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News••March 7, 2024
Downtown Harvey Cedars Has New, Improved Look
The Streetscape initiative in Harvey Cedars, which began several years ago with a suggestion from then private resident and current borough commissioner Joe Gieger, is now coming to fruition, with…
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News••March 7, 2024
DEP Forest Fire Service Amplifies Annual Prescribed Burning Program
The state Department of Environmental Protection Forest Fire Service’s annual prescribed burning program is ramping up as part of a proactive strategy to mitigate the risk of more frequent and…
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News••March 7, 2024
New Drainage System Connected, Expected to Reduce Flooding in Ship Bottom
With nearly a week of anticipated rain in the extended forecast, there’s good news related to the final phase of the Causeway project in Ship Bottom.
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Arts & Entertainment••March 7, 2024
Barnegat High School A Capella Group Makes Strides
As a music major at Millersville University in Pennsylvania, Noah Manno helped lead its a capella group Chromatic to various college-level championships. A 2023 graduate in music education and vocal…
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Columns••March 7, 2024
Sweet Cacophony of Spring Peepers; Explaining Causeway Project Project’s Slow-Go; Pacific Whales Amid ‘Marine Heatwave’
It was still officially February when this year’s emergence of wonderfully rambunctious spring peeper frogs began their annual cascade of calls. I took in a number of locales where peepers were…
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Sports••March 7, 2024
Henrich Captures Second State Crown as Six Southern Regional Boys Grab Top-Four Spots
Throughout this season, Matt Henrich had a target on his back as a defending state champion. It didn’t matter. The Southern Regional senior was on a mission to go out on top.
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Sports••March 7, 2024
Winter Season Culminates With Big Efforts in State Competitions
Rolling a Shore Conference South B division-leading 205 average this winter, Barnegat sophomore Jamie White finished the season among the top 10 girls in the state last week, claiming seventh place…
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Sports••March 7, 2024
Gearl, Yanuzzelli, Henrich Climb Podium in Boardwalk Hall
The future of the Southern Regional girls wrestling program is bright, and Leila Gearl is proof.
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Arts & Entertainment••March 7, 2024
Daisy Troop Delivers to Furry Friends
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News••March 6, 2024
Programs Poised to Fight Opioid Epidemic in Ocean County
The Ocean County Opioid Advisory Council awarded in December five competitive contracts to nonprofit agencies that will address substance use prevention and early intervention, innovative substance…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 6, 2024
Dance Along With Southern Regional Student Council, Key Club
Every year, the Southern Regional student council and Key Club host an all-nighter in the 9/10 gymnasium that’s full of music, food, games, prizes and dancing — lots and lots of dancing. Yep, it’s…
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News••March 6, 2024
Decommissioning Fund Oversight Latest Violation By Former Nuclear Plant Operator
Time is ticking for the decommissioning operator of the shuttered Oyster Creek Generating Station to submit a response on a notice of violation issued by federal regulators last month for its failure…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 6, 2024
Register Now to ’Hop’ Through Manahawkin Later in March
Get hopping, runners and walkers. The Stafford Township second annual Bunny Hop 5K is on for Sunday, March 24, and proceeds benefit the Frank A. Petillo Jr. Foundation.
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Opinion••March 6, 2024
The Gray Tortoiseshell Cat That Walked Into My Life
Our award-winning Ocean County newspaper, The SandPaper, featured an article one or two autumns ago about a Beach Haven gentleman, a long-time resident, who walked to the beach every day. He also had…
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News••March 6, 2024
Good News and Bad Concerning New Jersey’s Opioid Situation
The first webinar of the 2024 Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day Learning Series provided an overview of where New Jersey is standing in its continuing battle against the opioid crisis.
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Opinion••March 6, 2024
On a Downward Trajectory, Boeing Must Return to Roots
As a little boy in Beach Haven, my friends and I would marvel at the sight and sound of our neighbor, Col. Leland Cranmer, flying his fighter jet right over Beach Avenue, where he lived. Back then…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 6, 2024
Art Notes, March 6
Paper Trail: March 15 is the deadline to apply to the 26th Annual Works on Paper National Juried Exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, running May 18 through July…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 6, 2024
Heritage Village Mapping Out Plans for ’24
On a day that felt like the first touch of spring, some 35 people stopped by the Barnegat Township Historical Society’s Heritage Village and Museum on East Bay Avenue for an open house March 3.
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Business••March 6, 2024
Good News Spreads: Bagel Shack, Salad House Add Locations
After four decades in Beach Haven, The Bagel Shack is preparing for its 41st summer in business, with a second location in Surf City that opened Feb. 9.
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Arts & Entertainment••March 6, 2024
Garden Club Tries Hand at Cascading Flowers
It was cold and rainy outside, but inside the hall at Trinity Lutheran Church in Brant Beach, the aroma was sweet, the colors sparkling and the friendships blooming. It was just like summer.
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Arts & Entertainment••March 6, 2024
Democratic Coalition Plans March 12 Fundraiser
The Democratic Coalition of Ocean County is sponsoring a St. Patrick’s Day-themed fundraiser on Tuesday, March 12, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Lighthouse Tavern, 397 Route 9 in Waretown. Admission is…
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Opinion•March 6, 2024
Beloved Figure
On Sunday, Feb. 25 we lost another Beach Haven local. At age 83, John Blackmann Brown Jr. passed on to the other side after a gastric stomach issue that slowly depleted his strength. He kept his…
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200 Plus••March 6, 2024
About That Other March Storm …
If you mention “March Storm” to most longtime Ocean County residents, you get stories of 1962, of bay meeting ocean, a beached destroyer, dangerous rescues and washed-away houses. But there was…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 6, 2024
Big Band Beat Coming to Holy Innocents’
For more than two decades, the 18-piece Nocturnes Big Band has appealed to a broad range of musical tastes, featuring music from the Swing Era by greats such as Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count…
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News••March 6, 2024
Beach Having Revising Tennis, Pickleball Fees
At an agenda meeting Feb. 29, the Beach Haven Borough Council amended fees for using the tennis and pickleball courts.
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Arts & Entertainment••March 6, 2024
Kosinski Ceramics a Cut Above
Limited only by the physical dimensions of the kilns available to her, ceramic artist Sandra Kosinski dwells where talent and imagination meet science and magic.
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Arts & Entertainment••March 6, 2024
Pieceful Shores Quilt Display at LBI Library
The Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City celebrates Women’s History Month and National Quilting Day at the Ocean County Library Long Beach Island Branch with a display by…
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Columns••March 6, 2024
Behind the Scenes, In Studio, Part Three: Ty Mares Entrusts ‘Still Breathing’ to Zach Jones
As an imminently approaching spring teases us with longer, warmer days, we are also buoyed through the rainy season with the promise of music festivals and big summer releases. For many small…
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Arts & Entertainment••March 6, 2024
Master Gardeners Present Houseplants 101
The Rutgers Master Gardeners of Ocean County will present “The Dirt on Houseplants” at the Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library on Tuesday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m.
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Arts & Entertainment••March 6, 2024
Fantasy Novelist Going Online With Ocean County Library Series
Ever since the publication of his first fantasy novel at age 19, Christopher Paolini has developed legions of young adult fans with compelling tales of universes that spin from his mind.
