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Arts & Entertainment••September 2, 2020
Captain Eric Takes the Helm at Sea Shell
In an LBI summer, the music does not end with the weekend. Captain Eric Clark kept spirits high on a cloudy Monday night at the Sea Shell, in Beach Haven.
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News••September 2, 2020
No Traveling Required for Online Transportation and Wildlife Conference
Log in from home on Sept. 23, Sept. 30 and Oct. 7 to learn about road ecology as part of this year’s online Northeastern Transportation and Wildlife Conference. This year’s theme details the vision…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 2, 2020
Civil War Round Table Returns Sept. 9
Area Civil War enthusiasts are welcome to attend the next meeting of the Jersey Shore Civil War Round Table Wednesday, Sept. 9, beginning at 6 p.m., outdoors at American Legion Post 129 in Toms River…
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News••September 2, 2020
Barnegat Town Hall Project Draws 11 Interested Parties
Eleven companies have submitted bid proposals to the Barnegat Township Committee for the new municipal building project.
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••September 2, 2020
NJBIZ Honors Fantasy Island Marketing Director with 40 Under 40 Award
Fantasy Island Amusement Park’s marketing director, Jen Quinn, has been named as one of “40 Under 40” by the state’s leading business journal, NJBIZ, founded in 1987. The recognition illuminates the…
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Opinion••September 2, 2020
Beach at Night
This pathway is inviting me, a gentle breeze kisses my face. As I make my way over the dune, the fresh, salted air I can taste.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 2, 2020
WBNJ: ‘Out with the Old – In With the New’
When listening to WBNJ-FM (91.9) out of Barnegat Township this summer, people are noticing more of Chicago, James Taylor, Steely Dan, Eagles and Fleetwood Mac and less of Billie Holiday, Tony…
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Opinion•September 2, 2020
Speaking of Racism …
In her Aug. 19 Commentary, Dotty Cronan’s account of racial integration in the 1940s and ‘50s really hit home. Her experiences as a white girl embracing diversity quite matched my own as a central…
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Business••September 2, 2020
Oyster House at Home Dazzles With TV Chef
Even though restaurants have been given the go-ahead to reopen indoors at one-quarter capacity, Oyster House at Home, the catering division of The Delaware Ave. Oyster House in Beach Haven Terrace…
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Opinion•September 2, 2020
Lockdowns Work
I’d like to comment on the Aug. 19 article titled “Recent Death Rate Belies Pandemic.” According to the local doctor who oversees the LBI health department, the overall death rate in New Jersey is…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 2, 2020
David Christopher Band
STYLE: Tried-and-true covers from a vast repertoire of well over 1,000 songs – Sinatra and Presley, dance party pop, oldies and Motown, disco and funk, Beatles, country, big band and swing, Disney…
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Arts & Entertainment••September 2, 2020
Visotcky and Rulli Aim to Have Fun, Find Out Miniature Golf Can Be Serious Business
The first time Rich Visotcky played miniature golf, he was 7 years old. Sixty years later, Bill Burr’s Flamingo Golf still is the local attorney’s favorite course.
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News••September 2, 2020
Davis Seeks Re-election in Beach Haven
There will be at least two new Beach Haven Borough Council members following the Nov. 3 election as one incumbent and five newcomers filed to run by the Aug. 31 deadline.
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Columns••September 2, 2020
Will Help Be in Time?
In early September 1920, one of the great stories of the submarine service was playing out southeast of Barnegat Light.
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Arts & Entertainment••September 2, 2020
Surflight Juggles Early Fall Schedule
Beach Haven’s Surflight Theatre, like other businesses, athletic leagues, parents, schools, colleges and universities throughout the country, has been forced to constantly change its plans this year…
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News••September 1, 2020
As Summer Closes Out, NJ Opens Limited Indoor Dining
Two months after reneging on the restart of indoor dining ahead of the Fourth of July weekend, Gov. Phil Murphy announced that restaurants across the state can reopen full service indoor dining at 25…
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Opinion••September 1, 2020
Vacation Pictures on LBI Span Photo History
Someday I hope to present to my handsome grandson, Stanley Joseph Wildman, not only a scrapbook of my many columns in The SandPaper, but also a collection of photo albums containing prints of photos…
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Columns••August 31, 2020
Secret Seeds a Message From China; Sea Lice Maybe Blown Our Way
I was among the apparent many who received unsolicited mystery seeds from China. At first, I figured that I was simply big in China, since I annually pay that nation’s electric bill through my…
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News••August 28, 2020
Delorean Time Machine, One Part of a Dad’s Work
“When your 6-year-old under medical treatment says, ‘Dad, we have to take apart our DeLorean and build a time machine,’ there’s no going back.”
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News••August 28, 2020
Van Drew and Kim Both Support Postal Service
Southern Ocean County’s two congressmen, 3rd District Representative Andy Kim, a freshman Democrat, and the 2nd District’s Jeff Van Drew, a freshman Democrat turned Republican, both voted in favor…
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Columns••August 27, 2020
Live End of Summer to Fullest Before Uncertain Season; New Paddle Champ
You stand barefoot on the rocks, the bottom of your feet toughened to a calloused “summer feet” leather, as the warm summer sun sets and the juice of a ripe watermelon runs down your chin. You watch…
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News••August 27, 2020
Southern Regional Gains 43 Students, Superintendent Says
Toward the end of last week’s Southern Regional Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Craig Henry took a few minutes to put the kibosh on rumors circulating about the number of new students…
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News••August 27, 2020
$11.3 Million in Pandemic Aid to State Fisheries Discussed
Disbursement of over $11.3 million from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act was discussed at the Aug. 17 meeting of the Atlantic Coast section of the N.J. Shellfisheries Council.…
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News••August 27, 2020
Van Drew to Get Prime-Time Appearance at GOP Convention
Congressman Jeff Van Drew, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018 as a Democrat but who switched to the GOP last winter in the wake of the impeachment of President Donald Trump, is…
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News••August 27, 2020
Old Causeway Bridge Rehab Wins Regional Quality of Life Award
Improving a 3-mile stretch of Route 72 from Marsha Drive in Stafford Township to Long Beach Boulevard in Ship Bottom is one of two state projects recognized as regional winners in the 2020 America’s…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 27, 2020
John Denver Musical Will Be Surflight’s Next Mainstage Production
Surflight’s nearly month-long production of the musical “Mamma Mia” is coming to an end on Sunday, Aug. 30. Up next on the mainstage – or actually the theater’s 2020 summer home owing to the COVID-19…
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Sports••August 27, 2020
Girls Volleyball and Gymnastics Moved to February
The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association is intent on student-athletes playing at least some sports this fall. Girls volleyball and gymnastics are not among them. Those two sports…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 27, 2020
Wildflowers Too Hangs New Clothesline Installation
Flouncy, feminine aprons and cutesy baby clothes dance on two clotheslines across the ceiling of Wildflowers Too Gallery in Barnegat Light. They are part of “Laundry Day,” an installation of vintage…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 27, 2020
Chevy Lopez: Rain or Shine Enterprise
Hundreds of fans were masked up and headed to the 68th Street beach in Brant Beach, to see Chevy Lopez’ first, and perhaps only, full-band performance of the season. Band members had Instagram Live…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 27, 2020
Stafford School District Superintendent, Administrator Aim for a Little Stress Relief
This summer has been a stressful one for school administrators across the nation, as they try to guide their districts through unprecedented times amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Of course…
