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Arts & Entertainment••November 8, 2024
Harvey Cedars Police Foundation Toy Drive
As the holiday season approaches, the Harvey Cedars Police Department and its nonprofit affiliate, the Harvey Cedars Police Foundation, will host their fourth annual “Fill A Patrol Car” toy drive.
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Arts & Entertainment••November 8, 2024
Barnegat PBA Plans Toy Collection Drive
Barnegat Township PBA Local 296 will hold a toy drive Sunday, Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at American Legion Post No. 232 on Route 9 in Barnegat.
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Arts & Entertainment••November 8, 2024
Beach Haven CAP Rings in the Holidays
On Saturday, Dec. 7, Beach Haven Community Arts will hold a holiday program and tree lighting ceremony at 7 p.m. at the Long Beach Island Historical Association Museum in the borough.
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Sports••November 8, 2024
Santa Sprint Benefits Charitable Causes
Last spring, the newly formed Reynolds Family Foundation held a “Bunny Hop” 5K run and 1-mile fun run/walk on at Veterans Memorial Park in Beach Haven. At that time, the organization was looking to…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 8, 2024
Barnegat Rotary Announces Holiday Activities
The Rotary Club of Barnegat is requesting monetary donations to be used for its annual Christmas Elf Program.
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Arts & Entertainment••November 8, 2024
There’s a Full Stocking of Holiday Shows in the Area This December
The holiday season brings shopping and gifting, decorating, carol singing, big, sometimes huge, dinners, family gatherings, special church services and Masses, and parties. It also brings a spate of…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 8, 2024
Barnegat Announces Tree Lighting, Decorations Contest
Barnegat Township rings in the holidays with special events at the Frederick Watts Gazebo Park on Saturday, Dec. 7 from noon to 5 p.m.
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Arts & Entertainment••November 8, 2024
Seasonal Shows Light Up the Grunin Center for the Arts
’Tis the season to visit the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College for a stellar lineup of holiday shows. The month of December at the facility includes productions of “A…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 8, 2024
Friends Seek Donations for Fall Bazaar
The Friends of the Stafford Library are seeking donations for a fall bazaar on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22 and 23, in the lower level meeting room. Friday hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 8, 2024
Get in the Holiday Spirit at Tuckerton Seaport
The Tuckerton Seaport is the perfect place to enjoy the holidays while being surrounded by the history and culture of our area. There’s an abundance of festive family activities and attractions to…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 8, 2024
Holiday Program Has International Flair
“Celebrate the Season Around the World” is a family-friendly get-together at the LBI Historical Association Museum in Beach Haven on Saturday, Nov. 30 from noon to 4 p.m.
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Arts & Entertainment••November 8, 2024
Games Make for a Very Merry Holiday
The winter holidays are the most wonderful, and the busiest, time of the year. Amid the decorating, baking, shopping and wrapping, there’s always a gathering or two with family and friends – and what…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 8, 2024
The Christmas Season Begins in August in the Philippines
It’s amazing how the English language can change. For example, the term GOAT now stands for Greatest Of All Time athletes such as Tom Brady. But it used to mean the cadet who finished last in his…
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Business••November 8, 2024
Beachin’ Holiday: yuleTIDE Shop’s Decor, Sentiments, LBI Ornaments Jingle All the Way
At Schooner’s Wharf in Beach Haven, yuleTIDE beckons, with Christmas music piped through an outdoor speaker and a chalkboard countdown to Santa’s big day.
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Sports••November 7, 2024
Gesicki Snags Five Passes, Scores Two Touchdowns in Cincy Victory
Mike Gesicki was bound to have a breakout game at some point this season.
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News••November 7, 2024
Ocean County Election 2024 Is GOP Hot Ticket; Democrats, Not So Much
In a ‘Captain Obvious’ manner, it seemed clear that the presidential election stirred a highly abnormal interest in Ocean County, compared to the last many general elections here. But totally normal…
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Columns••November 7, 2024
Records and Leaves All Furiously Falling; There’s Suddenly Plenty to Crow About
The drought now comes down to numbers, some of them impressively impressive. For instance, October broke a 1,558-month record. That count represents the number of months official weather records have…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 7, 2024
Local Troubadours Take Over Sold-Out Lizzie Rose
While the music world mourns two significant losses within 10 days – first, Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh and now composer, arranger, songwriter and producer Quincy Jones, who was a legendary…
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News••November 7, 2024
Pinelands Junior Earns Girl Scout Gold Award
“Did you know flying squirrels have ultraviolet light under their stomachs?” asked a beaming Grace Catalano. “That’s what they use during the wintertime, if they get separated, to locate each other.”
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Sports••November 7, 2024
Pinelands Regional Runners Finish Big to Earn Positions in NJSIAA Group 2 Race
It had been a decade since the Pinelands Regional girls cross-country team landed two runners among the top 12 during the NJSIAA South Jersey sectional meet. Rory Krier and Summer Sprague ended the…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 7, 2024
Mural By Maritime Artist David Macomber Anchors Interior of Jetty Flagship Store
Stop into the Jetty flagship store on East Bay Avenue in downtown Manahawkin to see the latest mural by painter David Macomber, whose distinctive style is often characterized as “fun and playful”…
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News••November 7, 2024
St. Mary Academy Trunk or Treat Yields $2,325 for Cancer Patients
Sadie Ally fully understands the benefit of David’s Dream and Believe Cancer Foundation. She and her family endured a lot while she was going through treatment for kidney cancer, and DDBCF was right…
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Opinion••November 7, 2024
Why Offshore Wind Energy? Better Options Are Out There
I recently had a conversation about the wind turbines that are slated to be constructed some 9 miles off the Long Beach Island shoreline and was faced with a bit of opposition as to how the anti-wind…
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Sports••November 7, 2024
Southern Regional Strikes First, But Cherry Hill East Overcomes With Ground Game
After the first play of the game, it seemed the Southern Regional football team was completely prepared for its NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 5 playoff clash with Cherry Hill East on Nov. 1. Denzel Lee…
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News••November 7, 2024
Police Arrest Men in Connection With Theft at Dick’s Sporting Goods Store
A pair of arrests recently were made in connection with a sizable shoplifting incident at the Dick’s sporting goods store in Stafford Park on Oct. 28.
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Opinion•November 6, 2024
How to Save LBI
Letters to The SandPaper have shared that the Atlantic Shores North project will not slow sea level rise. I was curious about this claim so I looked into some details.
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News••November 6, 2024
Van Drew Seeks Solutions in AC Electric Meeting
Congressman Jeff Van Drew (R-2nd District) fully expects a planned meeting with regional leaders of Atlantic City Electric to reveal a comprehensive look at how the company will relieve financial…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 6, 2024
Ponder Mortality at Death Café
The next local meeting of Death Café, a gathering to eat cake, drink tea and discuss the taboo topic of death, is Monday, Nov. 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Barnegat Friends Meeting House on East Bay…
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Arts & Entertainment••November 6, 2024
Library Sponsoring Toiletries Drive This Month
This holiday season, there’s a simple way to bring joy to children and teens in need throughout Ocean County. Be a part of the Ocean County Library’s Sparks B.F.F. Reading Club Fall Toiletries Drive…
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Opinion•November 6, 2024
PACT Raises Questions
Call-out to all LBI homeowners: Did you know that the state Department of Environmental Protection is proposing actions in the 2024 PACT (Protection Against Climate Threats) land use rules?
