Surf City Down to One Beach Replenishment Easement Holdout

Councilman Hopes for Solution in North Beach

Surf City Councilman Peter Hartney told The SandPaperSept. 10he was confident he would soon have his borough’s last remaining easement in hand that could allow for additional dune replenishment. However, this may mean little in terms of additional replenishment projects without a solution for the eighteasements that had yet to be signed in the Long Beach Township community of North […]

Good Work

To the Editor: I want to thank the Ship Bottom Police Department. It is so good and has helped me many times in distress. I have been a resident here for several years. God bless everyone at the department. Keep up the good work. Barry Himmelhoch Ship Bottom

Former Loveladies Couple to Share Their Italian Adventures

Former Loveladies residents John and Nancy Petralia recently published their book, Not in a Tuscan Villa, and will read from it and sign copies on Monday, Sept. 23, at 10 a.m. at the Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library in SurfCity. The book chronicles their experiences of living in Italy during 2009-10. If you think gasoline is […]

Hurricane Preparedness Talk at Beach Haven Library Sept. 24

Bill and Beverly Tromm, who are respectively emergency management and deputy emergency management coordinators for Beach Haven, will present a program on hurricane preparedness on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 1 p.m. at the Beach Haven Public Library. Beverly Tromm said homeowners need to develop emergency plans in case of evacuation and need to prepare a kit containing essential items such […]

Art Auction to Aid Man With Rare Form of Cancer

In the summer of 2011, Barnegat resident A.J. Catone’s health began inexplicably deteriorating. For a man who never smoked,rarely drank, ate a healthy diet and exercised regularly, this seemed absolutely baffling. Once very active, Catone frequently found himself tired and out of breath. At first, he thought he was growing fatigued due to all the physical work fixing up their […]

Jersey Shore Ties That Bind: Sympathy for Seaside

SpeakEasy

“Julian!” I had wondered why the kids of the family renting across the street seemed to be constantly screaming all week. But every time I heard their parents yell at them from inside the second floor to the yard instead of going to the deck, or (heaven forbid) going down the stairs to talk to them, I realized where they’d […]

Reeling From the Classic Gabby Swell and Celebrating a Local’s Results in the Belmar Pro

Liquid Lines
Friday, Sept. 13 Brought the Best Waves in Months

The wind was offshore. The swell period was ideal. You could go right. You could go left. It was magical. I don’t think it matters if you surf or not. If you were anywhere around Long Beach Island last Friday, you know that the surf was pumping. At some point, you ran into some surfer who was either in a […]

An Open Letter to the People of Russia

Commentary

Last Thursday, Russian President Vladimir V. Putin published an op-ed column in The New York Times, sharing with us his view of America, our democracy, our “exceptionalism,” and our foreign policy. I thought it only proper to return the gesture and offer the Russian people some old-fashioned American advice. My dear friends in Russia, first let me congratulate you on […]

Lifesaving Project

Letters

To the Editor: I am writing to urge all residents of Little Egg Harbor, Tuckerton and Southern Ocean County to request the installation of a living shoreline in this area to protect us from all future storm flooding. A living shoreline consists of coconut fiber logs, ribbed mussels and native marsh grasses that are a living and growing barrier along […]

Saving the Dolphins

Letters

To the Editor: Caitlyn Quinn, age 5, Emma Quinn, age 7, Addison Quinn, age 3, and Ali Barrow, age 8, recently decided they wanted to help save the dolphins. Together they made 34 Rainbow Loom bracelets and stood outside in Harvey Cedars for two hours with their signs and bracelets. People supported them by buying the bracelets as well as […]