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News••July 6, 2020
COVID-19 Test Site at OCC Now Open to Asymptomatic County Residents
Ocean County residents without symptoms of COVID-19 can now be tested at the coronavirus drive-thru test site at Ocean County College in Toms River. Testing is offered 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Mondays…
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News••July 6, 2020
Pandemic a Challenge for Popping the Question
With COVID-19 restrictions being gradually lifted, people can now go to parks, beaches, restaurants and retail shops. But for one man, easing of quarantine measures finally gave him an opportunity to…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 5, 2020
Live From LBI: MSNBC Anchor Stephanie Ruhle
Since mid-March, Stephanie Ruhle, NBC News’ senior business correspondent and anchor of MSNBC’s “Live With Stephanie Ruhle,” has been working from NBC’s brand-new New Jersey Bureau, along with her…
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Opinion••July 4, 2020
Will Current Events Rain on Neighborhood Parade?
With all the nostalgia, tradition and the legacy of several combined multi-family generations on our street in Beach Haven Park, this surely will be an interesting Fourth of July. The COVID-19 frenzy…
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News••July 3, 2020
Beach Haven Executive Order Cracks Down on Social Distancing
Citing numerous instances of a lack of social distancing, Beach Haven Mayor Nancy Taggart Davis and Emergency Coordinator William Tromm signed an emergency executive order July 1 to make sure such…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 3, 2020
Surflight Theatre Returning to Its Roots, Moving Into a Tent This Summer
You could nickname the 2020 tourist season in Beach Haven “Retro Summer.”
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News••July 2, 2020
Fantasy Island, Thundering Surf, Arcades to Open in Time for Holiday Weekend
First a fire, then the coronavirus pandemic. Fantasy Island Amusement Park has been on ice for all of 2020, so far.
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News••July 2, 2020
Surf City Lifeguards Recount Dramatic Rescue of Pilot After Plane Crashes, Sinks in Ocean
Surf City lifeguards Scott Meggitt and Charlie Osborne were on duty Saturday afternoon when they watched a banner pilot land his plane on the ocean’s surface with something of a thud before it…
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News••July 2, 2020
Special 4th of July Fireworks Show Set for Brant Beach
Long Beach Township will close off Bayview Park, at 6805 Long Beach Blvd. in Brant Beach, to host a fireworks celebration this Saturday, July 4. The show is set to begin at approximately 9 p.m., and…
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News••July 2, 2020
Climatologist: Get Ready to Sweat This Summer
If it can reach a 100 degrees in a Siberian village 70 miles above the Arctic circle like it did last week, it figures to be pretty hot in Southern Ocean County, too, this summer.
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Sports••July 2, 2020
Island Tournament Up in the Air; Pandemic Wreaks Havoc on Summer Competition
For five years running, the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol competition crew has been the team to beat on Long Beach Island. Last summer, the Vikings cruised to victory in the Island Lifeguard Tournament…
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News••July 2, 2020
Ocean County Library Branches Reopening July 6
Beginning Monday, July 6, the Ocean County Library’s 21 branches will be reopening with a limited capacity of 25 percent of the number of people allowed in the buildings.
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Columns••July 2, 2020
Kids Who Lost Out On High School High Jinks Looking at a Wild Summer
I want to throw a fist bump, a shaka or some kind of elbow bash (“whatever you’re comfortable with,” as we say in 2020) to the teenagers who were riding waves on a big, inflatable rubber ducky on…
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Columns••July 2, 2020
LBI Ocean Temps Quickly Go North and South; Midges, Sucking Blood Since Dino Times
I was asked a beach question that’s right up my alley – my alley being anything below the high-water mark. “Can water temperatures be different up and down Long Beach Island?” So, how much time ya…
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News••July 1, 2020
Pinelands Class of 2020 Graduates, Surviving Obstacle After Obstacle
Hats off to the Pinelands Regional High School Class of 2020!
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Opinion•July 1, 2020
Animals Friended
Regarding “Animal Rescue: Silver Lining to a Pandemic” (6/24) I can’t thank Monique Demopoulos enough for interviewing me and for this terrific article. She “nailed” the story. She did a great job of…
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Opinion•July 1, 2020
Intolerable Lawlessness
This letter is in response to Charles Roth’s letter where he falsely accused President Trump of grandstanding at St. John’s Church (“No Equivalency,” 6/24).
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Opinion•July 1, 2020
False Claims
This is a response to Harold J. Ciser’s “Perfect Storm” letter (6/17).
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Opinion•July 1, 2020
Memorable Graduation
A huge shout-out to board of education members, the LBI PTA, the administration and all the teachers and staff from the LBI Grade School for their hard work and dedication in making the sixth grade…
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Opinion••July 1, 2020
Make Sure U.S. Remembers Importance of Its Birthday
July 4th. Today is my birthday. I am officially 244 years old. No need to tempt me in blowing out all those candles. I don’t want to prove anyone wrong. Looking around, I can see this year has not…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 1, 2020
West Gallery and Vintage: A Surf City Summer Pop-Up
As summer feels its way onto LBI, the creatives come out to play. West Gallery and Vintage, a pop-up gallery, celebrated its grand opening on 16th Street and the Boulevard in Surf City last Friday…
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News••July 1, 2020
Free Document Shredding Program Begins This Month
Ocean County’s Residential Document Shredding Program is set to begin on July 11 with a stop in Stafford Township. IDSAutoshred of Toms River, which services the program, will be at the Southern…
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Business••July 1, 2020
Nep2une Surfside Grill a Fresh, Fresh-Air Extension
Nep2une’s Surfside Grill is an ocean-block extension of the loyally followed Neptune Market & Grill across the street in Harvey Cedars. Customers are highly regarded here, and they’re sitting outside…
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Opinion•July 1, 2020
How Ironic
To Mr. Roth’s letter (“No Equivalency,” 6/24) criticizing Ms. Cummins’ letter (“Lampoon Dems Too” 6/10) criticizing The SandPaper’s Artoon (6/3) lampooning Trump: The Democrats did not need any…
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News••July 1, 2020
NRC Grants Security-Related Exemption at Defunct Nuclear Plant
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved an exemption request from the owners of the defunct Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station last month for training and providing certain other…
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News••July 1, 2020
Negative Ads Dominate GOP Primary in 3rd Congressional District
New Jersey’s primary elections, originally scheduled for June 2, will take place next Tuesday, July 7.
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News••July 1, 2020
Ship Bottom Pump Station Project One Step Closer to Reality
In acquiring a drainage easement on a portion of land owned by Island Cove Condominiums, Ship Bottom officials tied up one of the last loose ends before Ocean County can finally deliver the next…
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Opinion•July 1, 2020
Key Word: Safety
As to James Spickard’s issue with Democratic governors’ “tyrannical powers” trying to protect their citizens from the coronavirus (“Power Grab,” 6/24), perhaps he should look at the governors in…
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News••July 1, 2020
Tuckerton Elementary Reluctantly Prepares for Reopening School
“It’s going to be a tremendous amount of work, and it’s going to be a crazy time,” said Janet Gangemi, superintendent of Tuckerton Elementary School, of Gov. Murphy’s new directive to reopen school…
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Arts & Entertainment••July 1, 2020
Masked Mermaid Makes Her Debut
Artist Cricket McGehee of Harvey Cedars is launching her new brand Trident True this month, with a debut design of a masked mermaid on T-shirts, enameled pins and stickers, available direct from the…
