News
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•February 19, 2020
Water Meters on Order for Barnegat Light
Barnegat Light Borough Council approved on Feb. 12 a $434,538 contract to buy water meters, moving the digital metering upgrade another step ahead.
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•February 19, 2020
County GOP Screening Committee Picks Gibbs Over Richter and Novak
David Richter, the Republican millionaire ex-businessman who wants to take Democrat incumbent Andy Kim’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives representing New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional…
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•February 19, 2020
Comcast Renewed in Surf City
The Surf City Borough Council renewed its contract with Comcast of Long Beach Island LLC to construct, connect, operate and maintain a television and communication system at its meeting last week.
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•February 19, 2020
Surf City Property Owners, Borough Engineer Working Together on Oceanfront Retaining Wall Request
A request to Surf City officials from the owners of a home under construction to continue a retaining wall on the east side of their 18th Street property, or the west side of the oceanfront dune…
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•February 19, 2020
Hundreds of Seasonal Jobs Available at State Parks, Forests, Historic Sites
The New Jersey State Park Service and the State Park Police are accepting applications for hundreds of peak-season jobs throughout the state’s forests, historic sites and parks, including Barnegat…
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•February 19, 2020
SandPaper Staff Shows Depth and Breadth in State Newspaper Contest
Once again The SandPaper figured prominently in the New Jersey Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest, judged by members of the Louisiana Press Association this year, snaring 21…
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•February 19, 2020
FEMA Wants Disaster Money Back From Little Egg Harbor
The $4.3 million FEMA Community Disaster loan taken out in 2013 to help cover lost taxes caused by Superstorm Sandy’s destruction of 2,000 homes in Little Egg Harbor Township has now been marked due.
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•February 19, 2020
Little Egg Harbor Affirms Second Amendment Rights
The Little Egg Harbor Township Committee declared the town a “Second Amendment/Lawful Gun Owner Sanctuary Township” by passing a resolution to that effect at its Feb. 13 township meeting. In response…
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•February 19, 2020
Clean Ocean Action Applauds Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act
Nonprofit Clean Ocean Action, which has long called for federal action against the marine plastic crisis, is praising the introduction of the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020…
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•February 19, 2020
‘Penny Wars’ Champs, Swim Teams Commended by Southern School Board on ‘Unprecedented’ Efforts
The Southern Regional Board of Education meeting Feb. 12 was awash in good news from two disparate sources: a penny collection and the high school swim teams.
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•February 19, 2020
Barnegat Contractor Sentenced to Three Years
George LaRosa of Barnegat Township was sentenced Feb. 14 to three years in the New Jersey State Prison as a result of his previously entered guilty plea to theft by failure to make required…
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•February 19, 2020
Tax Preparation Workshop at Stockton Manahawkin
A workshop on tax law updates for businesses and individuals will be held at Stockton University Manahawkin, 712 East Bay Ave., at noon on Thursday, Feb. 27.
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•February 19, 2020
Birding Experts Head Panel Discussion at Stockton
A recent study sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology revealed that almost three billion birds have been lost from North America since 1970. In addition, the National Audubon Society issued a…
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•February 19, 2020
Peregrine Falcon Hatchling Numbers on the Rise in New Jersey
The peregrine falcon’s New Jersey comeback story continued in 2019, Conserve Wildlife Foundation reports. Although the adult population was slightly lower in 2019 – 38 known pairs as compared to 40…
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•February 19, 2020
Young Leaders Project Focuses on Plastic Waste
Barnegat Township School District fifth-graders who are part of the Leaders in Training club assembled an art project that raises awareness about reducing plastic waste.
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•February 19, 2020
Tuckerton Masonic Lodge Hits 200th Anniversary
“The only thing secret about the Masons is that they have no secrets,” said Jim Blackburn, historian of the Tuckerton Lodge as he attributed the quote to Benjamin Franklin, one of Freemasonry’s…
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•February 19, 2020
County Launches SAMI Ridership Safety Program
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer has announced a county-wide initiative to promote awareness and ride sharing safety.
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•February 19, 2020
Public Can Still Weigh in on Changes to Migratory Bird Act
The public has until March 19 to weigh in on proposed changes to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 that would refine the meaning of the word “take” in order to allow unintentional bird kills to…
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•February 18, 2020
Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove Named to NJ Historical Commission
Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove has been named to the New Jersey Historical Commission, an agency dedicated to the advancement of public knowledge and preservation of state history. Gove – who grew up…
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•February 17, 2020
Lane Closures Begin Feb. 18 on Doc Cranmer Boulevard
Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 18 and continuing daily through the end of the week, there will be daytime lane closures on both Doc Cramer Boulevard and a portion of Route 72 as the state Department of…
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•February 16, 2020
DOT Seeks Options to Provide Safe Access to Sidewalks from Cedar Bonnet Island
The long-awaited meeting among Cedar Bonnet Island residents, Stafford Township officials and representatives from the state Department of Transportation regarding a safe way to access new sidewalks…
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•February 14, 2020
Island First Aid Squads Respond to Opioid Overdose Crisis
Deb Whitcraft of the Beach Haven First Aid Squad wants to make it crystal clear that her opinions about opioid addiction and overdose are her own, and not representative of the squad as a whole or…
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February 14, 2020
School News: Hard-Charging Rams
At the end of last year Maureen Hoffman issued a challenge to her Southern Regional High School Painting & Drawing students to see who could come up with the best Ram-themed painting. The winner was…
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•February 14, 2020
A Friend to Animals Is Honored
To say that pet advocate Dottie Reynolds of Barnegat Light has been animals’ best friend, would not be an understatement at all.
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•February 13, 2020
Micah Fowler Is Special Guest at Local Night to Shine
Unlike their first three events, the Night to Shine prom for teens and adults with special needs held Feb. 7 at Bayside Chapel in Barnegat Township featured a celebrity – Micah Fowler.
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•February 13, 2020
Long Beach Township Partners with Ocean County to Conserve Coastal Marsh Tract in Holgate
Last spring, Long Beach Township made known its intent to acquire for conservation approximately 24 acres of coastal marshland bayside in Holgate. As the municipality recently announced this week, it…
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•February 13, 2020
Ørsted’s Ocean Wind Offshore Windfarm on the Horizon
Tiny specks on the horizon are all that bathers on Long Beach Island can expect to see of a massive wind farm and only if they squint, according to Ørsted’s landscape architect, Terrence De Wan.
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•February 12, 2020
Trolley Ordinance in Neutral Until Thursday
The Beach Haven Borough Council will hold a special meeting on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. for further discussion and adoption of a $325,000 bond ordinance to purchase two trolleys.
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•February 12, 2020
Explanation of LBGTQ Curriculum at Pinelands Regional Junior High School Leaves Many Dissastisfied
An informational session at Pinelands Junior High School on Feb. 5 was as short as it was long awaited.
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•February 12, 2020
Plans Being Made for Vietnam Ceremony in Barnegat
Three years ago, Barnegat Township resident Thy (prounouced Tee) Cavagnaro began plans for yearly local commemorations of the Vietnam War. The groundwork for her initiative began when President…
