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Arts & Entertainment••April 1, 2024
‘Mush!’ to This Stafford Library Program
Meet true champions and dedicated team players – all four-footed and furry – when the Friends of the Stafford branch of the Ocean County Library present “All About Sled Dogs” on Thursday, April 4, 10…
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News••April 1, 2024
Barnegat Resident Pushing for Traffic Light at ‘Crazy’ Route 72 Intersection
If Barnegat Township resident Heidi Stevenson-Holt has her way, a traffic light would be placed at the intersection of Route 72 and Warren Grove Road.
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Arts & Entertainment••March 31, 2024
Sketchy Tina’s Painted World a Gift of Joy
When community comes together to make something beautiful, public art takes on new meaning.
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Columns••March 29, 2024
Die-Off of Buffleheads Is a Bona Fide Baffler; Filleting Career Began With Snapper Bluefish
We have an unfolding dead duck situation taking place on LBI. Such ugly happenings present as a serious whodunit, in this case a whatdunit.
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News••March 28, 2024
LBI Causeway Meeting Yields Compromise, Understanding
If all goes as promised, there will be no last-minute fight to stop road work ahead of the summer season on Long Beach Island this year. That’s the word from multiple officials who attended a meeting…
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News••March 28, 2024
Feds Probe Duck Deaths on Long Beach Island
Dozens of dead ducks discovered in Long Beach Township and Ship Bottom throughout the month have been tested for avian flu, a representative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Monday…
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News••March 28, 2024
Waterbound Survival Skill Training Honed on Land in Barnegat Light
Multiple fire calls rang out at Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light over a recent two-day period, but most of Long Beach Island remained unaware as flashes of flames near the front gate were quickly…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 28, 2024
LIFS Will Let Viewers Get to Know More About William Shatner
OK, Trekkies, grab your hand phasers and communicators (a flip phone will do) and report to the transporter deck to get beamed down to the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences…
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Sports••March 28, 2024
Southern Regional Moved to Top Division After Conference Makes Big Changes for Wrestling
Dan Roy doesn’t sugarcoat anything when it comes to his Southern Regional wrestling program. Every kid who shows up for practice every day knows the mantra. The coaches are interested in developing…
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News••March 28, 2024
E.J. School to Benefit From Eagle Scout Project
To attain an Eagle Scout badge, a Boy Scout has to successfully complete a community service project. Warren Ries, a sophomore at Southern Regional High School and a Harvey Cedars resident, has…
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News••March 28, 2024
New Jersey Resources ‘All in on Renewable Energy’
After 30 years with the state Department of Environmental Protection, Ray Bukowski joined the infrastructure company New Jersey Resources, where he currently serves as managing director of government…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 28, 2024
WheatonArts a Worthwhile Trip for Annual Extravaganza
Wheaton Springs on Saturday, April 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. is the Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center’s annual kickoff celebration that invites the public to explore, experience and create. The opening…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 27, 2024
Art Notes, March 27
Perchance: The Ocean County Library headquarters in Toms River presents “Dreams Real and Imagined,” an exhibit by Ocean County-based artist Michelle Dillon, April 2 through 30.
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Sports••March 27, 2024
In New Division, Southern Regional Will Need Plenty of Goals to Contend for Title
After winning consecutive NJSIAA South Jersey sectional titles and reaching the Group 4 finals the previous two seasons, the Southern Regional boys lacrosse team had what some might consider a down…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 27, 2024
St. Francis Hosts Trip to Sight and Sound Theatres Production of ‘Daniel’
Registration is going on now for an Oct. 9 trip, organized by St. Francis Parish and Center, to see the show “Daniel” at Sight and Sound Theatres in Lancaster, Pa. “From the fiery furnace to the…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 27, 2024
Lizzie Rose Sizzles With Spring Concerts
Spring is warming up and so is the Lizzie Rose Music Room in Tuckerton, serving up a whole variety of bands that sizzle on stage. As the days grow longer, so do the music room’s star-studded lineups.…
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News••March 27, 2024
NOOK Food Pantry Seeks New Home; Interim Space Possible in Little Egg Harbor
The NOOK, or Nourishing Others Opportunity Kitchen, started receiving grant funding from Ocean County in September to address food insecurity and has been operating a food pantry out of offices in…
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News••March 27, 2024
Little Egg Harbor BOE Will Have to Make Very Tough Budget Decisions
An initial review of the Little Egg Harbor School District’s 2024-25 budget was supposed to have been presented by Business Administrator Robert Green at the March 19 meeting of the district’s board…
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Opinion•March 27, 2024
Electric Shock
I am writing this letter in response to the prepared statement by Candace Womer, of Excelon Corp. (parent company of Atlantic City Electric), as reported in Rick Mellerup’s article titled “Exelon…
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Opinion••March 27, 2024
LBI Housekeeping: Host Guests, Clean Up, Repeat
I’m somewhere between a slob and a neatnik. I’m embarrassed when I hear neighbors, friends and relatives talking about their wonderful sweepers, Swiffers and other cleaning devices. New products…
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News••March 27, 2024
MacArthurs’ Barnegat Light Marinas Undergo Upgrades
The Barnegat Light Planning Board approved upgrades to a second-floor apartment above Bayview Harbor Marina, owned by former 3rd Congressional District Rep. Thomas MacArthur.
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Arts & Entertainment••March 27, 2024
Stafford Township Green Team Schedules Cleanup in April
The Stafford Township Green Team is gearing up for spring by hosting a community-wide cleanup on Saturday, April 20. The effort is a cooperative one with Alliance for a Living Ocean, and it will be…
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Opinion•March 27, 2024
Poor Decision
I am writing in regard to the LBI school board’s decision to move all students out of LBI Grade School and into Ethel Jacobsen School. As a board member of 30 years and a resident of this community…
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Opinion•March 27, 2024
Easter Bunny Trails
If any of us have been sent out on an evening mission to Acme or Wawa or are coming home from a night on the LBI town, there is one animal that we most definitely will come across: the Eastern…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 27, 2024
Etiquette Refresh: Support Original Music, Respect Local Talent
It has been refreshing to see the LBI community embracing original music these last few months. Especially when the majority of musicians play everyone’s favorite covers five to seven days a week in…
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News••March 27, 2024
Tammy Murphy Drops Out of U.S. Senate Race
Congressman Andy Kim’s race to become the next U.S. senator from the state of New Jersey took a huge step forward on Sunday when his biggest Democratic primary opponent, New Jersey’s first lady Tammy…
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Opinion•March 27, 2024
ADU Benefits
Do you know what an ADU is? If you don’t yet know, it’s likely many New Jersey residents will know in the near future since the state Legislature has introduced bills to promote the building of more…
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Business••March 27, 2024
Nonprofit Forum, Chamber Association Commemorates 110th, County Promotes JOBS Program
Life coach, psychic medium and alternative/holistic health entrepreneur Colleen McNally of Soul Magic Healing has created an eight-week online course titled “The Tarot Unveiled: Mastering the Card…
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Business••March 27, 2024
Jersey Shore Supplements Team Guides Personal Growth, Transformation
The newest Jersey Shore Supplements store moved into Manahawkin Plaza in January, sixth in the family of stores throughout Monmouth and Ocean County owned by Brian Tweer, who opened his first in…
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Columns••March 27, 2024
Debate Over Power Nothing New
Over the past several years I have watched with interest the ongoing debate in The SandPaper editorial section over offshore windmills. Something in the debate triggered a vague memory; the story…
