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•January 14, 2022
Long Beach Township Rescinding Bulkhead Height Rule
Following months of discussion between Long Beach Township officials and residents, the municipal board of commissioners decided to rescind Ordinance 21-27C, adopted last October, “which changed…
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•January 13, 2022
Outdoor Dining Ordinance in the Works in Beach Haven
The Beach Haven Borough Council is fine-tuning a proposed ordinance regulating outdoor dining, and is looking to introduce it at an agenda meeting scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 27 at 4 p.m.
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•January 13, 2022
Offshore Wind Fight Heads to Court as LBI Coalition Sues Feds
Earlier this week, Save Long Beach Island Inc., known locally as the LBI Coalition for Wind Without Impact, made good on its intention to sue an arm of the federal government for what it says is the…
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•January 13, 2022
Collins, Southern Regional Wrestlers Make a Statement With Big Win Over Brick Memorial
When wrestlers from Southern Regional and Brick Memorial high schools get on the mat to face each other, it’s always a fun time. But to see a rematch of one of last season’s state finals and a very…
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•January 13, 2022
Barnegat Light Fire Co. Pays Tribute to Longtime Chief
“Today marks the end of an era,” Barnegat Light Volunteer Fire Co. #1 announced on the first day of the new year. Keith Anderson became chief 20 years before, and retired after a length of service…
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•January 13, 2022
Southern Regional Swimmers Score Solid Victory Against Central
The Southern Regional swim teams seem to be on cruise control – they’re cruising past every team they face.
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•January 6, 2022
Mayor/Weaver/Teacher, Niki Giberson Gives Back from Swan Bay Folk Art Center
“It’s interesting how God designed sheep,” said Niki Giberson as she demonstrated a relatively new craft called needle felting. “Sheep’s wool fibers have little hooks on them called kertins, so when…
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•January 5, 2022
More Normal Than the Year Before, 2021 Had Many Athletic Achievements
While 2021 wasn’t quite as wild and wacky as 2020 with regard to the local sports scene, it hiccuped along for a few months before things largely returned to some sense of normalcy. For the most…
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•January 4, 2022
Stafford Reorganizes, Welcomes Two New Faces
Stafford Township Mayor Greg Myhre and the six-person municipal council were individually sworn in for a new term beginning Jan. 1.
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•January 3, 2022
Snow Day at the Shore
‘Happy’ the pony at Forest Edge Farm in Little Egg Harbor (Photo by Sarah Hodgson)
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•January 3, 2022
Brant Beach Native Aims to Snowboard into Paralympics
Long Beach Island is situated close enough to the mountains that, as a teenager, Jenny Ackers could take day trips from her home in Brant Beach to ski resorts just a few hours’ drive away. Ackers…
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•December 31, 2021
Making a White-Knuckle Drive With One of the World’s Greatest
As recorded in the King James Bible, John the Baptist gave his followers a very simple command when they asked how to avoid the “wrath to come.”
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•December 30, 2021
Ocean County COVID-19 Numbers Exploding
Thanks to the Omicron variant, the still lingering Delta, holiday travel and families gathering for Christmas, COVID-19 is raging in the United States and in many European countries.
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•December 30, 2021
Southern Regional Food Drive Reveal, Christmas Celebration a Special Way to End Year
Editor’s Note: Last week, reporter David Biggy went inside Southern Regional High School for a look at its annual food drive to benefit the Atlantic City Rescue Mission. This is the second of two…
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•December 29, 2021
Southern Regional High School’s Food Drive a Mammoth Team Effort and Labor of Love
Editor’s Note: Last week, reporter David Biggy went inside Southern Regional High School for a look at its annual food drive to benefit the Atlantic City Rescue Mission. This is the first of two…
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•December 27, 2021
When Road-to-Nowhere Almost Led Somewhere; Taking a Year to Stump for Striped Bass
I’m heading into my semi-vacation mode, as The SandPaper semi-shuts down until early January. For me, the break means time well split between beaches and the outback – camera and metal detector in…
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•December 26, 2021
Introducing the Pup That Saved Christmas
Christmas has always been a joyous and memorable holiday for my family and me. The last couple of years, however, we have experienced a terrible pandemic. For many families like ours, it has…
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•December 24, 2021
All About Pancakes and Southern Regional Helping One of Its Own
Shortly after 8 a.m. on Dec. 16, several hundred students flooded the 9/10 building cafeteria of Southern Regional High School, most of them prepared to hand over a $5 or $10 bill with a purpose in…
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•December 22, 2021
Lumber Company Owners Seek to Drop Seven Lots From Existing Site Plan
The attorney for the new owners of Tuckerton Lumber Co. said his clients’ plans to divest seven lots from the current site plan and relocate storage racks are the only land use changes planned at the…
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•December 22, 2021
Era Retires for Barnegat Light Postmaster’s Special Delivery
A customer’s Westie dog, Emmie, laid her head on the shoulder of retiring postmaster Dorothy Mathis, close to the same sentiment that the humans in Barnegat Light had shown during a tearful ceremony…
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•December 22, 2021
Southern Regional Boys, Girls Swim Past T.R. East, Improve to 3-0
Earlier in the day on Dec. 16, the Southern Regional boys swim team served pancakes to others in the school during a “Pancakes for Matt” breakfast fundraiser. Later that day, the Rams routed Toms…
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•December 22, 2021
Jerry Christmas, Happy New Weir: Grateful Heads on Holiday
The coronavirus pandemic – now having consumed the last two years of our lives – has been the longest, shortest, weirdest time to be alive. Despite the ever-present challenges, we are slowly marching…
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•December 22, 2021
Tuckerton Seaport Open for Winter Walks
The Tuckerton Seaport is open for strolls along the decorated boardwalk on Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays through Jan. 16. The gift shop inside the Tucker’s Island Lighthouse is also open…
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•December 22, 2021
Planning Your Holiday Surf Session and a ’21 Rewind
Well, five pop-up holiday marts, one sunny parade, 3 pounds of peppermint bark, six trips to the surf shop, a few conversations about Danner, Dasher and Omicron visiting and we’re already at the…
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•December 22, 2021
Barnegat Esports ‘Rockets’ to State Title
Over the weekend, Barnegat High School’s esports team won the state Rocket League championship at Rutgers University.
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•December 21, 2021
Amid Holiday Shopping, Wintry Delights, Stafford Heritage Shines
Where east meets west in the heart of historic Stafford Township – i.e. where East Bay Avenue meets West Bay Avenue at the intersection with Main Street (Route 9) – the first-ever Winter Wonderland…
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•December 20, 2021
Picking Perfect High-Flying Gift for Anglers; When Striper Decline Is What Nature Wants
Many Christmas columns back, I wrote about a lady who called me, desperately seeking my input about a gift she wanted to get for her hubby. I first figured she was another struggling shopper…
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•December 19, 2021
Why Seafood Prices Are So Inflated
Every Christmas Eve, Don Takash jets around the parking lot outside Ahearn’s Seafood with a big smile, greeting customers and directing traffic. It’s the busiest day of the year with fish being so…
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•December 18, 2021
9th District Delegation Speaks Out Against Toll Increases
State Sen. Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove are calling on Trenton to end automatic toll hikes, declaring commuters and businesses cannot afford the…
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•December 17, 2021
No Decision on Coast Guard Station Beach Haven’s Future
A proposal to cease seasonal operations at Coast Guard Station Beach Haven beginning Memorial Day weekend 2022 has not been finalized. If approved, all boat responses would launch from Coast Guard…
