Male Model in the Making: Opportunity Knocked, Armando Dawson Answered

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If it’s true what they say about luck being where preparation meets opportunity, you might say Armando Dawson is a lucky guy. The almost-19-year-old Southern Regional graduate (Class of ’13) and Ocean Acres resident landed a three-year contract with MSA Models in New York City last year, soon after being spotted by a modeling scout who happened to be dining […]

Manahawkin Elks Congratulates New Slate of Officers

The Manahawkin Elks lodge recently installed new officers for the 2014-2015 year. This is Exalted Ruler Pete D’Antoni’s fourth year holding that position. In the photo from left are: (back row) Lodge Officers Eric Payton, Dan Boesman, Kim England, Exalted Ruler Pete D’Antoni, Tom Kurzweil, Carol Keany, Bob Amsterdam and Tom Vallebuona; and (front row) Sharon McGovern, Karleen Canfield, Cindy […]

Beach Haven Board of Education Adopts New Budget With 1-Cent Tax Increase

The Beach Haven Board of Education approved a $1,895,345 budget for the 2014-15 school year at a public hearing on Tuesday, April 29. It is an increase of $112,421 from the spending plan implemented last year and presently in effect. The amount to be raised by taxation to support the 2014-2015 budget is $1,666,389, resulting in a tax rate increase […]

Fishermen’s Energy Gets Big Federal Grant and Support

On Wednesday, May 7, Fishermen’s Energy announced it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy as the only New Jersey wind energy project and one of three projects nationally that will receive up to $46.7 million of funding over four years to accelerate the commercialization of innovative offshore wind technologies in the United States.This funding will supplement the […]

Men’s Journal Magazine Trumpets LBI Beaches

Seven hundred thousand readers of Men’s Journal just heard that Long Beach Island beaches are among “America’s Best Beaches for Swimming.” How’s that for a kick-start to the 2014 tourism season? The national magazine of men’s lifestyle listed nine top beaches in its May edition focusing on travel. To make its choices, it called on the “Expert Advice” (that was […]

The SandPaper Wins ‘General Excellence’ in NJPA Best Ad Contest

The SandPaper earned the prestigious General Excellence award in the 2013 New Jersey Press Association Best Ad Contest. With a total of 30 individual awards, The SandPaper captured the top honor among weekly newspapers, joining The Star-Ledger of Newark in the daily category. The honor is earned by scoring the highest number of individual awards in judged categories, with first-place […]

Barnegat Gets Top Honors in Wildfire Prevention

In 2009, Barnegat Volunteer Fire Co. 1 was chosen as one of nine pilot fire companies in the United States to participate in “Ready, Set, Go,” which helps communities in developing initiatives to halt the spread of forest fires.The company’s commitment to wildfire prevention has resulted in the International Association of Fire Chiefs giving it an RSG Volunteer Fire Company […]

Heritage Point Raising Funds for an Ill Child

Residents of the Heritage Point development in Barnegat Township are rallying to the aid of a family whose grandson was born in November 2012 with two congenital disorders. Logan Meredith, the grandson of Fred and Jan LaCorte, suffers from esophageal atresia, in which the esophagus is separated into two parts, making it impossible for him to swallow. In addition, he […]

Early Sunday Fire in Mystic Island Destroys Home

A fire on Lake Michigan Drive in the Mystic Island section of Little Egg Harbor Township that destroyed a house on Sunday had started the night before. On Saturday, May 10, around 11 p.m. Little Egg Harbor Police Cpl. Chris Arciniegas, Patrolman Kevin Hogan, Mystic Island VolunteerFireCo. and Great Bay Regional Ambulance Service were dispatched to 35 Lake Michigan Drive […]

Artist Laura Bethmann Uses Plants and Flowers for Nature Printing Class

Her love of art, nature and gardening all come together for Tuckerton artist Laura Bethmann, the foremost local “Nature Printer”and author of three books on the subject. A nature print is a piece of art that has been designed and constructed using real leaves, flowers, roots, feathers, shells, nuts and even body parts – fingerprints and hands. On Saturday, Bethmann […]