Opinion
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December 19, 2018
Cheers to Another Gratifying Year
It’s been another gratifying year of covering all things Southern Ocean County – from the new (a hotel and condo complex rising at the gateway to LBI), to the somewhat defunct (single-use plastic…
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•December 19, 2018
Ho! Ho! Ho! Pop’s Santa Tradition Resized to Fit
It’s that time of year … when the world tries to fall silent and reflect on the traditions that make the holiday season bright. That is what brings our block on LBI together every year. We celebrate…
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December 19, 2018
Hats Off to Stafford Township’s Leadership
I am writing in response to the article about responses to Stafford Township’s ban on single-use plastic bags (“Stafford Township Single-Use Bag Ban Has Bumpy Launch,” 12/12).
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December 19, 2018
Hebrew 101
It is quite obvious that columnist Jon Coen is ignorant of the Jewish traditions that relate to the celebration of holidays. He should be strongly advised to check his facts before making a statement…
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December 19, 2018
Testament to Ignorance
In response to Jon Coen’s Dec. 12 Liquid Lines column, I found his remarks referring to the Jewish community as “Hebrews” to be offensive and insensitive. His notion that a menorah lighting is on…
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December 19, 2018
Not Humorous
I cannot understand the ignorance of Jon Coen. His column last week accuses the Hebrews (since when are we Hebrew and not Jewish people!) of deliberately beginning Hanukkah on Dec. 2 to get ahead of…
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•December 19, 2018
Lessons in Integrity, Service and Patriotism at Year’s End
You might think that this year, 2018, was an awful year for America. Virtually every issue that we faced divided us. All three branches of our government reached levels of dysfunction unseen since…
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December 19, 2018
Uneven Transition
Well, the plastic bag ban is now in full forceon most of LBI and in all of Manahawkin. It’s interesting to see how the various retailers are handling the transaction.
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December 12, 2018
Info Lacking
In knocking on doors as a candidate for Barnegat Township Committee, it soon became obvious that many of our residents were not familiar with our local government, or the local issues that could…
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December 12, 2018
Judging Bush
Not a minute goes by without the media leftist elite criticizing President Trump or his millions of supporters, nor do they report his good deeds, like sending Air Force One to transport former…
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•December 12, 2018
How So Is Women’s Speech a Bit Different From Men’s?
We have heard many comments about the differences between men and women, the opposite sexes, as different as night and day. Much also has been made about the “feminist revolution” of the 1960s and…
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December 12, 2018
Wonderful and Kind
Re: the story about Kimmy’s Safe Haven Rescue, “LEH Township Orders Rescue to Limit Dogs” – I can only tell you how wonderful and caring Kim Brown was to us. We found a stray cat that we tried to get…
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December 12, 2018
Generous Support
The St. Francis Human Concerns Department would like to thank the following local partners and businessesfor making our 2018 Thanksgiving Project a success. We were able to serve approximately 275…
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•December 12, 2018
These Walls Can Talk: A Thanksgiving Family Discovery
I have all sorts of stuff up in the attic – everything from my aunt’s 1932 magazine article about the dearth of health care during the Depression to my son’s fourth grade school papers and my…
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•December 5, 2018
Word and Deeds vs. Rhetoric and Inaction – Trump Delivers
A simpleresponse toBill Bonvie’s negativecommentary (“Paradise Lost: Trump’s Deeds More Incendiary Than His Words,” 11/21) regardingourlegally elected 45th president andhis “controversial tweets” and…
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•December 5, 2018
Preserved Lands Protect Clean Air and Water
“Forests are the ‘lungs’ of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. The forests are also needed for mitigating extreme climatic fluctuations, holding the soil on the…
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December 5, 2018
Argh! What a Parade!
It was quite a whirlwind weekend, buying supplies, decorating the vehicle, and then waiting for and finally walking in the Ship Bottom Christmas Parade. And afterward was the dismantling of our…
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December 5, 2018
Men of Character
The passing of George H.W. Bush this past week has resulted in an outpouring of praise for his integrity and decency as president by both historians and politicians. It brings to mind the commentary…
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December 5, 2018
Generous Community
At the beginning, The Sandbox Café Thanksgiving Feast was our way of expressing our gratitude to supportive local customers. Now, only three years later, it has become a wonderful event that brings…
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December 5, 2018
Incredible Feast
Once again, Michael and I decided to take Dana and Vinnie DiSalvio up on their invitation to come to The Sandbox Café in Surf City for their third annual free, yes, free, Thanksgiving Day feast.
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•November 28, 2018
If We Didn’t, Who Did Start the Fire?
I recently heard myself saying I have not been this afraid of the future since 1968, when I was 12 years old and thought the world as I knew it was coming to an end. That made me think of the Billy…
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•November 28, 2018
Diamondback Terrapins and the ‘Lost Years’
The diamondback terrapin is the only turtle on the U.S. East Coast that lives in estuarine waters. The larger juveniles and adults are known to spend the summer in marsh creeks and adjacent bays, but…
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November 28, 2018
Quest for Variety
The other day a young woman and I were discussing the constant search, in our area, for “clean,” affordable food: organic, gluten free and plant based. The week before I had made an 8 a.m. trek to…
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November 28, 2018
Shining Sand
Editor’s Note: The following is written by a 10-year-old who lives in Denmark for a school poetry project. The author’s family has a long family history in Harvey Cedars, and she has a strong…
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•November 21, 2018
My First Turkey
It was a year of firsts. I’m not mentioning the date except to say it was a very long time ago. JFK was campaigning for the presidency. I had graduated from college, gotten married a few months later…
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November 21, 2018
Paddling the Blvd.
At about 9 p.m. on Nov. 9 my family and I were driving onto the Island and discovered that the Boulevard was flooded due to the rain the day before.
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November 21, 2018
Well-Kept Secret
According to state Senate President Steven Sweeney, the state Legislature will vote to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes in the very near future. The impact of this on our community is…
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•November 21, 2018
Paradise Lost: Trump’s Deeds More Incendiary Than His Words
Of all the controversial tweets that have emanated from the phone of President Trump in the past two years, perhaps none has been so incendiary as his response to what is now regarded as the worst…
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November 21, 2018
Cold Veterans Day
Thirteen years ago, we bought a house in Florida; we became snowbirds, returning to LBI each summer. For all those years, we celebrated Veterans Day in warm weather. In Florida, the local shops and…
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November 21, 2018
Stop Pointing
It’s his fault or it’s her fault, or it’s the president’s fault. Or it’s the governor’s fault that he didn’t prepare for the nor’easterner. Why must we point the finger? It’s the press or it’s…
