Opinion
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August 3, 2016
Replenishment Losses
As the beach replenishment project nears its end, we have miles of faux engineered dunes of coarse sand filled with sharp shell pieces. We have steep slopes that are difficult for the elderly and…
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August 3, 2016
U.S. Is in Dire Situation
Mr. Mellerup’s column (“News Alert: The United States Is Not in Worst Shape Ever,” 7/20), rejectingnegative commentsaboutthe country, deserves a bit of critical analysis. While it might be arguably…
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•August 3, 2016
Summers and Sandbars: Remembering a Childhood on LBI
As a child, time works quite differently than it does for adults. For instance, I explicitly remember the way I viewed the calendar year as a young girl. There was Halloween time, Christmas time…
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August 3, 2016
Time’s Running Out
In the spring, I wrote a letter to this paper on the subject of the LBI School District’s plan to enter into a conversation with the borough of Ship Bottom about selling the LBI School to the…
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August 3, 2016
Kind of Scary
It has been around six months since I have written and The SandPaper published a letter in which I suggested in future primary presidential campaigns all 50 states and territories have their voting…
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August 3, 2016
Lifeguard Liabilities
It’s obvious that my July 20 letter complaining about the tiny swimming spaces (which I clearly stated were on clear calm days and not during raging rip currents and monster shore breaks) struck a…
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August 3, 2016
Never Trump
I am an Independent voter. I have always voted for the candidate, not the party. I was asked recently why I will not vote for Donald Trump. Here’s why…
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August 3, 2016
Cheers
To Wendy … I’m sorry but I don’t know your last name. Thank you for putting so much time and effort into reuniting me with my “lost” mail. Your big, random act of kindness was very much appreciated.
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August 3, 2016
Cat Efforts Thwarted
A group of people who live in Mystic Island feed a colony of feral cats that live on the beach. Through the years they have caught most of them and had them spayed or neutered and returned them to…
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August 3, 2016
32 Years Later …
Last week while weeding, a guy approached me to inform me that his family enjoyed renting and vacationing in my home for six weeks in 1984. With that, I thanked him for paying for my daughter’s…
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August 3, 2016
Many Thanks
The 4th Annual Summer Sizzle Block Party was another huge success for us. We would like to sincerely thank everyone who came out and supported us. Without this kind of support we can not operate as…
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August 3, 2016
Huge Success
The 4th Annual Summer Sizzle Block Party was another huge success for us. We would like to sincerely thank everyone who came out and supported us. Without this kind of support we cannot operate as…
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August 3, 2016
Growing Eyesore
As a long-time (part-time) resident of Surf City, I would like to draw attention to the growing eyesore of paper and advertising boxes on the corner of Third Street and the Boulevard. As of this…
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August 3, 2016
We Love Lucy
The number of people on LBI who remember the Lucy Evelyn (1949-1972) is shrinking year by year. The Lucy was a three-masted schooner that was beached at the site of the present Bay Village and used…
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•July 29, 2016
Summer Is Short: Live It
One evening when I was 16, after surfing Holyoke Avenue (RIP), my friend’s older sister asked us to transport a “party ball” to someone’s house in our van, essentially a small plastic keg of beer.…
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July 27, 2016
Take Off Those Rose-Colored Glasses
This is in response to Mr. Mellerup’s column last week (“News Alert: The United States Is Far From Its Worst Shape Ever,” Been There, Done That). It is quite obvious that his progressive liberal…
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•July 27, 2016
Just Blame These Ramblings on Brain Toast
You have heard of brain freeze, I am sure. It is brought on by cold temperatures and cold ice cream. However, I bet you are not familiar with brain toast. With the recent temperatures hovering in the…
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•July 27, 2016
Get Real With Pokémon Go in Nature
For years, health and outdoor advocates have worried that computer games, tablets, smartphones and TVs have kept too many kids indoors and sedentary. Those complaints flew out the window earlier this…
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July 27, 2016
Old Guy View
You relied on the comments of old, white guys to an extent in your July 20 column (“News Alert: The United States Is Not in Worst Shape Ever”), and I qualify.
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July 27, 2016
Vet-Unfriendly Town
This past week Gov. Christie signed a bill granting military families free access to beaches. This was a bipartisan measure. The bill permits military personnel, veterans, their spouses and dependent…
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July 27, 2016
Shuttle Respect
I am writing to you in regards to the LBI shuttle. I am a driver for the shuttle. Most of the drivers and I work together driving school buses for local school districts. Since schools are closed for…
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July 27, 2016
Lifeguarding Logistics
As a lifeguard with the Barnegat Light Beach Patrol for 36 years, I feel qualified to answer Mr. Mostrangeli’s questions in last week’s SandPaper (“Cramped Swim Space”). While I can’t speak…
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July 27, 2016
Happier Crossings
My compliments to Jay Mann on his excellent commentary about crossing the Boulevard on foot in the July 13 edition. What? You missed that? Maybeit’s because it was buried in his column, The Fish…
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July 27, 2016
Good Reasons
I cannot speak specifically for Surf City lifeguards policies, but I, as a former Island guard, can tell youthatthose cramped swim spaces are there for good reasons.
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July 27, 2016
Let Nature Be
We have owned in North Beach for 20-plus years. The damage beach replenishment has done to the natural beauty of the beach far exceeds anything Sandy did. I look forward to a good storm this winter…
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July 27, 2016
Skateboard Taken
On July 13 at 10:30 p.m., on our first dayon LBI in years, my 14-year-old son was robbed of his Penny skateboard by three teenagers on bicycles. They claimed my son had stolen the board from them…
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July 27, 2016
Best Catch Yet
My father, Mark C. Miller of Elkton, Md., has been coming to LBI his whole life. His grandparents, Charles J. Wermuth and Margaret Wermuth, built our tiny shore house in Harvey Cedars in 1951. We…
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July 27, 2016
Beachy Observations
Dear Fellow Beach-Goers:Don’t fret, there is plenty of beach for all. That 6-by-6-foot section of sand that the two of you are trying to squeeze in may work. However, the eight other members of your…
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July 20, 2016
Bursting a Bubble
Our island has always been a bubble, free of the worries of the wider world and of our full-time hometowns: no crime, no murder, no terrorism. Current politics has shattered my island peace. I have…
