Opinion
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June 25, 2025
No Thank-You
You hear from a worthwhile charity asking for your help. You respond with a generous check and are happy you can help.
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•June 21, 2025
‘Dah-Duhm. Dah-Duhm’: ‘Jaws’ at 50 Still Terrifies
The kid next door showed it to me. He’d gotten it from his older brother. The book. With a naked girl swimming across the top of the cover, even though the waterline covered her up; a toothful sea…
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June 18, 2025
Welcome News
The recent news that a new restaurant/bar and liquor store will be built on the former site of Kubel’s 2 (and before that the venerable DeFreitas bar and liquor store) is most welcome. There was a…
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•June 18, 2025
Here’s to Public Libraries – Our Bastions of Democracy
Divided over everything. All the time. Without flexibility, understanding or resolution.
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June 18, 2025
Please Don’t Assume
Last week, I was in the waiting area in one of the many blood-testing labs in Southern Ocean County. Soon after, another patient arrived, also for testing. He talked to the receptionist about a…
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June 13, 2025
Great Month of May
The Stafford Township Recreation Department consisting of Jason, Jennifer, Ken, Lynette and Krista helped us older Americans celebrate each Wednesday during Older Americans Month in May. The first…
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•June 12, 2025
What‘s in a Name? So Much When It Is Ethel A. Jacobsen
As the years-long saga of school consolidation draws to a close, the next steps in the future of education on Long Beach Island will be as numerous and crucial as those that led to the closure of the…
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June 11, 2025
Calling for Relief
An invasion of privacy is defined as the intrusion into the personal life of another without just cause. This flagrant abuse of our privacy takes place daily in the sanctuary of our homes when we are…
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June 11, 2025
Celebrate Democracy
June 14 is a defining moment for our democracy. On Flag Day, a day meant to honor the ideals of freedom and justice, the president is staging a lavish military parade that is designed to glorify…
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June 11, 2025
Happy Pride
My heartiest congratulations to Barnegat for hosting a great opening to Pride Month at the Edwards School field on Saturday, May 31. Who would have thought that Barnegat of all Ocean County towns…
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•June 11, 2025
Grams’ Shore House Charms – From A to Z
A is for Awesome fun times, just you wait! B is for Boating and finding some Bait. C is for Crabbing and the biggest Clam fest! And D is for the Ducks we feed everyday.
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•June 5, 2025
Life After Flip-Flops: What’s Afoot With Today’s Oldsters?
You won’t catch me roaming Beach Haven in flip-flops anymore. I’ve shuffled into the I need extensive and expensive arch support era of my life. Just this sad truth has forced me to open my eyes and…
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•June 4, 2025
Where Reef Meets Rainforest in Land Down Under
Sitting in my Beach Haven study last spring, I reached over and twirled the large world globe that stood next to my desk. It stopped at “the land down under.” I scribbled in my journal, “Plan for a…
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June 4, 2025
Wellness Done
On behalf of the Long Beach Island Historical Association, the Psychic and Wellness Fair Committee extends our sincere thanks for The SandPaper’s coverage of our event on May 10.
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June 4, 2025
Checking the Record
There will undoubtedly be a range of opinions, comments and feelings about how Bill Fenimore has represented himself, both in the past and in his recent letter to The SandPaper editor, “Ship Bottom…
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June 4, 2025
Team Within a Team
Incumbents Bob Butkus and Tom Tallon’s track record on the Ship Bottom Borough Council speaks for itself. Councilman Butkus has completely updated all the infrastructure throughout Ship Bottom…
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June 4, 2025
Unsafe Staffing
We have been nurses at Southern Ocean Medical Center for 36 and 12 years respectively and currently serve on the executive board of our nurses union. Since Feb. 10, we have been in contract…
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May 29, 2025
Beat Goes On
Sunrise Bay resident Carol Ischen and her line dancing class were almost forced to stop dancing. The CDs that they danced to for years were wearing out and barely playable. The girls had a list of…
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May 29, 2025
Fight for Us
I am writing to urge elected officials to do everything in their power to protect everyday people in our community instead of enabling Trump’s tax breaks for billionaires and corporate polluters.
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•May 28, 2025
Regina at 102: ‘Get on With Life and Enjoy It’
What a pleasure it has been getting to know Regina Sipple! We met at the Stafford Community Café, located in the Ocean County Southern Service Center on Route 9 in Manahawkin. I know about this…
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May 28, 2025
Game of Semantics
I read with great dismay the recent votes and comments by Congressman Jeff Van Drew. He is twisting himself in knots with a semantics game to justify his vote to greatly reduce funding for Medicaid…
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May 28, 2025
Sand From Glass
Every year we are faced with the costly necessity of beach replenishment. Each year tens of millions of dollars are spent to dredge the ocean floor to replace what the forces of nature chose to…
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May 28, 2025
Fun for All
I love the beginning of summer. The birds are back, the ocean is warming up and things are again blooming. Families are gearing up for another summer of family, friends and barbecues. Kids are…
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May 28, 2025
Ship Bottom Constituents Lose in a Bad Redevelopment Deal
I have been on the Ship Bottom Land Use Board for over 10 years and never have I seen anything like this. The mayor and council agreed to redevelopment plan with a developer to put homes and some…
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•May 26, 2025
Marking a WWII-Era Tragedy Over the Shore
March in Holgate is a quiet time of year. But 80 years ago, the skies would have been full of Navy aircraft on training missions. The throaty roar of 18-cylinder, 46-liter engines – that’s nearly…
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May 22, 2025
Pickleball Facts
After reading Taylor Mason’s SpeakEasy essay on pickleball (“Pickleball: The Annoying, Non-Sport of Boomers,” 5/14), my hope is that he does a better job preparing his comedy act than he did for his…
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May 22, 2025
Short Warning
Attention pedestrians: If you are 5 feet, 6 inches or shorter, please be cautious while crossing the Boulevard behind SUVs, as drivers may not see you. Even though pedestrian crosswalks are clearly…
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•May 21, 2025
Plover Party Is Just Getting Starting
Last week, Jay Mann’s Fish Story asked some questions regarding his recent visit to Barnegat Lighthouse State Park. As a nesting bird monitor who surveys the site daily from April through August each…
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May 21, 2025
Trash Cans MIA
Walking along Long Beach Boulevard, we usually like to pick up any trash we see lying around to keep our town clean. Just as I was doing this, there was not a town trash can in sight. I needed to…
