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Columns••October 12, 2023
Family Scavenger Hunt for Weeknight Dinner Is Autumn Adventure
Life around here lately (since the great eight-day nor’easter, anyway) has been that October dream that we relish all year long. We’ve been standing on dunes as the goldenrod blooms, watching little…
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Columns••October 12, 2023
State Park Readies for Ørsted’s Cables; Planting Trees Outshines Planting Turbines
THERE AND NOW: As cable work for Ørsted’s Wind 1 commences at Island Beach State Park, the company held a two-hour, explanatory town meeting. Questions were fielded and answered by experts. Responses…
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Opinion•October 12, 2023
Heated Election
This year’s Harvey Cedars election is the most heated anyone can remember. I do hope when it’s over we don’t find we have created a permanent schism. My family and I have lived in several…
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Sports••October 12, 2023
Southern Regional Shows It’s the SCT Favorite During Win Over Donovan Catholic
When the Shore Conference Tournament final is played inside the Georgian Court University gym on Oct. 23, there’s a good chance the Southern Regional girls volleyball team will be squaring off with…
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Opinion•October 12, 2023
Meet Candidates
We all want to make informed decisions on Election Day. The 2023 election season has brought about more media chatter than ever before in a Harvey Cedars municipal election. Harvey Cedars residents…
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Opinion•October 12, 2023
Most Accessible
Four years ago we did not know John Imperiale, the deputy mayor in Harvey Cedars. In the last four years we have reached out to him numerous times, mornings, evenings, weekends, whenever we had a…
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Opinion•October 12, 2023
New, Dedicated Voice
I have known Joe Gieger for over 20 years and have seen his dedication to the community and noted his success, as a private citizen, in helping the town of Harvey Cedars. I was very pleased to hear…
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Sports••October 12, 2023
Southern Boys Take Loss in Group Play, Still Get Fifth Seed in SCT
The Southern Regional boys soccer team’s unbeaten streak ended last week, but the Rams are in a good position for the Shore Conference Tournament.
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Opinion••October 12, 2023
Impacts of Offshore Wind Are Still Hazy After All These Years
Back in the now seemingly distant but not-so-long-ago early 2000s, federal waters off New Jersey between Sandy Hook and Cape May were being eyed for the first time by private developers for the…
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News••October 11, 2023
Offshore Cable Route Work Begins on Land
Onshore construction related to the first wind farm planned off the coast of New Jersey continues this week with activities at Island Beach State Park that will lay the foundation for bringing…
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News••October 11, 2023
Sinkhole Near Causeway Project Site Addressed
Crews from the N.J. Department of Transportation have cordoned off an area where a sinkhole was reported in Ship Bottom after a pedestrian fell.
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Opinion•October 11, 2023
Mismanaged Affair
The following was addressed to the Chowderfest Committee but was submitted to The SandPaper with a request for publication.
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News••October 11, 2023
Emergency Response Time Questioned in Tuckerton
Denise Moon of Little Egg Harbor Township spoke during the public comment portion of Tuckerton borough’s Oct. 3 council meeting to express her concern with emergency response after an incident she…
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Opinion••October 11, 2023
Exit 63: The Trip to LBI Is Well Worth the Wait
When you’re driving down the Garden State Parkway, you will see the big, green sign that states “20 Miles to LBI,” and then comes the exit, the one that you’ve been waiting for all year – Exit 63.…
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Opinion•October 11, 2023
Case of TDS
The column by Ralph Thayer couldn’t be more misleading and is chock full of disinformation. I’m sure Ralph is a hardcore MSNBC fan. He needs to take his head out of the sand and realize the Biden…
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News••October 11, 2023
Resilient Stafford: Mud City Targeted for Ecological Enhancement
“Resilient Stafford” is a climate adaptation strategy for Stafford Township that has been in development for the last two years, with funding from the state Department of Environmental Protection.…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 11, 2023
Art Notes, Oct. 11
PSAA Haps: In Pine Shores Art Association’s Manahawkin gallery at 94 Stafford Ave., the current exhibit is “Fabulous Fakes,” followed by the Art Harvest Fall Show through November and December.
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Sports••October 11, 2023
Southern Regional Gymnasts Surpass 100-Point Mark to Snag a Pair of Wins
It seems Emaly Breur had a bit of prophetic insight earlier this season.
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Arts & Entertainment••October 11, 2023
Pick Pumpkins for a Cause
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Waretown will host its second annual pumpkin patch beginning Sunday, Oct. 15 from noon to 6 p.m.
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News••October 11, 2023
Long Beach Township Receives Grant to Support Resiliency Project
Ten communities in South Jersey recently received funding awards of $5,000 each from Atlantic City Electric and Sustainable Jersey to help support the development of environmental, open space and…
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News••October 11, 2023
Ocean County Soil Conservation District Awarded USDA Grant
A five-year funding award of $374,569 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service will allow Ocean County Soil Conservation District staff member Kristin Adams to…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 11, 2023
Barnegat Adopt-a-Street Cleanup on Saturday
Barnegat Township’s Adopt-a-Street invites volunteers to participate in a community cleanup on Saturday, Oct. 14, beginning at 11 a.m.
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Arts & Entertainment••October 11, 2023
Garden Club Says ‘Boo’
Children in grades three to six are invited to learn to make a Halloween flower arrangement at the Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library on Wednesday, Oct. 18.
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News••October 11, 2023
Comment on Barnegat Police Through Public Portal
The Barnegat Township Police Department has announced the launching of a public portal for the department to receive comments in regard to accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law…
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Arts & Entertainment••October 11, 2023
Veteran Neil Diamond Impressionist to Play STAC on Oct. 21
A Neil Diamond tribute concert starring Jay White will be performed at the Stafford Township Arts Center, commonly known as the STAC, on Saturday, Oct. 21 starting at 7:30 p.m.
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Columns••October 11, 2023
New Mystery Comes to Lakehurst
It was the spring of 1930. The effects of the great stock market crash the year before were just filtering down to the common man.
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Arts & Entertainment••October 11, 2023
Grosse Isle Takes the Stage at Gia Maione Prima Foundation Studio Theatre
Named after the story of the mass arrival of the Irish on Grosse Île in the St. Lawrence River as they fled the Great Famine in the 19th century, Grosse Isle is a trio of musicians from Ireland and…
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News••October 11, 2023
Public Invited to Meet School Board Candidates in Manahawkin
With local school board elections a few weeks away, the Beach Haven West Civic Association has invited all the candidates vying for positions on the Stafford Township and Southern Regional boards of…
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Sports••October 11, 2023
Truex Jr. Retains NASCAR Playoff Spot Despite 20th at Charlotte
Martin Truex Jr. somehow continues to survive and advance.
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News••October 11, 2023
Youngster Serves Refreshments to Help Fire Company
For someone who is just 8 years old, Abigail Siegel is already quite civic minded. The daughter of Peter and Kari Siegel, who own a home in the Loveladies section of Long Beach Township, Abigail set…
