinelands Commission Office
New Jersey’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget includes a $500,000 appropriation to refurbish, stabilize and maintain a historic 19th-century farmhouse that has long served as the office of the Pinelands…
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Business••July 13, 2022
Retro Revival at Coco Kimono
What goes around always comes back around. That can be said about this summer’s clothing trends. We’ll be seeing a resurgence of most-loved styles from prominent fashion decades, such as the ’70s and…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 13, 2022
OCC Repertory Theatre Presents ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’
The Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College will serve as the setting for a family-friendly reimagining of the Biblical story of Joseph, his father, Jacob, and his 11 brothers as the OCC…
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News••July 13, 2022
Ocean Advocates Seek More Time to Review, Comment on Offshore Wind Impact Study
Calling a 45-day deadline to review and comment on a 1,400-page draft environmental impact statement for New Jersey’s first offshore wind project “unreasonable and unjust,” Clean Ocean Action is…
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Opinion••July 13, 2022
With Electric Cars We’re in for a Shock
I love new technology. Yet, sometimes we are just not ready for things to be forced upon us, like electric cars. Suppose the governor of Florida declares an emergency because a hurricane is predicted…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 13, 2022
Southern Ocean Medical Center Foundation Hosting Signature Social July 22
The Southern Ocean Medical Center Foundation will host its Signature Social fundraising event in person on July 22 at Bonnet Island Estate after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.
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Arts & Entertainment••July 13, 2022
Stafford Library Presents Todd Meredith in Concert
Todd Meredith, one of the Jersey Shore’s busiest musicians, will play crowd-pleasing tunes and take requests during a performance on Thursday, July 14 at 7 p.m. at the Stafford branch of the Ocean…
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News••July 13, 2022
Water Boiling Advisory Draws Heat at Pinewood Estates
A group of residents of the Pinewood Estates mobile home community are asking Barnegat Township to step in and help notify them of emergencies, saying the development’s management has been remiss in…
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News••July 13, 2022
Beach Haven Delays Decision on Parking Changes
A proposed measure to create a no-parking area at the end of West Avenue in Beach Haven while eliminating four public parking spaces to make room for the loading/unloading zone between the hours of 1…
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News••July 13, 2022
Long Beach Township Plans for Infrastructure Work
The Long Beach Township Board of Commissioners introduced various bond ordinances at its July 11 meeting to plan for infrastructure work throughout the municipality. All the measures were approved…
