Opinion
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April 1, 2021
Go Slow With Wind
A March 29 article in the New York Times speaks to the Biden administration’s promotion of offshore wind energy: “The Biden Administration makes a swath of ocean between New York and New Jersey an…
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•March 31, 2021
My Granddaughter, My Hero Makes COVID Fight Personal
We love our heroes. We write books and make movies about them. They have all earned it with unbelievable bravery and acts of courage – everyone from Sgt. Alvin York in World War I to Sgt. John…
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March 31, 2021
Work for Wind
I’ve lived in South Jersey my whole life. I have many fond memories of kayaking in our rivers and of watching the sun rise over the Atlantic. I witnessed Superstorm Sandy’s devastating impact on my…
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•March 31, 2021
Is Beach Replenishment All It’s Cracked Up to Be?
As a lifelong inhabitant of a stretch of sand that sits off the mid-Atlantic coast, I consider LBI my home away from home for five decades. The scientific term for this landform is a barrier island.…
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March 31, 2021
Recognizing Teachers
I am writing in response to the article titled “Teachers Everywhere Have Struggled But They Continue to Persevere” (3/24). This article regarding the struggles and difficulties of educators such as…
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March 25, 2021
Godspeed, Mr. Hoyt
I learned last week of the passing of a man I never met but had heard of over the years, and sadly I failed to keep him at the forefront of my mind when it came to inspiration: Dick Hoyt.
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March 25, 2021
Unfair Dredging Cost
I attended a Zoom meeting recently for the proposed dredging project in Mystic Island, Little Egg Harbor. The preparation work has been well done, the project will be voted on by the homeowners, and…
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March 24, 2021
Wind Has Benefits – But Study It Well
I just reread the March 3 article “Opposition Develops on Long Beach Island Over Wind Farm Plans.” First, let me make clear that I am in favor of comprehensive environmental assessments of all large…
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March 24, 2021
Immigration Pain
President Biden has made it clear his administration will backtrack and eliminate many of the effective immigration orders formerly protecting our border states, if not the entire country.
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•March 24, 2021
Now Is Not the Time to Restrict Power Sources
Bloomberg News published an online article, dated Nov. 11, 2019, titled “U.S. Posts First Month in 70 Years as a Net Petroleum Exporter.” Frankly, it was encouraging to learn that despite the…
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March 24, 2021
Baffling Reaction
In response to “Fact Snafu” (3/17), I seriously do not understand why Cathleen Fleming took such offense at Pat Johnson’s article (“Snow Plow Snafu Sends Little Egg Harbor Woman to Run as…
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March 24, 2021
For the People
Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker must do whatever it takes to get the For the People Act passed in the Senate and signed into law.
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March 24, 2021
Outreach Lacking
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, conducted a feasibility study for coastal storm risk management problems within the New…
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•March 24, 2021
Simple Tips From a Senior Wimp
What’s a wimp? I think I have an answer to the question. I’m a 77-year-old ex-teacher, ex-college athlete, ex-semi-pro baseball player and now wimp. I have trouble even putting my socks on now. When…
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March 18, 2021
Sandrea and Me
Thank you, Gina Scala, for the article about Sandy Medford (“One Year Later, Family Ties Help to Heal Broken Hearts,” 3/10). She was my friend for over 50 years. I loved her family like my own, and I…
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•March 17, 2021
New Secretary of the Interior Is One for the History Books
Oumuamua streaked across the sky over the Pacific Ocean in 2017, the most likely sign yet of other intelligent life in the universe, at least according to leading astrophysicist Avi Loeb. Many…
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March 17, 2021
Litter Bugged
This letter addresses the slogan “Think Globally, Act Locally.” On the global and national front, I try to get information from reputable sources, but am aware that many people do not. Until that…
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•March 17, 2021
London Calling: Those Good Old Globetrotting Days
Like most people, during these unprecedented days of lockdowns and layoffs, compliments of COVID-19, I’ve had much time to reflect on many of life’s past experiences. One of them has been…
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March 17, 2021
Spirit of America
I and many people are quick to complain about services in the public sector, but slow to acknowledge excellent public services. I received both of my Moderna doses at the middle school in Stafford…
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•March 17, 2021
Fact Snafu
I cannot bypass the March 3 article titled “Snow Plow Snafu Sends Little Egg Harbor Woman to Run as Independent” without comment on my surprise and disgust to see my association named (although…
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March 17, 2021
Heavy-Handed Order
I applaud Karen E. Tait’s letter (“Reconsider Removal,” 3/10) in reply to the March 3 issue’s “Condo Development Ordered to Remove Islands.” There is no doubt that these nine little green islands in…
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March 12, 2021
Vaccine Thanks
I’d like to praise and thank the Ocean County Health Department and all the people involved with vaccinating hundreds of our citizens so efficiently and lovingly.
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March 11, 2021
Oversight Missing
The following was addressed to Beach Haven Administrator Sherry Mason.
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March 11, 2021
Disappointing Vote
I’m disappointed that the borough council voted down the proposal to expand Beach Haven pickleball courts on Feb. 25. Despite widespread support for the expansion among residents and taxpayers, who…
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March 11, 2021
Sign of Progress
Opposition to offshore wind farms seems to dominate SandPaper coverage. However, as an LBI oceanfront homeowner, I am very much in favor of these developments, and I suspect many other LBI residents…
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March 10, 2021
Selfish Wind Views
I’m writing in response to a commentary I read in the Jan. 13 edition about offshore wind turbines (“Offshore Wind Turbines Must Be Made Less Visible or Else”). I sail with the Merchant Marine so…
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March 10, 2021
Excellent Job
I would like to thank Long Beach Township Public Works staff on an excellent job they did recently on the 23rd Street beach entrance in Spray Beach. The dunes have been growing due to beach grass…
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March 10, 2021
Reconsider Removal
I am writing to ask you to reconsider the removal of the Centre Street tree islands associated with the Towne Club of Beach Haven. I have lived on the corner of Centre Street and Delaware Avenue…
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March 10, 2021
Rest of the Story
One sentence was not included from a longer discussion reporter Eric Englund and I had for the story “Condo Development Ordered to Remove Islands” (3/3), effectively misquoting me.
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•March 10, 2021
Conservation Is the Only Way Out of the U.S.’s Energy Trap
It was refreshing to read a commentary that reflected on the merits of alternative energy sources rather than the aesthetics of giant wind turbines marring the clean lines of the ocean’s horizon…
