Opinion
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September 20, 2017
Packing for Success
As a new school year has started, the St. Francis Community Center has completed its annual Back to School Project. This project serves community residents from Forked River to Little Egg Harbor and…
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September 20, 2017
Vital Referendum
There has beenmuch attention drawn to the school bond referendum that will be put forth to LBI voters on Sept. 26. Unfortunately, much of the conversation has centered around the sale of the Long…
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September 20, 2017
Vehement Opposition
There has been continuous review of ongoing developments relating to the addition and renovations to the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School and referendum as proposed by the board of education for…
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•September 20, 2017
Solar Welfare
Why are there never any alternative views to the solar power myth that pervades both sides of the political spectrum? The truth about solar power is rarely spoken of and is quickly denounced by…
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September 15, 2017
Complete Farce
The Barnegat Township Committee meeting on Sept. 5 was a complete farce, nothing more than a campaign-style “rally” meeting, a la Trump, where committee members gave stump speeches promoting their…
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September 13, 2017
Not Convinced
I have done much research on the LBI school referendum and the school board has not convinced me of the need for a new addition to the E.J. School.
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September 13, 2017
Illegal Wake
I am sure many folks have enjoyed a day on the water, cruising the many tidal creeks in our area. However, last week’s cover photograph is a great shot of a boater’s illegal practices.
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•September 13, 2017
For Every Robert E. Lee a Rosa Parks; For Every Custer a Crazy Horse
What this country needs is more Crazy Horses!
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•September 13, 2017
Of Mom and Memories: A Dog Day Comeback for the Ages
I’ve run the Dog Day 5-miler in Harvey Cedars almost every August for the past 25 years or more. Despite the pain, it’s one of my favorite races. It’s a summer tradition on a gorgeous course, draws…
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September 13, 2017
Make Voices Heard
Island residents, please go the polls on Sept. 26 and vote on the school consolidation referendum. Make your voice heard. The consolidation question has been bogged down in our boardroom for many…
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September 13, 2017
Wasteful Referendum
Two Long Beach Island Consolidated District bond questions will be voted on in a special election on Sept. 26. The board of education is asking voters to approve $18.4 million for renovations and an…
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September 13, 2017
Unfortunate Incident
A couple of weeks ago a 17-year-old, college-bound girl was driving in Beach Haven. She was observing all the rules of the road, driving the speed limit, no distracted driving, no texting, no cell…
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September 13, 2017
Best Option
In 2015, after several years of hearing stories, many of them contradictory, about the consolidation of the two local elementary schools, the Harvey Cedars Taxpayers Association (HCTA) decided to…
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September 13, 2017
Improve Parks First
An article (“Beach Haven Mayor Touts Open Space, New Floating Dock,” 8/16) centers on the mayor’s plan to again ask the voters to approve an additional tax on their property to fund some future…
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September 13, 2017
Poor Decision
Flipping the right of way at the intersection of Stage Road and Giffordtown Lane is a poor decision (“County Modifies Accident-Prone Intersection,” 8/16).
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September 13, 2017
Resist the Resistance
Resist. What does that word mean? Does it mean that I must accept the belief that those who enter this country illegally and are allowed to freely flaunt our laws should be entitled to remain in our…
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September 6, 2017
Remember When?
Voters of Long Beach Island, do you remember when the Ship Bottom Sewerage Authority existed on Third Street in Ship Bottom just west of Central Avenue?
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September 6, 2017
Airport Objections
The following letter was sent to the Office of Planning Advocacy of the New Jersey Department of State on July 28, 2017…
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September 6, 2017
Lifesaving Care
The following was addressed to Beach Haven Mayor Nancy Taggart Davis.
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September 6, 2017
Stay on Topic
I was very disappointed to read the Surflight Theater review (“Surflight Theatre’s‘Hairspray’ Arrives with a Timely Theme” 8/23). To interject a subjective political opinion in the article is in very…
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•September 6, 2017
Should Control of the Nuclear Button Require Advance Assurance of Sanity?
So little North Korea now claims it has the H-bomb, as well as the means to deliver it to one or more American cities, a threat we might or might not have the capability of stopping before it…
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•September 6, 2017
Imagining My Very Own LBI Mansion
I should be grateful to live onbeautiful Long Beach Island. I truly am, but I admit to feeling pangs of envy when I pass by houses that could be featured on “Homes of the Rich and Famous.”I like to…
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September 6, 2017
Make Allowances
To the Editor:The policy regarding lost/misplaced badges is a problem, especially for first offenders who own homes, pay taxes and donate to the community. I have heard several stories in which this…
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September 6, 2017
Awesome Work
Thank you for your wonderful article last week highlighting Chump, the osprey, and his second chance (“A Second Chance for Young Osprey Born in LBI Marsh”).
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•September 6, 2017
Fifty Years and a Busload of Memories
In 1967, my husband Bill and I moved our family from Philadelphia to Ship Bottom. At that time, Southern had only one building. There were only 17 buses and drivers who transported students from…
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September 6, 2017
Serious Imbalance
As we know, there exists a serious imbalance to the Southern Regional School District funding. While LBI sends about 10 percent of the SRSD students, we pay 80 percent of the cost. The per pupil cost…
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September 6, 2017
Treasure Trove
The following was addressed to Thomas P. Farner, author of the 200 Plus column.
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August 30, 2017
Auspicious Beginnings
Sixty years ago a group of teachers from across the country gathered in the gym of the Long Beach IslandGrade School to design a curriculum and to begin the implementation of new concepts in…
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August 30, 2017
Lagoon High-‘Lights’
“Light up the Lagoon” was a radiant occasion this past Saturday night. The annual event held in the lagoon along Beach Haven West Boulevard was quite the high-“light” of the weekend.
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August 30, 2017
Strategic Placement
I was tempted to respond to Doug Leaman’s letter supporting Donald Trump (“Give Him a Chance,” 8/23), but that nonsense will continue regardless of what I write. But when I read Barbara Berman’s…
