Opinion
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August 30, 2017
Keep Grade School
As a summer resident of Long Beach Township for the past 31 years, I would like to express my thoughts about the two-part bond proposal that will be voted on Sept. 26. Although I can’t vote, I feel…
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August 30, 2017
Sick Plan
Kudos to Barbara Truncellito of Barnegat Light (“Addressing Needs,” 8/23). The healthcare bill passed by the House of Representatives and championed by Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-3rd D) “is nothing…
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August 30, 2017
Drilling Foes Applauded
In an Aug. 16 Philadelphia Inquirer story, “New fight to stop oil, gas drilling off Jersey Shore,” I learned that the Trump administration had just closed the comment period for a new program…
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•August 30, 2017
Happily Ensconced in Our Beach Haven Bubble
My wife and I celebrated our 15th anniversary at a charming, historic bed and breakfast in Beach Haven this past July. Over a delicious two-course breakfast one morning, the innkeeper told us about…
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August 30, 2017
Worthy Superintendent
Once again, I would like to respond to a letter from a member of the community. The letter itself is basically talking points, innuendo and outright lies that are being promulgated by the union of…
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August 30, 2017
Unworthy Lawsuit
I attended the Little Egg Harbor school board meeting on Aug. 21. There seemed to be a large turnout, due in part to some disagreements among residentsconcerning the superintendent’s salary increase.
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August 30, 2017
One Last Request
I am son-in-law of Marion Smith, who passed away on Memorial Day of last year. On Aug. 25, Marion’s family buried her ashes at sea off Barnegat Light. This poem was read in her memory.
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August 30, 2017
Save the Buses
Most people with two eyes only need to watch the LBI buses as they pass or pick and drop off people that as far as ridership, they are a roaring success.
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•August 30, 2017
Americans Must Come Together as We Did After 9/11
I remember yesteryear as if it were yesterday. I remember the good times along with the bad. I remember standing in Shea Stadium with more than 50,000 screaming teens while the Beatles tried to sing…
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•August 30, 2017
Life in the Back Nine
Like a child clinging to his mother’s side, I find myself on this mid-August morning gripping ever-so-tightly to summer’s waning days.
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August 23, 2017
One Fine Day
The finest day of summer had arrived. I made it to Beach Haven and the magnificent beach and seascape. This day was so rewarding I sent in a poem…
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August 23, 2017
Saturday Slog
I am a longtime resident of Brant Beach (45-plus years) and a longtime reader of The SandPaper. This is the first time I have ever written to The SandPaper. Why am I writing now?
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•August 23, 2017
Sunny Memories of LBI on a Cloudy Day
As anyone who has followed some of my summer columns in The SandPaper might recall, I enjoy coming with my daughter, Claire, now Mrs. Wildman, to Long Beach Island every year in August on my wedding…
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August 23, 2017
Give Him a Chance
I decided to write about President Donald Trump basically because he’s undergoing some tough times nowadays. But what president hasn’t? It’s just a part of the political picture, whereby the American…
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August 23, 2017
Hands-On Sisters
While many adults may be commiserating about how difficult it is to get their kids to put down their devices, I’m pleased to recognize the contributions of two outstanding young volunteers who…
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August 23, 2017
Rethink Packaging
Styrofoam, straws, lids – what do those three items have in common? They are the top three articles of trash I pick up on my walks along the shoreline when I am visiting Beach Haven.
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August 23, 2017
Relax Badge Policy
I purchased 12 beach badges on Feb. 2. I paid $300. I have purchased approximately that number since we bought our home in 2004 on Long Beach Island.
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August 23, 2017
Shocking Insensitivity
On Wednesday, Aug. 9, at approximately 3 p.m., a vehicle struck the side of a popular restaurant at the Jersey Shore. Sadly, two lives were lost and others were seriously injured. I am deeply sorry…
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August 23, 2017
More Non-Misses
My congratulations to Anthony DiSipio on a very humorouscolumn (“Summer Bummers: What I Didn’t Miss Being Off-Island,” 8/16). His reflections about our northern visitors (also known as bennys) and…
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August 23, 2017
Bad Idea
Beyond the fact that we should be looking for ways to save money in Barnegat as taxes escalate, rebuilding the skate park is a very bad idea.
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August 23, 2017
Addressing Needs
This past June, I was admitted to the ER at Southern Ocean Medical Center and then to Jersey Shore Medical Center for a series of critical illnesses. In no uncertain terms, the doctors and nurses…
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August 23, 2017
Too Little, Too Late
Does anyone believe that President Trump will lose the support of the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists now that he has so “forcefully” renounced them?
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August 23, 2017
Spending Insanity
The Little Egg Harbor and Pinelands Regional school boards are out-of-control spending machines with no breaker switch. It appears that they only serve the interests of the teachers and school…
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•August 23, 2017
Listen Up: Talking to Strangers Can Be Enlightening
“You can hear a lot by listening,” according to Yogi Berra. I am going to do a lot more of it.
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•August 23, 2017
Rainy Day Doings
On a recent rainy day we needed to find something to do with the kids to keep them occupied. Three- and 5-year-old girls have no desire to sit in the house and play board games all day so we had to…
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August 21, 2017
Not ‘Nice’ People
Mitt Romney said, “No, not the same. One side is racist, bigoted, Nazi. The other opposes racism and bigotry. Morally not the same.” I agree.
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August 16, 2017
Save LBI School
On Sept. 26, the Long Beach Island School District will put a two-part bond proposal to the voters of the district. The district is proposing to close the Long Beach Island Grade School in Ship…
