On Memorial Day, as the late-afternoon’s golden hues bathed Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, a crowd gathered along the boardwalk and bulkhead to witness something rare: the Toms River ...

You couldn’t blame the organizers of Barnegat Pride’s inaugural festival for feeling a little anxious the night before the Saturday, May 31 mostly afternoon event, which was to take place at the field ...

I got a text from a robot the other day, and I’m pretty sure it spells bad news for our town. She said her name was Kim. I have my doubts. If you haven’t heard, property on LBI has become kind of ...

Thirty minutes before the Ship Bottom Borough Council’s May 29 meeting, the conversation inside the firehouse was as modern-day as it could be with a focus on parking. Shortly after 6:30 p.m., however ...

You won’t catch me roaming Beach Haven in flip-flops anymore. I’ve shuffled into the I need extensive and expensive arch support era of my life. Just this sad truth has forced me to open my eyes and ...

On behalf of the Long Beach Island Historical Association, the Psychic and Wellness Fair Committee extends our sincere thanks for The SandPaper’s coverage of our event on May 10. Reporter Trevor Regan ...

The “Save White’s” committee that formed mid-May has announced a new course of action. The historic market in Barnegat Light is listed at $2.8 million, and many borough residents can’t bear to see it ...

Since the closure and demolition of Kubel’s Too a few years ago, the lot at 8200 Long Beach Blvd. in Brighton Beach has sat empty. However, last year the Long Beach Township Land Use Board granted ...

A longtime business owner at Schooner’s Wharf in Beach Haven is asking for more police presence following Memorial Day weekend, when the area “was overrun with teens.” Howie Brecher, a co-owner of ...

Work to synchronize traffic lights at the Island’s busiest intersection, formerly the site of the Causeway Circle in Ship Bottom, will not be fully complete until sometime later this year. “That’s a ...

During the past several seasons, Emilia Ercolino hasn’t needed to be the smoking gun on the Barnegat girls lacrosse offense. That role belonged to several others, specifically Alyson Sojak and Calli ...