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President Walter Jauch Resigns From Stafford Township Board of Education
By David Biggy | November 21, 2020
Retirement generally is supposed to be a stress-free time, or at least as stress-free as possible. But during the past couple of years as part of the Stafford Township Board of Education, Walter Jauch hasn’t been able to free himself of the stressors of being the board president, particularly during...
Drive-Thru COVID-19 Test Site at Ocean County College to Increase Hours
By Juliet Kaszas-Hoch | November 19, 2020
Citing an uptick in COVID-19 cases and growing interest in testing due to the approach of the holidays, Ocean County is increasing hours at the Ocean County College drive-thru site, which provides tests – by appointment only – for both symptomatic and asymptomatic county residents. During the week of Nov....
Pinelands Junior High Moving to Remote Instruction for Two Weeks Due to COVID
By Rick Mellerup | November 19, 2020
The Pinelands Regional School District closed its junior high school for face-to-face instruction for two weeks as of Wednesday, Nov. 18. “There have been two confirmed cases of COVID in the Junior High School within the past week,” Superintendent Melissa McCooley emailed the junior high school staff and families on...
COVID-19 Restrictions Cancel Annual Ship Bottom Christmas Parade
By Gina G. Scala | November 19, 2020
For the throngs of families and friends whose holiday traditions include attending the annual Ship Bottom Christmas Parade, 2020 will go down as the Grinch who stole Christmas. “The borough is sad to report that considering Gov. Murphy’s latest restrictions, we must cancel the Christmas Parade,” borough officials said in a...
Interfaith Health, Support Services Opens in Little Egg Harbor
By Pat Johnson | November 19, 2020
Interfaith Health and Support Services of Southern Ocean County and the Ocean County Office of Senior Services have opened a satellite office in the Hackensack Meridian Health building at 279 Mathistown Rd. in Little Egg Harbor. Kathleen Cheeseman, director of Interfaith Health and Support, said the organization has been trying...
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Daytime in LBI is fun in the sun and catching that beautiful golden tan. Everything is open, energy is high, and the traffic is running smoothly. Great. But once the sun goes down and the artificial lights come up, a different LBI emerges. Without the crowds and the commerce,...
A&E
Artist, Free Spirit Emma Cotter Makes Her Mark
By Victoria Ford | November 21, 2020
Emma Cotter is a 20-year-old artist from Cedar Run with no particular agenda apart from making art that is accessible to everyone. In her approachable, minimalist style, she combines text and images to comment on the human condition. Whether by collage, drawing, or painting on...
As Band Show Goes on Despite Restrictions, Golden Rams Deliver
By DAVID BIGGY | November 19, 2020
Judging purely by the sight and sound, everything about the Southern Regional High School Golden Rams Marching Band’s halftime performance on a recent Friday night looked normal. Drum major Lucas Haberstroh kept time from atop his perch and directed with precision, even as he peered...
Surflight Celebrating Thanksgiving With Springsteen Tribute Concerts
By Rick Mellerup | November 19, 2020
Beach Haven’s Surflight Theatre is definitely celebrating Thanksgiving this fall despite a rapidly rising number of COVID-19 cases in New Jersey and Ocean County. The public is responding. Surflight will be hosting “Cookies & Cocoa with Santa” events at 1 p.m. on Nov. 27, 28...
Sports
‘Unstoppable’ Rams Deliver One More Complete Team Effort to Win Section Final
Southern Field Hockey Squad Goes UndefeatedBy David Biggy | November 21, 2020
On what was an unseasonably warm afternoon, the Southern Regional field hockey players on Nov. 21 enjoyed every moment passing around the wooden-based trophy with a golden bowl affixed to it. Some took small-group photos with it, even mocked kissing it, a la the Stanley...
Wrestling Takes a Hit as NJSIAA Releases New Winter Athletics Schedule
By David Biggy | November 19, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic again has caused a big shift in the operation of high school athletics throughout the state. After the fall sports season was pushed back a month by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association earlier this year, the high school sports governing...
Southern Regional Boys Soccer Squad Secures First Division Title in 31 Years
By David Biggy | November 19, 2020
For the 14 seniors on the Southern Regional boys soccer team, this season could have been a disaster, going the way of the spring season when it was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, the Nov. 14 clash with Toms River North marked the...
Business News
Chamber, Freeholder Promote ‘Shop Small’ and Other Initiatives
By Maria Scandale | November 18, 2020
The Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce held an in-person meeting Nov. 11 at The Mainland Holiday Inn, introducing holiday marketing plans and featuring a...
Aerospace Engineer Invents Medical Walker Docking Station
Loveladies Garage a Hotbed of SolutionsBy Maria Scandale | November 18, 2020
For a retired aerospace engineer, the wheels keep turning. As his sixth patented invention, Loveladies resident Robert Bard has come up with a platform device...
Pepenella to Address NJ Tourism Conference
By Maria Scandale | November 18, 2020
Learning the status of tourism from the New Jersey Tourism Industry Association’s annual Conference on Tourism will be a virtual experience Dec. 2 and 3,...
Opinion
Windmills Off LBI Will Be More Visible Than Thought
CommentaryBy BOB STERN | November 19, 2020
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Strategic Plan for Offshore Wind, mentioned in the Oct. 28 SandPaper, did not address the one problem that is likely to have the greatest impact on Long Beach Island, namely the visual impact from shore of the new, larger wind turbines to be used. The developer will be...
How We Feel
Letters. | November 18, 2020
To the Editor: I just wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation for the SpeakEasy column penned by Marsia Mason (“Who I Am and Am Not – And Why I Choose Hope,” 11/11). Ms. Mason’s op-ed was respectful, thoughtful, but most importantly, articulated exactly how many Democratic-leaning people feel in this moment. It...
Day America Died
Letters. | November 18, 2020
To the Editor: On Nov. 3 the great county of America died. It was killed by its own people – those who would have government provide rather than themselves and those who seek peace through weakness rather than strength, those who cannot nor will not think for themselves. China, North Korea, Iran and Russia now...
Columns
Send Six-Pack Holders Packing; Bigger Wind Farms on LBI Horizon
The sky is the limit … and the limiter. For the manyith week in a row, huge stripers are awaiting...
Fighting Back Too Little, Too Late?
In September 1959, the Jersey Shore came under attack from a mysterious disease. From Toms River south to Atlantic City,...
Important News Buried in Wild Year, More Tropic Topics and Famous Boards Visit LBI
Hey, New Jersey, we did it! (Light smattering of applause, some faint cheering through masks.) Our governor just signed...
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