This is in response to the Commentary titled “Who Are Your Heroes? My List Begins With Sally Starr” in the March 19 SandPaper. Heroes and acts of heroism stir the minds and actions of young and old ...

Growing up within a Dominican household in the Bronx, N.Y., cooking became a passion early in the lives of Danna and Amy Jimenez. “Cooking is a necessary skill, and it’s good when you can learn it ...

Experience matters in varsity athletics. There’s no hiding this fact. Fortunately, the Southern Regional boys lacrosse squad has plenty of it. “Coming off a season where we dealt with injuries and bad ...

I have been privileged to be a full-time resident of Long Beach Island for 27 years, and have been fortunate to have so many many wonderful memories of times shared with family and friends on the ...

When Peter Maschal’s wife, Laura, rescheduled her husband’s chiropractic patients and left a note on the door just before Christmas, everyone understood. “I thought I’d be back in time for work, but ...

At the Lighthouse International Film Society’s January screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary “Porcelain War” at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies, and in ...

In a story titled “Barnegat Light Weighs Costs of Rising Seas” (3/19), Mayor Kirk Larson commented that in his 60 years on the Island nothing had changed in regard to flooding. I disagree. Mayor ...

Surf City’s Jason and Avery Walters have some “wheelie” good news: They’re the third generation to own and operate Walters Bicycles and Pedego LBI. The couple purchased the Ship Bottom-based business ...

Beach Haven,” a cinematic coming-of-age story, is a live-action movie “about nostalgia, change and the search for home – set against the raw beauty of winter at the shore.” To bring the project to ...

Step into spring with a virtual talk with New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult about her newest novel, By Any Other Name, on Wednesday, April 2 at 7 p.m. By Any Other Name tells the story of ...

With the federal enforcement of REAL ID set to begin on May 7, appointments are now backed up and virtually unavailable all across the state. To accommodate the surge, the NJ Motor Vehicle Commission ...

The Little Egg Theatre Company will perform the classic dark comedy “Arsenic and Old Lace” at the Little Egg Harbor Township Community Center in Mystic Island this coming weekend. Showtime is 7 p.m.