Opinion
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June 30, 2021
Low Water
I am wholeheartedly in agreement with Ed Harkey’s letter titled “Dying Lagoons” (6/9).” I am also a resident of Tuckerton Beach, now going on 17 years. During those years I have also seen Kingfisher…
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•June 30, 2021
If Wind Farm Is Constructed You May Soon Forget It Is There
I’m going to have to buy Groucho Marx glasses, complete with a large nose, mustache and huge eyebrows, to dare show my face on LBI after writing this column. But stupid or brave, here I go.
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June 30, 2021
Love Over Hate
After I noticed some racist graffiti at Nautilus Park, I emailed the Stafford mayor and, within a few hours, the graffiti was erased and he has said a police investigation will go on. What I did…
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June 30, 2021
Forever Grateful
In the throes of domestic chores, it hadn’t occurred to us that Gracie had disappeared. This isn’t the typical “dog decides to explore” story.
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June 30, 2021
Great Tradition
My family has vacationed on Long Beach Island for years and even as the old beach cottages have given way to larger, more modern homes, the feel of LBI remains the same. Crossing the 3-mile-long…
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•June 29, 2021
’60s Beach Kid Life: Nonstop Fun
For me, a child of the ’60s, the last day of school in mid-June was particularly exciting. Mom drove us down the shore from Pennington to our summer home in Beach Haven Crest.
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June 24, 2021
Slow Down
People are driving too fast on the Boulevard. Long Beach Boulevard is not a highway.
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June 24, 2021
Still Charmed
I was wondering of you’ve ever done an article on the history of your own little paper. As a young adult I loved reading it in the 1980s. I was a teenage transplant here from Florida and LBI was…
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June 23, 2021
Think Rationally
As a council member, my job is to enact regulations that reflect the will of voters. Sixty percent of voters in Ocean County, and the majority of voters on LBI, voted to legalize recreational…
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•June 23, 2021
High Marks for Green Acres in Boosting NJ Quality of Life
Ever wonder what the Green Acres signs are about all over New Jersey? No, they’re not an advertisement for a funny, old TV show!
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June 23, 2021
Ill Wind
Energy planners, from our POTUS to government agencies and public utilities, have targeted massive swaths of our oceans and mountaintops for wind power businesses. Unfortunately, for our money…
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June 18, 2021
Autism Questions
I am responding to the article titled “Barnegat Teacher’s Painted Seashells Ask ‘Hope 202’ for Autism Spectrum” in the April Leader. It is important and nice to be understanding of autistic kids and…
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June 17, 2021
Thanks Are Due
Just a short note to say thank you to the new administration of Beach Haven for finally getting around to replacing the very dangerous high curb at Eighth Street and Bay Avenue. I began writing to…
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June 16, 2021
Win/Win Wind
Recently I’ve been hearing negative comments about the offshore wind energy project. People are saying they “heard” that the windmills will kill migratory birds and will have a negative impact on…
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•June 16, 2021
Leave Ocean Alone – Pursue Energy Technologies on Land
In response to the June 2 article regarding ALO’s stance that supports offshore wind development (“Alliance for a Living Ocean Endorses Wind Project Off LBI”), it should be understood that it is not…
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June 16, 2021
Changes for the Worse
I want to first of all thank Gina Scala and The SandPaper for the June 9 article on proposed Ship Bottom Ordinance 2021-08. This ordinance must be stopped! It is badly thought out and will cause a…
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June 16, 2021
Best Trip Ever
The Long Beach Island Grade School sixth grade class of 2021 was treated to a truly special field trip on June 2. In the June 2 edition, an article was published detailing a cross-curricular project…
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June 16, 2021
What a Production!
The 13th annual Lighthouse International Film Festival June 3-6 was another blockbuster event, thanks to all the volunteers, venues that hosted screenings, businesses that provided refreshments and…
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•June 16, 2021
Act II: We All Scream for Ice Cream. Or Not.
Author’s recap of Act I in last week’s SpeakEasy column: My first summer job began and ended on the same day at the Westmont Theater, when I caught the manager and the candy lady in a compromising…
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June 16, 2021
Never Been Better
I think we can safely say Barnegat, the No. 1 town in Ocean County, has never been better.
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•June 10, 2021
Police a Necessary Element in a Free and Healthy Society
Law enforcement agencies, in general, are under public scrutiny with a brighter light and finer focus than ever before. Law enforcement has long been an honorable and difficult profession, populated…
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June 9, 2021
Naive Thinking
The first time I read Councilwoman Nancy Davis’ quote in The SandPaper, I was sure she was misquoted, until this week when I read the exact same quote regarding the introduction of an ordinance about…
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June 9, 2021
Lagoons Dying
The Tuckerton Borough Council has indicated that residents outside of the beach area would not use their tax dollars to pay for the dredging of beach area lagoons. However, I recently noted that…
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June 9, 2021
Great Story
Great story in last week’s paper about the three boys digging up the lost sign describing the Sea King’s sinking in 1963. The full story of the wreck with photos is in the last chapter of my book New…
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•June 9, 2021
Act I: As They Say, Some Movies Don’t End Well
Author’s Note: The following is tragicomedy about summer jobs in two acts. The dramatis personae include: teenage me, job hunting; Charlie, my employed friend; Mr. S, the manager; and the Candy Lady…
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June 9, 2021
Consistent Budgeting
The following was addressed to John Hailperin, president of the Beach Haven Taxpayers Association.
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•June 2, 2021
Extra Anticipation Building for Summer 2021
Hello, God. It’s me, Patty. I’ve been praying really hard over the past 15-plus months, hoping that my prayers would finally be answered and, lo and behold, they have.
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•June 2, 2021
Think About the New Normal Based on Values, Habits, Attitudes
While we all anxiously await and anticipate the end of the pandemic and the “return to normal” that is coming, and for many seems here already, it is important for all of us to examine just what that…
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June 2, 2021
Memorial Mishap
I went to our Beach Haven Memorial Day service. There were about 250 people there, some with young children. I was thinking that even in New Jersey, where taxation is a way of life, there still are…
