Opinion
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August 13, 2025
Chocolate Success
The Long Beach Island Historical Association in Beach Haven would like to thank all who supported our museum’s 19th Chocolate Fair fundraiser on Aug. 7. The over 250 people in attendance chose from a…
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August 7, 2025
Change Changeovers
Here is a possible solution to alleviate the Saturday traffic nightmare getting both on and off the Island. How about mandating a change to the rental schedule as follows?
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August 6, 2025
The White Stuff
For 20 years while living in Barnegat Light I, along with countless others, enjoyed Mike White’s breakfast sausage. Even after relocating to Nantucket 10 years ago I made an annual trek to LBI to…
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August 6, 2025
Dragonflies Released
As a follow-up to my letter last week, yes, Rutgers University’s marine field station in Little Egg Harbor has released dragonflies to help control the greenhead fly population. The dragonflies’…
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•August 6, 2025
Managing Dining Out Choices: Tasty vs. Healthy
Dining out, for us, is usually done for two purposes. One is for the eating enjoyment for ourselves and our friends (and occasionally when we don’t want to cook). The other is for when we are on a…
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August 6, 2025
Do Not Stop
Here is a PSA for the imbeciles on LBI this summer: If you’re driving in the left lane on the Boulevard and pedestrians are crossing the roadway, who aren’t in a crosswalk or at a red light, do not…
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August 6, 2025
Logic-Defying Situation
What do the Harvey Cedars Land Use Board and the surrealist artist M.C. Escher have in common? They both start with familiar things and create a result that defies logic.
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•August 6, 2025
Beach Haven Has a ‘Surprise’ and Alarming Tie to Ariz. City
Surprise, Ariz., is a city in Maricopa County just outside Phoenix, population around 143,000, and is the spring training location for both the Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers. Along with 24…
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August 6, 2025
It’s Worth It
This is in response to July 30 Commentary (“Is an Energy Back-Up System Worth Risk to Public Safety?”).
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July 31, 2025
Unsustainable Setup
That was an excellent letter from Rich Brodman about sustaining our first responders (“Urgent Call for Help,” 7/23). However, there is one very important additional point: If all the police…
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July 31, 2025
Quiet Protest
On Long Beach Island, flying the American flag has always been a cherished tradition – a quiet yet powerful show of pride, unity and respect. Houses up and down our shores raise it high year ’round…
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•July 31, 2025
Mother of Teens: How’s That Workin’ Out for You!
Apparently my husband and children are under the mistaken impression that I have a need to always be right. I really don’t need to be right 100% of the time; it just works out that way.
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•July 31, 2025
Thanks to Dragonflies
Has anybody else noticed a reduction in greenhead flies this year? I have also observed dragonflies appearing in late June (earlier than usual). I believe the dragonflies have been hard at work…
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July 30, 2025
Wild Weather
On July 25, a thunderstorm was coming on the oceanfront. It started with weird clouds that moved quickly into view above the ocean. Just while the wind was getting fierce, a full sandspout came. It…
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July 30, 2025
Record Bash
On July 19, Mordecai Land Trust (MLT) held its annual fundraiser, The Bay Bash, at Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club. Mordecai Island, located west of Beach Haven, serves as a natural breakwater…
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•July 30, 2025
Is an Energy Back-up System Worth Risk to Public Safety?
The Atlantic City Electric lithium battery energy storage system facility is located in the center of Beach Haven on Second Street. The storage system is near many residences, businesses and tourist…
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July 30, 2025
Count to Ten
When I finished reading Thomas Klecan’s diatribe (“Detached From Reality,” 7/16) I felt so sorry for him. So much anger can’t be good for his health. Unfortunately, many have abandoned civil…
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July 29, 2025
Ship Bottom Plaudits
After 50 years of spending summers in the borough of Ship Bottom, I had the opportunity to attend my first council meeting on Tuesday, July 22. As you can imagine, in that half century, there have…
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•July 26, 2025
Memories of 506 Blvd Knocking on My Door
The following is a love letter to my childhood beach house on Long Beach Island.
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July 24, 2025
TDS Is Real
Regarding the commentary penned by Ralph Thayer (“GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Is a Monstrosity for Those in Need,” 7/16) in last week’s issue, Mr. Thayer amply demonstrates that TDS (Trump…
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July 24, 2025
Urgent Call for Help
Volunteer first responders (both fire and first aid) have been the time-honored standard in all our LBI communities. Losing this volunteerism would not only be expensive, but a loss of tradition in…
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July 24, 2025
Doggie Delights
We come to Beach Haven every summer, and our pups delight in trips to the dog beach, which my kids affectionately call “the doggie bay.” Here are poems inspired by our visits. —N.M.
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July 23, 2025
Risk to Community
The recently installed lithium battery storage facility in Beach Haven, in my opinion, creates a risk to the community with marginal benefits. The borough has requested Atlantic City Electric to…
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July 23, 2025
Dramatic Change
There has been a dramatic change in real estate transactions in New Jersey. On July 1, 2025 the governor signed the Fiscal Year 2026 New Jersey Budget into law, which includes an increase to the…
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July 23, 2025
In Good Hands
Just before 5 p.m. on July 15 my wife experienced a medical episode that required assistance in leaving the beach and returning to our house. The Long Beach Township Beach Patrol crew led by Andrew…
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•July 23, 2025
LBI Beach Babes: Go Enjoy the Bikini as Long You Can
How does one prepare for summer if one is of a certain age? I saw a sign whilst walking the dog the other day. It said, “How to have a beach body: Have a body, go to the beach.” As if!
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July 23, 2025
Suggestion for Dems
In the June 25 edition, one Jim Eller wrote a Commentary column titled “Promises, Promises Lead to Questions, Questions.” I have no intention of responding to every anti-President Trump point he…
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July 16, 2025
Thanks, Lifesavers
I wanted to share an experience I had recently in the bay about 300 yards off land in Long Beach Township, directly across from Beach Haven Watersports. Being new to boating, I knew I would be prone…
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July 16, 2025
Sad Sack House
Boaters, drivers, walkers, bikers, kayakers and dogs, surely you have seen this sad sack of a house at the end of Bay Terrace in Harvey Cedars. It sits there with no elevator, no pool, no air…
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•July 16, 2025
What Was Yellow in the Teenie Weenie Bikini?
It’s summer at the Jersey Shore, time for the favorite male pastime on the beach, girl watching! Most people know the song “The Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” but do you know the…
