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Sports••January 24, 2024
Southern Edges Red Bank Regional for Second Straight Win
In five of the Southern Regional ice hockey team’s six losses, burying the biscuit in the basket has been an issue. In those games, the Rams scored two goals or less.
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Sports••January 24, 2024
Yanuzzelli, Henrich Win Big as Southern Girls Take All Five Jamboree Bouts
Ella Yanuzzelli spent last season away from the wrestling mat as she recovered from not one, but two shoulder surgeries. She finally got back into action a couple of months ago but was hesitant to…
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News••January 22, 2024
State Offers Tools to Help Protect Homebuyers from Increasing Flood Risks
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette, Community Affairs Acting Commissioner Jacquelyn A. Suárez and Consumer Affairs Acting…
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Opinion••January 21, 2024
Twenty-Six Years of Service on the High Seas
On Oct. 20, Ralph Howland of Barnegat, a retired Coast Guard chief warrant officer who spent 26 years serving in some of the most brutal ocean conditions imaginable, shared his sea stories at a…
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Columns••January 20, 2024
We’re Getting Blown Away by the Weather; Island Towns Seeking Sand Renourishment
The weather is well worth a columnistic mention. We’ve gotten meteorologically bounced about of late, particularly by the wind gods … and goddesses. Again, maintaining my political correctness.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 19, 2024
Friends Present ‘U.S. Constitution 101’
The U.S. Constitution is firm enough to hold America together, flexible enough for all its people and still vibrant as it reaches 235 years of age. It is the topic of the Friends of the Stafford…
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News••January 19, 2024
Trio of Manahawkin Postal Workers Call It Quits After Many Decades of Service
Lenny Cona recalls his first day on the job with the U.S. Postal Service as if it were yesterday. In fact, it was a pretty good year for baseball fans in and around the Sheepshead Bay section of…
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News••January 19, 2024
Mordecai Island Project Clears Major Hurdle
The Mordecai Land Trust in Beach Haven has officially announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommended plan for the Mordecai Island Ecosystem Restoration Project has moved out of…
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News••January 19, 2024
’Jedi Master’ Ytreboe Leaves Stafford District for New Challenge in Plumsted
While Han Solo was his childhood hero, Dave Ytreboe most identifies with Obi-wan Kenobi.
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News••January 18, 2024
Land Use Board Grants Minor Subdivision Approval for Former Kubel’s Too Lot
Since the closure and demolition of Kubel’s Too a few years ago, the lot at 8200 Long Beach Blvd. in Brighton Beach has sat empty. A recent application approval by the Long Beach Township Land Use…
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News••January 18, 2024
It’s Easy to Guess What the Top News Story of 2023 Was in Southern Ocean County
Ranking the past year’s top news stories in Southern Ocean County as reported in the pages of The SandPaper often feels like shampooing hair: lather, rinse, repeat. Some stories hang around for years…
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News••January 18, 2024
Much Ado About Beach Boardwalks in Barnegat Light
The boardwalk pathways to the beach on multiple streets in Barnegat Light were the source of discord at the Jan. 10 borough council meeting, where residents expressed a desire to form a committee to…
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News••January 18, 2024
Area Beaches Take a Battering From Recent Storm
Beaches up and down the Island took a beating Jan. 9 as a storm rolled through the Southern Ocean County area. Parts of Long Beach Boulevard from Ship Bottom to Beach Haven were impassable due to…
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News••January 18, 2024
Suspect Arrested in Connection With Revolutionary Drive Fires
A Little Egg Harbor neighborhood was ablaze last week after three separate structures went up in flames in the middle of the night.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 18, 2024
Burnt Tavern Brings Post-Folk to Life
They describe themselves as Post-Folk From the Pine Barrens, and among the adjectives they use are “primal, archaic, intimate.” And when you first see the nine-member group known as Burnt Tavern…
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Sports••January 18, 2024
Barnegat Outrebounds Southern Regional on Way to Big Victory
It’s a simple formula for basketball. Solid defense and rebounding are essential elements to success. So far this season, just about every game the Barnegat boys team has won, the Bengals have…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 18, 2024
Art Notes, Jan. 17
Art, History: As the U.S. sestercentennial (250th anniversary) approaches in 2026, New Jersey’s rich arts community has a unique opportunity to engage its audiences with a once-in-a-generation…
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News••January 18, 2024
BPU to Solicit Additional Offshore Wind Plans This Year
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities is poised to launch the state’s fourth offshore wind solicitation early this year with the expected projects to be awarded sometime in 2025.
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News••January 17, 2024
Ship Bottom Fire Co. Continues Volunteer Recruitment Campaign
Every new year brings a plethora of resolutions, some successful and some not. This year, the Ship Bottom Volunteer Fire Co. is challenging its community to make one that will make a difference and…
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Opinion•January 17, 2024
Show More Respect
I read with both awe and amusement “Not a Real Option,” as Mr. Roth from Maine showed himself to be so wise and yet so arrogant in his almost 1,000-word essay on tidal power generation.
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Arts & Entertainment••January 17, 2024
Bay Atlantic Symphony Serenading Its Way Into Carnival Season
Surely most Americans know about Mardi Gras in New Orleans, which will be celebrated this year on Tuesday, Feb. 13.
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Opinion•January 17, 2024
All Will Be Well
Optimism may have led us to think and/or say, “Sure hope that 2024 will be better than 2023.” But then 2024 rolled in with a spike in COVID and RSV, continued warring between Israel and Palestine…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 17, 2024
New Year, New Programs at Tuckerton Seaport
Make a new year’s resolution to learn something new! While temps remain way down, creativity is up and thriving at the Tuckerton Seaport, with a plethora of fun folk art workshops to get involved…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 17, 2024
Stewardship of State’s Marine Resources Topic of Jan. 20 Science Saturday
Join in on Zoom at 11 a.m. Jan. 20 for the first Science Saturday session of the new year, featuring a talk by Rutgers University Associate Professor Douglas Zemeckis titled “Responsible Stewardship…
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News••January 17, 2024
Little Egg Harbor Police Chief Recognized for FBI Academy Achievement
Police Chief James Hawkins was congratulated for graduating from the FBI National Academy law enforcement training program on Jan. 11 during Little Egg Harbor’s public meeting.
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News••January 17, 2024
Completion of EMS and Fire Substation in Stafford Park Expected Soon
The water tower located in Stafford Park has been refurbished, Park of the Pines is being used, and the traffic signal at Campbell and Stafford Park boulevards has been operating for well over a year…
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Arts & Entertainment••January 17, 2024
Free Rabies Clinic in Stafford Township Scheduled for Later in Month
Residents of Stafford Township will have the opportunity to vaccinate their dogs or cats against rabies for free toward the end of the month.
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News••January 17, 2024
Michael Taylor Steps Into Board Role Following Waters Resignation
Michael Taylor and Craig Henry had bumped into each other at a youth basketball function back in August. At the time, the Southern Regional School District superintendent and 1999 graduate simply…
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News••January 17, 2024
Stafford Police Charge Man for Multiple Burglaries on Jennings Road
Following a series of reported burglaries and thefts at five different residences on Jennings Road, Stafford Township police arrested and charged an individual early last week, only to arrest and…
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News••January 17, 2024
Governor’s Proclamation Recognizes School Boards
Gov. Phil Murphy has proclaimed January 2024 as School Board Recognition Month in New Jersey, citing the meaningful contributions that local board of education members and charter school and…
