Opinion
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April 6, 2022
Quiet for All
This letter is in response to Arlene and Fred Schragger’s request last week of Harvey Cedars government to delay hammer time to 8 a.m. for all. As a full-time resident of Harvey Cedars, I would agree.
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April 6, 2022
Right Whale’s Plight – A Painful Reminder
Did anyone note the irony in the photo of the Hand’s Store’s doomed wall mural, headlined “Iconic Mural Is No More,” of the North Atlantic right whale in the March 30 edition of The SandPaper?
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March 31, 2022
Noise-Polluting Vehicles
This letter references “Disturbing the Peace” (3/9) by Mark Harrison. I agree with Mr. Harrison. There are too many unnecessarily noisy vehicles on the road. There’s no reason for a vehicle or a…
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March 31, 2022
Hackneyed Chants
I write in support of John Marcinski’s letter of 3/9 (“Clear Choice”) and in reply to Edward Schwind’s diatribe in opposition (“Scratching Our Heads” 3/16).
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•March 31, 2022
Feeling Helpless? Pray for Ukraine
As the Christian church finds itself in the heart of the season of Lent, it calls all people of the world to turn to the God of peace and justice to pray for a credible ceasefire to Russia’s…
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March 30, 2022
Solar Solution?
Our home has a large southern-facing roof. I’ve spoken with multiple solar panel installation vendors and they have all told me that the maximum number of panels that the N.J. Board of Public…
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March 30, 2022
Competent Volunteers
This is in response to Barnegat hiring Quality Medical Transport to serve the community. I can honestly say I do not know everything regarding the reason for this change, and I am sure Quality will…
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March 30, 2022
Delay Morning Hammer Time on the Island
Everyone on LBI has surely noticed the tremendous amount of construction happening all over the Island. Virtually all of the municipalities have some type of formal or informal rules about the times…
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•March 30, 2022
Lyrics to Live By: Anthems Reflect Personalities of Nations
A national anthem can tell you much about a country.
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March 24, 2022
Wind Farm Worries
The informative article in the March 2 issue, “NY Bight Lease for Wind Energy Nets Six Winners,” raises concerns.
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March 24, 2022
Good for Nothing War
In 1970 the Vietnam protest song “War,” sung by little-known Edwin Starr, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Some of the prophetic lyrics of the song were: “War, what is it good for?…
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March 24, 2022
Well Said
Re: “Wake Up” (3/16) – thank you, Mary Snyder of Parkertown … well said, indeed!
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•March 24, 2022
Keeping It Real: That Time I Auditioned for QVC
For many years, like many other moms pre-pandemic, I stayed at home with the kids. Before I had children, I worked at a variety of jobs and did not exactly have what one might call a career. My…
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March 23, 2022
Making a Difference
After our first full year of operation, Sea Change Recovery Community Organization wants to thank The SandPaper staff and all of our local supporters. We faithfully served over 1,200 individuals and…
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March 23, 2022
Divine Help
I hope you remember that spring is here. Whoever said, “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”
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•March 23, 2022
Daylight Forever!
I hate the darkness. The only good reason for the darkness of night is that it eventually gives us beautiful sunrises and sunsets and those blazing ice cream skies.
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•March 18, 2022
Democracy in Action
March 13 was the Ocean County Democratic Committee meeting and the annual mini-convention to nominate county and congressional candidates to appear on the party “line” for the primary ballot in June.…
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•March 17, 2022
Tragedy of Ukraine Is Reality That History’s Repeating Itself
“Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.”
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March 16, 2022
Scratching Our Heads
I read a letter by John Marcinski (“Clear Choice,” 3/9) in which he stated that if the election were held today Joe Biden would again claim victory and by even a larger margin. He also stated that…
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March 16, 2022
Easing Pump Pain
No one likes the rise of gas prices at the pump. However, I believe there are things we can do to help ease the pain.
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March 16, 2022
Need Energy Now
I want to record my agreement with Mr. Binder’s conclusion in his commentary (“Misdirected Energy Policy Is Harmful to National Security,” 3/9) that small modular reactors are the future of…
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•March 16, 2022
Home Renovation: Bumpy Ride With Boomboxes
Recently my wife and I had several somewhat major construction projects done on our house, including the complete renovation of a bathroom, a walk-in closet and a pantry, plus the installation of an…
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March 16, 2022
Lights Out
It’s been going on one year now that a large percentage of the “new bridge string of pearls lights” have not been working. I am starting to think that it will take longer to repair all of the lights…
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March 16, 2022
Snail Mail
Manahawkin is getting a new library. The population is still growing in our town. I do wish someone with some pull or political power could find a way to have a post office sorting machine put in…
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March 16, 2022
Wake Up
The only good thing to come out of the horrible war in Ukraine may be to demonstrate to us here in the U.S. just what can happen if our democracy fails. Seeing Putin censor the media as they do in…
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•March 15, 2022
Going Home Again to Grammy and Grandpa’s House
I was very lucky to have two sets of wonderful grandparents. Grammy (Gudny) and Grandpa Jack lived in the house next to the firehouse in Barnegat Light since 1935, my father’s family home. When my…
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March 10, 2022
Clear Choice
A Biden report card offered by a reader in the March 2 SandPaper suggests that if the election of 2020 were held today Biden “would come in second” because of his low approval ratings. What this…
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March 10, 2022
Unfounded Attacks
I write in response to a letter titled “Biden Report Card” (3/2) by Howard Buerkle.
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•March 9, 2022
Misdirected Energy Policy Is Harmful to National Security
The current energy policy of the Biden and Murphy administrations that relies on offshore wind farms, i.e. “green energy,” fails to meet practical needs and promotes reliance on foreign fossil…
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March 9, 2022
Disturbing the Peace
As we move into March and hopefully the end of the winter, we need to prepare for the return of our friends, neighbors and seasonal visitors to the Island. In the off-season, we have the pleasure of…
