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•November 7, 2022
You Better Be There to Buy … or Not; Rescue Made in Green Briar Hell
Let’s start off in Weirdnessville this week by focusing on that quick-change billboard on Route 72 in Manahawkin near the Holiday Inn. It’s digitized and computerized, brightly cycling through…
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•November 5, 2022
Eighth Street Work in Ship Bottom Projected to Restart in Spring
Road work at the east end of Eighth Street in Ship Bottom is likely to resume in spring 2023, following the discovery of contaminated soil and groundwater earlier this year, state transportation…
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•November 4, 2022
John Kaszuba Lived to Build Up Southern Regional Community and Everybody in It
A few minutes before leaving his office amid the Southern News Network studio to head to the auditorium on June 17, 2021, for the last staff appreciation ceremony he’d have to attend, John Kaszuba…
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•November 3, 2022
Jersey Devil, Veterans Day Themes at Albert Music Hall
The Pinelands Cultural Society is holding its annual “Legend of the Jersey Devil” show at the Albert Music Hall in Waretown on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m., complete with an appearance by the South…
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•November 3, 2022
Upgraded Helicopters Arrive at Coast Guard Air Station
The first upgraded MH-65E helicopter arrived at Coast Guard Station Atlantic City last month, taking the place of the MH-65D choppers deployed out of the U.S. Coast Guard’s largest MH-65 unit.
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•November 3, 2022
Stafford Community Garden Turns Over New Leaf
The Stafford Community Garden on West Bay Avenue is changing leadership this fall as “Farmer Dennis” Skaggs steps down – to spend more time in Florida and pursue more travel and other pleasures, he…
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•November 3, 2022
Gesicki Moves Into Second on Dolphins’ Tight End Record
Mike Gesicki moved into the second position on the Miami Dolphins’ all-time tight end receiving list during the team’s 31-27 victory over Detroit on Oct. 30.
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•November 3, 2022
Carry-In, Carry-Out Beach Trash May Come to Surf City
One of the take-aways from a meeting between Surf City officials and representatives of Alliance for a Living Ocean last week is to develop a study of trash on beaches in select municipalities on the…
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•November 3, 2022
A-Hunting We Go for Ghosts on Long Beach Island
The world’s fascination with ghost hunting is not a recent phenomenon. Queen Elizabeth I, who began her reign on Jan. 15, 1559, a date chosen by her astrologer, John Dee, adhered to the teachings of…
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•November 3, 2022
Falling for Fall
Attendees at Long Beach Township's harvest festival last weekend decorate pumpkins and make bracelets with Just Bead It. (Photo by Juliet Kaszas-Hoch)
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•November 3, 2022
Police, Foundation ‘Let It Grow’ to Help Cancer Patients
If you see people sporting longer hair and extra chin growth this month, it’s all part of a “Let It Grow/No Shave November” initiative involving Long Beach Island police departments and David’s Dream…
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•November 3, 2022
Oct. 18 Becomes Tuckerton Historical Society Day
October marked a huge month for the Tuckerton Historical Society, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of both the organization and its locale, the Giffordtown Schoolhouse Museum, at 35 Leitz Blvd.…
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•November 3, 2022
Help Those in Need and Try to Take Down Biggy at the Sand Trap
As the year starts the descent toward its end and the Christmas season comes up around the bend, many get in the mood to give gifts rather than receive them. But think for a moment of those in need…
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•November 1, 2022
Contest Becomes a Leaden Downfall for Cheaters; LBI Bluefin Tuna Travels to the Mediterranean
The real-time capture of cheats at an Ohio walleye fishing contest has become a nationwide news sensation, highlighted by scathing social media comments evoked by smartphone video recordings of the…
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•October 30, 2022
LBI Among Four Regions of State to Release Climate Resilience Plans
Four groups within New Jersey, including a team from Long Beach Island, have released climate action plans in advance of the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, the state Department of…
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•October 29, 2022
Memories Still Fresh for SandPaper Staff Who Covered Superstorm Sandy
Jeff Kuhlman never thought Superstorm Sandy would make a hard left turn toward the Jersey Shore, despite preparing for the storm by planning for a week without electricity and filling every container…
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•October 29, 2022
Impact From Sandy Raises the Bar for Development on LBI
A decade removed from Superstorm Sandy, the building landscape on Long Beach Island continues to adapt in ways that will mitigate the impact of a future natural disaster on the scale of the 2012…
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•October 28, 2022
Southern’s Homage to Heroes Parallels the ‘Community’ Developed During and After Sandy
Ten years ago, a hurricane named Sandy closed in on the New Jersey coast. Residents of both Long Beach Island and the mainland prepared, uncertain of what to make of the approaching storm.
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•October 27, 2022
Another Island Landmark Gone, Boardriders Converge, Uncooperative Winds
Here’s the sad news, folks: The 7-Eleven in Ship Bottom closed on Sunday.
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•October 27, 2022
LBI Taxpayer Associations, ALO Lead Islandwide Cleanup
Barnegat Light Taxpayers Association members were among the many volunteers pitching in as part of Community Cleanup Day on Long Beach Island last Saturday, Oct. 22, organized by the Joint Council of…
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•October 27, 2022
Hot Club of Cowtown Reopens Lizzie Rose Music Room
Rain drops tapped out an insistent rhythm, beating against the tall windows of the Lizzie Rose Music Room while an eager crowd gathered inside, anticipating the long-awaited reopening of the unique…
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•October 27, 2022
Pinelands Cruises Past Manchester, Secures First Winning Season Since 2004
Regardless of what happens during the upcoming NJSIAA South Jersey Group III Regional Invitational Tournament, the Pinelands Regional football team is going to complete its first winning season since…
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•October 27, 2022
Hoofy’s Fest Continues Legacy of Fallen Barnegat Patrolman Alex Hoffman
Saturday, Oct. 22 marked the third annual Hoofy’s Fall Fest in downtown Barnegat, and the sun shone brightly on the occasion. Hundreds gathered to partake in the day’s fresh-air fun, food and…
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•October 27, 2022
Holiday House Tour Tickets Now on Sale
The Garden Club of Long Beach Island announces that tickets are available for its Holiday House Tour on Thursday, Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $65 per person.
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•October 27, 2022
Southern Girls Overcome Donovan Catholic to Capture SCT Crown
Bend but don’t break. It’s one of those old mantras that applies to athletics in so many ways. And in the case of the Southern Regional girls volleyball program, it’s almost a calling. It’s like…
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•October 25, 2022
Use Extra Caution on Roadways as Deer Mating Season Begins
Motorists are reminded to drive with extra vigilance as white-tailed deer mating season gets underway and darkness arrives earlier.
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•October 23, 2022
Count Casimir Pulaski Remembered at Ceremony in Little Egg Harbor
What do the following people have in common? Sir Winston Churchill, Raoul Wallenberg, William Penn, Hannah Callowhill Penn, Mother Teresa, Marquis de Lafayette, Count Casimir Pulaski and Bernado de…
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•October 22, 2022
The Day That Was Supposed to Be Good vs. the Day That Was Really Good
Has anyone noticed what’s been happening in surf shops the last few years?
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•October 21, 2022
There’s No Passing Up This Year’s Classic; Jersey Thing Become an Arkansas Thing
If you have an outside thermometer, go out and make nice since it’s about to take a wild and crazy ride. How the heck is Steve Martin doing these days?
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•October 20, 2022
Fire Company Uses the Elements to Its Advantage
A photo of Barnegat Light Volunteer Fire Co. members conferring in a driving rainstorm was not taken during an emergency. The all-volunteer squad was working in the elements on purpose on the night…
