Letters
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September 9, 2020
Derby Off This Year
The Sea Shell Resort and Beach Club has decided to cancel its 24th annual Striped Bass Derby for this year.
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September 9, 2020
Parking Rules Flouted
All of us are truly blessed in being able to enjoy our paradise of LBI, especially during the summer months. Being a homeowner, like myself, or a visitor, we have a civic responsibility to comply…
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September 9, 2020
Long Overdue
The Sept. 3 article “Legalized Pot Will Be on New Jersey’s 2020 Ballots” by Rick Mellerup was a good and informative read. There has been much debate and discussion on the issue and it is long…
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September 9, 2020
No Place Like …
This note refers to the photograph with Ted Ritter’s Feedback story last week.
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September 9, 2020
So Thankful
The following was addressed to Long Beach Township Mayor Joseph Mancini.
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September 4, 2020
Slow Delivery
We are hearing a lot about the post office right now. I would like to express my opinion and experience.
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September 4, 2020
Waste of Time
I am writing to comment on an article in the August Leader issue titled “Budget Cut, But Revenues Fall, LEH Raises Property Tax.”
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September 3, 2020
Pray to God
I would imagine a large segment of Americans would say they believe in God. No matter what religion they claim, they all believe in a supreme being.
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September 3, 2020
One for the Books
As the great Frank Sinatra sings, “And now the end is near …” As the unofficial end of summer approaches, I think we can all agree that this will be one for the books. Stories will be written about…
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September 2, 2020
Have the Courtesy
To the man at the LBT post office who arrived in a beautiful Aston Martin: If it’s too much trouble to wear a mask, at least have the courtesy to cover your mouth when you cough.
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September 2, 2020
Girlie Weekend
Aug. 22-23 was my annual “Girlie Weekend” in Surf City. With all of the added new challenges and different life experiences we have had to face in 2020, this year’s gathering was different. It just…
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September 2, 2020
Three Strikes
Three strikes and you’re out was probably the first rule you learned when you sat down to watch a baseball game. The all-Republican Little Egg Harbor Township Committee may be working on their third…
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September 2, 2020
Economic Facts
There are a lot of claims about our economy going around: “best ever,” “the world has never seen anything like this,” etc. We all will be voting soon, and it is of critical importance to deal in…
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September 2, 2020
Made My Day
Thank you so much for the wonderful article last week featuring my “Laundry Day” clothesline installation currently on view at Wildflower Too Gallery. It truly has “made my day” to have a reporter…
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September 2, 2020
Speaking of Racism …
In her Aug. 19 Commentary, Dotty Cronan’s account of racial integration in the 1940s and ‘50s really hit home. Her experiences as a white girl embracing diversity quite matched my own as a central…
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September 2, 2020
Lockdowns Work
I’d like to comment on the Aug. 19 article titled “Recent Death Rate Belies Pandemic.” According to the local doctor who oversees the LBI health department, the overall death rate in New Jersey is…
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August 27, 2020
Fresh Eyes
I am writing to announce my candidacy for the Long Beach Township seat on the Long Beach Island Consolidated school board.
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August 27, 2020
Concerned Grandfather
New data daily show that as soon as schools open, kids, teachers and staff test positive for COVID-19. Many school districts have safely determined that they best serve their students, staff and…
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August 27, 2020
Real Knucklehead
King Murphy likes to call the fine people of New Jersey knuckleheads. He should look in the mirror at himself for declaring that voters should vote by mail. This is not absentee voting but what…
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August 27, 2020
Cyclists Slighted
The Route 72 Dorland Henderson Bridge was recently renovated at a cost of more than $300 million, a project that took about seven years. The old bridge was definitely in need of an upgrade, and among…
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August 26, 2020
Resurrect Markers
I find it interesting that the channel markers leading from the Intracoastal Waterway to Kinsey Creek in Harvey Cedars have not been replaced this summer. I was under the impression that these…
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August 26, 2020
Pesky Cat
Why do some people who have cats feel it’s perfectly acceptable for their cats to roam the neighborhood at will?
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August 26, 2020
Wonderful Shock
What a wonderful shock I had reading the Aug. 5 edition of The SandPaper and finding a picture of the Notre Dame nuns on the beach (accompanying the SpeakEasy “The Last Day I Surfed With My Father: A…
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August 26, 2020
Dredge by Sections
After the Tuckerton Council meeting Aug. 17, the leadership of the Tuckerton Beach Association Infrastructure Committee agreed to look into breaking down the lagoon dredging special assessment by…
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August 26, 2020
Our United States
The column praising the leadership of Donald Trump by Ray Bleiweiss (“Speaking of Responsibility – Let’s Stop Blaming President,” 7/22) and the unabashed fawning of his diatribe by Joan Arosemowicz…
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August 26, 2020
Disappointing Dialogue
As a lifelong visitor on beautiful LBI, homeowner and taxpayer, I find myself airing my profound disappointment in our local government through the only means available to me.
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August 20, 2020
Be a P.O. Patriot
This is a public service announcement. The U.S. Postal Service is written into the U.S. Constitution. Therefore, it needs to be supported. Regardless of your political preferences, be a patriot.
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August 20, 2020
Another Explanation
I read with interest Jay Mann’s column (The Fish Story, 8/12) theorizing whether numerous “near-tornadoes” were implicated in the striking event accompanying the Isaias tropical storm, i.e. the…
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August 19, 2020
Missing the Point
I was disappointed to read in Aug. 5 SandPaper, buried toward the end of a discussion of water meters in Long Beach Township, a comment by Commissioner Lattanzi regarding lifeguards infected with…
