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•January 25, 2025
LBI Rotary Fundraiser Tops $100K
The Rotary Club of Long Beach Island raised over $100,000 for local organizations and causes at its 39th annual holiday auction and gala, held at Manahawkin’s Mainland Holiday Inn on Dec. 12. The…
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•January 24, 2025
LBI Beachfill Work on South End Wraps Up
Beach replenishment in Beach Haven, North Beach Haven and Holgate is complete as of Jan. 12, according to Steve Rochette, public affairs officer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia…
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•January 23, 2025
New Barnegat Town Hall Opens Its Doors
Barnegat Township employees showed up for work on Wednesday morning, Jan. 22, in totally different surroundings – the long awaited new township hall, located on West Bay Avenue behind the current…
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•January 23, 2025
Surfers Helping Surfers: Jetty Organizes California Wildfire Relief Initiative
The Jetty Rock Foundation, born in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, has organized campaigns to help those affected by natural disasters since devastation hit the New Jersey coastline in 2012. Now…
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•January 23, 2025
Pinelands Regional Kicks Butt in State Theater Competition for 20th Straight Year
There have many super dynasties in the world of sports. The New York Yankees in baseball. The New England Patriots in football. The Montreal Canadiens in hockey. The Boston Celtics in basketball.
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•January 23, 2025
Unsafe Sand Near Barnegat Lighthouse Raises Alarm
Jointly, the Barnegat Light First Aid Squad and Volunteer Fire Co. issued a public service announcement this week to warn beach walkers about some unstable sand along the lighthouse/jetty walkway in…
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•January 23, 2025
Causeway CARes Donates Service Vehicle to Sea Change
Sea Change Recovery Community Organization ushers in “a new era of support” with the new year, as a donated Honda Odyssey minivan from Causeway CARes is transforming its outreach and recovery…
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•January 22, 2025
Lane Closures Expected to Return to Route 72 in Both Directions
Unannounced lane closures greeted some morning commuters to Long Beach Island last week with gridlock conditions during what is expected to be the final stretch of the N.J. Department of…
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•January 19, 2025
Saker Plans to Develop ShopRite at Former Kmart Site Gain Approval
While it took roughly 8½ hours across two meetings to finally settle on the exact details, the Stafford Township Planning Board on Jan. 8 granted its approval to Saker Properties of Manahawkin for a…
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•January 18, 2025
Southern Regional Girls Light Up Record Board on Way to Third Straight County Crown
For as strong as the Southern Regional girls swimming program is right now, winning an Ocean County championship isn’t really a chore anymore. The Rams are simply overpowering.
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•January 17, 2025
Draft Report for New Jersey Back Bays Study Has Revised Approach
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ newly-released draft report for its New Jersey Back Bays Coastal Storm Risk Management Study outlines an updated plan that includes the elevation of approximately…
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•January 16, 2025
Bald Eagle and Osprey Removed From NJ’s Endangered Species List
The Murphy administration recently adopted regulatory changes that remove the bald eagle and osprey from New Jersey’s list of endangered species. The status of the bald eagle shifts from endangered…
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•January 16, 2025
Trump on Track to Halt Wind Farms Approved Off LBI
A local grassroots organization is continuing its battle in the courtroom to have offshore wind farms off Long Beach Island and Brigantine scrapped in perpetuity without a chance of being revived in…
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•January 16, 2025
Drone Sightings Report Expected Soon After Trump Inauguration
Nearly two months after the first widespread drone sightings over New Jersey were reported and after a frenzy of detailed accounts surfaced last month, the unmanned aircraft are still visible across…
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•January 16, 2025
LIFS Screening Film About Making Art and Making War in Ukraine
The Lighthouse International Film Society will be screening the 87-minute subtitled documentary “Porcelain War” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24 at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and…
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•January 16, 2025
Southern Regional Moves Toward Artificial Turf for Stadium
If all goes according to plan, the football field inside Southern Regional’s Goldberger Memorial Stadium is going to look quite different next season.
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•January 16, 2025
DEP Spearheads Effort to Restore Eastern Brook Trout to New Jersey Waterways
The N.J. Department of Environmental Protection’s Fish and Wildlife agency is set to lead a multi-state partnership to help restore eastern brook trout to waterways in New Jersey, New York and…
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•January 16, 2025
Drone Enigma Solved: They’re Just Not Real
Let’s give a warm Jersey welcome to the visiting polar vortices. That, of course, smacks of insincerity since there’s nothing warm about these frigid spin-off swirls as they uninvitingly drop down…
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•January 14, 2025
When Manahawkin Bay Ice Consumed a Model-A Ford
Somehow or other, it’s suddenly 2025. Must be global warming.
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•January 12, 2025
Nesting Season Beginning for New Jersey’s Bald Eagles
At the start of each new year, many of New Jersey’s bald eagle pairs return to their nests for the breeding season. According to the Endangered and Nongame Species Program of the N.J. Department of…
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•January 11, 2025
Plenty of Big Moments But Rams Are Golden and Top Spot Is an Easy Pick
When reading through this list of the top sports stories of 2024, you’ll notice something: We’ve made a significant change. Here at The SandPaper, an executive decision was made to narrow these…
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•January 10, 2025
LBI First Responders Question Proposed County EMS
Nearly five years after the coronavirus pandemic highlighted an already well-documented need for more community emergency medical services personnel, a 133-page report sanctioned by the Ocean County…
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•January 9, 2025
Top 10 News Stories of 2024 Has a New No. 1
New is a very important part of the word news. Several stories have dominated the pages of The SandPaper over the past few years, and some are likely to continue to do so for the next few as well.
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•January 9, 2025
Snow Delivers Glancing Blow to Area
People living in southernmost New Jersey could bring the snowblowers and sleds out of hibernation Monday. But for people living in Southern Ocean County, well, not so much.
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•January 9, 2025
French Legion of Honour Recipient, Past Surf City Fire President Dies at 103
John Gutbrod, a member of the Greatest Generation and a decorated U.S. Army veteran for his actions during World War II, is being remembered for his life of service, first globally and then to the…
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•January 9, 2025
Flat and Cold to Start the Year With a Pretty Little Snowfall
I went out into my snowy yard on Monday morning in just a pair of board shorts to take a cold plunge … and then remembered that I don’t have a cold plunge.
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•January 9, 2025
Ocean County Library Kicks Off Centennial Celebration
The Ocean County Library is gearing up for its 100th anniversary this year. Celebrations will unfold at all 21 branches and reading centers as the system proceeds toward Sept. 19, the library’s…
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•January 9, 2025
Barnegat Routs Raritan, Starts Season 5-0 for First Time in Program History
It was a cupcake kind of day for the Barnegat girls basketball team on Jan. 3. No, the Bengals didn’t have a New Year’s bash. It was head coach Tammy Nicolini’s birthday.
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•January 4, 2025
Learn the History of Viking Village at Stafford Library
A century ago in Barnegat Light, a group of Norwegian fishermen formed a business that today is a beacon of successful, responsible entrepreneurship. Join Karter Larson for a look at the history of…
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•January 2, 2025
Commissioners Thank Volunteers and ‘Heart of Harvey Cedars’
At its final meeting of the year on Monday, Dec. 16, the Harvey Cedars Board of Commissioners thanked residents who have volunteered for the town through many ways.
