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Arts & Entertainment••March 24, 2022
Community Invited to Resilient LBI Virtual Workshop March 31
Resilient NJ is helping coastal communities, including Long Beach Island, plan for how the changing climate may affect residents, businesses and the natural and built environments in an area. The…
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Columns••March 24, 2022
Little Bit of Lion This March; Meteorological vs. Astronomical Calendar Geek-Out
Everyone knows that January is the time for sledding in the dunes around these parts. Crabbing is hottest in June. In September, we get jazzed about hurricane swells. November is when the big…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 24, 2022
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Hosts Webinar on Right Whales
Mark Baumgartner, senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, will join the Rutgers Cooperative Extension next Monday, March 28, as part of its Marine Extension Program Seminar…
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Columns••March 24, 2022
Placing Blame for Railroad Disaster
On Oct. 28, 1906, six weeks after the opening of the nation’s longest electric rail line, it suffered a devastating crash as a train derailed on the drawbridge leading to Atlantic City, killing over…
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Opinion•March 24, 2022
Wind Farm Worries
The informative article in the March 2 issue, “NY Bight Lease for Wind Energy Nets Six Winners,” raises concerns.
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Opinion•March 24, 2022
Good for Nothing War
In 1970 the Vietnam protest song “War,” sung by little-known Edwin Starr, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Some of the prophetic lyrics of the song were: “War, what is it good for?…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 24, 2022
Animal Shelter Group Welcomes Back Annual Meeting
The Friends of the Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter welcome the public to their annual members meeting, on Saturday, April 23 at noon. It’s the first one in two years, since the arrival of the…
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Opinion•March 24, 2022
Well Said
Re: “Wake Up” (3/16) – thank you, Mary Snyder of Parkertown … well said, indeed!
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Opinion••March 24, 2022
Keeping It Real: That Time I Auditioned for QVC
For many years, like many other moms pre-pandemic, I stayed at home with the kids. Before I had children, I worked at a variety of jobs and did not exactly have what one might call a career. My…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 23, 2022
Tuckerton Library Open House Highlights Local History
The Tuckerton Library welcomes the community to its annual open house at 7 p.m. on April 13.
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Arts & Entertainment••March 23, 2022
Island Native Halley Feaster Pens Cello Position Handbook
Halley Feaster is a Berklee-educated contemporary and classical acoustic and electric cellist whose parents owned Island Audio Video for nearly 50 years. In 2018 she and her husband, Michael…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 23, 2022
Mala Making Is Mindful Art, Meditation for Yogi
Is it possible to heal the world with jewelry, made of naturally sourced stones and crystals, artfully arranged and strung? If so, Dana Gan, a.k.a. The Meaningful Mala, is on a mission to try, “one…
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Opinion•March 23, 2022
Making a Difference
After our first full year of operation, Sea Change Recovery Community Organization wants to thank The SandPaper staff and all of our local supporters. We faithfully served over 1,200 individuals and…
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Columns••March 23, 2022
Teaching a Goldfish Driving Skills, Bringing in a GE Billion Mosquitoes
In my lifelong pursuit of the weird, very few finds are weird to high heavens. Such is the case with a news story out of Israel that might qualify it as biblically weird.
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News••March 23, 2022
Death Café Explores Existential Ideas
Everyone dies. It’s a simple truth that turns some folks philosophical and makes others squirm.
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Opinion•March 23, 2022
Divine Help
I hope you remember that spring is here. Whoever said, “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”
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News••March 23, 2022
New Jersey Earmarks Funding to Study Impact of Offshore Wind Development
Two state agencies charged with overseeing the development of offshore wind power announced earlier this month funding for study proposals that will provide enhanced scientific data on the impact of…
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Sports••March 23, 2022
Like Every Other Year, Southern Regional Has Its Eyes on a State Title Run
The word “rebuilding” hasn’t been part of Eric Maxwell’s vocabulary in at least a dozen years. It’s just a fact – the Southern Regional boys volleyball program just doesn’t use the word.
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News••March 23, 2022
Autism Resources Fair Kicks Off April 2
The Ocean County Library’s most extensive Autism Resources Fair in its five-year history, with in-person and virtual programs for education, enrichment and entertainment, begins Saturday, April 2 and…
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Opinion••March 23, 2022
Daylight Forever!
I hate the darkness. The only good reason for the darkness of night is that it eventually gives us beautiful sunrises and sunsets and those blazing ice cream skies.
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News••March 23, 2022
Pinelands Regional School District Introduces 2022-23 Budget
The residents of Bass River Township will see, for the first time in many years, a significant reduction in their taxes that support the Pinelands Regional School District.
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News••March 23, 2022
Innovative Data Analytics Improve Access to State’s Recreational Trails
The state Department of Environmental Protection, in partnership with the Trails Task Force of the New Jersey Geospatial Forum, has released the first phase of a statewide inventory of public trails.…
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News••March 23, 2022
Ocean County College Named a Gold-Level ‘Military-Friendly School’
Each year, the service-disabled, veteran-owned small business VIQTORY releases a “Military Friendly Schools” list, and for 2022-2023, Ocean County College has earned a gold-level ranking – a…
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News••March 23, 2022
Harvey Cedars to Spend $5.3 Million in 2022
The Harvey Cedars Borough Commission last week introduced a municipal budget of $5,328,182, an increase of approximately $120,000 over last year’s spending plan.
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News••March 23, 2022
Special Harvey Cedars Land Use Board Committee in the Works
The Harvey Cedars Borough Commission has introduced an ordinance to establish a three-person site plan exemption committee for businesses wanting to do a minor change of use or adding a temporary use…
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News••March 23, 2022
New Guidebook Helps Municipalities Prepare for More Electric Vehicles
In an effort to reduce emissions, New Jersey is implementing strategies to add more electric vehicles and EV infrastructure throughout the state. A new guidebook, released earlier this month, will…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 23, 2022
‘Below Deck’ Captain Sandy Comes to Ocean County College April 11
On April 11, the Ocean County College Foundation’s Blauvelt Speaker Series will welcome Sandra Yawn, know as Captain Sandy, from Bravo’s Emmy Award-winning television show “Below Deck.” The…
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News••March 23, 2022
Barnegat Gets a Sprucing Up on April 9
The Barnegat Adopt-a-Street program will hold a spring cleanup Saturday, April 9 beginning at 10:30 a.m. Volunteers will meet outside the Lillian M. Dunfee Elementary School to receive directions and…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 23, 2022
Registration Open for NJ Audubon’s World Series of Birding
From midnight to midnight May 14 to May 15, birders will be tasked with looking and listening for as many species as possible as part of New Jersey Audubon’s 39th World Series of Birding. As the…
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News••March 23, 2022
Kids in STYLE at the LBI Grade School
When Janelle Gosline was a student at Southern Regional High School, she had a hard time trying to find her niche. She tried sports teams and the theater group, but neither seemed to be a good fit.
