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WEBCycling Traffic Signal Sought to Address Bike Safety. By Gina G. Scala | October 2, 2024. Six months after officials in neighboring Island towns expressed opposing views on adding a traffic signal at 31st Street and the Boulevard in Ship Bottom, a contingent of the borough’s governing body are hoping to generate support for it from the public as they look to make their town more...
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WEBSep 27, 2024 — Representatives from the Coastal Research Center at Stockton University, the Urban Coast Institute at Monmouth University and New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium gathered at the Long Beach Township Field Station in Holgate earlier this month to host a stakeholder meeting, on Zoom, about “enhancing community resilience through knowledge co-production on sediment transport and bypassing around ...
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WEB5 days ago — Come for rhymes, songs, and stories in this 30-minute program. Ages 0-18 months with a caregiver. Please register at theoceancountylibrary.org, Read more...
Van Drew Introduces Bill Eliminating Taxes on Social Security
WEBSep 4, 2024 — Donald Trump is proposing to eliminate taxes on Social Security income, but Republican Congressman Jeff Van Drew (2nd Dist.) isn’t waiting for Trump to be elected. On Aug. 28 he announced he had introduced a bill, H.R. 9359, The Social Security Tax Freedom Act, that would remove federal income taxes on Social Security payments, protect Social Security funding and provide much-needed <a href ...
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WEBTo the Editor: I agree, Surf City is a great place to live and even retire (“Surf City Named Best Place to Retire in Jersey,” 8/28), but it has nothing to do with the “governing body,” a governing body that allows old oil drums for trash cans; broken-down sidewalks; ugly, damaged chain-link fences throughout our town; and, of course, the
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WEB4 days ago — I don’t often reply to the letters written to The SandPaper. In fact, even when I don’t agree with them, I still give them a nod of legitimacy simply because someone took the time to write a letter, even if it is usually an email in 2024, rather than just a Facebook tirade littered with all caps and grammatical errors.
Sports - The SandPaper
WEBSep 25, 2024 — On a ball lobbed over my head to the back-left corner, I turned and high-tailed it to the spot I thought the ball would bounce, almost as if I were back in college at Indiana Tech in 1991, playing second base, going back for a popup in short right field.
Divisional Shakeups Within Shore Conference Will Challenge Local …
WEBSep 4, 2024 — TOP SPOT: After going 13-7 at third singles last season, senior Jillian Seno takes over the first singles position for the Barnegat girls tennis team this fall. (File photos by David Biggy) Whenever the Shore Conference has done a realignment with girls tennis in the past, it generally meant a handful of teams shifted divisions