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Arts & Entertainment••July 29, 2021
This Week in Music: Old, New, Tried, True
This week in music history is a mixed bag, featuring some high highs and low lows in rock music. Up for review are a few somber anniversaries and other anniversaries with brighter implications. Most…
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Opinion•July 29, 2021
Outlook Rings True
Kudos to Katie Thrussell (“Teens Support Wind,” 7/21), who so eloquently expressed her thoughts on the proposed wind project, which has been “debated” in The SandPaper for the past several months.…
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Opinion•July 28, 2021
Place to Go
If you haven’t been to Compassion Café, you are missing out. The food and coffee are delicious and the smiles are bountiful. Compassion Café is a nonprofit breakfast café that provides paid…
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Opinion•July 28, 2021
Best Dog Park
On behalf of the many dozens of dog owners who enjoy the Barnegat Light Dog Park every day, we want to thank Barnegat Light Mayor Kirk Larson and all of the members of the Barnegat Light Borough…
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News••July 28, 2021
Commerce on the Beach Rule Under Review
For most small businesses, 2020 was a year of reinvention, of finding innovative ways to engage with consumers – regulars and newcomers – amid pandemic restrictions. Many business owners looked to…
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News••July 28, 2021
Offshore Wind Fight Shifts to New York Bight as Scallop Industry Calls for Changes
Saying the proposed offshore wind lease areas in the New York Bight need to be reconsidered to reduce the impact to scallops and scallop fishermen, industry advocates and scallop fishermen called for…
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News••July 28, 2021
Beach Haven West Lagoon Study Shows Dredging Could Remove 800,000 Cubic Yards
The Mill Creek Park pavilion overflowed on Tuesday, July 20, with residents interested in hearing the results of the 2020 Beach Haven West lagoon study as presented by Stafford Township Mayor Greg…
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Opinion••July 28, 2021
Like Wind Project, Critiques Flawed
As a new but fast-growing organization seeking only to preserve the natural beauty of our seascape from the sight of offshore wind turbines, the LBI Coalition for Wind Without Impact was very…
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Opinion•July 28, 2021
Ignorant Practice
I was visiting a friend’s home in Loveladies recently. It is located bayfront on a lagoon near the Foundation. A home two doors away was having a new dock and deck installed by a local contractor.…
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News••July 28, 2021
Martin and Bonicky Selected to Join Pinelands Regional Board of Education
The Pinelands Regional Board of Education selected two new members at its July meeting.
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Opinion•July 28, 2021
What Hysteria?
I was truly dismayed at the rhetoric displayed in the recent SandPaper Feedback essay “Lost Tourism Claims – Hysteria, Not Fact.” As we have seen all too often in recent years, when you don’t have…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 28, 2021
Tweetspot
@SeanCavanaugh01 (July 26) Long Beach Island/Beach Haven fireworks are amazing! My family and I have gone to LBI each year for the 4th of July except for last year due to COVID. It was great to be…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 28, 2021
U.S. Voter Suppression Was Once Order of the Day
History Professor Richard Trimble gave participants to his lecture “Contentious Elections in American History” an election experience circa 1868, when the idea of “one man, one vote” was sorely…
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Opinion•July 28, 2021
Stay on Shoulder
Every day numerous cyclists, joggers and walkers use part of the car lane or are right on the line between the car lane and the shoulder area on the Boulevard in Harvey Cedars. Why create a safety…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 28, 2021
Tuckerton Seaport Offers Free Online ‘Summer Camp’ for Kids
Remember when summer seemed to last forever? When you’re a youngster some days seem to drag and parents wonder what to do with a bored kid. Well, the Tuckerton Seaport has the answer in its free…
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Opinion•July 28, 2021
Ridiculous Ordinance
I am writing regarding the Long Beach Township ordinance that fines homeowners for a garbage lid being found off the garbage can.
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Arts & Entertainment••July 28, 2021
Sneak Attack
STYLE: Covers of hits from all genres and eras – rock, rap, funk, country and pop, pre-’70s through today – in an upbeat, rock-meets-pop, dance-ready style.
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Arts & Entertainment••July 28, 2021
Screaming Broccolli
STYLE: Authentic covers ranging from classic rock and ’80s/’90s favorites to today’s biggest and best Top 40 hits.
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News••July 28, 2021
Series of Thunderstorms Batter Region
Wednesday, July 21 was a wet one as a series of heavy thunderstorms drenched the Southern Ocean County area. Michael Silva, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Mount Holly said Stafford…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 28, 2021
Surf City Girl Creates Tokens of Kindness During COVID
A future art teacher or graphic designer, or maybe both, Grace Delfino has put her own spin on Dolly Parton’s advice that “if you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.” And yes, it has…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 28, 2021
Eleven Eleven: New Look, Same High Energy
Fans of the band eleven eleven who have not seen them for some time will notice different players when they take the stage in Ship Bottom next month.
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Sports••July 28, 2021
Marlin Invitational Has a Whole New Look for 2021
The Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna Club has added new features to its 52nd White Marlin Invitational Tournament in an attempt to revive what was once a very popular event. This year the tournament runs…
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News••July 28, 2021
Tuckerton Elementary Hires New Teachers
The Tuckerton Elementary Board of Education meeting on July 26 welcomed two new teachers to the school: Kristen Zafonte to teach preschool and Hayley Oliver to teach fifth grade. This is Zafonte’s…
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News••July 28, 2021
Drug Raid Yields Huge Amount of Pain Medication
A Barnegat Township couple were arrested last week following a raid at their home that resulted in the seizure of more than 40,000 pain medication pills.
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News••July 28, 2021
9th District Delegation to Vote Against Dog Leashing and Fencing Bill
Sen. Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove of the 9th Legislative District are voicing their opposition to Bill A-2401, the “Responsible Dog Ownership…
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News••July 28, 2021
Genetic Testing Solves a Family’s Medical Mystery
When Caren Leib was a young child growing up in Union County, her family knew something was not quite right. She had physical and intellectual developmental disabilities along with seizures. Her…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 28, 2021
Long Beach Township Field Station Seeks Terrapin Hatchery Volunteers
Earlier this summer, the Long Beach Township Marine Education Field Station, on West Osborn Avenue in Holgate, officially opened its doors, and the bayfront facility has since offered a number of…
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News••July 28, 2021
Green Drinks Gathers Again on Aug. 3
Environmentally minded people are welcome to stop by for refreshments and conversation on Tuesday, Aug. 3 at the Mainland Holiday Inn in Manahawkin from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The meeting is sponsored by…
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Columns••July 28, 2021
Salvage Not Such a Boon
On May 8,1897, the three-masted ship Francis, out of San Francisco and bound for New York City, caught fire and was beached south of Beach Haven. The nation was in the throes of the worst depression…
