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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2024
Resilient LBI Virtual Public Info Session June 20
Learn about Resilient LBI’s shared regional vision for climate resilience and adaptation at a virtual public information session scheduled for 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 20.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2024
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@kpyktr (Jun 5) Replying to @RoryOCleary 1st job was at 10 yrs old at the Harvey Cedars Tavern washing dishes, making salads & running to the liquor store for lottery tix for the customers…
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News••June 12, 2024
Reynolds Foundation Raises Over $30,000 for Those in Need
The Reynolds Family Foundation raised over $30,000 for the community at its first fundraising event last Thursday night, a garden-themed party outside the garden shop featuring live music, cocktails…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2024
Beach Haven Art Walk Showcases Beauty of LBI
Paintings, photographs, pottery and more – almost all depicting or inspired by the natural beauty of the ocean – decorated the streets of Beach Haven on Saturday, June 8 for the sixth annual Art Walk.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 12, 2024
Bicycle Safety 101 in Harvey Cedars
Harvey Cedars will be holding another in its series of community forums on Thursday, June 20 at 4:30 p.m. at borough hall. The topic is bicycle safety; the presenter is Les Leathem, league coach with…
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News••June 12, 2024
St. Mary Academy Flex Program Adds Fun to Enhance Education
Princess Cunanan has dreams of possibly being part of the creative team in an animation studio, maybe as a character designer. Ava Richardson loves to sing, but crocheting and sewing may someday add…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 11, 2024
Jay Leno: ‘Nothing Funnier Than Comedy in New Jersey’
The following interview was contributed to The SandPaper by guest writer John Poveromo of Beach Haven West, a nationally touring comedian, cartoonist, writer and actor, and the host of “Dystopia…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 9, 2024
Surflight’s ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ a Perfect Production
I’m not a huge fan of jukebox musicals. When playwrights construct story lines that have to fit around a number of disparate songs that often span many years and albums or, worse yet, many artists…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 8, 2024
Tuckerton Elementary Performs ‘Shrek the Musical Jr.’
Look out, Hollywood, Tuckerton is on its way!
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Arts & Entertainment••June 8, 2024
Little Egg Harbor’s Soup Can Magazine Awarded Coveted Grant
This summer, the team behind Soup Can Magazine, a publication dedicated to showcasing the vibrant arts and culture scene of Ocean County and beyond, takes its commitment to community outreach to a…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 7, 2024
Competitive LIFF Documentaries Cover a Lot of Ground
Eight full-length films are in the 2024 Lighthouse International Film Festival’s documentaries competition, hoping to win the jury award or audience award or – what a coup that would be – both.
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Columns••June 7, 2024
Big Jump in Water Temps With Surf on the Way
On Sunday morning, the surf temp hit 61 and even crept upward a few degrees during the day. This marks a very important milestone in the water temperature rise for the year.
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Columns••June 7, 2024
Unions, Birders and Politics Get Involved
The events of 1974 in many ways explain why today Ocean County is not a center for the nation’s nuclear power industry.
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News••June 6, 2024
Southern Regional Seniors Accept a Record Nearly $1M in Scholarships
Cassidy DeMasi couldn’t contain herself – she was that overjoyed with what had just occurred.
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News••June 6, 2024
Holiday Snack Bar and Beach Haven Settle Differences
The Holiday Snack Bar’s legal wranglings with Beach Haven appear to be over as the borough land use board approved a settlement agreement between the two parties Monday night. The borough council…
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News••June 6, 2024
Mosquitoes Won’t ‘Marsh’ Our Mellow, Thanks to County
If you’re wondering why you’ve seen helicopters hovering over Barnegat Bay, fear not: It’s the Ocean County Mosquito Commission performing routine checks of the mosquito populations in the marsh.
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News••June 6, 2024
Bidding Goodbye to Class-Raised Butterflies in the E.J. Schoolyard Garden
On a sunny day last week, Mallory Mulcahy’s pre-kindergarten class filed outside to the garden at the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School, in Surf City, for a special occasion: the release of…
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News••June 6, 2024
Huelsenbeck Breaks Silence on LBI School Fight
If one thing is clear about the future of the LBI Grade School, it’s this: Ship Bottom officials are unified in their commitment to keep the property for public use. In his first comments since an…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 6, 2024
Upright Bass Player a Stand-Up Guy
The Joey D and Johnny B Rockin’ Oldies band is a threesome again – at least on some nights.
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Opinion•June 6, 2024
No. 1 Concern Is Offshore Wind Impact on Ocean
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection held a hearing at Central Regional High School May 28 to collect public feedback on permit applications for proposed landfall sites for cables…
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Opinion•June 6, 2024
Better Safe Than …
Kudos to the Beach Haven Borough Council for adopting an ordinance to abolish teen night. With other towns experiencing unsafe behavior from crowds of rowdy and drunken teens, why should the Beach…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 6, 2024
Ted Hammock
STYLE: Stripped-down acoustic covers of pop, country and classic hits played in a mellow, surf-rock style.
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Arts & Entertainment••June 6, 2024
The Roomies
STYLE: Acoustic covers in a variety of genres ranging from classic rock to folk to R&B
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Opinion•June 6, 2024
Emergency Medical Services Need Essential Redesignation
I read with interest – and disappointment – the article “Murphy’s Proclamation Honors EMS Personnel Throughout New Jersey” in last week’s edition. While Gov. Murphy and Mark Dudeck, president of the…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 6, 2024
Nicole Curtis
HOME BASE: Tuckerton STYLE: Pop covers of hits from every decade, particularly ’90s and 2000s.
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Sports••June 6, 2024
Southern Regional Sailors Place Ninth Among Nation’s Best
The prom in Atlantic City one day. Sailing against the best high school teams in the country in Charleston, S.C. the next. That was Southern Regional senior Erin Little’s weekend.
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News••June 5, 2024
Offshore Wind Proponents, Opponents Disconnected on Plans
State officials announced they are ramping up the fifth offshore wind solicitation schedule by 15 months, even as a local grassroots organization continues to battle the industrialization of the…
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News••June 5, 2024
Ship Bottom Backs Technology, Business Practice Updates for OPRA
While reaffirming its commitment to transparency in government and the public’s access to records, the Ship Bottom Borough Council also encouraged reforms to modernize New Jersey’s Open Public…
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Arts & Entertainment••June 5, 2024
Chili Cooks Will Go Head to Head Saturday at Sea Pirate
Sea Pirate Campground in West Creek hosts its 25th annual Craft Beer Bash and Chili Cook Off on Saturday, June 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the field area across from the parking lot.
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News••June 5, 2024
Little Egg Harbor School District Hires Lisa Antunes as Superintendent
The Little Egg Harbor School District will have a new superintendent of schools beginning July 1.
