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News••January 25, 2024
District Officials Refute Call for LBI School Condemnation Investigation
Long Beach Island Consolidated School District officials are pushing back against an effort by Ship Bottom’s governing body to designate the LBI Grade School property as an area in need of…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
Stockton Jazz Dance Show Reflects on Life Via Cellphone Pictures
The Stockton University Performing Arts Center will host a jazz dance show, “Glimpse,” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2.
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News••January 24, 2024
Van Drew Demands BPU Suspend Offshore Wind Approvals, Meetings
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities is expected to consider applications for the state’s third offshore wind solicitation at a special meeting this week, drawing the ire of Congressman Jeff Van…
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Opinion•January 24, 2024
Great Job
My wife and I are residents of Beach Haven. The recent bad storm knocked out our power about 10 p.m. Tuesday evening, Jan. 9. When I ventured outside Wednesday morning, I was amazed to see the…
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Opinion••January 24, 2024
Applying Lessons in Politics From NYC to Harvey Cedars
The year was 1984. The issue was not complicated. One school in New York City was heating the school building with bituminous coal. That is the “dirtiest” kind of coal. You could see the coal dust in…
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News••January 24, 2024
Little Egg Harbor School Board Busy Searching for Superintendent
At the Jan. 16 meeting of the Little Egg Harbor Board of Education, Board President Christine S. Snyder laid out the timeline for the search for a new permanent superintendent of schools.
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Opinion••January 24, 2024
Weird Wonders Never Cease at One Retailer
Even though I read the newspaper every morning before I go to work, there are many stories that I miss completely. I guess I could blame it on the fact that I am usually called away from my reading…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
‘Chat and Color’ at Beach Haven Library
Are you tired of January yet? The Beach Haven Public Library invites people to a “chat and color” on Friday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m.
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News••January 24, 2024
Tuckerton Accepting Community Development Grant Requests
Community Block Development Grant applications are now open to the public and can be picked up from the municipal building, Tuckerton Borough Clerk Jenny Gleghorn said, opening the Jan. 6 regular…
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News••January 24, 2024
Holy Innocents’ Playground in the Works
This off-season, Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church in Beach Haven will be hard at work to replace a playground in time for late spring or summer.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
Grunin Center Hosting One-Man Show That Explores Racism
Kicking off Black History Month, the Grunin Center for the Arts, located on the Toms River campus of Ocean County College, will present a show called “Rhapsody in Black” at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb.…
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Columns••January 24, 2024
Cast Adrift in the Storm
During January 1924, a strong nor’easter was battering the Jersey Shore. At Lakehurst, the 680-foot-long dirigible Shenandoah was anchored to its almost 200-foot-high mooring tower like a giant…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
Tuckerton Crick Museum Now Open Saturdays
The Tuckerton Crick Museum, situated inside Little Borough Hall, at 220 South Green St. in Tuckerton, celebrated its grand opening on Saturday, Jan. 20.
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News••January 24, 2024
New Jersey Establishes Nonprofit Parks and Open Space Foundation
A foundation newly established within the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection will be incorporated as a nonprofit responsible for raising funds for the maintenance and development of state…
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Business••January 24, 2024
New Year, New Career: Fast-Track Job Training at Ocean County College
Beginning in February, Ocean County College’s Workforce and Professional Education department will offer a series of courses and training programs designed for county residents looking for new career…
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News••January 24, 2024
Imperiale Named Secretary of Mayors Group
At the regular monthly meeting of the Ocean County Mayors Association on Jan. 17, Harvey Cedars Mayor John Imperiale was nominated and appointed to serve on the organization’s executive committee as…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
U.S. Constitution 101 at Stafford Library Feb. 1
The Constitution is firm enough to hold America together, flexible enough for all its people and still vibrant as it reaches 235 years of age.
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News••January 24, 2024
Harvey Cedars Unveils ‘Mission and Values’
Respect: Every employee shall show proper respect to other employees and to every resident, visitor, and business at all times.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
Amelia Stewart Photography Show Planned
“Looking A’Round,” a collection of photos taken on Long Beach Island by the late Amelia Stewart, will be on display throughout the month of February at the Ocean County Library’s Long Beach Island…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve Hosts Both Hands-On, Virtual Learning Scheduled All Winter
Nature is still unfolding all around us, even in the dead of winter, and the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve has got a full program of educational events for both virtual and…
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News••January 24, 2024
New 9th District Delegation Pledges Commitment to Constituent Services
The 9th Legislative District has a new assemblage for 2024, with Sen. Carmen Amato Jr. and Assemblyman Greg Myhre replacing Sen. Christopher J. Connors and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove alongside…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
Controversial Doctor in Jan. 30 Virtual Talk
Dr. Robert H. Lustig, the outspoken critic of “Big Food, Big Pharma and Big Government,” will take part in an Ocean County Library virtual author talk on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 2 p.m.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
Rutgers Professor Talks Marine Creatures at Jan. 27 Virtual Science Saturday
Join Science Saturday hosts Rick Bushnell of ReClam the Bay and SciStarter founder Darlene Cavalier as they welcome Rutgers University professor Josh Kohut, from the School of Environmental and…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
Art Notes, Jan. 24
Attention, Shoppers: Hanging inside the entrance of the Little Egg Harbor Walmart Supercenter is a work of art measuring approximately 4 by 8 feet – a print of a colorful oil painting of Holgate’s…
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Opinion•January 24, 2024
Only Flaw
This is in response to Lou McElwain’s letter concerning wind turbines (“Show More Respect,” 1/17). What a beautiful, insightful argument he made for discontinuing the concept of wind turbine…
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Business••January 24, 2024
Mangia Much: Restaurant Week Starts Friday
Long Beach Island BITES’ Winter Restaurant Week is back, Jan. 26 through Feb. 4, and the list of participating restaurants in the seventh annual celebration of the LBI region’s best dining…
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Business••January 24, 2024
Welcome Om: Find Support at Yoga Hive
A new support group for moms is forming in Manahawkin, in collaboration with the Yoga Hive. It’s called The Village – because, in the immortal words of Hillary Clinton, a village is what it takes to…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 24, 2024
LIFS Screening ‘Call Me Dancer’ at Surf City Firehouse on Jan. 26
The Lighthouse International Film Society will screen the documentary “Call Me Dancer” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 26 at the Surf City firehouse.
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News••January 24, 2024
SandPaper Journalist Grateful for Community Support
The SandPaper is deeply saddened to announce that one of its own has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.
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Sports••January 24, 2024
Southern’s Hoops Squad Lights Up Scoreboard During Four-Game Streak
Since a five-point loss to Barnegat a couple of weeks ago, the Southern Regional boys basketball team has been on fire. In fact, the Rams have been averaging more than 68 points per game since their…
