Opinion
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May 21, 2025
Non-Funny Column
The following responds to Taylor Mason’s SpeakEasy column last week (“Pickleball: The Annoying, Non-Sport of Boomers”).
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•May 21, 2025
President’s Big, Beautiful Bill Likely to Explode U.S. Debt
A pox on both Republicans and Democrats when it comes to our overwhelming national debt, now rapidly approaching $37 trillion and expected to explode if President Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” is…
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May 21, 2025
Freedom vs. Fascism
Before we fire up the grills, spread the blankets on the sandy beaches, let us take a moment to consider this. What was the cost of the freedom we enjoy today? At the end of World War II my father…
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May 21, 2025
Honoring Heroes
Memorial Day, a day when we honor all those who have given their all that we might still have the freedoms we enjoy today. Freedoms that we all too often take for granted. Freedoms that are still…
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May 15, 2025
Tremendous Support
On Saturday, May 3, the New Jersey Maritime Museum held its annual fundraiser at Bird & Betty’s. Again, it was a rousing success. Of course, that was only possible because of the tremendous support…
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May 15, 2025
Skate Clinic Scores
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) Surf & Skate LBI would like to express our thanks to so many people who helped make our Skateboard Clinic a huge success. On May 3, the Barnegat Light…
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May 14, 2025
Off By 200 Years
In Thomas Farner’s 200 Plus column on April 9, he quotes John Bailey Lloyd in Six Miles at Sea saying that Surf City was formed “in the 1890s.” Why, then, does Surf City have a sign saying it was…
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•May 14, 2025
Mobile Home Park Residents Losing Safety Net in Barnegat
On May 6, the Barnegat Township Committee voted to rescind Chapter 64 of the township code titled “Rent Leveling.” Chapter 64 has provided guidelines for township assistance to Brighton at Barnegat…
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•May 14, 2025
Pickleball: The Annoying Non-Sport of Boomers
Here comes summer! The sun! The beach! The fun!
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•May 8, 2025
‘French Fries With Eyes’ – Treats From Another Island
French Fries with Eyes – yes, you read it right. It’s just one enticing seafood recipe in The Martha’s Vineyard Cookbook, a new book by Julia Blanter and published by Rizzoli New York. I almost never…
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May 7, 2025
Slow Crawl
Last week, I left my home in Harvey Cedars around 8 a.m. and headed off the Island, only to pass a massive line of trucks and vans trying to get onto LBI. Many were clearly marked as plumbers…
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May 7, 2025
Another Spectacle
Donald Trump’s proposed Military Appreciation Day, conveniently scheduled on his birthday, is less about honoring service members and more about glorifying himself. While the spectacle of military…
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May 7, 2025
Mixed Review
The new paint job on the Surf City water tower is outstanding and looks clean and nice with a simple but perfect beach theme design, kudos.
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•May 7, 2025
Three Ways to Cut Little Egg Harbor’s School Budget
The following are three common sense proposals to reduce the 2025-26 Little Egg Harbor school budget. This list is not conclusive and serves as a mere recommendation.
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May 7, 2025
Not in a Rush
I am retired. I was shocked to hear about the low attendance at the town hall meeting about the increase in school taxes in our Little Egg Harbor Township community. I guess people are just tired of…
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•May 7, 2025
A Mother of a Story for a Matriarch on Our Street
Sometimes you meet someone who feels like a mom to you, a mom that you have known all your life even though you just met that person. I call this type of person “a mother from another mother.” This…
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May 7, 2025
Senior Frustrations
Bravo to Tom Meredith on his letter (“Pay Attention,” 4/30) that brings up the compliancy of Little Egg Harbor seniors attending meetings and voicing their opinion on school taxes. Where I differ is…
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•May 1, 2025
Forces of Nature: It’s Really Not the Water, It’s the Waves
What are the wild waves saying Sister, the whole day long; That ever amid our playing, I hear but their low lone song. — Joseph Edwards Carpenter…
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April 30, 2025
Non-Rich Impact
I remain shocked at the lack of knowledge of many SandPaper readers of the economics behind the construction, transportation, building, maintenance and final disposition of industrial turbines, also…
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April 30, 2025
Pay Attention
I was very surprised when I attended the recent special public meeting of the Little Egg Harbor Township Board of Education. Even after several informative articles in local papers by Rick Mellerup…
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•April 30, 2025
Big Divide Over Bunnies – Adorable or Deplorable?
Despite living in the bubble that is Long Beach Island, where we’re sheltered from many of societies ills, our little slice o’ heaven is not immune to the stark divisions we face in 2025. I’m not…
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April 24, 2025
Runtley Meets Another Menace Called Milton
This is another story from Runtley, a Harvey Cedars rescue cat, as told to “Mom” Sandi Appleby of Nokomis, Fla., a former long-time resident of Harvey Cedars. For 28 years she and her husband owned…
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April 24, 2025
Missed Opportunity
At last Thursday’s meeting of the land use board meeting in Harvey Cedars, I witnessed a missed chance for the north end of the Island.
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April 24, 2025
Thank You, Lou
It’s that time of year again, with welcome warmer weather, spring break and, of course, the Easter Bunny. Woohoo!
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•April 23, 2025
How Does Your Garden Grow? Ours in Barnegat Light Is a Joy
Now that it’s the beginning of spring, it’s time to start planning for this year’s vegetable garden. One thing about fresh garden vegetables compared to store vegetables is that we know they are…
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April 23, 2025
Huge Homes Don’t Fit
Our next door neighbor built a house over the winter. It is literally twice the size of our house, 5 feet, 1 inch from our property line on the east side. The windows on the east side overlook our…
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April 23, 2025
Bah Humbug!
As a full-time resident and volunteer who works in the Edith Duff Gwynn Gardens behind the Barnegat Light Museum, I was shocked and saddened by the flippant comments from our mayor, Kirk Larson…
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April 23, 2025
God in a Box
When my children were small, they had a toy called Jack-in-the-box. When they turned the handle attached to the box, a melody would begin to play. They continued turning the handle until a clown…
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•April 17, 2025
Surviving February, the Cruelest Month on LBI
Whoever said April is the cruelest month (OK, it was T.S. Eliot) never spent a February on LBI.
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April 16, 2025
Consider the Possibilities
I am here to express my opinion regarding the proposed restaurant on the Boulevard and 81st Street in Harvey Cedars.
