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News••May 5, 2021
Beach Haven Signs Off on Borough Budget
At last week’s agenda meeting, the Beach Haven Borough Council adopted a 2021-22 municipal budget of $13,299,608, approximately $129,000 higher than last year.
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News••May 5, 2021
Pinelands High School Beautification Project Will Cover Just About Every Wall
Pinelands Regional High School has launched a beautification project.
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Opinion•May 5, 2021
Big Thank You
As everyone remembers, Friday, April 30, was a very windy day. That night, after dinner, as Mom (who turned 100 on March 15 and is now on oxygen) and I were watching TV, we noticed the lights were…
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Business••May 5, 2021
Limits Ease on Restaurants, Stores, But Distancing Rules Remain
Indoor capacity limits at restaurants and stores are dropped as of May 19, and patrons can sidle up to the bar again starting May 7, but a 6-foot distance between groups is still the rule, along with…
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News••May 5, 2021
Jiffy Lube, Popeyes Given the Green Light in Stafford Township
As the earth begins to move and construction is expected to begin soon at the site of the incoming Chick-fil-A and Panera Bread on Route 72 in Stafford Township, the town’s planning board approved…
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News••May 5, 2021
Barnegat Schools Forming Advisory Group
The Barnegat Township School District is looking to create a citizens advisory committee to work with the administration and board of education members to provide feedback, ideas and guidance.
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News••May 5, 2021
Jason Hazelton Prepares to Move Into New Role
Stafford Township Recreation Assistant Director Jason Hazelton has been promoted to the position of director, which he will assume upon the retirement of longtime Recreation Director Betti Anne McVey.
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Opinion••May 5, 2021
Mother Seemed to Know Best With the Following Aphorisms
• Always wear clean underwear in case you are in an accident and have to go to the hospital. Thanks, Mom. When I did have an accident, I was glad to be alive and had no thoughts of what I was wearing.
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Sports••May 5, 2021
Southern Regional Boys Volleyball Team Wins 10 Matches to Start Season
Two weeks into the spring sports season, plenty of Southern Ocean County teams remain undefeated. But one particular spurt is among the most impressive so far this season – the Southern Regional High…
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Columns••May 5, 2021
National Woman’s Party Moves On
February 1921 marked a historic crossroads for the National Woman’s Party and feminism in general. For the past eight years, the party, led by its president Alice Paul of Burlington County, had been…
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Opinion•May 5, 2021
Patients Overlooked
Now that adult-use marijuana is legal in New Jersey, towns, many in our area, seem to be springing into action restricting sales and production within their jurisdiction. What I am concerned about in…
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News••May 5, 2021
LBI Grade School Focal Point of Zoning Ordinance Showdown
The Ship Bottom Borough Council unanimously adopted an amended zoning ordinance April 27 that defines the intent and purpose of the public district designation, despite the effort of special legal…
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News••May 5, 2021
Regulating Cannabis Considered for Beach Haven Agenda
The Beach Haven Borough Council is looking next month to introduce an ordinance regulating cannabis operations in the borough.
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Arts & Entertainment••May 5, 2021
Learn How to Bring Bees and Beneficial Bugs to the Yard in May 11 Webinar
In partnership with the Barnegat Bay Partnership and Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Ocean County, the Ocean County Soil Conservation District’s free webinar series – “What’s Bugging Your…
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Opinion•May 5, 2021
Local Wind Concerns
The letter “Go Slow with Wind” (3/31) makes several good points. In particular, residents of LBI were never asked if we wanted a wind farm off our coast. The development of wind farms as a renewable…
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Opinion•May 5, 2021
Why the Tax Increase?
The following was addressed to Sherry Mason, Beach Haven municipal clerk/borough administrator.
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News••May 5, 2021
Beach Haven First Aid Squad, Fire Co. Ordinances Delayed Again
Ordinances that would put Beach Haven in charge of conducting background checks for both the Beach Haven First Aid Squad and the volunteer fire company have been tabled again by the borough council.
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Arts & Entertainment••May 5, 2021
Pinelands Preservation Alliance Executive Director Visits May 8 Science Saturday
Ramble onto Zoom on May 8 for an educational Science Saturday talk focused on “how Pinelands conservation laws work, how well they are working and how people are using a variety of strategies and…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 5, 2021
Planters for Mom Support Surf City Fire, EMS
If April showers bring May flowers, what do May showers, predicated for most of this week, bring? A flowering plant fundraiser hosted by the Women’s Auxiliary of the Surf City Volunteer Fire Co. and…
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Opinion••May 5, 2021
Special Gift Adds to Joy of Giving on Mother’s Day
On our coffee table sits a pyramid of connected four clear, solid glass balls 5 inches high. When the sun hits them through a window, the glass balls burst into a rainbow of colors. As long as I can…
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News••May 5, 2021
Tuckerton Tries for Special Dredging Assessment Again
Tuckerton borough has sent letters to the 412 property owners on the east side of South Green Street in Tuckerton Beach, asking them to vote yea or nay on whether they would be willing to take on a…
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News••May 5, 2021
Barnegat Students Show Their Patriotism
Students at Robert L. Horbelt Elementary School, Russell O. Brackman Middle School and Barnegat High School were honored recently by members of the Barnegat VFW Post 10092 for winning the annual…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 5, 2021
Meet the ‘Ash Princess’ Virtually May 13
The Ocean County Library invites fans of the best-selling “Ash Princess” series to join a virtual chat with its creator, Laura Sebastian, on Thursday, May 13, at 6 p.m.
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News••May 5, 2021
Beach Badge Checker Jobs Available in BH
Beach Haven borough has applications available for beach badge checkers and checker supervisors to work this summer. Mary Clare Bunce, deputy borough manager/clerk, said checkers can start as a young…
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News••May 5, 2021
Ocean County College Employee Named a Veteran Champion of the Year in Higher Education
Ryan Luurtsema, assistant director of Ocean County College’s Veteran and Military Resource Center, has been designated a 2021 Veteran Champion of the Year in Higher Education by VIQTORY, which…
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Sports••May 5, 2021
Southern Regional Boys Golf on a Roll With Four Straight Wins
During the first 11 days of the golf season, the Southern Regional boys weren’t putting up great scores. On April 20 when they lost to Pinelands, the Rams scored a 205 to culminate a stretch during…
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Columns••May 4, 2021
Arctic Lightning Not a Flash in the Pan; A Crash Course in Driving Killer Route 539
As our season of thunderboomers gets ready to rumble, there are dedicated bolt counters out there, geared to tabulate the exact number of air-to-ground electrical discharges across the nation and…
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Business••May 4, 2021
Restaurants, Bars Can Apply to Recoup Pandemic-Related Money Loss
How many restaurants will apply for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s just-launched $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund? “More than we can count,” predicted Al Titone, district…
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Arts & Entertainment••May 3, 2021
Tuckerton Seaport Offering Mother’s Day Weekend Boat Tours
Victoria Ford wrote a long and sprightly article for the April 28 issue of The SandPaper that gave folks plenty of ideas for how to honor and entertain moms this coming Mother’s Day weekend.
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News••May 3, 2021
New LBI COVID Cases on Decline
After administering 4,082 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, the Long Beach Island Health Department is reporting a trend down in activity related to the coronavirus, health officials said late last month.
