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•August 6, 2020
Carving Out History: Master of Maritime Quarterboards and Tavern Signs
The aroma of fresh-cut pine chips just swept from a ship-shape studio meets shop-goers at Paul McCarthy Woodcarving on Route 9 in Manahawkin. They have no idea they’re about to step closer to…
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•August 6, 2020
The Sinatra Experience at the Arts Foundation Aug. 9
Entertainer Tony Sands brings his tribute to “Ol’ Blue Eyes” with “Sinatra: The Musical, Under the Stars” on Sunday, Aug. 9, at 8 p.m. at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in…
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•August 6, 2020
Dellane Makes the Challenge and Sinopoli Represents Stafford Police Well
Last fall, Stafford Township Police Chief Tom Dellane crossed paths with me at one point, pulled me aside and started talking to me about “Can You Beat Biggy?” Well, he really didn’t talk much about…
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•August 6, 2020
Ocean County Prosecutor’s Virtual Town Hall Calls for Police License
New Jersey may be moving in the direction of a licensing program for police officers, something that most states require. New Jersey is one of only five states that do not issue a license for police.
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•August 3, 2020
How We Help Our Lifeguards Do Better On and Off the Job
I get no great pleasure from seeing my old beach patrol on LBI make national news – at least not for the reasons now.
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•August 2, 2020
Eagleswood Buys Dock Road Parcel; Town Hall Opens to Public
The Eagleswood Township Committee passed resolutions during the July 27 committee meeting authorizing land purchases on Dock Road, which will utilize NJDEP Green Acres grant funds. According to Mayor…
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•August 1, 2020
Outdoor Dining Hours Extended in Ship Bottom
Citing the recent heat wave and a hope to help restaurant owners during a summer truncated due to the pandemic, Ship Bottom borough has lengthened outdoor dining hours until midnight. Outdoor dining…
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•July 31, 2020
Causeway Wreck for the Ages; Crab Pieces No Cause for Concern
Loads to talk about this week. I’ll start by getting wrecked. No, not that way – though it might help, all things considered. Instead, I’m compelled to speak on the three-vehicle wreck on the…
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•July 30, 2020
Former Longtime Islander Mary Rose Leonardi Celebrates 109th Birthday
On Sunday, July 26, a day before she turned 109 years old, Mary Rose Leonardi was celebrated with a line of well-wishers that motored past her current residence, the senior community Seacrest Village…
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•July 30, 2020
Two Men Rescued Off Barnegat Light After 68-Foot Fishing Boat Takes on Water
Two men who were fishing 33 miles east of Barnegat Light early Tuesday morning were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after their boat began to take on water. The names of the men were not released as…
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•July 30, 2020
VFW Post 2729 Welcomes First Female Commander
One of the first projects as new commander of VFW Post 3729 for Denise Hart is launching a fluke tournament fundraiser Aug. 15 to support the post’s unheralded but strong work for veterans.
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•July 30, 2020
NYC Professional Ballet Dancer Returns to Tuckerton to Teach Skills Online
Like many performing artists all over the world, Michele Moritz has had to adjust to a new way of teaching her ballet exercises and yoga moves by using the internet. She is currently teaching for the…
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•July 30, 2020
What Could Be More 2020 Than Sea Gulls Eating Sharks?
The beach had that summer Sunday night feel.
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•July 30, 2020
35 LBI Lifeguards Test Positive for COVID-19; 11 From Surf City Cleared to Return to Work
Eleven Surf City lifeguards who tested positive earlier this month for COVID-19 were cleared by the Long Beach Island Health Department to return to work July 27, Mayor Francis Hodgson said Monday…
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•July 30, 2020
Teen Sharpshooter Brings ‘Right Touch’ and His Uncle to Flamingo Golf
When “Can You Beat Biggy?” Season 2 was announced, Danny Burkholder wanted to get in on it. In fact, he made quite a bold statement that his mother, Janine, provided in her initial email to me.
