A $6.2 million N.J. Department of Transportation dredging project to restore local waterways to save navigable depth is expected to get underway in the Waretown Channel complex. The project, which is ...

A “celebration of life” service was held the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 27 at the Kirk O. Larson Sr. Memorial Park in Barnegat Light, for the late mayor of the same name. The grass field was filled ...

Folks attending Surflight Theatre’s current show, “On Golden Pond,” will see a wonderful play, written by a 28-year-old Ernest Thompson in 1978, who snagged an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screen ...

As the weather warms each year, female northern diamondback terrapins emerge from brackish saltwater marshes, coastal bays and lagoons to seek spots to lay their eggs. “The search for nesting habitat ...

Tour the LBI region’s familiar landscapes and landmarks, vistas and vignettes through the eyes of the nearly 50 artists whose work is hanging inside the main gallery at the Long Beach Island ...

The New Jersey Coastal Alliance believes two bipartisan Jersey Shore congressmen fighting over federal cuts to beach replenishment are missing the overall big picture and impact the historic method of ...

Alex Henbest made the decision years ago that he wanted to pursue a career in golf. When he accepted the offer to be part of the University of Nebraska’s Professional Golf Management program, his ...

The Ship Bottom Taxpayers Association held its annual membership meeting on Saturday, and we were honored to welcome Chief Matthew Whitlow, executive petty officer of the U.S. Coast Guard station in ...

I’ve successfully made my fall migration to the south, having temporarily flown with the plovers, pelicans and monarch butterflies, at least as far as Holgate, where I broke away. It’s always a summer ...

When traversing any given street on Long Beach Island, a familiar sight often pops up in every few front yards. Colorful wooden signs point in all directions, from Barnegat Light to Holgate; from New ...

Editor’s Note: This story was published in The SandPaper on Nov. 5, 2003. We are posting it now in light of surf industry pioneer and Manahawkin native Ron DiMenna’s death on Saturday, Sept. 6. A body ...

Philadelphia-based architect Sam Gordon designed his house in High Bar Harbor 15 years ago to achieve net zero energy consumption. A key part of that objective is a rooftop solar panel system. Gordon ...