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Opinion•October 6, 2021
Ice Age Doubts
In a Sept. 15 letter (“Study’s Shortcomings”) with regards to a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection climate effects study, the writer seems to be all in with the idea that man’s…
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Columns••October 6, 2021
Still Fighting for the Lighthouse
It’s said you can’t fight City Hall or mess with Mother Nature. But that is exactly what a band of citizens forever remembered as “the Friends of Barnegat Light” spent 1921 doing.
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News••October 6, 2021
LBI Health Department Holds Clinics for COVID Vaccine, Boosters, Flu Shots
The Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines are still available from the Long Beach Island Health Department, as are Pfizer boosters and Moderna third doses for those currently…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 6, 2021
Art Notes October 6
Winners Announced: The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies holds its annual “Plein Air/Plein Air Plus” exhibit through Oct. 31. The juror is Kathleen Foster, senior…
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Opinion••October 6, 2021
Finding Splendor in Raindrops and a Metaphor for Life Too
A recent morning walk, normally unexciting and uneventful except for infrequent and brief encounters with rabbits, voles and deer, turned wonderfully engaging. Mother Nature had been silently working…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 6, 2021
Harvey Cedars Taxpayers Go Dune Grass Planting Oct. 9
The Harvey Cedars Taxpayers Association is inviting the community to a town-wide dune grass planting event on Saturday, Oct. 9. Volunteers will assemble at 9 a.m. at the public works building near…
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Sports••October 6, 2021
One Conversation Altered Direction of Athletic Career for Barnegat’s Moreno
Patria Moreno’s plan heading into middle school was to be a basketball player. That plan was altered when she met Robbieann Erskine in sixth-grade science class inside the Russell O. Brackman Middle…
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News••October 6, 2021
Interior Department Announces Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Environmental Review
The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will conduct a review of the draft environmental impact statements for Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind LLC ’s two proposed wind-energy projects off the…
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News••October 6, 2021
Invasive Plant Ordinance Adopted in Beach Haven
An ordinance intended to crack down on invasive plants in Beach Haven was adopted at Sept. 30 borough council agenda meeting Aug. 30. The ordinance, which was part of a new chapter in the borough’s…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 6, 2021
LBT Field Station October Events Feature Pumpkins, Stripers and Great Storms
October is here, and the upcoming events at the Long Beach Township Marine Education Field Station in Holgate epitomize the Island in autumn. Learn about striped bass conservation, hear a…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 6, 2021
‘Assisted Living: The Musical’ on Grunin Center Stage Oct. 16
See how the older half lives! The hilarious “Assisted Living: The Musical” is on the main stage at the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16.
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News••October 6, 2021
Public Input Sought on New Jersey Port Access Study
The U.S. Coast Guard is seeking public comment on its proposed routing measures and overall development of its report on New Jersey’s port access routes, including offshore approaches to the Delaware…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 6, 2021
Vendors Sought for Queen City Fall Fest
The Beach Haven Chamber of Commerce is seeking vendors for a Queen City Fall Fest on Sunday, Oct. 24, from noon to 4 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park. Admission is free.
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News••October 6, 2021
Little Egg Harbor’s $4 Million Community Disaster Loan ’Forgiven’
Outstanding balances of community disaster loans made to New Jersey municipalities following Superstorm Sandy have been forgiven in the spending bill the House of Representatives passed on Tuesday…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 6, 2021
Cloverdale Park Announces October Programs
Ocean County Commissioner Virginia E. Haines has announced the Ocean County Department of Parks and Recreation will be conducting numerous programs in October at Cloverdale Farm County Park, located…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 6, 2021
Sea Change: Addiction Recovery Group Offers Free Resources, Events
Sea Change Recovery Community Organization offers a variety of free resources and events to people who are in recovery from addiction or are recovery-adjacent, as a source of support, education and…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 5, 2021
Resilient LBI Community Workshops Oct. 12, 13, 15
Teams of planners, engineers, mappers and engagement specialists are working with the communities in four coastal areas of New Jersey – including here on Long Beach Island – to better understand and…
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News••October 4, 2021
Ocean County’s New COVID-19 Cases Count Drops
There’s finally good news on the COVID-19 front in Ocean County.
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News••October 4, 2021
Surfer, Officer Rescue Swimmers in Distress in Haven Beach
Mid-afternoon on Saturday, Oct. 2, the Long Beach Township Police Department received a report of two swimmers in distress off 118th Street in Haven Beach. According to an eyewitness, at least one of…
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Opinion••October 2, 2021
Riding High on a Lifetime’s Waves of Strength
“Local Summer” is here with beautiful weather, warm water and waves – a gift of nature we enjoy each year. It doesn’t get any better than September into October on LBI. As a lifelong surfer on LBI, I…
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Columns••October 2, 2021
Strange Beauty of Early Fall, Surf Rams Shredding, Swells Past and Future
There’s something that has always been funny about surfing in the early fall, particularly when you get back to your car on a bright, warm mid-morning and there are all these clothes rumpled up.
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Sports••October 2, 2021
Pinelands’ Quigley-Sanborn Has Grown to Love the Role of Set-Up Girl
Walk into the Pinelands Regional High School gymnasium during a varsity girls volleyball match and listen carefully to the chatter among the Wildcats. Chances are you will hear Molly Quigley-Sanborn…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 1, 2021
LBI Loves Matt Adams
COMMUNITY RESPONSE: Matt Adams (center), a junior Surf City firefighter who returned home earlier this month after suffering a spinal injury in June, was joined at the Mutual Aid for Matt by his…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 1, 2021
Big Wheels Keep on Turning
AREA FIRST RESPONDERS CELEBRATED:Emergency services personal and equipment were on hand Sept. 24 at Fantasy Island Amusement Park in Beach Haven for the Third Annual Touch a Truck event. The New…
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News••October 1, 2021
Surf City Centenarian Celebrates 101 With Advice From Yesteryear
“It all began in Paterson. Sept. 6, 1920,” mused an introspective Viola E. Hatab (born Viola E. Vitale), just one week following her 101st birthday. She gladly shared her story with The SandPaper at…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 1, 2021
‘Travel Guy’ to Announce Chowder Winners at Bayfront Fest Oct. 3
Winners of the best chowder in three ChowderMonth categories will be announced by a celebrity travel host at the Bayfront Festival at the Taylor Avenue waterfront in Beach Haven Oct. 3.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 30, 2021
Witchy Women Get Wet, Wild
The witches paddled out in celebration of the autumnal equinox. It was a glorious Saturday morning on Sept. 25 for a group of about 20 to launch out of Sunset Park in Harvey Cedars while onlookers…
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News••September 30, 2021
Public Weighs in on New Jersey Back Bays Study
In August, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a draft report for the New Jersey Back Bays Coastal Storm Risk Management Study, which it has undertaken in partnership with the state Department…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 30, 2021
Tuckerton’s Mike Dupree Will Soon Hit the Big Screen
Tuckerton residents who see the 12th and latest installment of the “Halloween” film franchise, “Halloween Kills,” will see a familiar face toward the beginning of the movie. Mike Dupree, a lifelong…
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News••September 30, 2021
State to Restore 10,000 Acres of Atlantic White Cedar Forests, Enhancing Climate Change Resilience
As part of the Murphy administration’s strategy to achieve greater climate change resilience in New Jersey, the Department of Environmental Protection will restore 10,000 acres of globally-threatened…
