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•March 9, 2024
Heater/AC Unit Suspected of Starting Fire Inside Oxycocus School Building
Editor’s Note: The original report was changed Sunday evening to include updated information with regard to opening the building to students and staff.
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•March 9, 2024
‘Utmost Professional’ Dellane Says Goodbye to Stafford Police Department
As the sun descended behind him later in the afternoon on Feb. 29, Thomas Dellane stood in front of a police cruiser, holding a walkie-talkie in front of him, along the bottom edge of his tie, his…
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•March 8, 2024
Prospective Eagle Scout Makes, Installs New Historic Signage in Several Parks
Harrison Marti wanted to make Adirondack chairs for Manahawkin Lake Park so visitors would have some pleasant seating options to better enjoy the views. However, he was pointed in a different…
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•March 7, 2024
Downtown Harvey Cedars Has New, Improved Look
The Streetscape initiative in Harvey Cedars, which began several years ago with a suggestion from then private resident and current borough commissioner Joe Gieger, is now coming to fruition, with…
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•March 7, 2024
DEP Forest Fire Service Amplifies Annual Prescribed Burning Program
The state Department of Environmental Protection Forest Fire Service’s annual prescribed burning program is ramping up as part of a proactive strategy to mitigate the risk of more frequent and…
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•March 7, 2024
New Drainage System Connected, Expected to Reduce Flooding in Ship Bottom
With nearly a week of anticipated rain in the extended forecast, there’s good news related to the final phase of the Causeway project in Ship Bottom.
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•March 6, 2024
Programs Poised to Fight Opioid Epidemic in Ocean County
The Ocean County Opioid Advisory Council awarded in December five competitive contracts to nonprofit agencies that will address substance use prevention and early intervention, innovative substance…
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•March 6, 2024
Decommissioning Fund Oversight Latest Violation By Former Nuclear Plant Operator
Time is ticking for the decommissioning operator of the shuttered Oyster Creek Generating Station to submit a response on a notice of violation issued by federal regulators last month for its failure…
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•March 6, 2024
Good News and Bad Concerning New Jersey’s Opioid Situation
The first webinar of the 2024 Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day Learning Series provided an overview of where New Jersey is standing in its continuing battle against the opioid crisis.
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•March 6, 2024
Beach Having Revising Tennis, Pickleball Fees
At an agenda meeting Feb. 29, the Beach Haven Borough Council amended fees for using the tennis and pickleball courts.
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•March 6, 2024
Long Beach Township Adds New Police Officer
Capt. Edward Bernhard of the Long Beach Township Police Department stepped in for Chief Kevin Mahon on Monday, March 4 to conduct the swearing in of new officer Kelley Lutz during the municipality’s…
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•March 6, 2024
All Wars Memorial Baseball Field Improvements Have Begun
Improvements to the All Wars Memorial baseball field in Tuckerton are in the works, Councilman Frank D’Amore said at the borough’s informal town hall meeting on Saturday, March 2.
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•March 5, 2024
Ocean County WWII Vet Honored With Quilt of Valor
Last Friday, one of the nation’s last remaining World War II veterans, 98-year-old Bernard “Bernie” Foy, of Whiting, was honored with a Quilt of Valor. Foy’s quilt was presented by the newly formed…
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•March 1, 2024
Pennsylvania Woman Guilty in 2021 Surf City Double Homicide
Following a nearly monthlong trial, the Pennsylvania woman charged in the double homicide of her father and his longtime companion at his Surf City bayfront home in September 2021 has been found…
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•March 1, 2024
Barnegat Friends Dance the Nights Away at THON ’24
When Caroline Sullivan and Kira Smith woke up on Feb. 19, it was understandable why they had stiff legs and sore feet. The two Barnegat High School graduates and Penn State students were feeling the…
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•February 29, 2024
Hofmann Family’s Crow’s Nest, Barnegat Light Landmark, Gets Makeover
In 1952, Thomas Hofmann’s father, Charles, made a decision that set the course for generations to follow.
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•February 29, 2024
Peraria Breaks Glass Ceiling as First Female Ship Bottom Fire Co. President
Emily Peraria’s path to being the first female president in the history of the Ship Bottom Volunteer Fire Co. has been paved with hard work and family tradition as well as the experience and…
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•February 29, 2024
Offshore Wind Lease Areas Impede on Historic Fishing Grounds
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Feb. 26 extended its public comment period for the proposed development of six wind lease areas, totaling more than 488,000 acres of the Atlantic Ocean off…
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•February 29, 2024
Harvey Cedars Businesses Looking to Organize
Business owners in Harvey Cedars could soon be forming an association following a recent meeting with borough officials.
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•February 28, 2024
Tuckerton Environmental Commission Chair Resigns
The Tuckerton Borough Environmental Commission will have to undergo some growing pains after the resignation of its chair, Kaylyn Ullman, which was announced during the Feb. 20 borough council…
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•February 28, 2024
Sea Change, CRAP Running Crew Partner for Mental Health Meetups
Members of Sea Change Recovery Community Organization and the CRAP Running Crew, plus friends, guests and supporters, gathered at the Barnegat Branch Trail Sunday morning to share a few hours and a…
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•February 28, 2024
SandPaper Staff Shows Depth and Breadth in State Newspaper Contest
A busy 2023 netted the staff of The SandPaper more than five dozen awards in the 2023 New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest, including 29 for advertising, 25 for print…
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•February 28, 2024
Barnegat Fire Co. Releases 2023 Statistics
The Barnegat Township Volunteer Fire Co. answered a total of 578 calls, according to statistics recently compiled by the Birdsall Street outfit.
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•February 28, 2024
Learning ‘Resilience Through Reading’ at Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary
Early next month, the implementation of a resilience reading program at the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School will commence with students receiving the book Judy Moody Was in a Mood, by Megan…
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•February 28, 2024
War-Torn Art Studio in Ukraine Thanks LBI Foundation
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies has shared a thank you note in video form, received from the Aza Nizi Maza children’s art studio in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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•February 28, 2024
Long Beach Township Residents Can Monitor Water Usage Online
Long Beach Township is encouraging property owners within the municipality to sign up for the online WaterSmart service, which allows users to log in at any time to monitor water usage for their home…
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•February 28, 2024
Long Beach Township Police Track Down Perpetrators of Online ‘Romance Scam’
Cyber crimes are on the rise, including “romance scams” – which, according to the U.S. Secret Service, often involve fake online profiles through which someone attempts to build a phony emotional…
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•February 28, 2024
Barnegat Development Donates to Starve Poverty
The Venue at Lighthouse Station in Barnegat Township recently held a food drive that its publicity director, Dianna Sambolin, said was “an overwhelming success.”
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•February 28, 2024
Imperiale Has Favorable Meeting With Van Drew
Harvey Cedars Mayor John Imperiale says the borough has several major projects that should be done, and can be accomplished through various grants and other funding mechanisms.
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•February 28, 2024
See Something, Say Something Still on the Books in ’24
The New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness is once again spotlighting its “See Something, Say Something” campaign in the wake of its 2024 threat assessment released earlier this week.
