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•January 25, 2024
Seeking Inspiration – From India to Our Own Backyard
Yaatree Bazaar proprietress Taylor Thorn has been traveling in India of late, to find inspiration for new items in her Barnegat Light boutique. Happiest in a pile of vibrant fabrics, Thorn said she…
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•January 25, 2024
Colors Harmonize in Pine Shores Combo Show
Paul Daukas (pronounced DOE-kiss) and Lois Mullen, who call themselves “snowbirds” – summer in Harvey Cedars and winter in The Dunes. The two artists met as members of Pine Shores Art Association and…
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•January 25, 2024
N.J.’s Bald Eagles Continued to Thrive in 2023
According to a report from Conserve Wildlife Foundation and N.J. Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program, the state’s bald eagles logged a successful 2023. Larissa Smith, senior…
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•January 22, 2024
State Offers Tools to Help Protect Homebuyers from Increasing Flood Risks
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette, Community Affairs Acting Commissioner Jacquelyn A. Suárez and Consumer Affairs Acting…
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•January 21, 2024
Twenty-Six Years of Service on the High Seas
On Oct. 20, Ralph Howland of Barnegat, a retired Coast Guard chief warrant officer who spent 26 years serving in some of the most brutal ocean conditions imaginable, shared his sea stories at a…
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•January 20, 2024
We’re Getting Blown Away by the Weather; Island Towns Seeking Sand Renourishment
The weather is well worth a columnistic mention. We’ve gotten meteorologically bounced about of late, particularly by the wind gods … and goddesses. Again, maintaining my political correctness.
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•January 19, 2024
Mordecai Island Project Clears Major Hurdle
The Mordecai Land Trust in Beach Haven has officially announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommended plan for the Mordecai Island Ecosystem Restoration Project has moved out of…
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•January 18, 2024
Land Use Board Grants Minor Subdivision Approval for Former Kubel’s Too Lot
Since the closure and demolition of Kubel’s Too a few years ago, the lot at 8200 Long Beach Blvd. in Brighton Beach has sat empty. A recent application approval by the Long Beach Township Land Use…
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•January 18, 2024
It’s Easy to Guess What the Top News Story of 2023 Was in Southern Ocean County
Ranking the past year’s top news stories in Southern Ocean County as reported in the pages of The SandPaper often feels like shampooing hair: lather, rinse, repeat. Some stories hang around for years…
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•January 18, 2024
Much Ado About Beach Boardwalks in Barnegat Light
The boardwalk pathways to the beach on multiple streets in Barnegat Light were the source of discord at the Jan. 10 borough council meeting, where residents expressed a desire to form a committee to…
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•January 18, 2024
Area Beaches Take a Battering From Recent Storm
Beaches up and down the Island took a beating Jan. 9 as a storm rolled through the Southern Ocean County area. Parts of Long Beach Boulevard from Ship Bottom to Beach Haven were impassable due to…
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•January 18, 2024
Suspect Arrested in Connection With Revolutionary Drive Fires
A Little Egg Harbor neighborhood was ablaze last week after three separate structures went up in flames in the middle of the night.
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•January 18, 2024
Burnt Tavern Brings Post-Folk to Life
They describe themselves as Post-Folk From the Pine Barrens, and among the adjectives they use are “primal, archaic, intimate.” And when you first see the nine-member group known as Burnt Tavern…
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•January 18, 2024
Barnegat Outrebounds Southern Regional on Way to Big Victory
It’s a simple formula for basketball. Solid defense and rebounding are essential elements to success. So far this season, just about every game the Barnegat boys team has won, the Bengals have…
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•January 16, 2024
Pinelands Regional Actors Shine Once Again at Governor’s Awards Competition
For the 19th year in a row the actors of Pinelands Regional High School proved to be a force at the Speech and Theatre Association of New Jersey’s annual Governor’s Awards Competition.
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•January 14, 2024
Kanu the Lion a New Resident at Popcorn Park Animal Refuge
Santa delivered a very large package to the Popcorn Park Animal Refuge just a few days before Christmas: On Dec. 19, Kanu the lion was welcomed to the sanctuary, on Humane Way in Forked River, where…
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•January 12, 2024
Old Year Goes Out With Historic Monster Swell; January Wave Train Continues
Well, it has been a minute since the last Liquid Lines. I fully admit that was me picking up my dried-out old fir tree off the bridge last Friday when it bounced out of the bed of my truck (much…
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•January 11, 2024
Seal Rescued From Surf City Beach Recovering in Brigantine
An injured male harbor seal discovered on a Surf City beach on Christmas Day is on his way to recovery.
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•January 11, 2024
Councilwomen Reinstalled in Barnegat Light
“Keep women on council” was the theme of this year’s reorganization in the borough of Barnegat Light, as exclaimed by resident, artist and small business owner Jill Belloff after the Jan. 5 meeting…
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•January 11, 2024
Hartney Raises Traffic Impact Concerns as Causeway Project Resumes
With the new year come new questions about the impact of the final phase of the multi-year Causeway project, this time in Surf City.
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•January 11, 2024
Stellar Sports Year for Many But One Individual Rises Above the Rest
All things were normal in 2023. No more pandemic. No more weird schedules. And no nonsense for many of our local athletic teams and individuals. It was a fun year, to put it simply. Here are the The…
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•January 11, 2024
Imperiale Era Begins in Harvey Cedars
A new era unfolded in Harvey Cedars Jan. 5 when John M. Imperiale was named mayor, as it marked the first time in more than 30 years that a new person was handed the gavel.
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•January 11, 2024
Ship Bottom Greenlights LBI School Condemnation Investigation
The Ship Bottom Borough Council recently authorized the borough land use board to begin a preliminary investigation into whether the Long Beach Island Grade School property qualifies as an area for…
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•January 11, 2024
Rutgers Researchers Observe Unusual Ocean Conditions
Two Rutgers University scientists recently discussed the possible implications of their findings last summer of low dissolved oxygen and pH off the New Jersey coast, which concurred with numerous…
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•January 11, 2024
State’s Beach-Nesting Birds Struggled in 2023, Conserve Wildlife Reports
2023 was a challenging year for New Jersey’s beach-nesting birds. According to Todd Pover, senior wildlife biologist with Conserve Wildlife Foundation, “Most of the species fared poorly on a…
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•January 6, 2024
NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Conservation Act Marks 50 Years
A half-century ago, New Jersey enacted landmark legislation that has since protected hundreds of wildlife species, including ospreys, shorebirds such as the piping plover and red knot, rare reptiles…
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•January 4, 2024
LEH ‘Tough Guy’ Hopes His Health Battle Brings Awareness
When Christian Halverson arrived at work on a Monday in late October, he had no idea that within 48 hours his whole world would be spun upside down and he’d be in a battle for his life. After all…
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•January 3, 2024
Long-Range Forecasts Call for Fair Amount of Snow
There are a ton of long-range forecasts out there for the 2023-24 winter season, and many forecasters are calling for a snowier winter in New Jersey than in 2022-23.
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•January 2, 2024
Come Together: Jewish, Catholic Faithful Embrace LBI Community
Inside St. Francis of Assisi Church in Brant Beach is a menorah that dwells above the tabernacle, off the altar in an alcove.
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•December 29, 2023
Ocean County Parks and Rec Winter Program Guide Is Online
Ocean County’s Department of Parks and Recreation has released its winter guide online, with information about a multitude of programs, events, outings and more. These include beginner astronomy…
