When reading through this list of the top sports stories of 2024, you’ll notice something: We’ve made a significant change. Here at The SandPaper, an executive decision was made to narrow these ...

For the past three years, the Garden Club of Long Beach Island has sponsored a toy drive at its holiday luncheon, in support ...

Nearly five years after the coronavirus pandemic highlighted an already well-documented need for more community emergency medical services personnel, a 133-page report sanctioned by the Ocean County ...

It was a cupcake kind of day for the Barnegat girls basketball team on Jan. 3. No, the Bengals didn’t have a New Year’s bash. It was head coach Tammy Nicolini’s birthday. “We had to do something ...

Congressman Jeff Van Drew swore in Mayor Robert Henken, Councilwomen Lisa Mower and Amy Otte, and Councilman Steven Esposito, ...

Shorter, colder days means longer, hotter nights inside the Lizzie Rose Music Room. The historic home situated in the heart ...

Somehow or other, it’s suddenly 2025. Must be global warming. So, whadda ya wanna talk about for the next 50 weeks or so, God willing? Hey, there’s no telling what the world might be about to throw at ...

John Gutbrod, a member of the Greatest Generation and a decorated U.S. Army veteran for his actions during World War II, is being remembered for his life of service, first globally and then to the ...

At the start of each new year, many of New Jersey’s bald eagle pairs return to their nests for the breeding season. According to the Endangered and Nongame Species Program of the N.J. Department of ...

We are writing this letter to praise and honor Jetty and the Jetty Rock Foundation. We have watched them grow over the last 20 years, always with a mission of giving back to the community. Our whole ...