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Arts & Entertainment••August 4, 2021
Weird Science
STYLE: Reinventions of ’80s classics, aided by fun costumes, lighting, contests and crowd participation to resurrect the sounds, sights and feelings of the decade that made Madonna, the Bengals…
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News••August 4, 2021
Ocean County Now Accepting More Plastics, Paper, Metal in Curbside Recycling Bins
Paperboard and chipboard, which include cereal boxes, tissue boxes and paper towel rolls; aluminum foil and trays; and #5 plastics – think yogurt and butter containers – are among the new materials…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 4, 2021
Women’s Auxiliary Brings Back Open-Air Market at Surf City Firehouse
The Surf City Fire Co. and EMS Women’s Auxiliary is hoping to duplicate its successful flea market/bazaar/rummage sale for those who may have missed the July event. The repeat event is slated for…
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Opinion•August 4, 2021
Committee Questioned
During the public portion of the July 8 Little Egg Harbor town meeting, I referenced a letter published in the July 7 SandPaper titled “Assessments Questioned” and then asked the questions it…
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News••August 4, 2021
Long Beach Township Recognizes Members of Beach Patrol for Lifesaving Efforts
On July 9, several members of the Long Beach Township Beach Patrol responded to an unresponsive female – not breathing, no pulse – in a chair on the 117th Street beach in the township’s Haven Beach…
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Opinion•August 4, 2021
Players Thankful
I’d like to thank Long Beach Township officials for their quick and wise decision to stop the playing of pickleball on the tennis courts at the Acme. Compared to the number of pickleball courts…
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Sports••August 4, 2021
Bodnar’s Upwind Tacks in Final Race Secure Annual Optimist Regatta
When Isabella Calzadilla first arrived to set sail in the bay off Long Beach Island, she openly wondered about something and had no qualms about questioning it.
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News••August 3, 2021
Barnegat Police Investigating Car Thefts
Five motor vehicles were stolen in the early morning hours on July 31 from outside of residences in the Pheasant Run, Horizons and Heritage Point North developments, Barnegat Township police reported.
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Sports••August 3, 2021
The Wing Is the New Thing in Watersports This Season
If you’ve been even casually observing watersports on LBI for the last decade (or the last five), you’ve seen people riding boards on water. First, they rode them on waves, standing or lying down.…
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News••August 2, 2021
COVID-19 Numbers Continue Rising in Ocean County
The number of COVID-19 cases in Ocean County continues to climb.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 2, 2021
Wednesdays Are ‘Discovery Days’ at LBI Foundation
Join the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies every Wednesday in August for what organizers call “a new adventure!” LBIF’s Discovery Days begin at 10 a.m., rain or…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 2, 2021
Harvey Cedars ‘Kids Night’ Planned Aug. 3
On Tuesday, Aug. 3, the Harvey Cedars Activities Committee sponsors a “Kids Night in the Park” at Sunset Park from 6 to 8 p.m. Admission is $5 per child.
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News••August 2, 2021
Barnegat Light Bay Beach Reopens After Closures
The Barnegat Light 25th Street bay beach remained open this week with water quality levels returned to state standards. But further advanced testing will be done to try to pinpoint a source for…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 1, 2021
Seashore Open House Tour Offers Virtual Tours of Outstanding Homes
The 55th annual Seashore Open House Tour is back at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies in a new socially distanced format, featuring professional videography and…
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News••July 31, 2021
Harvey Cedars Rescue Boat Mysteriously Disappears, Then Found
A Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol rescue boat itself had to be rescued when it inexplicably ended up in the ocean.
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News••July 30, 2021
Weather Service Confirms EF2 Tornado Hit High Bar Harbor
The National Weather Service confirmed an EF2 tornado with peak winds at 115 mph hit High Bar Harbor on July 29.
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News••July 30, 2021
Tornado Leaves Trail of Destruction in High Bar Harbor
“If it was during the day, we would have seen it coming,” marveled the owner of one of 35 damaged houses in the High Bar Harbor section of Long Beach Township the morning after an EF2 tornado skipped…
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News••July 30, 2021
NJ State Oyster Shell Recycling Program Takes Cues From Long Beach Township
In honoring the Long Beach Township Oyster Shell Recycling Program with an award for leadership last year, the state Department of Environmental Protection described the initiative, which diverts…
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News••July 29, 2021
Disabled Boat Washes Up in Harvey Cedars
A 36-foot trawler-style boat grounded on the Sussex Street beach in Harvey Cedars after experiencing engine failure late Sunday night.
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News••July 29, 2021
Coast Guard Helo Ops Training a Team Effort
About 5 miles offshore of Barnegat Light in flat conditions, a Coast Guard crew of five and two visitors waited on a 47-foot motor lifeboat for the hum of rotors to break the silence of the midsummer…
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Sports••July 29, 2021
Walsh Captures Sixth Mariner National Title at Surf City Regatta
Dan Walsh knows a thing or two about winning a regatta on the bay waters near Surf City Yacht Club. The Riverton Yacht Club sailor has won there a bunch of times, after all.
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Arts & Entertainment••July 29, 2021
Sad, Storied Climb to Dancing Stardom Is ‘A Chorus Line’
It doesn’t take a Rockette scientist to know a high-kicking dance line will always enthrall an audience, so it isn’t surprising Surflight Theatre’s production of “A Chorus Line” is a hoofing…
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Columns••July 29, 2021
Bunker Washup From Up Above?; Stingrays Get Cozy With Bathers
There was recently a series of either small fish kills or small fish spills, the latter from commercial vessels. Holgate had a goodly number of DOA bunker/menhaden float in.
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Arts & Entertainment••July 29, 2021
‘Local Color’ Breathes New Life Into LBI’s Monochrome History
A satisfyingly chunky new coffee table book from Down The Shore Publishing brings to life the colorful history of a barrier island, its people and environs, from the 1870s through the 1980s. Local…
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Columns••July 29, 2021
Jetty Coquina Jam Has Grown to Serve Its Purpose and More for the Community; Surfing Makes Olympic Debut
On Sunday, I jumped in the water for a few waves right next to the Jetty Coquina Jam. As I was paddling north against that drift, I passed by two adolescent boys.
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Sports••July 29, 2021
Harvey Cedars Edges Brigantine for Donlon Memorial Tourney Crown
Don Paul Adams has jumped out of many boats during his career as a lifeguard. Very few of those times have been quite as harried as the leap he made into the Atlantic Ocean surf on July 26.
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Arts & Entertainment••July 29, 2021
Barnegat Man, Mom Go Toe to Toe With Biggy This Time
When given the information on where Week 6 of “Can You Beat Biggy?” was to be played, C.J. Reo texted back with a simple message: “Not your best choice because I’ve played at that course more than…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 29, 2021
The White Cassettes
STYLE: A high-energy medley of crowd-pleasing covers from retro to contemporary, and punchy, modern alternative rock originals.
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Business••July 29, 2021
Thanks to MJ Artistry, Conventional Makeup Need Not Be Applied
Tired of applying eyeliner? Longing for fuller-looking lips? Want brows that “pop”?
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Opinion•July 29, 2021
Attentive DPW
I would like to take the opportunity to publicly thank the Long Beach Township Department of Public Works for its attention to the dog park at the 68th Street complex.
