At a recent meeting, the Ocean County Mayors Association passed a resolution opposing the NJ REAL (Resilient Environments and Landscapes) rules, which were adopted in January. In a resolution, which ...

It’s official. Southern Regional High School’s graduation date has been changed. Two weeks after a powerful nor’easter caused blizzard conditions and dumped more than 16 inches of snow in various ...

For the first time in years, almost 10 miles of bottleneck traffic on Route 72 that snarled motorists on multiple roadways around the region for hours recently wasn’t related to the final phase of the ...

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced on March 11 that Michael Mulgrew, 37, of Barnegat Township pleaded guilty to two counts of murder before Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan in ...

The NJSIAA individuals wrestling championship tournament in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall is an experience like no other. The big venue, the large, sometimes rambunctious crowd, the lights, the ...

I started this note way back in December 2025, after reading the letter from William Nehls. I was taken aback by Nehls’s assertion that he hadn’t heard any Republicans saying they want to kill the ...

This is the first in a series. It was Memorial Day weekend 1969. Students were home from college, and the Jersey Shore was preparing for the biggest summer season since the March 1962 nor’easter. When ...

In a bit of escapism this week, I’m steering the column away from the heavier topics of recent weeks – dead birds, ocean bottom mining, broken elbows – by doing some virtual traveling. The visdeurbel, ...

The fluid elegance. The strength. The romantic choreography and daring feats. Both sport and art form, figure skating is easy to love. An 18-second video was posted to the Friends of Barnegat ...

I am writing in response to Surf City Mayor Hodgson’s thoughtful commentary in last week’s SandPaper concerning Long Beach Island’s membership in the Southern Regional School District (SRSD). Mayor ...

Dylan Larson played his final collegiate football game with Sacred Heart University in Albany, N.Y., and it was a tough day. The Pioneers lost the game, ending Larson’s career as player. However, it ...

The inflatable rat set up recently in front of the Beach Haven municipal building has been taken down, at least for the time being. Laborers International Union of North America Local 77 in Ewing ...