Opinion
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February 14, 2024
Unions Play Crucial Role – in My Family and Others’
This past year witnessed a renewed enthusiasm for and interest in labor movement action, such as the New Jersey nursing union strike at Robert Wood Johnson and national attention for the United Auto…
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•February 8, 2024
Let’s Collaborate on LBI School Plan to Benefit All
The LBI Grade School – its place in our community, its role in educating our children and its open space – represents our past, present and most certainly our future on Long Beach Island. Imagine for…
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February 8, 2024
Make No Mistake: Newest Leases Don’t Change Wind Project Off LBI
In light of the Board of Public Utilities recently issuing two leases for offshore wind in areas some 40 miles offshore, let’s be clear: This in not in place of the hundreds of 1,000-foot windmills…
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February 7, 2024
Prophetic Words
Editor’s Note: This was a letter to the editor 20 years ago. Monika Jackson of North Beach requested that her husband’s letter be published again posthumously because of what she believes is the…
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February 7, 2024
Best Cover Ever
Kudos to The SandPaper for the cover of the Jan. 24 edition – our “Coasties” giving ’er hell in the inlet recently. It was perhaps the best cover ever.
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February 7, 2024
Special Stories
What a great story about a great church, Bayside Chapel in Barnegat, and the new senior pastor, the Rev. Kenneth Carlson (“New Bayside Chapel Pastor Overcame Personal Struggles,” 1/24)! After serving…
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February 1, 2024
Unwavering Support
Thank you to our friends, family, community and Stafford Township Fire Co. for your unwavering support for Matthew Tancredi. The love and generosity of all who contributed to this event, held in…
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February 1, 2024
Destroying the Environment to Save It
On the morning of Jan. 22 I walked along the beach on LBI. It was a sunny morning with a slight breeze, days after the latest storm left snow on the ground. All was quiet except for the sound of the…
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February 1, 2024
Great Photo
What a great photo of the Coast Guard lifeboat on the cover of the Jan. 24 issue! Kudos to photographer Scott Nevins.
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•January 31, 2024
Bodybuilding for Life, Health and Well-Being
I thoroughly enjoyed The SandPaper article about professional bodybuilder Michelle Johnson in December. It inspired me to share some encouragement for everyone interested in physical fitness…
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January 31, 2024
Excellent Column
The following was addressed to John M. Imperiale, author of the Commentary titled “Applying Lessons in Politics From NYC to Harvey Cedars” (1/24).
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January 31, 2024
Losing Battle
I agree 100% with Jon Coen’s prediction #4, “Money wins,” in his Jan. 10 Liquid Lines column.
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January 31, 2024
Deadly ‘Harassment’
One of the most enjoyable experiences is sitting on the beach with friends and family, watching pods of dolphins passing by. The mere sight of dolphins creates a buzz up and down the beach which only…
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January 24, 2024
Great Job
My wife and I are residents of Beach Haven. The recent bad storm knocked out our power about 10 p.m. Tuesday evening, Jan. 9. When I ventured outside Wednesday morning, I was amazed to see the…
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•January 24, 2024
Applying Lessons in Politics From NYC to Harvey Cedars
The year was 1984. The issue was not complicated. One school in New York City was heating the school building with bituminous coal. That is the “dirtiest” kind of coal. You could see the coal dust in…
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•January 24, 2024
Weird Wonders Never Cease at One Retailer
Even though I read the newspaper every morning before I go to work, there are many stories that I miss completely. I guess I could blame it on the fact that I am usually called away from my reading…
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January 24, 2024
Only Flaw
This is in response to Lou McElwain’s letter concerning wind turbines (“Show More Respect,” 1/17). What a beautiful, insightful argument he made for discontinuing the concept of wind turbine…
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•January 21, 2024
Twenty-Six Years of Service on the High Seas
On Oct. 20, Ralph Howland of Barnegat, a retired Coast Guard chief warrant officer who spent 26 years serving in some of the most brutal ocean conditions imaginable, shared his sea stories at a…
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January 17, 2024
Show More Respect
I read with both awe and amusement “Not a Real Option,” as Mr. Roth from Maine showed himself to be so wise and yet so arrogant in his almost 1,000-word essay on tidal power generation.
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January 17, 2024
All Will Be Well
Optimism may have led us to think and/or say, “Sure hope that 2024 will be better than 2023.” But then 2024 rolled in with a spike in COVID and RSV, continued warring between Israel and Palestine…
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•January 17, 2024
On Beach Haven Governance: Where Do We Go From Here?
This is the time of year to set resolutions, to review the year past and decide what to double down on and what to let go of in the year to come. I always include, as my father taught me, a renewed…
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•January 11, 2024
Beachy Must Reads: Plumbing the Depths of Seaside Passion
I’m continuously amazed by how many coastal dwellers have such scant genuine understanding about the place in which they live or visit. Particularly for those privileged enough to live on an actual…
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January 10, 2024
Small Treasures
It is amazing how something so small to one person is so large to another.
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•January 10, 2024
Not a Real Option
Tidal power generation is created by currents flooding and ebbing, water moving in one direction and then changing direction, in force through turbine blades. Some currents are very strong, such as…
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January 10, 2024
Spirit in the Sky
I was driving down Nautilus Drive, a street in Barnegat everyone uses to get to Route 72, where all the shopping stores are, when a beam of light blinded me. It was hard to see. I felt like I was…
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December 21, 2023
Thanks for Coverage
As 2023 comes to a close, it’s time to say thanks to all of the reporters, editors and others who play a role in the continued success of The SandPaper as our local weekly newspaper.
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December 21, 2023
Thought Provoking
The following was addressed to L.J. Wallace Jr., author of a commentary titled “Move Over, Wind Turbines – Harness Power of the Tides” (12/6).
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December 21, 2023
Coco’s Story Brings Back Memories of a Lost Cat
My 12-year-old granddaughter, Joann, and I loved the adorable Dec. 7 piece titled “Coco’s Story: Lost in Barnegat for 28 Days.” How lucky that this canine resident of Brant Beach was reunited with…
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•December 20, 2023
Seasons of Santas: Big Guy’s on the Go, Ho Ho Ho
Over the years, I have seen Kris Kringle in person in different settings. The first one I remember was when I was very young, maybe 9 or 10. My mother took me to Macy’s department store. It was a big…
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•December 20, 2023
Happy Days at Barnegat Light’s One-Room Schoolhouse
It’s 1938. You’re a 5-year old girl and in first grade in a one-room school with grades one through five in five neat rows divided only by the size of their desks. You have been called by the teacher…
