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News
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Golf Carts Don’t Get Green Light Yet in Barnegat Light
By Maria Scandale - Aug 21Will electric golf carts (classified by the state as “low-speed vehicles”) be seen more and more on Barnegat Light streets? The answer is not ...
Save a Sea Turtle and Look Classy Doing It
By Maria Scandale - Aug 21This jewelry makes a statement that also helps save sea turtles. A collection of enameled pieces with an ocean life theme shines in a glass case ...
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Ocean County to Replace Pontoon Boat
By J.D. Watson - Aug 21Ocean County is beginning the process of replacing its pontoon boat, the Bay Cruiser, according to Christopher Claus, chief park naturalist for ...
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LBI School Rehab Plans, Referendum Details Expected at Special Board Meeting
By Gina G. Scala - Aug 21The wait is over. The Long Beach Island Consolidated Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 28, to unveil a $7.6 million bond ...
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Ocean County Offers Services to ‘Displaced Homemakers’
Aug 21Ocean County has assistance for those homemakers who have experienced a downturn in their economic situation: the loss of primary income because ...
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OceanFirst Bank Contributes to Tuckerton Seaport’s Nautical Education
Aug 21Tuckerton Seaport and Baymen's Museum has been awarded a three-year OceanFirst grant totaling $150,000 for the OceanFirst Floating Classroom. The ...
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Little Egg Harbor Police Bitten Twice When Responding to Calls for Assistance
Aug 21The Little Egg Harbor Police Department is asking the public to please leash and confine their dogs when officers respond to calls for help. “Over ...
Unmarked Fiber Optic Cable Delays Some of Route 72 Safety Improvements
By Gina G. Scala - Aug 21The tight and sometimes changing traffic pattern along Route 72 near the Garden State Parkway entrance and exit ramps in Stafford Township isn't ...
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Stafford News in Brief
By Victoria Ford - Aug 21Stafford Township has joined the Pinelands Municipal Council, a first in 10 years, Mayor Greg Myhre announced at the Aug. 13 township municipal ...
Ocean County 4-H Members Plunge Into Reef-Building Project
Aug 21Each year for the past five years the American Littoral Society has held a “Shell-a-Bration” featuring food, fun, family-friendly activities and, ...
Alliance for a Living Ocean Looks to Get to the Bottom of Beach Trash
Aug 21Alliance for a Living Ocean Executive Director Kyle Gronostajski and intern Kassidy Peterson have spent Friday mornings this summer sorting ...
Boat Flips During Jersey Outlaws Garvey Racing Off Tuckerton Beach
By Pat Johnson - Aug 21The fifth race in the Jersey Outlaws garvey racing series saw the boat Extreme driven by Tony Yagiello Jr. and co-pilot Cory Chadwick flip and do ...
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Little Free Libraries Are a Hit at the Beach
Aug 21As part of his eighth-grade graduation requirements from St. Mary's School in Ridgefield, Conn., Jack Greenleaf had to come up with a project. He ...
Catching Up With the Roadkill Cleanup Crew
By J.D. Watson - Aug 21We've all seen it. There, on the side of the road, maybe off in the weeds and tall grasses growing just off the pavement on a desolate road ...
Williams: Migrants at US-Mexico Border Have ‘Soccer Fields, TV, Video Games’
By Victoria Ford - Aug 21Despite the municipal attorney's advice not to discuss personal viewpoints from the dais, Stafford Township Councilman George Williams unapologetic...
Brave Teen Ayla Gilman Battles Stage 3 Hodgkins Lymphoma
By Monique M. Demopoulos - Aug 21Ayla Gilman of Manahawkin has not had the sweetest 16. Just after Easter, she became severely ill. When her lymph nodes swelled significantly, her ...
Tuckerton Receives Dedication Plaque for New Municipal Complex
Aug 21At the borough council meeting Monday, Aug. 19, Tuckerton Mayor Sue Marshall asked former Councilwoman Doris Mathisen to pose with the bronze ...
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Millionaire Jumps Into 2nd District Congressional Race
By Rick Mellerup - Aug 21A third Republican has announced he will run for the GOP nomination to try to take Democrat Jeff Van Drew's 2nd New Jersey Congressional District ...
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Stafford School Board Approves New Administrators Association Contract
By David Biggy - Aug 21Roughly 14 months after the Stafford Township Board of Education and Stafford Township Education Association finalized a new contract for STEA ...
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Live Music at Daddy O
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21Thursday 8/22 - DAN BROWN at 6pm Friday 8/23 - SAHARA MOON at 6pm Saturday 8/24 - PEG LEG at 6pm
Check Out The Old Causeway
By Mr. LBI Insider - Aug 21Friday 8/23 - SNEAK ATTACK 10pm Saturday 8/24 - NED RYERSON AND THE GROUNDHOGS 10pm Sunday 8/25 - SAHARA MOON 3-6pm Monday Night TAILGATE PARTY - ...
