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Arts & Entertainment••August 9, 2024
Fisherman Statue Takes New Seat in Barnegat Light
For roughly nine years, the fisherman without a name sat on a barrel at various locations within the Zweier family home in Stafford Township, the latest of which was the dining room.
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Sports••August 8, 2024
Harvey Cedars Dynasty Adds Ninth Straight Island Championship
No controversies. No complaints. No lengthy interruptions or arguments to disrupt the flow of events. For a change, the Island Lifeguard Championship tournament cruised through two evenings of…
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News••August 8, 2024
Ocean County Judge Rules for Boatyard in DEP Legal Actions
An Ocean County Superior Court judge earlier this year ruled in favor of the owner of The Boatyard on several environmental matters, preventing the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection from…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 8, 2024
LBI Artist Studio Tour Preview, Part Two
Editor’s Note: Of the five artists who are newcomers to the 2024 LBI Artist Studio Tour, two, Cortney Sabarese and Anna Salibello, were profiled in last week’s ArtBeat, along with Kevin Coogan, this…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 8, 2024
Back From L.A. Stint, Danksters Crush It at the Shell
On Friday night, the Sea Shell Resort and Beach Club in Beach Haven provided the perfect environment for the creation of a symbiotic relationship between a band and its audience.
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News••August 8, 2024
Sunrise Bay Resident Wrapped in Quilt of Valor
Sunrise Bay resident Frank McArdle was recognized for his courageous service with a Quilt of Valor during a ceremony held for him in his community clubhouse on July 27.
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Columns••August 8, 2024
Wind, Water, Waves Feeling Like Endless Bummer; What Will Tropical Storm Debby Do?
My family came here for our a week vacation. We spent a lot of money on a shore house and the water was soooo cold!
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Sports••August 8, 2024
LBI-Connected Allman Is First US Woman to Repeat as Olympic Discus Champ
A few seconds after Bin Feng’s final throw pounded the turf amid the infield of Stade de France, Valarie Allman raised her hands to her mouth, then let out a circular-lipped huff as she gazed toward…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 8, 2024
Craft Beer Lovers Beat the Heat at Manahopkin
The 8th annual Manahopkin Craft Beer and Music Festival had, in part, a distinctly local flavor with offerings including Ship Bottom Brewery’s Paradise in the Pines, a coconut cream ale, and 08087…
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News••August 8, 2024
Dog Safety Begins at Other End of Leash
Every year, there is a summer-long discussion about traffic safety and how motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists need to share the road on Long Beach Island. But with dogs accounting for more than…
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Opinion•August 8, 2024
Deja Vu
While the cleanup and shutdown of Nantucket’s offshore wind farm due to a blade failure is still ongoing, the coverage was wide and far, including in The SandPaper (“Nantucket Wind Farm Incident…
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Opinion•August 7, 2024
Pip Pip Hooray
A heartfelt thank you goes to all our friends and neighbors who helped us look for our much loved Pippa. She’s our 11-year-old golden mix and somehow went missing for a frantic hour in Ship Bottom.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
Two Types of Comedy at Surflight on Same Night
Surflight Theatre will host a doubleheader of comedy on Monday, Aug. 12.
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Opinion•August 7, 2024
Vital Vote
We are seeing the most sensational drama of all times unfolding before our eyes with this election process. And it’s just really beginning!
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
Environmental Sustainability the Focus at Stafford’s Green Fair
Step into a world in which sustainability meets excitement, and get ready for a day packed with fun, learning and community spirit.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
LIFS Screening Documentary About Musician Everybody Should Discover
The Lighthouse International Film Society, the off-season cousin of the Lighthouse International Film Festival, will screen the documentary “Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between” at 8 p.m. on…
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Opinion•August 7, 2024
Bravo, Bellarine
I took the headline advice Rick Mellerup provided in “See Bellarine’s ‘Dreamcoat’ This Weekend” (7/31). I saw the matinee on Aug. 3 and am still buoyed up by the experience only live theater offers.
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Opinion•August 7, 2024
Keep Meals Coming
More than 200,000 seniors that call Ocean County home may fall victim to a federal funding reduction and reduced access to the ever-popular Meals on Wheels program. Congress must budget at least…
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Opinion•August 7, 2024
Compassionate Help
We would like to thank the Long Beach Township police and EMTs for help in coming to our home in Beach Haven Park quickly and transporting my wife to Southern Ocean Medical Center. They were…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
Dog Day Race in Harvey Cedars Right Around the Corner
For the past two years, the same two runners have been at the front of the pack during the annual Dog Day Road Race in Harvey Cedars. Perhaps it’s somebody else’s turn to break the tape first.
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Business••August 7, 2024
New Traveling Tavern Launches; Create Custom Cutting Board at Carazy Paint; Learn Floral Design at Reynolds
The Terrace Tavern and Delaware Avenue Oyster House in Beach Haven Terrace introduce their latest innovation, The Traveling Tavern, a fully equipped, custom-built bar on wheels, embracing “the newest…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
Mayor, Council Candidate Represent Stafford and Take on the Mini Golf Pro
Several months ago, Chris DarConte approached me at a Stafford Township Zoning Board meeting and asked about my miniature golf endeavors. After explaining that I challenge anybody in the world to…
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Opinion•August 7, 2024
Walkways Wanted
In response to the article titled “Surf City Sees Surge in Beach Use, Badge Sales” (7/17), I refer to my prior letter published in the June 19 edition regarding walkways being installed in Surf City…
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News••August 7, 2024
Barnegat Rotary Looks Back at a Successful Year
As its fiscal year came to a close, the Barnegat Rotary Club announced it had donated $30,000 to local community causes, covering more than 20 entities.
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
ALO Longboard Classic to See Returning Champs and More Beach-Based Fun This Saturday
When former Alliance for a Living Ocean Executive Director Tom Beaty initiated ALO’s very first LBI Longboard Classic in 2009, it was a pretty bare-bones surf event. There were a handful of surfers…
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News••August 7, 2024
Harvey Cedars Auto Is Bidding Adieu
Friday, Aug. 16, will mark the end of a long era in Harvey Cedars, as that will be the final curtain call for Harvey Cedars Auto.
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News••August 7, 2024
Education Key to Reducing Garbage, Recycling Violations
In baseball, it’s one, two, three strikes and you’re out. When it comes to garbage and recycling violations in Ship Bottom, the sentiment is similar, but instead of being tossed out, borough Code…
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Columns••August 7, 2024
Tropical Visitations as Man o’ Wars, Small Bigeyes Arrive; NMFS ‘Potential Biological Removal Level’
August is the most schizophrenic month, more so than even March with its lion/lamb syndrome. It’s a mental mess, bursting on scene, all deep-tanned and cocky, teeming with midsummer energy. But in…
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Opinion••August 7, 2024
Don’t Take the Elephants for Granted: Save Them
Do you ever wonder where all the circus elephants have gone? The Ringling Bros. Circus I attended in Philadelphia that enchanted me as a child has long since disbanded the elephant shows, retiring…
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Arts & Entertainment••August 7, 2024
Albert Music Hall Holding 50th Anniversary Concert
This fall will mark 50 years since live bluegrass music began being performed in Waretown. It eventually led to the founding and building of the Albert Music Hall, which will be the site of a 50th…
