Opinion
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September 25, 2024
Thanks for Sharing
I would personally like to thank Mariano Molina for sending in his incredible and awe-inspiring photo of the World Trade Center (“A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words,” 9/11). Thank you for sharing it…
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September 25, 2024
Calm Before Storm
This summer was one to remember. The ocean was shining, the beaches beautiful, the nights full of stars. But all this may change. The Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind project looms over the horizon.…
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•September 19, 2024
Parents as Well as Perpetrators Should Pay for School Threats
A few weeks before my graduation from Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg, Vt., in 1972 the school suffered from a series of bomb threats.
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September 18, 2024
Amazing Support
People may have seen the fire trucks parked out front around 9:30 a.m. on Labor Day. The good news is Tuckerton Seaport did not experience a fire and everyone is safe.
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September 18, 2024
Bulkhead Burden
As a long-term bayfront homeowner who continues to be affected by increased flooding, I had a recent conversation with a neighbor who shared that he just received an estimate for a new bulkhead for…
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September 18, 2024
Iconic Original
As a professional graphic designer and long-time LBI summer vacationer, I am appalled at the “new” LBI flag. I agree with letter writer Jean Rhodes of North Beach (“Stick With Seagull,” 8/28).
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•September 18, 2024
September Serenity
I would like to commemorate once again the poem written 40 years ago by my late wife, celebrating the great beach here in Ship Bottom at this time of year.
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September 18, 2024
Keeping It Clean
As the summer winds down, I know myself and all fellow Islanders are taking a big breath of relief as our welcomed and beloved summer visitors leave for the season. Our island is slowly becoming…
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September 18, 2024
Left High and Dry at the LBI Beach
The day he first saw me on Amazon, he couldn’t wait to possess me. He desired me and longed to call me his own. When the big gray truck pulled up to his summer home he ran to greet me. He couldn’t…
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September 18, 2024
Testimony to Love
This past Thursday Compassion Café completed our fourth summer season. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to employ people with varying abilities. This season, we employed 88 staff members…
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•September 18, 2024
Fig Follies Followup – Our Tradition Continues
Perhaps you recall my story about figs which appeared in The SandPaper last year (“Fig Follies – The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” SpeakEasy, 10/24/23). It recounted my family’s love of figs…
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September 13, 2024
Needs, Not Wants
As the proud superintendent of Stafford Township School District, I can tell you that the educational experience that our staff provides for every student every day is exceptional.
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•September 12, 2024
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
I witnessed the second airplane crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center, as indicated in this photograph.
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September 12, 2024
Big Thank-You
This year’s concerts at the dock in Barnegat were again a real success. The weather was great except for one Saturday, and the flies and gnats were of little consequence.
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September 12, 2024
Cherished Emblem
In response to the letter titled “Stick With Seagull” (8/28), I would like to thank the writer for her support of “The Original LBI Flag.”
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September 11, 2024
Unsubstantiated Claims
In response to Mr. Kibbe’s letter (“Baseless Nonsense,” 9/4), although he makes two valid points regarding the horseshoe crab threats (i.e. habitat loss and overharvesting) he makes other…
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September 11, 2024
Simple Choice Indeed
I am opposed to the wind turbines off LBI. But, as mentioned in a letter last week (“Simple Choice”), if it comes down to a choice between turbines and voting for a misogynistic convicted felon, who…
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September 11, 2024
Not Your Man
It’s interesting how many Republicans have “found religion” about the environment as it relates to offshore windmills. Their party’s voting record on environmental issues is abysmal, consistently…
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September 11, 2024
Call to Action
I am pleased to announce that on Aug. 13, I submitted my petition for a Beach Haven council seat with 100 signatures from the community. Thank you to those who honored me with your support. As we…
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•September 11, 2024
Quirky, Bedeviling Local Mysteries
Collectively, we locals, left behind in the rush to leave the Island on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2, breathed such gargantuan sighs of relief that the Island almost levitated. What brought many of us…
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September 11, 2024
Sincere Gratitude
The Beach Haven Community Arts Program (CAP) extends our sincere gratitude and appreciation to the businesses and organizations who sponsored our free, 2024 Wednesday night Summer Concerts on the…
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September 11, 2024
Vote Against Wind
I have been contributing letters and commentary to The SandPaper for the past three years opposing offshore wind projects and noting the negative environmental impacts, the threat to endangered…
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September 11, 2024
Prevent Entanglement
I was admiring a flock of sanderlings flying at impressive speed into an 18 mph wind the other day. One of them was feeding on the shoreline, hopping on its single leg. I saw one like that a few…
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•September 8, 2024
Do the Right Thing: Let Female Blue Crabs Live
Is it right or wrong to keep a female blue crab when out crabbing?
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September 6, 2024
Taxing Decision
As I along with everyone else locally await the 2024-2025 tax billing to arrive, I’ve been remembering a Little Egg Harbor Board of Education meeting I attended. It must have been 18 months ago; I’m…
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September 5, 2024
Simple Choice
If you are really serious about wanting to stop the wind turbine projects along the LBI and New Jersey coastline, and if that is a top priority for you, then you have to vote for Donald Trump. He…
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•September 5, 2024
Thank You for the Memories and RIP LBI Grade School
I was reading a recent article in The SandPaper that detailed what may be the final plans for the Ship Bottom Grade School property. I say maybe because with all real estate deals now, it isn’t over…
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September 4, 2024
Too Expensive
On Sept. 17, the Stafford Township Board of Education will ask the taxpayers to approve a $75.7 million referendum for adding on to the Oxycocus School and other building improvements. On a tour of…
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September 4, 2024
Oyster Considerations
I have a couple comments and a question regarding the oyster restoration project in Little Egg Harbor (“Baby Oysters Deployed Off Little Egg Harbor,” 8/21).
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September 4, 2024
Prayers Answered
Our family would like to take this opportunity to thank the Ship Bottom Police Department and all of the other law enforcement agencies that assisted in finding our daughter who recently went missing.
