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Opinion••February 4, 2021
In Search of Unity, Complete This Questionnaire
Greetings from the dreary depths of winter, when the Island turns into a ghost town. Oh wait! That’s not happening this year, is it? You know what else isn’t happening this winter? A return to any…
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News••February 4, 2021
Crash on Radio Road Results in Aggravated Assault by Auto Charge
Michael Pillarella, 26, of Manahawkin was arrested Feb. 1 and charged with two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of assault by auto relative to a crash in Little Egg Harbor Township that…
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News••February 3, 2021
Ocean County College Freezing Tuition and Fees for 2022
Tuition and fees for Ocean County College will not increase next year, making the institution the first community college in New Jersey to announce such a decision. Tuition will remain at $175 per…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 3, 2021
LBIF Offers Online Science Saturday-Themed Coloring Pages for Kids
Last March, as the coronavirus pandemic begat remote school and social distancing, the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences released coloring and activity pages on its website…
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Business••February 3, 2021
Rebounding Events Past COVID Is Topic
The title “Rebounding the Events: Moving Past COVID-19” states the need that will be addressed in the Winter Business & Nonprofit Forum, sponsored by the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce and…
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Opinion•February 3, 2021
Love From LBI
I am a lucky lady! At my advanced age I now have a “pen pal.” Her name is Charlotte Rose. She is my 6-year-old great-grandchild who just started first grade and is excited about learning to write.…
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News••February 3, 2021
NJ Senate Republicans Call Attention to Nursing Home Deaths
On Jan. 26, the 15 members of the N.J. Senate Republican caucus again called, in an open letter, for Senate President Sweeney to form a bipartisan investigative committee with subpoena power to…
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News••February 3, 2021
Tuckerton Fugitive Captured in Atlantic City
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer has announced that Donald Rutter, 61, of Tuckerton, a fugitive from justice who was charged on Jan. 6 with the attempted murder of Thomas Jarvis, 55, of…
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News••February 3, 2021
Tuckerton Seaport’s Year-End Review
The Tuckerton Seaport, the re-created maritime village on 40 acres along Tuckerton Creek in Tuckerton, has had its share of setbacks in the 20 years of its existence. In an e-blast letter to the…
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News••February 3, 2021
Busy Tuckerton Police Receive Thanks
The Tuckerton police received two compliments during the Feb. 1 municipal meeting. Councilman Ron Peterson said the police handled a situation where a vagrant was breaking into homes in Tuckerton…
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News••February 3, 2021
Guilty Plea in Vehicular Homicide Announced
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on Jan. 27, Jeydon Lowe, 24, of Barnegat pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide before Superior Court Judge Linda G. Baxter.
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Arts & Entertainment••February 3, 2021
OC Library Planning SnapShot Program
What’s your fondest Ocean County Library recollection of 2020? Share your stories, thoughts and photos throughout February, as libraries statewide observe SnapShot Day.
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Arts & Entertainment••February 3, 2021
Art Notes Feb. 3
Continuing Education: The Pine Shores Art Association’s “Students Art Show” is now online. See dozens of paintings by this dedicated group of artists who support each other with friendship…
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Opinion••February 3, 2021
History Lesson?
Over the weekend, my friend and his family went skiing in Utah. While visiting a diner in town they picked up the local version of The SandPaper. Inside was a letter to the editor about a coming…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 3, 2021
Stockton Art Exhibit on Racial Injustice
Black and white and shades of gray. In the Stockton University art gallery, the 47 small paintings by Casey Rubel and the large photographs by Wendel White of “Schools for the Colored” give the…
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News••February 3, 2021
Third Phase of Walters Project on Hold Until Water Tower, Park Issue Resolved
It’s unusual to see many Stafford Township residents flood the council chamber inside the municipal complex for a planning board meeting, and on Jan. 27 they, of course, had to be separated into two…
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Business••February 3, 2021
Mi Pueblito Offers Authentic Mexican Cuisine
The cheerful interior of Mi Pueblito in Eagleswood Township is decorated for Valentine’s Day. As the sun streams in the windows from Route 9, the small café is filled with laughter as chef Jeronimo…
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News••February 3, 2021
Hotel Owners Request DEP Hearing Over CAFRA Violations
The owners of Hotel LBI submitted an adjudicatory hearing request stemming from a $1.49 million fine for continued non-compliance of the Coastal Area Facilities Review Act at the site of the luxury…
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News••February 3, 2021
Prosecutor’s Office Announces ‘First Step’ in Program for Substance Abusers
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer has announced a new program to combat substance use disorder in Ocean County.
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Columns••February 3, 2021
More Scientists Chime In
There had been articles in the press since the early 20th century that Earth was cooling and a new ice age was a possibility. In March 1970 as a nation prepared for the first Earth Day, evidence was…
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Opinion••February 3, 2021
Evidence Shows Wind Farms Will Not Affect Shore Tourism
Offshore wind development is inevitable for the Atlantic Seaboard. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has begun the process to select from a competitive field of submissions for offshore wind…
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Sports••February 3, 2021
Pinelands Regional Bowling Teams Go Perfect to Start Season Atop Division
Sure, last week marked the opening week of the high school bowling season and the Pinelands Regional boys and girls only had two matches, but at the end of the week the Wildcats were in a position…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 3, 2021
Feb. 6 Science Saturday Looks at ‘Coastal Resilience Puzzle’
Vanessa Dornisch, coastal training program coordinator for the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, will be at the helm of the Feb. 6 virtual Science Saturday lecture, presented by…
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Columns••February 2, 2021
Offering a Farewell to Germy Handshakes; Hoping Our Spring Bear Made the Right Moves
Let’s bid a fond farewell to the handshake, which has bowed out, giving way to the bumping of knuckles, the new proverbial fist bump. And handshakes may very well never return, especially after…
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Arts & Entertainment••February 1, 2021
Enjoy Two Thought-Provoking Cinematic Experiences This Month With Lighthouse International Film Society
In February, the Lighthouse International Film Society presents the first two virtual films screenings of 2021, “Two of Us” and “Horse Latitudes.”
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News••January 31, 2021
Love of LBI Drives ‘American Chopper’ Alum’s Interest in Building Island Business
Family and community. Those are the words the eventual new tenants of the old bagel shop on the northeast corner of 18th Street and the Boulevard in Ship Bottom talked about when they made an…
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Opinion••January 30, 2021
Use It or Lose It: Please Shop Local on Changing LBI
As anyone who lives, works or visits Long Beach Island certainly knows, the Island is changing right in front of our eyes. It’s been said that change is inevitable – it’s just a part of life. And…
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News••January 30, 2021
Longtime Surf City GOP Chair Makes Bid for County Commissioner Seat
After more than three decades of active involvement behind the political scene, Lisa Hodgson Henson is throwing her hat into the ring for the Ocean County Board of Commissioners seat being vacated…
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Opinion•January 29, 2021
New Developments
In keeping with the idea of monitoring new developments in Barnegat:
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Business••January 29, 2021
Amish Farm Market Opens in Barnegat
Barnegat Township now has an Amish connection through a farm market that debuted this month.
