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Opinion•September 30, 2020
Consolidation Overdue
Kudos to Gov. Murphy for seriously considering consolidating small school districts, such as all those on Long Beach Island and nearby districts. This is long overdue. This will save money and…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 30, 2020
Art Notes September 30
Studio Reopens: Pine Shores Art Association is pleased to announce a limited reopening of its Manahawkin studio, following an extended forced closure due to statewide COVID-19 precautions. The…
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News••September 30, 2020
Former Vetwork Employees Charged With Theft
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on Sept. 24, three former employees of a nonprofit organization that provides resources and assistance to area veterans have been charged…
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News••September 30, 2020
Ocean County College Foundation Expands Student Scholarship Program
The Ocean County College Foundation has expanded its scholarship support this fall to include more than 100 students in OCC’s fall inter-term programs. This is the first time students in the Fall…
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Business••September 30, 2020
Nick’s Jewelry and Thrift Store Opens in Little Egg Harbor
Patrons of the Manahawkin Mart flea market will be pleased to know jeweler Nick Reno is back in business and is the owner of Nick’s Jewelry and Thrift Store, at 112 Giffordtown Rd. in Little Egg…
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Business••September 30, 2020
A Year After E-Bikes Became Legal in New Jersey, They’re Picking Up Speed Locally
In May 2019, Gov. Murphy signed a bill legalizing ….
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News••September 30, 2020
Call County Board of Elections With Mail-In Ballot Questions
The SandPaper’s managing editor has been flooded with phone calls and emails from people asking questions about vote-by-mail ballots in the past couple of weeks. But that flood looks like a mere…
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Sports••September 30, 2020
Barnegat Seniors Pursue Breakthrough Season in Girls Soccer
Most of the Barnegat High School sports teams set to compete this fall are experiencing rebuilding seasons. The exception is the Bengals’ girls soccer squad.
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Sports••September 30, 2020
Pinelands Field Hockey Squad Expects Big Things Despite Shortened Season
During what is going to be an odd season – given the circumstances and its brevity – most of the Pinelands Regional fall sports squads will be looking to build on whatever they developed last year.…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 30, 2020
Manahawkin Elks Lodge Hosts Annual Pig Roast Oct. 3
It’s more than a month later than usual, but Manahawkin Elks Lodge 2340 is hosting an event that whets appetites and has a lower entry fee for adults this year.
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News••September 30, 2020
Ciccone Chairs Stockton Board
Stockton alumnus Raymond R. Ciccone of Surf City was named chair of the Stockton University Board of Trustees at the Sept. 23 meeting, held via Zoom.
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Sports••September 30, 2020
Southern Regional Teams Ready to Win During Short Seasons
When the Southern Regional football team began its summer recess workouts in July, Jaiden Brown and Steve Langton agreed this season would be a little weird. A reduced schedule with teams the Rams…
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News••September 29, 2020
Stafford School District Reports First Positive COVID-19
The Stafford Township School District reported its first positive case of COVID-19 on Friday, Sept. 25, said Superintendent George Chidiac.
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News••September 29, 2020
Skill, Luck, Hoagies: Support Eagleswood Volunteer Fire Co.
Brush up on those cornhole (a.k.a. bean bag toss) skills and come play at Calloways on Route 9 this Saturday in support of the Eagleswood Volunteer Fire Co. The firehouse needs a new roof, and…
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News••September 29, 2020
Expect Night Detours at Ninth Street in Ship Bottom
Prepare to stop, be rerouted, and wait. Traffic changes are coming next week to the entrance of Long Beach Island as Ship Bottom begins infrastructure work on Ninth Street between the Causeway and…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 28, 2020
Businesses Go to Bat for Beach Haven Firefighters
Although the pandemic has resulted in the Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co. canceling its traditional block party on Chowderfest Weekend, a group of businesses are banding together to hold a fundraiser…
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News••September 28, 2020
Chowderfeasting for Final Week of ChowderMonth
Thousands have participated in the month-long pivot of the iconic Chowderfest, and in the final stretch this week, the race to taste is heating up.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 28, 2020
Sea Glass Takes Center Stage at Things A-Drift
The mayor and council of Ship Bottom recently proclaimed Oct. 3 to be International Sea Glass Day. That works in line with Things A-Drift in the borough, which will kick off a celebration of…
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News••September 28, 2020
Tuckerton Mystery Lady: Ghost in the Window
This is a rather mild ghost story – no screeching or howling at night, no rattling of chains or teacups – but the new owner of 162 East Main St. in Tuckerton, Elliot Garcia, thinks he may have…
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News••September 27, 2020
Ethel A. Jacobsen Garden Gets Blue Ribbon Recognition
More than 500 contestants from throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware submitted their gardens to the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society as part of the group’s 2020 online competition. Of…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 25, 2020
Beach Haven Saturday Concert Should Be Walk in the Park for Rave-Ons
The popular locally-based band the Rave-Ons will return to Surflight Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m.
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News••September 24, 2020
Workers Medevaced After House Collapse in Brant Beach
Two men were airlifted from the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School field in Ship Bottom the morning of Sept. 24 after the top floor and deck collapsed on the Brant Beach home where they were…
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News••September 24, 2020
Judge’s Ruling on Use Variance Approval for Former CVS Site Expected This Year
A decision on whether the Ship Bottom Land Use Review Board should have granted a use variance for the shuttered CVS Pharmacy in April 2019, when the application for a family-style entertainment…
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News••September 24, 2020
Volunteers Give Mordecai Island a Sprucing Up
On Sept. 13, the Mordecai Land Trust in Beach Haven held a cleanup on Mordecai Island with a team of 33 volunteers of all ages, including five volunteers from ReClam the Bay and five boat captains.
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Columns••September 24, 2020
Time to Go Archaic With Hurricane Names; Mullet on Long Trip Home
It’s now Greek to everyone, speaking of the beyond-bizarre alphabetic twist 2020 has applied to even the Atlantic hurricane season. Never have there been so many named tropical cyclones arising so…
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News••September 24, 2020
NJ Forest Fire Service Busier This Year With Western Wildfires
A series of ominously hazy sunsets last week gave New Jersey residents another indication of how dire the West Coast wildfires are. For six weeks and counting, members of the New Jersey Forest Fire…
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Columns••September 24, 2020
Lure of the Tropics, Weeks of Waves and Other Ramblings
By the time The SandPaper hits the big yellow boxes, we’re going to know if it’s boom or bust. But as I’m writing this, I don’t. And it’s either been a boom of historic surf proportions or a bust…
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News••September 24, 2020
Call to Action: Barnegat Light First Aid Squad Seeks Volunteers
COVID-19 has forced a combination of pressures further into a sensitive balance of dependence on active volunteers in the Barnegat Light First Aid Squad. After managing a suddenly hectic spring and…
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News••September 24, 2020
Barnegat Police Get ‘Thank-You’ Gift Bags
Members of the Barnegat Police Department got quite a surprise Sept. 21 in the form of “thank-you” gift bags from residents of the Horizons at Barnegat community.
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News••September 24, 2020
Stafford Seeking Remedies for High-Risk Intersection
Stafford Township’s most dangerous intersection, at Route 72 and Barnacle Drive near the entrance of the Health Village medical office building, was the site of another accident on the morning of…