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•July 28, 2020
Child of ’50s Recalls World of Wonder on LBI
Barnegat Lighthouse has been a family beacon for as long as I can remember. When I was 5, crossing the bridge onto Long Beach Island for a week’s vacation was to enter a world of wonder.
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•July 27, 2020
Southern Regional Plan for September Opening Should Be Finalized This Week
While New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on July 24 announced the state Department of Education’s newest guidelines mandating that all public schools must provide an at-home, all-remote option for students…
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•July 27, 2020
Skills and Experience Gained Through Surfing Are Useless to the Rest of the World … Except in This Case
One of my friends has surf journals going back 15 years. He has recorded, charted and studied his observations of the ocean every day. Another friend wakes up early pretty much every morning, goes to…
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•July 27, 2020
Surflight’s ‘Cabaret’ Couldn’t Be More Timely
As I was walking from Surflight Theatre’s lobby after picking up my ticket to Beach Haven’s Veterans Memorial Park, where a big top has been pitched to serve as the theater’s 2020 summer home, I…
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•July 26, 2020
The Case of the Dead-Duck Dolphin; Adages That Wrack a Young Mind
The viral video of last week’s graphic shark attack/feast upon a down-and-out dolphin offered a reality check on nature’s methodologies, which can become as savage as slashing, serrated-edge sharks’…
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•July 25, 2020
Making the Most of Quarantine: Brant Beach Couple Walks Every Island Block
Over 56 years of marriage, Sue and Art Davis have always made fitness a priority: She has long been an ardent walker, while he dedicated more than three-and-half decades to running, and, more…
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•July 24, 2020
New Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light Chief: ‘No Such Thing as a Normal Workday’
The convergence of Barnegat Bay and Barnegat Inlet just off the northernmost tip of Long Beach Island might not be the easiest to navigate, but the mission of the U.S. Coast Guard Station Barnegat…
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•July 24, 2020
September Rentals Surge as LBI Preps for Uncertain Fall
With just 47 days left to Labor Day, there is talk all around that rentals on Long Beach Island for the month of September are booked – like summer-booked. What it means for Island communities and…
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•July 23, 2020
Inaugural Bike Ride to LBI First of Many for Father, Daughter
Michael Wilson and his daughter, Ava, do a lot of things together, but neither imagined a bicycle ride from their home in the suburbs of Philadelphia to their happy place: Long Beach Island. That’s…
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•July 23, 2020
Resuming High School Athletic Workouts Worth Flipping Over
When Steve Langton found out he and his Southern Regional football teammates were going to have the chance to get back on the field for workouts on July 13, he was borderline delirious.
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•July 23, 2020
Southern Regional School District, Sending District Superintendents Release Statement on Opening School in September
Last week, the superintendents of the Southern Regional School District and all its elementary sending districts made an important announcement: The goal for the upcoming school year is to have as…
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•July 23, 2020
Team Mariani Returns for Mini Golf Adventure With Dad-Daughter Duo
Since last summer, Sophia Mariani kept hearing about this guy named Biggy, some grand miniature golfer who not only often beat his challengers, but then wrote about it in The SandPaper each week.…
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•July 20, 2020
On the Water: Where the Wild Things Are
With summer solstice behind them, both locals and visitors are venturing out to appreciate the Long Beach Island coastline in its maximum glory. For those who prefer to relish the quiet, natural…
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•July 19, 2020
When Great Whites Become Chickens of the Sea; Arriving Cow-Nosed Stingrays: Winged Pizza for Sharks
It’s “Shark Week” time on television, when slo-mo clips of massive, profoundly terrifyingly great whites are close-upped going airborne to crunch the midair life out of hapless seals and sea lions.…
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•July 18, 2020
Conch Blowing Record Returns to Ship Bottom
For the second time in eight years, Things A Drift in Ship Bottom set the Guinness world record for the most people blowing conch horns.
