Toms River: Legacy of Environmental Crime

Beach Books

Editor’s Note:On April 14, Dan Fagin won the Pulitzer prize in the general nonfiction fiction category for his book Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation, reviewed last August in The SandPaper’s sister publication, The Beachcomber. The Pulitzer wasawarded to “a distinguished and appropriately documented book of nonfiction by an American author.” The New York Times called it “a […]

Bring Unused Medications to Barnegat Police Department on April 26

Many Local Departments Participating

Are you a Barnegat Township resident with unused or expired prescription drugs still sitting in your medicine cabinet? If so, you are asked to participate in Operation Take Back New Jersey, in which people can bring unwanted medicines to the municipal courtroom in the municipal complex on West Bay Avenue on Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. […]

Boaters Instructed to Use Oyster Creek Channel as Main Entrance to Barnegat Bay

Double Creek Inlet Channel Closed Due to Shoaling

Severe post-Superstorm Sandy shoaling in Barnegat Bay ‘s Double Creek Inlet Channel has created a major navigation hazard and unsafe conditions in the waterway. To protect boaters, the N.J. Department of Transportation has closed the channel and removed navigational buoys from the area. All boaters should use Oyster Creek Channel (buoy markers #35 to #40) as the primary entrance to […]