News
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•November 3, 2021
Beach Haven Library Features Davis Family History
The Beach Haven Public Library pays tribute to Michael R. Davis in an exhibit currently running in the facility, located at 247 North Beach Ave. Davis, who had been president of the library board the…
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•November 3, 2021
Ocean County’s COVID-19 Numbers Ticking Up Slightly Again
The Ocean County Health Department reported there were 819 new cases of COVID-19 in all of Ocean County for the week of Oct. 27 to Nov. 1. That’s down from 912 new cases for the week ending Oct. 26.
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•November 3, 2021
Garden Club Sends Stamps to Wounded Veterans
The Garden Club of Long Beach Island members are participating in a program to make life better for veterans.
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•November 3, 2021
Esports the Newest Rage at Barnegat High School
There is a group of Barnegat High School students competing in sports where there are no fields to run on, uniforms to wear or physical opponents to vie against.
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•November 3, 2021
D’Apuzzo Retires From Stafford District After Giving Her Best for Students for Nearly 35 Years
About an hour before noon on Oct. 14, students, teachers and staff lined the halls of the Oxycocus School but remained quiet until precisely the right moment, when the individual they had gathered to…
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•November 3, 2021
Rental Rules Tightened in Stafford Township
Rules for running an Airbnb just got a little tighter in Stafford Township.
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•November 3, 2021
Beach Haven Business District Is Focus of Special Meeting
The Beach Haven Borough Council will hold a special meeting on Monday, Nov. 8 on 4:30 p.m. on “Preserving a Viable Business District.” It will be held in person and also via Zoom.
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•November 3, 2021
Ocean County Department of Solid Waste Management Recognized With State Recycling Award
The Ocean County Department of Solid Waste Management provides recycling education to its residents as well as millions of summertime vacationers – and for its efforts, the department has been…
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•November 3, 2021
Beach Haven Cannabis Dispensary Proponents State Their Case
For the first time, business partners looking to establish a cannabis dispensary and wellness center in Beach Haven brought their message to the public. On Oct. 27 at the volunteer company firehouse…
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•November 3, 2021
Dredging Moves Forward as Tuckerton Gets Waiver on Loan Down Payment
The big news at the Nov. 1 Tuckerton Borough Council meeting is the town will not have to come up with a 5% down payment on the $2.2 million bond it is seeking to dredge problem parts of lagoons on…
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•November 3, 2021
Ex-Vetwork Employees Indicted for Embezzlement
Three former employees of a nonprofit organization that provides resources and assistance to veterans in Ocean County were indicted last week on theft by unlawful taking charges.
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•November 3, 2021
Rail Trail Woman’s Death Ruled Due to Natural Causes
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Waretown (Ocean Township) Police Chief Michael Rogalski announced last week that the Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled a woman whose body…
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•November 3, 2021
Barnegat NJROTC Cadets Receive Scholarships
Three Barnegat Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps cadets were awarded scholarships totaling $5,000 by Microsoft Inc. in collaboration with the Wounded Warriors Family Support organization.
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•November 3, 2021
Tuckerton and Eagleswood Voters Will Pay If They Don’t Vote for School Consolidation
Supporters of school district consolidation in New Jersey say the state won’t force elementary and high school districts in a region, or even a county, to join together to form pre-K-to-12 districts.…
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•November 1, 2021
Stafford Branch to Undergo Cleaning Starting Nov. 2
The Stafford branch of the Ocean County Library will undergo cleaning beginning Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 2.
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•October 30, 2021
Beach Haven Cat, Butch, Adopts Senior Citizen
“There he goes again! See him splash?” asked Ed McGlynn, his gaze fixed serenely on the ocean from a bench sporting his family name on Belvoir Avenue in Beach Haven. “That’s a big fish. Maybe a tuna…
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•October 28, 2021
Long Beach Township Mandates Bulkhead Heights for New Construction on Bay, Lagoon
In effect now, Long Beach Township homeowners making substantial improvements to a residence on the bay or lagoon – meaning any new construction or other work that requires a certificate of occupancy…
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•October 28, 2021
Longtime Diner Torn Down in Beach Haven
Another Beach Haven landmark fell by the wayside Monday as Fred’s Beach Haven Diner was torn down. It will make way for a new Candy Kingdom, which also has a location in Ship Bottom.
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•October 28, 2021
Beach Sweeps Event Draws Thousands to Clean Shores, Waterways
The team met at Wally’s in Surf City, ready to get to work for the good of the planet on a Saturday morning. They had signed up to help Alliance for a Living Ocean participate in Clean Ocean Action’s…
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•October 28, 2021
Harvey Cedars Police Now Wearing Body Cameras
This week, the Harvey Cedars Police Department began equipping officers with body cameras, in accordance with a New Jersey attorney general directive.
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•October 28, 2021
Passengers Escape Predawn Sailboat Crash Into Jetty
A predawn rescue from a sailboat grounded against jetty rocks ended with no reported injuries Saturday, Oct. 23, but the boat broke apart and sank in Barnegat Inlet later that morning, officials said.
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•October 28, 2021
Ciattarelli Moving Up Fast on Murphy in Polls as Election Day Nears
As predicted in the Sept. 29 issue of The SandPaper, New Jersey’s gubernatorial race is rapidly tightening up as Election Day approaches.
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•October 27, 2021
Proposed Tuckerton Motel Checks Out
The applicants for a 23-room motel to be located between the Greenwood cemetery and Wood Street in Tuckerton have withdrawn their application to the Tuckerton Land Use Board. LUB Attorney Robert…
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•October 27, 2021
LBI Garden Club Nixes Holiday House Tour
For the second year in a row due to COVID-19, the Garden Club of Long Beach Island has canceled its holiday house tour.
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•October 27, 2021
New Jersey Organizing Project Scores Candidates Pertinent to Shore, South Jersey
The New Jersey Organizing Project, a community organization founded in 2014 by Superstorm Sandy survivors, has released a candidate scorecard for the 2021 election.
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•October 27, 2021
Barnegat Rotary Begins Holiday Cash Raffle
The Barnegat Rotary is holding a 50/50 holiday raffle to benefit the organization’s Christmas Elf program.
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•October 27, 2021
Public Comments on Atlantic Shores Wind Farm Mostly Positive
The majority of the people signed up to comment on Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm’s environmental impact statement on Oct. 19 were more concerned with the overall global climate change and sea…
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•October 27, 2021
Five Candidates Running for One Spot on the Pinelands Regional BOE
The 2021 Pinelands Regional School District Board of Education race has garnered quite a bit of attention.
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•October 27, 2021
Alzheimer’s Virtual Program Planned Nov. 4
The Ocean County Library and the Alzheimer’s Association Greater New Jersey Chapter will hold a virtual round table presentation and a community dialogue about sleep, health and age-related dementia…
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•October 27, 2021
Grow Hair, Help Cancer Patients
If you see people sporting longer hair and extra chin growth next month, it’s all part of a “Let It Grow” initiative involving Long Beach Island police departments and David’s Dream & Believe Cancer…
