News
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•February 2, 2023
State Insurance, Inspection Mandates Weighed in Ship Bottom
The Ship Bottom Borough Council last month introduced two ordinances required by state law that mandate lead-based paint inspections as well as proof of liability insurance coverage by certain…
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•February 1, 2023
Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey Elects Woman as 13th Bishop
The number 13 turned out to be lucky on Saturday for the women of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey.
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•February 1, 2023
Stafford Police, Water-Sewer Departments Busy; Garden Club Seeks New Members
Among Stafford Township detectives’ notable cases in the last month was one of theft by deception, Mayor Greg Myhre reported during his comments at the regular township meeting on Jan. 25 – an…
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•February 1, 2023
New Year, New Township: Beautiful Roads to Beautiful Parks, Beaches in Little Egg Harbor
Little Egg Harbor Township is hitting the ground running in 2023, with many community projects well on their way to completion.
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•February 1, 2023
Speeding Continues to Threaten Little Egg Harbor
During Little Egg Harbor’s Jan. 12 township committee meeting, Dr. John Edmunds of Spruce Drive gave updates on the stormwater drainage project recently completed on Spruce. “Seems to be functioning…
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•February 1, 2023
Frog Pond Student Government Attends Township Meeting
Little Egg Harbor’s Jan. 12 public meeting saw a special opening “chaired” by members of the Frog Pond Elementary Student Government.
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•February 1, 2023
Special Services Director at Pinelands Regional School District Resigning
The biggest news to come out of the Pinelands Regional Board of Education meeting in January was that the district is losing two key employees.
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•February 1, 2023
Learn Results of Wharton Forest Visitor, Vehicle Use Survey at Feb. 8 Virtual Meeting
The N.J. Department of Environmental Protection will present the results of its Wharton State Forest Visitor and Vehicle Use Survey, and gather public input, at a virtual meeting scheduled for 5:30…
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•February 1, 2023
Long Beach Township Lauds Oyster Recycling Program
In one of its formal resolutions adopted just before the start of the new year, Long Beach Township touted the success of the municipality’s Oyster Recycling Program, established in 2017 in…
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•February 1, 2023
NJ Launches Expanded Potential Lead Exposure Mapping Tool
New Jersey’s Department of Community Affairs, in partnership with the Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Protection, is informing the state’s residents of a new, expanded…
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•February 1, 2023
Pagnotta Plan in Beach Haven Moves Another Step
The Beach Haven Borough Council is drawing up a redevelopment plan ordinance for a proposed Queen City East/Queen City West project along Bay Avenue.
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•February 1, 2023
Ocean County Library Commission Appoints New Leaders
Timothy McDonald was named chair of the Ocean County Library Commission for 2023 at the commission’s recent reorganization meeting.
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•January 31, 2023
Yerves Takes on Role as St. Francis Recreation Coordinator
As the slowest weeks and coldest weather (well, normally it’s colder in January) come upon us, the smaller but very active year-round population of Long Beach Island seeks alternatives to the usual…
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•January 30, 2023
Little Egg Harbor Community Development Block Grant Hearing Open to Public Feb. 2
On Jan. 12, Little Egg Harbor Township held a Community Development Block Grant meeting prior to its first public committee meeting of 2023.
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•January 28, 2023
Pickleball Courts on Beach Haven Agenda
The possibility of adding more pickleball courts to the Nelson Avenue facility will be up for discussion at the agenda meeting of the Beach Haven Borough Council scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 26 at 4…
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•January 27, 2023
Pipi to Serve as Barnegat Mayor in 2023
There’s someone new sitting in the Barnegat mayor’s chair – Pasquale “Pat” Pipi – who was handed the gavel at the recent township committee reorganization meeting. Joseph Marte will serve as deputy…
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•January 27, 2023
Learn About Communities That Care on Feb. 5
The Barnegat Quakers host a presentation and discussion with Megan Tucker, prevention specialist of RWJBarnabas Health, on Sunday, Feb. 5 at 1 p.m.
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•January 27, 2023
New Jersey Bald Eagle Population Continues to Soar
Bald eagle numbers in New Jersey are continuing to climb, according to the 2022 N.J. Bald Eagle Project Report, developed by the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Fish and…
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•January 26, 2023
Stafford Receives $5M for Shoreline Restoration
Stafford Township was awarded $5 million last week from the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Natural Climate Solutions Grant Program as part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.…
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•January 26, 2023
Barnegat Light Coast Guardsman Achieves Elite Boat Operator Status
When 12- to 14-foot breaks came through at the mouth of Barnegat Inlet last month, it was an opportunity for Boatswain’s Mate First Class Tim Mirandi to reach a milestone that would warrant a short…
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•January 26, 2023
Guess What the Top Southern Ocean County News Story Was in 2022
As the countdown of the Top 20 news stories of 2022 as reported in the pages of The SandPaper continues with the Top 10, you’ll likely notice that some are repeats of those selected for 2021. Or…
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•January 26, 2023
Tuckerton Committee Reports Highlight EMS Squad, Public Works, Police
Tuckerton Borough Councilman Frank D’Amore gave a service report on behalf of Great Bay EMS Squad 85. Since the squad began responding for Tuckerton in July 2022, there were 48 calls in July, 43 in…
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•January 26, 2023
Tuckerton Offers Updates on Lanyard Lagoon, East Side Dredging
During Tuckerton Borough Council’s Jan. 17 meeting, Councilman Brian Martin gave a much sought-after update on Lanyard Lagoon, for which the borough had received a grant to do a living shoreline…
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•January 26, 2023
Ron Jon’s Construction Plan Hearing Moved to February
An application to completely rebuild the Ron Jon Surf Shop in Ship Bottom is expected to be heard by the Ship Bottom Land Use Board at its Feb. 15 meeting. It was removed from the Jan. 18 agenda…
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•January 25, 2023
Feds Reject Charges Linking Sonar Use to Recent Whale Deaths
Federal officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, along with their partners from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, last week emphatically shot down the premise that…
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•January 25, 2023
Congressman Van Drew Gets Choice House Committee Assignments
Congressman Jeff Van Drew, the Republican who represents all of Southern Ocean County, has announced his committee assignments for the 118th Congress.
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•January 25, 2023
Long Beach Township to Review Lead-Based Paint Inspection Ordinance, Others at Next Meeting
Among the ordinances introduced at the Jan. 9 meeting of the Long Beach Township Board of Commissioners was a measure adopting a new Chapter 108 that pertains to lead-based paint inspections. As…
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•January 25, 2023
Pagnotta to Resubmit Development Plan in Beach Haven
At the Beach Haven Borough Council agenda meeting on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 4 p.m., architect Michael Pagnotta will present a modified plan for his proposed Queen City East/Queen City West project. His…
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•January 25, 2023
Barnegat Police Give Advice on Catalytic Converters
Like many other communities, Barnegat Township has reported some residents had catalytic converters taken from their automobiles.
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•January 25, 2023
Barnegat Police Recruit Excels at Academy
The Barnegat Police Department has announced that after 21 weeks of intense training, Ptl. Zachary Santos graduated from the Cape May Police Academy, the only residential municipal police academy in…
