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Arts & Entertainment••April 30, 2025
OCC Closing Out School Year With Student and Faculty Musical Performances
Ocean County College’s 2025 commencement is scheduled for May 21. That means many college musical groups will be performing at the college’s Grunin Center for the Arts before the semester comes to a…
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News••April 30, 2025
Stafford Township Marks Arbor Day with Tree Plantings
Arbor Day, on the last Friday in April each year, is commemorated throughout the country by the planting of trees. Stafford Township first observed Arbor Day in 1988, when a single white dogwood was…
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News••April 30, 2025
Busy Spring Wrapping Local Vets in Quilts of Valor
Spring has been busy for the Jersey Shore Quilts of Valor chapter, launched just last year in order to present warm tokens of gratitude to local veterans in our region.
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Arts & Entertainment••April 30, 2025
Enjoy a ’Pizza Party’ to Support Southern Ocean Medical Center
There’s nothing like some midweek pizza near the beach. On Wednesday, May 7, join the Boosters Auxiliary of the Southern Ocean Medical Center Foundation for a “Pizza Party at Nardi’s.”
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Business••April 30, 2025
Compassion Café Gears Up for Fifth Season
A business devoted to giving work opportunities to adolescents and adults with special needs will be starting its fifth season beginning Tuesday, May 13 at 7 a.m. at the Sea Shell Resort and Beach…
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Business••April 30, 2025
Spring Is Springing for Small Business
On Easter weekend, The Dune Market in Beach Haven unveiled its newly expanded retail space. Now open Fridays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Mondays, 11 to 4, the charming store…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 30, 2025
Mental Health Fair at Toms River Library
The Ocean County Library, in partnership with the Mental Health Awareness Committee of Ocean County and the National Alliance on Mental Illness, will host a Mental Health Provider Fair and Awards…
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News••April 30, 2025
Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Fulop to Make Stafford Campaign Stop
The Democratic clubs of Stafford, Barnegat, Ocean (Waretown) and Lacey townships are sponsoring a meet-and-greet for gubernatorial primary candidate Steve Fulop and his lieutenant governor running…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 30, 2025
Big Band Songs Come to Stafford Library
Remember the irresistible rhythms and heavenly harmonies of the Swing Era? The Stafford branch of the Ocean County Library Friends organization will present “Uptempo: Phil Bruschi Sings Big Band…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 30, 2025
Art Notes, April 30
Bedspreads and Beyond: The Seaport Stitchers present their spring quilt sale this Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tuckerton Seaport. Shop handcrafted wonders by over a dozen quilters –…
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Opinion•April 30, 2025
Non-Rich Impact
I remain shocked at the lack of knowledge of many SandPaper readers of the economics behind the construction, transportation, building, maintenance and final disposition of industrial turbines, also…
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News••April 30, 2025
LBI Garden Club Gives Pointers to Girl Scouts
For the first time, the Garden Club of LBI youth committee met with Girls Scouts in Stafford Township to teach flower arranging. Committee chairs Ginny Scarlatelli and Jeannette Michelson conducted…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 30, 2025
Heritage Day Celebrates Beach Haven History
Last year marked Beach Haven’s 150th anniversary, and a newly formed group, the Friends of Beach Haven, celebrated the milestone with a Heritage Day. Based on the success of the event, the group is…
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News••April 30, 2025
Kean-Ocean Students Learn About NJ Soil Erosion Control
The Kean-Ocean students enrolled in Professor Becky Laboy’s Principles of Environmental Soil Science course departed Ocean County College’s Toms River campus on a cold day last month for a guided…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 30, 2025
Pine Shores Artists Celebrate Women, Family in Tuckerton Art Center Exhibit
“Mothers and children should be cared for. We are the most important people on the train.”
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News••April 30, 2025
9th District’s Sen. Amato Aims to Combat Rising Energy Costs
Sen. Carmen Amato Jr. of the 9th Legislative District is calling for the state’s “energy sales tax windfall” to be returned to ratepayers to help New Jersey residents who are struggling with…
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News••April 30, 2025
Pinelands School Board Passes Budget With 5% Tax Increase
The Pinelands Regional Board of Education officially approved its 2025-26 budget at its April 28 meeting.
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News••April 30, 2025
Little Egg Harbor Board of Education Approves 32.6% Tax Increase
The Little Egg Harbor Board of Education approved its 2025-26 budget at its April 29 meeting. As expected, it raised its public tax levy by 32.6%.
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News••April 30, 2025
Ocean County Introduces ‘Blue Envelope’ Program
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer, County Sheriff Michael G. Mastronardy and County Police Chiefs Association President Michal Rogalski announce the launch of the Blue Envelope Program, a…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 30, 2025
Psychic, Wellness Fair at LBI Historical Association Museum
The Long Beach Island Historical Association Museum in Beach Haven will hold its fourth annual Spring Psychic and Wellness Fair on Saturday, May 10 from noon to 4 p.m. Doors open at 11. Admission is…
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Opinion•April 30, 2025
Pay Attention
I was very surprised when I attended the recent special public meeting of the Little Egg Harbor Township Board of Education. Even after several informative articles in local papers by Rick Mellerup…
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News••April 30, 2025
Online Library Will Help K-5 Educators Incorporate Climate Change Lessons
As part of Earth Week 2025, last week the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection unveiled an online library that provides guidance on how to seamlessly incorporate climate change education into…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 30, 2025
Program Deals With Adolescent Grief
In times of sorrow, guiding teens past their darkness requires sensitivity and awareness. Hackensack Meridian Health experts will illustrate how to be supportive and knowledgeable during “Adolescent…
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Arts & Entertainment••April 30, 2025
Verdi Operas Highlighted at LBI Library
In a two-year burst of inspiration, Giuseppe Verdi composed three of the world’s most beloved operas that set a new path for the art form and secured his place in the opera pantheon. Maestro Robert…
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Opinion••April 30, 2025
Big Divide Over Bunnies – Adorable or Deplorable?
Despite living in the bubble that is Long Beach Island, where we’re sheltered from many of societies ills, our little slice o’ heaven is not immune to the stark divisions we face in 2025. I’m not…
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News••April 30, 2025
Harvey Cedars Welcomes New Officer
At a recent Harvey Cedars Board of Commissioners meeting, the police department welcomed new full-time police officer Matthew Ackermann.
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Arts & Entertainment••April 30, 2025
May 4 a Big Day of Music at Stockton Performing Arts Center
The Stockton University Performing Arts Center will host both a symphony orchestra concert and a choir concert on Sunday, May 4.
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Sports••April 30, 2025
Barnegat Overcomes Slow Start, Bounces Back With Victory Against Central
Slow and steady may win the race, but slow starts in volleyball can become problems, sometimes with no way to close a gap once the opposing team has major momentum.
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Sports••April 30, 2025
Barnegat Falls to Manchester, Rebounds in County Tourney
At this point of the season, 12 games into it, Barnegat baseball coach Dan McCoy may be feeling like he’s been on a roller coaster. Some days everything’s going up with his team, and on other days…
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Sports••April 30, 2025
Despite Loss, Southern Hangs Tough Against Red Bank Catholic
Red Bank Catholic is one of the better softball teams in the state this season. Still, Southern Regional coach Jamie Olsen didn’t mind having the high-powered Caseys on her team’s schedule.
