Opinion
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•May 5, 2021
Mother Seemed to Know Best With the Following Aphorisms
• Always wear clean underwear in case you are in an accident and have to go to the hospital. Thanks, Mom. When I did have an accident, I was glad to be alive and had no thoughts of what I was wearing.
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May 5, 2021
Patients Overlooked
Now that adult-use marijuana is legal in New Jersey, towns, many in our area, seem to be springing into action restricting sales and production within their jurisdiction. What I am concerned about in…
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May 5, 2021
Local Wind Concerns
The letter “Go Slow with Wind” (3/31) makes several good points. In particular, residents of LBI were never asked if we wanted a wind farm off our coast. The development of wind farms as a renewable…
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May 5, 2021
Why the Tax Increase?
The following was addressed to Sherry Mason, Beach Haven municipal clerk/borough administrator.
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•May 5, 2021
Special Gift Adds to Joy of Giving on Mother’s Day
On our coffee table sits a pyramid of connected four clear, solid glass balls 5 inches high. When the sun hits them through a window, the glass balls burst into a rainbow of colors. As long as I can…
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•April 29, 2021
Nature’s Seasonal Changes Fittingly ‘Phenomenal’
Peering out my window, I can’t absolutely recall – has this year flown by or dragged on? The grass and trees appear to spell it out: Time has simply moved on and spring is here!
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April 29, 2021
Not the Same
I am responding to the article titled “Barnegat Committee: Trust Us, Not Facebook” (4/14). For starters, I am not a Republican or Democrat; I do not participate in politics at all. I align my…
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April 28, 2021
Such Is Progress
I had to smile, a bit wryly, reading Rick Mellerup’s account of how variolation (scratching a small amount of dried or fresh pustule material from a less virulent strain of pox into the skin) was…
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April 28, 2021
Not Forgotten
Regarding “Show Some Love for the Forgotten 22 Percent” (4/21), I’ve lived in New Jersey my entire life, in both north and south, and I know that 22%. It’s not forgotten.
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April 28, 2021
What’s the Problem?
I understand the borough of Beach Haven will be removing and repaving the Centre Street tree islands associated with the Towne Club of Beach Haven. As a taxpayer in Beach Haven and resident on Centre…
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April 28, 2021
Save Small Business
I am a 25-year LBI vacationer and we come here often. I love LBI because it is reminiscent of my childhood in small-town Indiana. On a recent visit my husband and I were devastated to find our…
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•April 28, 2021
TV Advertising or One Big Brainwash?
Maybe it’s the effect of the pandemic or maybe just coming out of the winter doldrums, or maybe it’s just that I’m getting old, but I feel like I’m becoming a grumpy, old man. The last four years of…
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•April 21, 2021
So Thankful
Thank you to The SandPaper team for your recent and excellent coverage of LBI’s newest nonprofit, Compassion Café. Our mission is to provide meaningful and paid employment to people with disabilities.
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•April 21, 2021
Rethink Coddling
Tom Meredith hits the nail on the head with his commentary (“‘Earth Parents’ Sowed Seeds of a Coddled ‘Me’ Generation,” 4/14) about how our society has devolved into a place where being coddled has…
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•April 21, 2021
Vaccinations Were Hot Issue All the Way Back to Puritans
My favorite quote of all time comes from the Bible, from the book of Ecclesiastes, which says, “That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new…
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•April 21, 2021
Roadway War Zone
Congratulations to the government personnel who have won the award for creating roadways on the southern half of LBI that most resemble those in the war zones of Syria.
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•April 21, 2021
Show Some Love for the Forgotten 22 Percent
There is little attention paid to 22% of the land in New Jersey known as the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve. I would suspect only 22% of New Jersey population know what it is or where it is.…
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April 21, 2021
Low Taxes
Barnegat Township municipal taxes remain stable, and the cost of property taxes and water use remains in check.
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•April 14, 2021
‘Earth Parents’ Sowed Seeds of a Coddled ‘Me’ Generation
I referred to them as “Earth parents.” They were the children of the hippie/live-in-the-moment culture of the 1960s. Products of a generation that thought there was no harm in frequent recreational…
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•April 14, 2021
Spring Ephemerals Get Their Moment in the Sun
Take a walk in the woods this month and check out the forest floor. There in the dappled sunlight, popping up through last year’s leaves, you may spot the short-lived flowers of native perennials…
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•April 14, 2021
Help Appreciated
Thank you to Ship Bottom police. When my car wouldn’t start at Ship Bottom bank, you were kind and drove me to St. Francis in time for my second virus shot. I appreciate your help.
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April 14, 2021
Giving Group
The four-page article in the March 31 edition titled “Nonprofits Shift Gears Amid Virus Concern” depicted the many contributions that a dozen or more nonprofit community-based groups and their…
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April 14, 2021
What’s the Truth?
In a speech while accepting the Edward R. Murrow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism, NBC anchor Lester Holt finally came out of the closet and admitted to something that was obvious to most…
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April 14, 2021
For the Greater Good
In reply to the letter by Ken McKelvey, age 21, “Work for Wind” (3/31), it warms my heart to see letters from the younger members of our community taking a stand on the problems affecting our coastal…
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•April 8, 2021
NJ PACT Fails to Protect Us From Climate Change Impacts
New Jersey is one of the most flood-prone and climate-impacted states. The state Department of Environmental Protection is proposing rule changes and using maps to identify the problems, but it isn’t…
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April 7, 2021
‘Big Lie’ Lawsuits
Now that Dominion Voting Systems has sued Trump adviser Sidney Powell for defamation, can a similar suit against Rudy Guiliani and Mike “the pillow guy” Lindell be far behind?
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•April 7, 2021
History Comes Alive
On the afternoon of April 9,1865, over 150 years ago this week, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and Union Gen. Ullysses S. Grant met in the parlor of a private home near Appomattox Court House, Va.…
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April 7, 2021
Blame Teacher Unions
Although it was nice to read both the article and letter the past two weeks about, or from, teachers and education, they both missed a very critical component of teachers in America today and their…
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April 7, 2021
Out With the Old
They said we had to quickly stop Our meetings and our hugs They said we had to keep our distance From all strangers and all thugs…
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•April 7, 2021
OA: Accepting Good With Bad, Funny With Sad
In February 2017 I wrote a column called “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Dreaded Old Age.” I shared my discovery that dreaded “old age” wasn’t as bad as I’d anticipated. OA actually had many…
