Letters
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July 2, 2025
Lack of Humanity
In last week’s Commentary (“Promises, Promises Lead to Questions, Questions”), Jim Eller clearly lays out the campaign promises not kept by President Donald Trump. These cannot be a surprise to…
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June 26, 2025
Kudos to Water Crew
When my wife and I returned from a vacation the first week of May, we noticed a marked decrease in water pressure. I wrongly attributed it to the repeated disruption of the roads up and down Long…
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June 25, 2025
This Too Shall Pass
We look around, sometimes in despair, at the sight of the political divisions preventing us from working together, even as planet Earth, our shared home, suffers under the weight of our activities.
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June 25, 2025
No Thank-You
You hear from a worthwhile charity asking for your help. You respond with a generous check and are happy you can help.
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June 18, 2025
Welcome News
The recent news that a new restaurant/bar and liquor store will be built on the former site of Kubel’s 2 (and before that the venerable DeFreitas bar and liquor store) is most welcome. There was a…
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June 18, 2025
Please Don’t Assume
Last week, I was in the waiting area in one of the many blood-testing labs in Southern Ocean County. Soon after, another patient arrived, also for testing. He talked to the receptionist about a…
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June 13, 2025
Great Month of May
The Stafford Township Recreation Department consisting of Jason, Jennifer, Ken, Lynette and Krista helped us older Americans celebrate each Wednesday during Older Americans Month in May. The first…
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June 11, 2025
Calling for Relief
An invasion of privacy is defined as the intrusion into the personal life of another without just cause. This flagrant abuse of our privacy takes place daily in the sanctuary of our homes when we are…
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June 11, 2025
Celebrate Democracy
June 14 is a defining moment for our democracy. On Flag Day, a day meant to honor the ideals of freedom and justice, the president is staging a lavish military parade that is designed to glorify…
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June 11, 2025
Happy Pride
My heartiest congratulations to Barnegat for hosting a great opening to Pride Month at the Edwards School field on Saturday, May 31. Who would have thought that Barnegat of all Ocean County towns…
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June 4, 2025
Wellness Done
On behalf of the Long Beach Island Historical Association, the Psychic and Wellness Fair Committee extends our sincere thanks for The SandPaper’s coverage of our event on May 10.
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June 4, 2025
Checking the Record
There will undoubtedly be a range of opinions, comments and feelings about how Bill Fenimore has represented himself, both in the past and in his recent letter to The SandPaper editor, “Ship Bottom…
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June 4, 2025
Team Within a Team
Incumbents Bob Butkus and Tom Tallon’s track record on the Ship Bottom Borough Council speaks for itself. Councilman Butkus has completely updated all the infrastructure throughout Ship Bottom…
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June 4, 2025
Unsafe Staffing
We have been nurses at Southern Ocean Medical Center for 36 and 12 years respectively and currently serve on the executive board of our nurses union. Since Feb. 10, we have been in contract…
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May 29, 2025
Beat Goes On
Sunrise Bay resident Carol Ischen and her line dancing class were almost forced to stop dancing. The CDs that they danced to for years were wearing out and barely playable. The girls had a list of…
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May 29, 2025
Fight for Us
I am writing to urge elected officials to do everything in their power to protect everyday people in our community instead of enabling Trump’s tax breaks for billionaires and corporate polluters.
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May 28, 2025
Game of Semantics
I read with great dismay the recent votes and comments by Congressman Jeff Van Drew. He is twisting himself in knots with a semantics game to justify his vote to greatly reduce funding for Medicaid…
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May 28, 2025
Sand From Glass
Every year we are faced with the costly necessity of beach replenishment. Each year tens of millions of dollars are spent to dredge the ocean floor to replace what the forces of nature chose to…
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May 28, 2025
Fun for All
I love the beginning of summer. The birds are back, the ocean is warming up and things are again blooming. Families are gearing up for another summer of family, friends and barbecues. Kids are…
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May 28, 2025
Ship Bottom Constituents Lose in a Bad Redevelopment Deal
I have been on the Ship Bottom Land Use Board for over 10 years and never have I seen anything like this. The mayor and council agreed to redevelopment plan with a developer to put homes and some…
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May 22, 2025
Pickleball Facts
After reading Taylor Mason’s SpeakEasy essay on pickleball (“Pickleball: The Annoying, Non-Sport of Boomers,” 5/14), my hope is that he does a better job preparing his comedy act than he did for his…
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May 22, 2025
Short Warning
Attention pedestrians: If you are 5 feet, 6 inches or shorter, please be cautious while crossing the Boulevard behind SUVs, as drivers may not see you. Even though pedestrian crosswalks are clearly…
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May 21, 2025
Trash Cans MIA
Walking along Long Beach Boulevard, we usually like to pick up any trash we see lying around to keep our town clean. Just as I was doing this, there was not a town trash can in sight. I needed to…
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May 21, 2025
Non-Funny Column
The following responds to Taylor Mason’s SpeakEasy column last week (“Pickleball: The Annoying, Non-Sport of Boomers”).
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May 21, 2025
Freedom vs. Fascism
Before we fire up the grills, spread the blankets on the sandy beaches, let us take a moment to consider this. What was the cost of the freedom we enjoy today? At the end of World War II my father…
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May 21, 2025
Honoring Heroes
Memorial Day, a day when we honor all those who have given their all that we might still have the freedoms we enjoy today. Freedoms that we all too often take for granted. Freedoms that are still…
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May 15, 2025
Tremendous Support
On Saturday, May 3, the New Jersey Maritime Museum held its annual fundraiser at Bird & Betty’s. Again, it was a rousing success. Of course, that was only possible because of the tremendous support…
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May 15, 2025
Skate Clinic Scores
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) Surf & Skate LBI would like to express our thanks to so many people who helped make our Skateboard Clinic a huge success. On May 3, the Barnegat Light…
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May 14, 2025
Off By 200 Years
In Thomas Farner’s 200 Plus column on April 9, he quotes John Bailey Lloyd in Six Miles at Sea saying that Surf City was formed “in the 1890s.” Why, then, does Surf City have a sign saying it was…