Halfway through his four-year term as Harvey Cedars mayor, John Imperiale looked back at accomplishments and work that still needs to be done. The SandPaper: Last year you reported on a very ...

Formerly of Oakland and now a full-time Long Beach Island resident, Skip Van Wert first picked up wood and carving tools in 1989 to see how it felt, and he never stopped. In the ensuing decades his ...

After a holiday break, the Albert Music Hall in Waretown opens the 2026 concert season with a special “Winter Hootenanny” on Sunday, Jan. 4. Doors open at 1, and music begins at 2. The afternoon ...

On Wednesday, Dec. 17, members of the Kiwanis Club of Long Beach Island gathered at the Ship Bottom Volunteer Fire Co. firehouse to sort 14.531 pairs of socks collected during the Happy Feet Drive.

Listen to tales of Pirates and Privateers and assemble a wooden ship to take home.

Congressman Jeff Van Drew’s office is intervening on behalf of his constituents around the Long Beach Island region to address ongoing mail delivery issues that surfaced in September. Van Drew’s ...

The Ship Bottom Borough Council is expected to discuss tabling proposed changes to the town’s short-term rental ordinance at a special meeting Dec. 19. The public is invited to attend. No action will ...

In late October, a transport truck carrying 21 rhesus macaques used for biomedical research crashed on I-59 in Jasper County, Miss. Several of the monkeys escaped, and most were euthanized due to ...

During last year’s annual Holiday Wonderland and Christmas Market in Stafford Township, the line for the horse and carriage ride was huge, so big the recreation department staff realized a change was ...

The new year could bring new hope to Tuckerton borough residents who have long been fighting for dredging in Thompson Creek. A potential state grant, for which the borough plans to apply, could help ...

Well, it’s that time of year when The SandPaper takes a little siesta – with some fiestas thrown in for the holidays. We’ll be back on the streets in the first full week of January, though major ...

Boy, the ocean got quiet for a while there. That stretch from mid-November into December we are normally awash in quick-moving nor’easters, south swells and/or clean groundswell, but from Nov. 16 to ...