Live Music at Bird and Betty's
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21Wednesday 8/21 - LIVE BAND KARAOKE WITH CHRIS FRITZ AND THE IMPULSIVES Thursday 8/22 - NIK GREELY BAND at 10pm Friday 8/23 - TALKING DREADS WITH ...
Entertainment at Kubel's Too
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21Thursday 8/22 - TOM PERNAL at 6pm - 9pm Friday 8/23 - THE PICKLES AND TED HAMMOCK at 7:30pm - 10:30pm Saturday 8/24 - JUSTIN JONES at 8pm - ...
Entertainment at Tucker's Tavern
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21Thursday 8/22 - JEREMY R at 7pm Friday 8/23 - TIM CONNOROSO at 7pm Saturday 8/24 - DAN BARONE at 7pm Sunday 8/25 - REGGAE NIGHT WITH THE COUSINS ...
Live Music & Entertainment at the Gateway
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21Friday 8/22 - THE KOOTZ at 7pm Saturday 8/23 - DRUNKEN CLAMS at 8pm Thursday 8/24 - NO CLUE at 8pm Friday 8/30 - JOEY D ROCKIN OLDIES at 7pm Saturd...
Live Music at The Mainland
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21Check out our Live Music on Social The Mainland 151 Route 72 East, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
Live Music at Daymark
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21Thursday 8/22 - ALLISON STELLA at 6pm Saturday 8/24 - WARREN BROS at 11pm www.daymarklbi.com 404 Broadway, Barnegat Light, NJ 08006
Live Entertainment at Spray Beach Hotel
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21ALL SHOWS 5:30 - 9:30 Wednesday 8/21 - NEIL MIRANDA Thursday 8/22 - THE OTHER HALF DUO Friday 8/23 - MIKE BYRNE Saturday 8/24 - PROBLEM CHILD ...
Sandbar Entertainment at The Engleside Inn
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21Wednesday 8/21 - DAN BROWN 3pm-7pm Thursday 8/22 - CHRIS FRITZ 3pm-7pm Friday 8/23 - DAN BROWN AND THE EMPATHS 3pm-7pm Saturday 8/24 - GARAGE KEPT ...
Live Entertainment at The Marlin
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21Saturday 8/10 - CRASH THE PARTY at 10pm The Marlin 2 South Bay Avenue, Beach Haven, NJ 08008
Live Entertainment at Joe Pop's & Tiki Joe's
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21Wednesday 8/21 - THE NERDS at 10:30pm Thursday 8/22 - THE BENJAMINS at 10pm Friday 8/23 - MATT FISHER at 3pm-7pm Friday 8/23 - THE COUNTERFEITERS ...
Live Entertainment at The Sea Shell Resort & Beach Club
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21LIVE MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT ON THE BEACH WEDNESDAY 8/21 DAY TIKI BAR 4-7PM - THE PICKLES BEACH FIREPITS 7-10PM - CHRIS GUASTELLE 10 SOUTH LOUNGE ...
Musical Entertainment at Surf City Hotel
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21Wednesday 8/21 - ROB CONNOLLY at 7pm Thursday 8/22 - GYPSY MOON at 7pm Friday 8/23 - LITTLE NIKKI'S RADIO at 9:30pm Saturday 8/24 - TOY CANON at ...
Live Music at Black Whale
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21Thursday 8/22 - CHRIS FRITZ at 10pm-1am Tuesday 8/27 - RYAN ZIMMERMAN at 10pm-1am Wednesday 8/28 - TY MARES at 10pm-1am Thursday 8/29 - CHRIS ...
Entertainment at Plantation
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21Wednesday 8/21 - GREG WARREN - 9pm Thursday 8/22 - TED HAMMOCK - 9pm Friday 8/23 - AUGUST AND OAK - 9pm Saturday 8/24 - DANKSTERS - 10pm Monday ...
Live Entertainment at Nardi's
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21Thursday 8/22 - PASTA AND SINATRA 5pm-7pm Thursday 8/22 - COUNTRY NIGHT W/TRIPLE RAIL TURN 10pm Friday 8/23 - GYPSY MOON at 5pm Friday 8/23 - GAS ...
Live Entertainment at Calloways
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21Friday 8/24 LIVE MUSIC at 4:30pm - 7:30pm Every Fridays 9pm - 80's and 90's Night with DJ C GROOVE www.callowaysrestaurant.com 597 Main ...
