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•May 7, 2026
Replacing Spirit Airlines at AC Airport Is Tough Proposition
There will be life after Spirit at the Atlantic City International Airport. However, the question is if that life will rapidly become as vibrant as it was in the Spirit days.
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•May 7, 2026
Oxycocus School Expansion and Renovation Project Gets Underway in Stafford
As soon as the excavator machine broke off the top corner of the northwestern portion of the “trailer wing” attached to the Oxycocus School building shortly after 10 a.m. on April 28, it didn’t take…
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•May 6, 2026
Long Beach Island Elementary School Celebrates Earth Week
As part of last month’s Earth Week celebrations, students and staff at the Long Beach Island Elementary School in Surf City initiated two new programs – the New Jersey Air Quality Flag Program and…
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•May 6, 2026
Barnegat Schools Seeking New Superintendent
On May 1, Brian Latwis resigned as Barnegat Township School District superintendent. The day before, he accepted the position of superintendent of the Ocean City School District in Cape May County.…
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•May 6, 2026
Projects Progressing Along Bay Avenue in Beach Haven
Driving along Bay Avenue in Beach Haven has been a challenge lately with all the roadwork being done by Ocean County crews. At last week’s borough council agenda meeting, Borough Manager Sherry Mason…
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•May 6, 2026
LBT Agrees to Review Duplex Sewer Base Rate
The majority of attendees at Long Beach Township’s most recent board of commissioners meeting, on Monday, May 4, hoped to convince municipal officials to review the current structure for the sewer…
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•May 6, 2026
LEHSD Superintendent Resigning After Two Years Into a Three-Year Contract
Little Egg Harbor School District Superintendent of Schools Lisa Antunes is resigning effective on or about Aug. 20. The board of education approved her resignation at its April 28 meeting.
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•May 6, 2026
Inactive Liquor License Gets New Home at Hochstrasser’s Marina
The Ship Bottom Borough Council’s unanimous approval of a liquor-license transfer completes the local review, bringing the new owner of Hochstrasser’s Marina one step from being able to sell alcohol…
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•May 6, 2026
Board of Education Approves Stafford Schools Budget
As expected, the Stafford Township School District budget for the 2026-27 school year experienced no significant changes since its initial presentation in early April.
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•May 6, 2026
Stafford Township Council Approves Municipal Budget
As Stafford Township Mayor Robert Henken offered the public the opportunity to speak about the next fiscal year’s municipal budget on April 28, he glanced around the council chamber room for a few…
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•May 3, 2026
Gray Seal Pup Found in Harvey Cedars Released Back to Ocean
After a two-month rehabilitative stint at the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, a gray seal pup originally spotted on a snow-dusted stretch of Long Beach Boulevard in Harvey Cedars has…
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•May 2, 2026
Ship Bottom Land Use Board Tees Up Tech With Golf Simulator Approval
Nearly two hours of testimony in a packed municipal room preceded the Ship Bottom Land Use Board’s approval of a groundbreaking golf‑simulator proposal with curtailed hours and a denied BYOB request…
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•May 1, 2026
Proposed Plans for Hochstrasser’s Marina Hearing Canceled After Capacity Exceeded
That Ship Bottom residents, some who traveled from their primary residence to the Island, did not get the opportunity to address a proposed plan to transform Hochstrasser’s Marina into a dining and…
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•April 30, 2026
Pinelands Superintendent’s Husband Jailed for Illegal Assault Rifle and Threatening to Kill Two Men, Police Say
Lucas P. McCooley, the husband of Pinelands Regional Superintendent Melissa McCooley, remains in jail after the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office accused him of threatening to kill August Daleo…
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•April 30, 2026
Hochstrasser’s Marina Proposed as Dining/Entertainment Venue; Slips Would Remain
Changes could be coming to the north side of the Causeway along Barnegat Bay with a proposal for longtime marina to be reborn as the Salt Shack, a waterfront destination venue with two dining areas…
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•April 30, 2026
Bat Mitzvah Celebrates Coming-of-Age, and a Love of LBI
For a girl named Chelsea with an affinity for the beach, choosing a bat mitzah theme was an (ocean) breeze: a Long Beach Island-tinged celebration to mark a coming-of-age within the Jewish community…
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•April 30, 2026
Neighbors Look to Curb Parking Crunch, Drive Sustained Enforcement
What was once a few cars circling for a parking space during the peak summer season has become a recurring bottleneck: blocked driveways, painted curbs and commercial fleets crowding narrow streets…
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•April 29, 2026
The SandPaper Wins ‘General Excellence’ in NJPA 2025 Weekly Contest
The SandPaper won the prestigious General Excellence Award for the fifth consecutive year for editorial content in the weekly division of the 2025 New Jersey Press Association Better Newspaper…
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•April 29, 2026
Pinelands Approves 2026-27 School Year Budget
The Pinelands Regional Board of Education approved the district’s 2026-27 budget on Monday night, April 27.
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•April 29, 2026
Long Beach Township Police Make Arrests for Narcotics Offenses
Officers from the Long Beach Township Police Department, including the K-9 Unit and Operations Unit, recently concluded an extensive investigation into the distribution of illegal narcotics at…
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•April 29, 2026
Eagleswood Adopts Budget With Small Tax Increase; State Police Weigh in on Parking Problem
The Eagleswood Township Committee adopted its just-over-$2-million budget at the regular meeting of Monday, April 27.
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•April 29, 2026
Barnegat Schools Superintendent Completes Certification Program
Barnegat School District Superintendent Brian Latwis recently completed the AASA National Superintendent Certification Program – East Cohort.
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•April 29, 2026
Anti-Bullying Specialist Gets Special Recognition
Jennifer Blanchard, school counselor and anti-bullying specialist at Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School, recently received the HIBster Anti-Bullying Software Counselor of the Year award.
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•April 29, 2026
Harvey Cedars Police Hold Award Ceremony
At a recent Harvey Cedars Borough Commissioners meeting, Police Chief Robert Burnaford announced Patrolman Joseph D’Angelo was named Officer of the Year.
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•April 29, 2026
Jacques Cousteau Reserve Now a Public Oyster, Clam Shell Drop-Off Station
The Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve has partnered with the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Fish and Wildlife to collect discarded oyster and clam shells…
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•April 29, 2026
Harvey Cedars in the Great American Cleanup
Harvey Cedars has joined communities across the country in committing to “The Greatest American Cleanup.”
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•April 29, 2026
Stafford’s Adopt-a-Drain Program Goes High Tech
Stafford Township’s adopt-a-drain program has been around for years, but now the township has partnered with Drexel University to increase public participation to keep stormwater inlets clear as well…
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•April 29, 2026
State Marks Arbor Day by Announcing Municipal Tree Maintenance Grants
The Sherrill administration rounded out Earth Week, and celebrated Arbor Day, last Friday, April 24, by announcing the availability of $250,000 in grants to support municipal tree maintenance…
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•April 29, 2026
Harvey Cedars Beach Badges Are Winners
For the first time, an organization that prints and distributes beach badges throughout the Jersey Shore held a competition for which municipalities had the best designs.
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•April 29, 2026
A Habitat for Humanity House Becomes a Home
Standing in the living room of her new home, surrounded by the people who helped build it, Jackie Josepayt-Schlicher fought through tears to thank everyone in the room.
