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Arts & Entertainment••March 5, 2025
Heart Health Bingo at the LBI Library
Cardiac care is serious business, but learning about it can be fun as the Long Beach Island Health Department presents “Heart Health Bingo” at the Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 5, 2025
Take a Trip to Timbuctoo at Ocean County Library
The Ocean County Library presents a program about a remarkable New Jersey locale that presaged civil rights 50 years after the Revolutionary War. “Timbuctoo: New Jersey’s Free Black Community before…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 5, 2025
Meet ‘Reset’ Author in Virtual Program
Are you ready for a guide to fix what’s not working – in systems and processes, organizations and companies, and even in our daily lives?
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Arts & Entertainment••March 5, 2025
Historian Sheds Light on Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton’s powerful personality placed him in a new light in the smash Broadway play about him. Experience it through his own words during “The Schuyler Sisters and the ‘Hamilton’ Musical”…
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News••March 5, 2025
Keep Your Distance From Stranded Seals
One positive thing about winter is that it brings the cutest visitors to the shores of Long Beach Island: seals! It’s common to see seals resting on the beach from November to May as they follow…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 5, 2025
Meet Author Angie Kim at Two Library Branches
Award-winning novelist Angie Kim will appear at a special Women’s History Month event at two area Ocean County Library branches.
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Columns••March 5, 2025
Eyewitnesses Report on British Attack
There are times when getting a story first outweighs the getting of it correct. In April 1775, this rang true as the Colonial version of the events at Lexington and Concord were distributed widely…
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Business••March 5, 2025
Joe Pop’s Back on the Market; Drop Into Printmaking Workshop at Black Eyed Susans
The legendary Joe Pop’s Shore Bar and Restaurant in Ship Bottom is for sale, owners have publicly confirmed, but no offer is yet on the table, and the venue will be open for business through the 2025…
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Opinion•March 5, 2025
Peaceful Transition
On Saturday, Feb. 1, my wife, Sandra W Smith, had a stroke. She received excellent care at Southern Ocean Medical Center. However, the stroke proved to be terminal.
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Arts & Entertainment••March 4, 2025
Celtic Angels Flying Into Stockton Performing Arts Center
St. Patrick’s Day is rapidly approaching, so it’s no surprise that the Stockton University Performing Arts Center will be hosting the show “Celtic Angels Ireland: A History of Ireland” at 7:30 p.m.…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 4, 2025
Learn About Osprey Conservation at March 8 Science Saturday
Join Ben Wurst, senior wildlife biologist for Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, for the first in-person Science Saturday of the season at 11 a.m. on March 8 at the Long Beach Island…
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News••March 4, 2025
Eagleswood Elementary Parents Raise Concerns About Classroom Environment
On behalf of concerned parents in the room, Stephanie Thorne addressed the Eagleswood Township Board of Education at its Feb. 18 meeting regarding the size of the second-grade classes and concerns…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 3, 2025
Dinosaurs on Parade to Celebrate Alan Shapiro’s ‘Birthday of a Century’
Having outlived every other patient on record with a rare form of stage 4 bladder cancer, Alan Shapiro found his 84th birthday had a certain kind of magic to it. Following the orders of Dr. Jatin…
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News••March 2, 2025
First Avian Flu Poultry Case Since 2023 Confirmed in New Jersey
Federal and state partners are coordinating disease response after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the N.J. Department of Agriculture’s Division of…
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News••March 1, 2025
Horseshoe Island Continues to Grow With Flourishing Bird Populations
In late 2024, Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey closed out its third year of comprehensive monitoring and management of nesting and migratory birds at Horseshoe Island. This recently-formed…
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News••February 27, 2025
Pennsylvania Woman Arrested in Connection With Surf City Fire
A 29-year-old Pennsylvania woman is facing charges of aggravated arson in connection with a structure fire that occurred Feb. 19 in Surf City, as well as charges for eluding police and receiving…
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News••February 27, 2025
Anchor Returns to Ship Bottom Borough Hall
Perhaps it is fitting that the historic anchor recovered from the doomed Italian bark Fortuna is once again in place in Ship Bottom, which anchors Long Beach Island to the mainland, as the town…
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Sports••February 27, 2025
Pinelands’ Pharo, Six Southern Wrestlers Snatch District Crowns
Two years ago, when Wyatt Pharo burst onto the wrestling scene and became Pinelands Regional’s first freshman district champion, he immediately set big goals.
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Arts & Entertainment••February 27, 2025
Meet LBIF ‘Friend,’ Painter Tom Santaguida
One of the artists showing in the upcoming “Friends We Meet Along the Way” exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies next month is painter Tom Santaguida…
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Columns••February 27, 2025
Maybe a Warning: Bay Does a Limbo, Hits All-Time Low
Anyone remember the Limbo craze? How low can you go? It helped foster modern chiropractic medicine.
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Arts & Entertainment••February 27, 2025
Southern Regional Performs Rodgers and Hammerstein Classic
“Our State Fair is a great state fair, don’t miss it, don’t even be late,” read the opening lyrics of the opening song of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “State Fair.”
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Arts & Entertainment••February 27, 2025
Jeff Brown to Present ‘Jazz Age Tragedy’ for Tuckerton Historical Society
The Tuckerton Historical Society is pleased to invite Southern Regional High School teacher and historian Jeff Brown to give the first presentation of the year at the Giffordtown Schoolhouse Museum…
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Opinion••February 27, 2025
Vaccine-Autism Issue Finally to Get a Complete Examination
In February, autism took new steps toward its long-awaited place at center stage in America. Maybe there is new light dawning on this insidious affliction that for a quarter-century has grown at a…
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Opinion•February 26, 2025
Teacher’s Advice
I read and reread the Feb. 19 Commentary (“Get on Board the Trump Train: Country Is on the Right Track”). I had many ideas for a response. The column was typical of the MAGA crowd.
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Opinion•February 26, 2025
Headline Faux Pas
The SandPaper’s headline on John Imperiale’s smart exposition about the pitfalls of Trump’s hubris at taunting statehood for Canada seems not to capture the subject, tone or theme of what he wrote…
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News••February 26, 2025
PJM Deflects Rate Increase Blame, Says Outside Factors Play Role
The regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of New Jersey’s electricity needs is pushing back against claims it is culpable for the double-digit rate increase slated to hit a…
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News••February 26, 2025
SandPaper Staff Wins Over 80 Awards in Press Association Contest
The staff of The SandPaper figured prominently in the New Jersey Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest, garnering 44 for print writing/online content and photography and 37 awards for…
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Opinion••February 26, 2025
K-9s Deserve Same Support as Human Counterparts
I grew up with dogs and brought them into my young family as soon as we had settled in one place. We have had them as part of our family ever since. My children now each have dogs as part of their…
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Opinion•February 26, 2025
Separate Church/State
I am writing in support and agreement with resident Claire Edelstein’s remarks at the Feb. 4 Barnegat Township Committee meeting (“Heated Debate Marks Opening of Town Hall,” 2/21).
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News••February 26, 2025
Tuckerton Man Charged With Sexual Assault, Luring, Lewdness, Endangering Minors
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that Michael Marto, 28, of Tuckerton, was charged with sexual assault, luring, lewdness and four counts of endangering the welfare of a child.…
