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Opinion•August 27, 2020
Fresh Eyes
I am writing to announce my candidacy for the Long Beach Township seat on the Long Beach Island Consolidated school board.
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Opinion•August 27, 2020
Concerned Grandfather
New data daily show that as soon as schools open, kids, teachers and staff test positive for COVID-19. Many school districts have safely determined that they best serve their students, staff and…
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Opinion•August 27, 2020
Real Knucklehead
King Murphy likes to call the fine people of New Jersey knuckleheads. He should look in the mirror at himself for declaring that voters should vote by mail. This is not absentee voting but what…
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Opinion•August 27, 2020
Cyclists Slighted
The Route 72 Dorland Henderson Bridge was recently renovated at a cost of more than $300 million, a project that took about seven years. The old bridge was definitely in need of an upgrade, and among…
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Opinion••August 27, 2020
Masks Can Be Revealing – Seeing Behind Face Coverings
These days, while the world seems to be have been turned upside down with COVID-19, there is alarming unrest in our country and a presidential election looms, I’m finding it all almost too much to…
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Opinion•August 26, 2020
Resurrect Markers
I find it interesting that the channel markers leading from the Intracoastal Waterway to Kinsey Creek in Harvey Cedars have not been replaced this summer. I was under the impression that these…
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Opinion•August 26, 2020
Pesky Cat
Why do some people who have cats feel it’s perfectly acceptable for their cats to roam the neighborhood at will?
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News••August 26, 2020
‘Turn the Towns Teal’ for Ovarian Cancer Awareness
Stafford Township and Ship Bottom are being joined this year by Barnegat Light and Surf City, along with other communities in New Jersey and other states, to “Turn the Towns Teal” in September. The…
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Business••August 26, 2020
Sun Dog Sings Swan Song
Locals and visitors alike recognize Sun Dog Imports as a cultural staple on Long Beach Island. Luring passersby inside the Ship Bottom location with its many colors, textures and aromas, the cozy…
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Business••August 26, 2020
Recapping a Mod Hatter Summer, When the Flag Kept Walking Away
It’s been a challenging-enough summer in a pandemic; to have the flag outside your business stolen twice in five weeks was just discouraging. But hats off to the good guys: Tina Berman of The Mod…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 26, 2020
Art Notes August 26
Before Liberation: “Laundry Day,” an installation by artist Susan Lenz, is now hanging in the Wildflowers Too Art Gallery in Barnegat Light through mid-September.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 26, 2020
Foundation Members, Student, Faculty Show ‘Especially Needed This Year’
The annual Member, Student, Faculty Exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences is traditionally the joyous end-of-season celebration of all the creative works completed…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 26, 2020
Tweetspot
@cocoincashmere (Aug. 17) One step closer to being a surfer. #cocoincashmere #hangten #lbi #beachhaven #surfergirl #surfstyle…
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Opinion•August 26, 2020
Wonderful Shock
What a wonderful shock I had reading the Aug. 5 edition of The SandPaper and finding a picture of the Notre Dame nuns on the beach (accompanying the SpeakEasy “The Last Day I Surfed With My Father: A…
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News••August 26, 2020
Demonstrators: Save the Post Office
Aug. 22 was “Save the Post Office Saturday,” with towns all across America protesting controversial changes to mailing operations.
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Business••August 26, 2020
Howard’s Restaurant Reflects on 70-Year Tradition of Seafood, Service
Since 1950, Howard’s Seafood Restaurant in Beach Haven Gardens has been a Jersey Shore institution, serving up summer favorites like its famous clam chowder and French fried lobster, to a crowd of…
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News••August 26, 2020
Connors, Rumpf, Gove Push for In-Person Voting
Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order on Aug. 14 ordering that all of the some 6.2 million registered voters in New Jersey will automatically receive mail-in ballots this autumn in advance of…
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News••August 26, 2020
Center to Offer Therapy for COVID-19 Trauma
Ocean Integrated Trauma Center at Ocean Mental Health Services was developed in direct response to the effects and trauma the COVID-19 pandemic is placing on frontline workers, healthcare…
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Opinion•August 26, 2020
Dredge by Sections
After the Tuckerton Council meeting Aug. 17, the leadership of the Tuckerton Beach Association Infrastructure Committee agreed to look into breaking down the lagoon dredging special assessment by…
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News••August 26, 2020
Tuckerton Elementary Preschool Numbers Down During COVID-19
The student population for the second year of Tuckerton Elementary’s expanded preschool has gone from 55 students last year to 31 this year and only 17 will take in-school instruction, said…
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News••August 26, 2020
Revaluation Inspections Continue in Long Beach Township
Last year, Long Beach Township entered into a contract with Appraisal Systems Inc. to conduct home revaluations, as required by the Ocean County Board of Taxation and the New Jersey Division of…
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News••August 26, 2020
Jacqueline Fife New Land Use Board Secretary in LBT
Jacqueline Fife recently became secretary for the Long Beach Township Land Use Board. Prior to earlier this year, she had been secretary for the Beach Haven Land Use Board for the past two years.
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News••August 26, 2020
Gun Rights Focus of Rally in Barnegat
New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District Independent Candidate Martin Weber is vowing to preserve the spirit and legality of the Second Amendment. On Aug. 22, Weber hosted a Second Amendment Rally…
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Columns••August 26, 2020
Desperate Measures to Survive
On Sept. 1, 1920, during a practice crash dive about 50 miles southeast of Barnegat Light, the submarine S-5 had flooded and plunged bow first to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The commander of…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 26, 2020
Tuckerton Seaport Offers Free Online Family Projects
With a grant from the Ocean First Foundation, the Tuckerton Seaport offers creative programming on the Seaport YouTube channel. The 20-part video series is designed to introduce families to exploring…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 26, 2020
Surflight to Introduce LBI to Play Music On The Porch Day
Actually there have been many holidays on Aug. 25. It was Kiss and Make Up Day, National Banana Split Day, National Park Service Founders Day, National Second-Hand Wardrobe Day, National Whiskey Sour…
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News••August 26, 2020
New Jersey Dumping the Name ‘Freeholder’
Get ready to soon say goodbye to the Ocean County freeholders and, for that matter, the freeholders of all of the Garden State’s 21 counties.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 26, 2020
‘Just Beneath the Surface’ Premiere Recaptures Enduring Spirit of the Shore
Season four of the local film series “Just Beneath the Surface” premiered Thursday night on the deck at Bird & Betty’s in Beach Haven. The premiere featured the one and only episode of this season…
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Opinion•August 26, 2020
Our United States
The column praising the leadership of Donald Trump by Ray Bleiweiss (“Speaking of Responsibility – Let’s Stop Blaming President,” 7/22) and the unabashed fawning of his diatribe by Joan Arosemowicz…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 26, 2020
Sign Up for Virtual Program With Claire Legrand
The Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library invites patrons to be part of a free virtual discussion with bestselling author Claire Legrand on Wednesday, Sept. 16, beginning at 6 p.m.
