Opinion
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September 4, 2024
Browner Bay
Brown bay? I’ve noticed over the last several years that Barnegat Bay has become browner and a lot less translucent. There seems to be more growth on pilings and things that are placed in the bay…
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September 4, 2024
Baseless Nonsense
I object to the language used in Jay Mann’s column (The Fish Story, 8/21) about horseshoe crabs. On the threat of wind turbine construction, Mr. Mann writes: “The negative impacts on entire…
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August 29, 2024
Enforce Speed Limit
Ocean Boulevard on LBI has a clearly stated speed limit of 15 mph, which was enacted a few years ago, presumably to limit the cars on the road and create a safer road for pedestrians and bikers to…
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August 29, 2024
On the Horizon
“They paved paradise and put up a parking lot/ With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot/ Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone./ They paved…
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•August 29, 2024
Wanna Be an Islander? See You in Your Socks
Here you are around Labor Day in your bare feet or flip-flops, reading this while contemplations of the end of the summer season are starting to come to mind. No doubt you’re feeling that you’ve…
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August 29, 2024
Deadly ‘Takes’
Yes, Virginia, our government gives permission for offshore wind companies to harm or kill marine life. Offshore wind projects along our shore are said to be beneficial to our globe because they are…
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•August 29, 2024
Paying Tribute on Labor Day to McGuire Versus Maguire
Labor Day is a nationwide federal holiday that is designated by law to be the first Monday in September. This year, Labor Day occurs somewhat early, on Sept. 2. Although summer officially ends with…
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August 29, 2024
Stick With Seagull
Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow Americans, today we’re diving into the cutting-edge world of vexillology with Long Beach Island’s newest flag. Oh, what a sight to behold! It’s as if the Island itself…
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•August 29, 2024
Caught Up (Literally) in Clydesdale Mania
Aug. 16 was a hot but beautiful day, and I had seen the full page ad in The SandPaper. The Budweiser Clydesdale horses were coming to LBI! I called two old friends to invite them to go see the horses…
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August 28, 2024
Gator Gratitude
My husband and I have vacationed on LBI for over 50 years. We first rented a house on 16th Street in Beach Haven and then rented various homes in Long Beach Township, first for one week and then for…
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August 28, 2024
Proud to Help
Friends of Beach Haven and ReClam the Bay will be the charitable recipients for the Sea Shell Resort’s 27th annual Striped Bass Derby. This event will be held on the weekend of Oct. 25-27.
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August 28, 2024
Sincere Appreciation
The Women’s Auxiliary of Surf City Volunteer Fire Co. #1 and EMS recently conducted our annual Auction and Flea Market. It is with sincere appreciation that we would like to recognize and thank our…
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August 28, 2024
Surf Movie Thanks
Fellowship of Christian Athletes – SURF LBI would like to thank all who supported our Surf Movie Night on Aug. 24. Thank you to all our enthusiastic attendees! It was a perfect evening with many of…
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•August 28, 2024
Things Were Rough But The SandPaper Helped Me Move Forward
I remember shooting up out of my desk chair when I saw the email from the New Jersey Press Foundation offering me a summer internship with The SandPaper. I had been obsessively checking my inbox for…
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August 22, 2024
Mallard Island Thanks
The friends and neighbors of Mallard Island want to thank Eric Magaziner of the Tide Table Group for his donation of a new fiberglass flagpole.
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August 22, 2024
Great Service
I am writing to give thanks for the John Deere transport service, which Long Beach Township offers to those who require assistance getting to the beach and back from our homes.
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August 22, 2024
Kudos to P.O.
Kudos to the Long Beach Township post office and its staff. I inadvertently left my phone there and someone turned it in. I had no idea where it was. An employee, Ashley, took the time and…
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August 21, 2024
Government Works
It is almost a given that people want to criticize government agencies and government workers. We rely on the local, county, state, and federal officials for so much in our communities and in our…
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August 21, 2024
Touching Send-Off
We just want to reach out and say thanks to everyone who contributed to the overwhelming send-off on Aug. 11 for Dennis Feeley Jr.
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August 21, 2024
Look at Bigger Picture
A recent, widely published picture showed debris from a beachfront house littering the shoreline of the Outer Banks. LBI endured much worse after Sandy. Not too many years ago, a large boat ran…
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•August 21, 2024
Discipline and Discovery Energize Running, Writing
I spend my summers on LBI. This summer I resolved to find a dirt trail off the Island to run on because I am training for a trail run and writing retreat in September. Trail running is a form of…
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August 21, 2024
Excellent Rescue
The Beach Haven guards at Leeward Avenue beach rescued a young man at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17. With the incoming tide and rough surf, a group of four young men were whistled in…
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•August 21, 2024
Federal Energy Policy Needs to Go Nuclear for Reliability
To effectively develop a sound, sustainable energy policy, the people developing and/or vetting the policy must understand the energy space.
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August 15, 2024
Failing Their Mission
In response to a letter last week, “Unique Opportunity” from Paulina O’Connor, executive director of the NJ Offshore Wind Alliance, as a concerned citizen who attended an open forum held by the…
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August 14, 2024
Sweet Thank You
The Long Beach Island Historical Association in Beach Haven would like to thank all who supported our museum’s Chocolate Fair fundraiser on Aug. 8. Approximately 300 people in attendance chose from a…
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August 14, 2024
Risky Business
I take exception to the “Unique Opportunity” letter to the editor on 8/7/2024 from New Jersey Offshore Wind Alliance Executive Director Paulina O’Connor.
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August 14, 2024
Fortunate Residents
I want to praise the Long Beach Township Police and EMT. We residents of this island are fortunate.
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August 14, 2024
Be Somebody
A recent meme on social media pictured a family facing an ocean view of wind turbines; it said “I always thought that someone would do something about this.”
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August 14, 2024
Sun Shades Safer
I read with interest the letter from James Tombros (“Rethink Shade Ban,” 8/24) concerning sun shades. We also have a sun shade and were on an unguarded beach when a lifeguard from two blocks away…
