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•October 1, 2020
Ocean County Announces Vote-By-Mail Drop-Off Locations
If you’re a voter who doesn’t trust the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service to deliver your vote-by-mail ballot or don’t want to visit a polling place on Nov. 3 because of COVID-19 fears, fear not, you…
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•October 1, 2020
Ocean County COVID-19 Numbers Spike, But No Active Cases Among Islanders
Although Ocean County is seeing an upsurge in numbers of COVID-19 cases, there were no new coronavirus cases among Long Beach Island residents as of the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 29, according to the…
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•October 1, 2020
Car Theft Ring Eyed in Two Police Pursuits on LBI
Four cars stolen from Surf City residences in a seven-day period earlier this month were all recovered in North Jersey, law enforcement officials said. Police believe the thefts are part of a larger…
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•October 1, 2020
Whitcraft Is Just Tickled Pink After Fundraiser
Deborah C. Whitcraft and her husband, Jim Vogel, will be drawing their shares of stares and double takes this week. That’s easy to do when you sport a pink hairdo courtesy of the Lavish salon in…
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•October 1, 2020
Pinelands School Board Keeps Drug Test Policy
The Pinelands Regional Board of Education nixed an administration proposal to end the district’s random drug testing policy at its Sept. 23 meeting.
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•October 1, 2020
Lack of Substitutes Causes Staff Shortage at Tuckerton Elementary
Tuckerton Elementary’s hybrid program, in which students can either attend school two days a week in socially distanced and COVID-19-safe classrooms plus do virtual learning or stay out of school and…
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•September 30, 2020
Save the Date: Ship Bottom Christmas Parade Is On
The annual Ship Bottom Christmas Parade is a go for Saturday, Dec. 5 – for now. However, up until the day of the parade, officials reserve the right to cancel for any reason related to the…
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•September 30, 2020
Coast Guard Saves Boat That Struck North Jetty
A good Samaritan rescued two uninjured mariners and the U.S. Coast Guard towed a 45-foot recreational boat after it struck the submerged jetty on the north side of Barnegat Inlet last Thursday…
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•September 30, 2020
The Lowdown on Halloween in Stafford This Year: No Spirit Shop, But Plenty of Spooky Fun to Be Had
Normally at this time of year, Spirit Halloween comes to one of the shopping centers off Route 72 in Manahawkin. Many habitual costume shoppers will be disappointed to learn they’ll have to drive to…
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•September 30, 2020
Shellfish Farmers Eligible for New Relief From Pandemic Losses
Local clammers and oystermen who utilize aquaculture can apply for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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•September 30, 2020
Offshore Wind Solicitation Continues Governor’s Energy Plan
The N.J. Board of Public Utilities has opened the application window for the state’s second solicitation of offshore wind capacity by offering Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificates, or ORECs…
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•September 30, 2020
Stafford Police Stress Park Hour Limit Following Complaints
Following recent complaints by numerous residents about incidents of heckling and verbal abuse at a park in the Ocean Acres section of Stafford Township, the police department issued a simple…
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•September 30, 2020
ALO Applauds State Legislature’s Passage of Single-Use Waste Ban Bill
Alliance for a Living Ocean is joining environmental groups across New Jersey in cheering the state Legislature’s passage of a bill that would ban single-use plastic bags and polystyrene foam food…
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•September 30, 2020
Aid Continuing Recovery of New Jersey’s Bald Eagles
As New Jersey’s bald eagle population continues to soar – breaking records this year with more than 200 active nests with eggs and 300 young fledged, up from just one pair in the early 1980s –…
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•September 30, 2020
Could Payroll Tax Cuts Kill Social Security?
Older voters and disabled persons – red alert! Social Security could be under attack by President Donald Trump, at least according to critics.
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•September 30, 2020
Shop at Boscov’s to Benefit St. Francis Community Center
On Oct. 14 and 15, shop online at boscovs.com – or drive to one of the nearest Boscov’s stores, in Toms River or Egg Harbor Township – and Boscov’s Friends Helping Friends will donate 5 percent of…
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•September 30, 2020
New Police Officer Hired in Barnegat
The Barnegat Police Department has announced the hiring of Joseph Peragine as patrolman.
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•September 30, 2020
Former Vetwork Employees Charged With Theft
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on Sept. 24, three former employees of a nonprofit organization that provides resources and assistance to area veterans have been charged…
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•September 30, 2020
Ocean County College Foundation Expands Student Scholarship Program
The Ocean County College Foundation has expanded its scholarship support this fall to include more than 100 students in OCC’s fall inter-term programs. This is the first time students in the Fall…
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•September 30, 2020
Call County Board of Elections With Mail-In Ballot Questions
The SandPaper’s managing editor has been flooded with phone calls and emails from people asking questions about vote-by-mail ballots in the past couple of weeks. But that flood looks like a mere…
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•September 30, 2020
Ciccone Chairs Stockton Board
Stockton alumnus Raymond R. Ciccone of Surf City was named chair of the Stockton University Board of Trustees at the Sept. 23 meeting, held via Zoom.
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•September 29, 2020
Stafford School District Reports First Positive COVID-19
The Stafford Township School District reported its first positive case of COVID-19 on Friday, Sept. 25, said Superintendent George Chidiac.
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•September 29, 2020
Skill, Luck, Hoagies: Support Eagleswood Volunteer Fire Co.
Brush up on those cornhole (a.k.a. bean bag toss) skills and come play at Calloways on Route 9 this Saturday in support of the Eagleswood Volunteer Fire Co. The firehouse needs a new roof, and…
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•September 29, 2020
Expect Night Detours at Ninth Street in Ship Bottom
Prepare to stop, be rerouted, and wait. Traffic changes are coming next week to the entrance of Long Beach Island as Ship Bottom begins infrastructure work on Ninth Street between the Causeway and…
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•September 28, 2020
Chowderfeasting for Final Week of ChowderMonth
Thousands have participated in the month-long pivot of the iconic Chowderfest, and in the final stretch this week, the race to taste is heating up.
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•September 28, 2020
Tuckerton Mystery Lady: Ghost in the Window
This is a rather mild ghost story – no screeching or howling at night, no rattling of chains or teacups – but the new owner of 162 East Main St. in Tuckerton, Elliot Garcia, thinks he may have…
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•September 27, 2020
Ethel A. Jacobsen Garden Gets Blue Ribbon Recognition
More than 500 contestants from throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware submitted their gardens to the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society as part of the group’s 2020 online competition. Of…
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•September 24, 2020
Workers Medevaced After House Collapse in Brant Beach
Two men were airlifted from the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School field in Ship Bottom the morning of Sept. 24 after the top floor and deck collapsed on the Brant Beach home where they were…
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•September 24, 2020
Judge’s Ruling on Use Variance Approval for Former CVS Site Expected This Year
A decision on whether the Ship Bottom Land Use Review Board should have granted a use variance for the shuttered CVS Pharmacy in April 2019, when the application for a family-style entertainment…
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•September 24, 2020
Volunteers Give Mordecai Island a Sprucing Up
On Sept. 13, the Mordecai Land Trust in Beach Haven held a cleanup on Mordecai Island with a team of 33 volunteers of all ages, including five volunteers from ReClam the Bay and five boat captains.
