Opinion
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August 26, 2015
Surflight Surrender
Actors axed, applause aborted, auction actioned, audiences angered
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August 26, 2015
Sweat Even Less
In response to Patty Kelly’s Ampersand column last week (“While on LBI, Don’t Sweat the Little Stuff”): Ms. Kelly, why in the world do you choose to take your weekly manicure and grocery trip on a…
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August 26, 2015
Hometown Heroes
Attendees at the Surf City Taxpayers Association town hall meeting Saturday learned about an act of heroism that occurred in our town Friday night, Aug. 21 – and got to congratulate the heroes in…
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August 26, 2015
Electric Bike Warning
I bought an electrical Pedego bicycle from a bike shop on LBI in June 2012. The salesman told me I needed nothing to operate it in New Jersey and it was legal. I rode the bicycle for three years on…
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August 26, 2015
Silence Night Sirens
I love traditions as much as the next guy. My family has been coming to Beach Haven since I’ve been a child. As an adult, I’ve rented the same home for my children, grandchildren and siblings for 23…
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August 26, 2015
Educational Fun
Maris Stella, in partnership with the American Littoral Society, offered a one-week, full-day Barnegat Bay Coast Camp from July 20 to 24. This marked the fifth year of the camp.
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August 26, 2015
Caring Driver
It happened again today and I feel compelled to tell someone and everyone because it happened twice. I’m referring to the thoughtful, kind and caring behavior of Linda, driver of the red Acme shuttle.
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August 26, 2015
Got Milkweed?
Long Beach Island is on the migratory path, and all those lovely orange and black butterflies fluttering around your yard are depositing eggs on milkweed. Those eggs transform first to caterpillars…
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•August 19, 2015
Column Themes Have a Way of Popping Back Onto the Current Scene
Perhaps the biggest drawback of commentary writing is that it so often runs contrary to the advice once given to writers by Chilean-American author Isabel Allende: “Write what should not be…
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August 19, 2015
The Beach
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August 19, 2015
One Rotten Apple
I would like to respond to a letter from Laura Pawlicky last week (“No ‘Gentleman'”).
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August 19, 2015
Shuttle Idea
The shuttle is such a joy to our summer visitors. I am a resident of Ship Bottom, a disabled person and retired. The shuttle helps me get food and necessities.
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August 19, 2015
Model Grandma
Role models are in everybody’s life one way or another. They get us through some of the hardest times, but once it is over, it is over. They make it all better. That certain someone in my life is my…
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•August 19, 2015
On LBI, Don’t Sweat the Little Stuff
Most of the time I have the process down pat. Saturday mornings I drive to the nail salon in Ship Bottom to get there by 9:30 a.m. to try to avoid the changeover traffic of the renters who are in a…
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August 19, 2015
Best-Dressed Mailbox
I was driving through Harvey Cedars last Tuesday morning, lamenting over the rainy weather and the list of errands I was about to tackle upon getting to the mainland.
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August 19, 2015
Reimagining Faith
In a belated response to Kenneth Schorr’s letter (“Church in Crisis,” 5/20), I offer the following.
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August 19, 2015
Denial Questioned
We read how the school board voted, 7-2, to apply for a grant to the Ocean County Planning Board. This grant application was to sell the school-owned property in Ship Bottom to the county. Funds…
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•August 19, 2015
‘By the Book’: Adapting the Times Q and A
As a writer and a long-time subscriber to the New York Times Book Review, I’m fascinated by the section of the Book Review called “By the Book,” a page-long Q and A interview with a different author…
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August 18, 2015
Go Gator
I have had a house on LBI since 1992. Wow, where did the time go? Now that I have retired, I can finally enjoy this Island full-time. Unfortunately, I had bilateral knee replacements – not good for…
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August 17, 2015
Center of Activity
In response to William Boyd’s accusations in his letter (“Parking Ploy,” 7/29): I have watched firsthand how the parking at Bayview Park is used for beach access by day-trippers, as Mayor Joe Mancini…
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August 12, 2015
Too Civilized?
Have we become too civilized? We currently have many presidential candidates in both parties who seem wishy-washy. One Democrat candidate actually apologized for making the statement thatnot only…
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•August 12, 2015
Remembering West Creek Charlie, Legendary Bayman
While my father made a living and raised us seven kids, my Uncle Charlie had become a household name down along the Barnegat and Great bays. He lived in West Creek, along the mainland side of…
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•August 12, 2015
Navigating Through the Nonsense With LBI Visitor Jon Stewart
It happened only twice, but I am still kicking myself for not knowing what was in front of me at the time. Back in the 1990s, the cynicism of the world hadn’t dug in yet. There was no way to know…
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•August 12, 2015
Stop the Madness
For the past year or so I have been reading about the uproar over biking in and around Harvey Cedars. One person who claimed to have cycled all over the world stated that Harvey Cedars is the most…
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August 12, 2015
‘Gator’ Aid
With respect to the beach replenishment at 117th Street, we were disappointed when we found that we lost the limited view of the ocean that we had from our deck. Our biggest disappointment was seeing…
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August 12, 2015
Tragic Outcome
I agree with Eric Svelling: Fireworks are a “menace” (7/22).I have lived on 16th Street in Ship Bottom with a little cocker spaniel that is terrified of fireworks. For the past 11 years, I’ve happily…
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August 12, 2015
Cycle of Arrogance
Having just been nearly run over by an “adult” cyclist coming undetected behind me, not only on the wrong side of the road but shooting the very narrow gap between myself and the curb rather than the…
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August 12, 2015
Walk the Walk
I would like to invite our county freeholders and our county engineer to come take a walk in Harvey Cedars. Pick any random starting point, walk and return. They might try this a couple of times…
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August 12, 2015
Huge Thanks
A huge thank-you to Long Beach Township for the use of the golf cart to get my 89-year-old dad to the beach. He walks with a cane, and to be able to get to the water’s edge meant a lot to him.