Entertainment at Tuckerton Beach Grille
By Mr LBI Insider - Aug 21Thursday 8/22 - OPEN MIC NIGHT with JIMMY BROGAN Friday 8/23 - SMOKEY STARR Saturday 8/24 - THE BUCKET LIST Tuckerton Beach Grille 1000 S. ...
Enjoy Live Music at The Arlington
By Bargain Bin/The ... - Aug 21Friday 8/23 - MATT FISHER 8pm Sunday 8/25 - WARREN BROTHERS 6pm www.arlingtonlbi.com 1302 Long Beach Boulevard, Ship Bottom, NJ 08008
Columns
Liquid Lines
Why Hurricanes Are So Special to Surfers and Looking Back on Hurricane Bob
By JON COEN - Aug 21Surfers are goofy about hurricanes. It's been 35 years since my first true hurricane experience. And even though most of those swells were ...
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The Fish Story
When ‘Game Wardens’ Make Presence Known; Pickerel Fishing Hooks Passing PETA Mom
By JAY MANN - Aug 20The New Jersey Conservation Officers Association page on Facebook is always a fascinating read. It carries reports of its fish and wildlife ...
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Digging Deeper in the Pines
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Aug 21The story of what it took to save the historic site known as Cedar Bridge Tavern is one of luck and dedication. It was purchased by Ocean County ...
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Digging Up History at the Tavern
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Aug 14As you stand on a dirt road just off Route 72 in Barnegat surrounded by what is called the Pine Barrens and look at the fully restored Cedar ...
Opinion
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Pedestrian PSA
Aug 21To the Editor: Public Service Announcement: Pedestrians, please keep to the left and walk against the traffic! While the bright yellow signs ...
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Sidewalk Needed
Aug 21To the Editor: Thank you, Gina Scala, for the article “Final Phase of Causeway Project Doesn't Address Traffic Safety Concerns on Cedar Bonnet ...
SpeakEasy
On the Outside Looking in ... as Summer Winds Down
By TED RITTER - Aug 21My father always used little one-liners to help keep us kids on what he hoped would be a successful path. Among those I remember most: “Don't be ...
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In Mayor’s Defense
Aug 21To the Editor: I write in defense of Mayor Cirulli. As a resident of Barnegat, the mayor has the same right of any resident to voice his opinion, ...
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Leave No Trace
Aug 21To the Editor: Mary was 19 when she fell victim to a fishing hook that was left behind. Mary is just one of the 100,000 ocean creatures that die ...
Commentary
Music, Love and Mud Provide an Experience Like No Other
By GARY McELROY - Aug 14Woodstock hits the 50-year milestone this week, and so does my experience of the festival. Just out of high school in 1969, my friend Julian and I ...
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Dedicated Neighbor
Aug 14To the Editor: We have been permanent residents of Harvey Cedars for the past 13 years and property owners since 1977. We have been surrounded by ...
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Focusing on Freedom
Aug 14To the Editor: Everyone deserves to be free, but over 40 million people are trapped in slavery today. At the end of June, the U.S. State Department...
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Put the Cell Down
Aug 14To the Editor: Readers who are familiar with “The Fish Story,” Jay Mann's weekly column that has run 25 or 30 years straight in The SandPaper, ...
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Great Service
Aug 14To the Editor: Just want to thank Beach Haven Mayor Nancy Taggart Davis for the wonderful job her beach patrol ocean rescue division did in giving ...
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No Reinventing Norms
Aug 21To the Editor: This is in regards to recent letters concerning a local town board meeting and the alleged rudeness of a certain town official. ...
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Moral Low Ground
Aug 21To the Editor: The first five commandments are our commitment to God. The second five are about our obligation to one another as neighbors, and ...
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Ethical Concerns
Aug 21To the Editor: I appreciate the article by Rick Mellerup about the upcoming Pinelands Regional Board of Education election (“Pinelands Regional ...
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Turn Towns Teal
Aug 21To the Editor: September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and this is the first year Stafford Township joins communities in New Jersey and other ...
Commentary
Flip-Flops Are Killers
By PAT JOHNSON - Aug 21They are so easy to wear and so cute and cool and so right for the shore, but unless you have the agility of a ballet dancer or a gymnast, ...
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Beach Haven Obituary
Aug 14To the Editor: “The Queen City” had been ill and dying for some time, but the approval of the Morrison's hotel project on Second Street finally ...
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Negative Dynamic
Aug 14To the Editor: As a member of the community who attended the last school board meeting for the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District, I ...
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Mixed Bag Meeting
Aug 14To the Editor: At the August Long Beach Township commissioners' meeting, the recurring themes were, again, storms, floods and traffic, as we have ...
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Democracy in Jeopardy
Aug 14To the Editor: Democracy is in jeopardy in Barnegat. Last week two instances occurred causing great concern for the health of our democracy and ...
Comments
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Re: Ugly Fish Proliferates… And Attacks; Keep Rover in Mind If Celling Along
By Neal J Roberts - Aug 07Cellphone Sense Exhortation To the Editor: Readers who are familiar with The Fish Story, Jay Mann's weekly column that has run 25 or 30 years ...
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Re: More on Safety
By Jean D Ragone - Jul 04Les' post is correct. Many townships will gladly provide people with a copy of the laws as they pertain to pedestrians and bicyclists. Even though ...
Sports
Hogarty Wins Dog Day Race, Does Something Not Done in 19 Years
By DAVID BIGGY - Aug 21It's been 19 years since Jarrod Shoemaker last competed in the Dog Day Road Race and didn't win. In 2000, at 18 years old, the Harvey Cedars ...
Harvey Cedars Snags Cutters Cup Ahead of Ship Bottom
By DAVID BIGGY - Aug 14Otto Weiler has been around the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol long enough to remember when he and his Vikings teammates didn't win a single competitio...
Alliance for a Living Ocean Holds Most Successful LBI Longboard Classic to Date
By JON COEN - Aug 14There's a general pattern to the wind in the summertime. The breeze is either light at daybreak or it's out of the west. These are pretty much ...
LBI Tri Club Members Complete Ironman Lake Placid
By Lexi Schnell - Aug 07After months of intense training, two members of the LBI Tri Club competed at one of the hardest Ironman courses, in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Sunday, ...
Challenging Conditions Test Sailors During LBIYRA Senior Championship
By David Biggy - Aug 07While the weather was pleasant, shifty winds, pesky greenheads, shallow tides and heavy chop made racing conditions somewhat challenging July 27 ...
Haven Beach Dethrones St. Francis as Island Swim Club Champs
By David Biggy - Aug 21Claudia Primus has been with the Haven Beach Club swim team for four years; through the morning of Aug. 15 she had no clue what it felt like to be ...
LBI Tournament Features Three Days of Pickleball Prowess at Multiple Levels
By DAVID BIGGY - Aug 14Kristen Mueller's NCAA Division I tennis experience has been paying off. Brad Emdur's ping pong experience has been earning dividends as well. The ...
Women Dominate Down Bay Regatta at Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club
By David Biggy - Aug 14The female sailors dominated the bay waters near Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club this past weekend, as two of the three winners during the Down Bay ...
Esibill, Shields Complete Channel Crossing in Molokai 2 Oahu Paddle Race
By DAVID BIGGY - Aug 07Daunting challenges are made to be conquered. Crossing the Ka'iwi Channel in Hawaii, a 28-mile stretch also known as the “Channel of Bones,” is ...
Brigantine Edges Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol in Ship Bottom Invitational
By David Biggy - Aug 07Sometimes in lifeguard races, an oar, or the lack of one, makes a difference. For the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol, it was the difference between ...
A & E
Frank Fotusky and Chuck Lambert at Lizzie Rose
By J.D. WATSON - Aug 21The full moon was on the rise, peeking in and out between the Victorian peaks of the Lizzie Rose Music Room in Tuckerton on an unseasonably cool ...
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NJ Maritime Museum Fundraiser Has Prohibition Theme
By Eric Englund - Aug 21The 100th anniversary of the start of Prohibition is the theme for the New Jersey Maritime Museum's annual fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 14, from ...
Catboat Race Competitors Sought in Harvey Cedars
Aug 21Harvey Cedars' summer activities come to a traditional end with the catboat races on Sunday, Sept. 1, off Sunset Park. The rain date is Monday, ...
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Art Notes August 21
By Pat Johnson - Aug 21Art to Wear: Wildflowers by the Lighthouse presents 2019 Designer Showcase of art-to-wear clothing, jewelry and artisan accessories on Thursday, ...
Mom and Daughter Facetime Dad at Manahawkin Home from Keith Urban’s Stage
By J.D. Watson - Aug 21Meghan Castro is a big Keith Urban fan. BIG. She has seen him seven times over the course of her brief 17 years. So when the Manahawkin teen ...
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Sunset Cruise Sept. 8 Benefits Church
By Maria Scandale - Aug 21This year's Sunset Cruise to benefit Zion Lutheran Church in Barnegat Light sets sail Sunday, Sept. 8. The Miss Barnegat Light leaves the dock at ...
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Ocean County Library Participates in ‘Water Ways’
By Eric Englund - Aug 21New Jersey is shaped by water, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Raritan River, Lake Hopatcong to the Delaware Bay. Our lives are shaped by water, ...
Members, Students and Faculty Show Off Summer Work at LBIF Exhibit
By Pat Johnson - Aug 21The annual Member/Student/Faculty Exhibit at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences is the most anticipated show of the year at ...
