Congressman Jeff Van Drew swore in Mayor Robert Henken, Councilwomen Lisa Mower and Amy Otte, and Councilman Steven Esposito, before expressing to the packed house inside the Stafford Township council ...

Nearly five years after the coronavirus pandemic highlighted an already well-documented need for more community emergency ...

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 ...

Whales belong in our waters, not on our shores. In November and December there were exciting sightings and acoustic detections of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales off the New Jersey ...

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 ...

On Dec. 13 we experienced a fire at our home in Barnegat Light. Words cannot express our thanks and gratitude for the community that came together to save our home. The Barnegat Light Volunteer Fire ...

It’s finally 2025 and the talk about who is running for president has stopped – at least until Groundhog Day in February. That also means it’s the first column of the year as The SandPaper comes back ...

Southern Regional boys basketball head coach John Pampalone absolutely expects his Rams to be in some close games throughout ...

The Boys: a Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron Howard and Clint Howard. Call the branch at 609-296-1470, if you would like to join the group.

The Union Market in Tuckerton is closed for renovations this week and will reopen Friday, Jan. 10 at 7 a.m. A winter ...

With the holiday season in the rearview mirror and a bleak pattern of winter weather ahead, most of us tend to hibernate until springtime. The Tuckerton Seaport and Baymen’s Museum sees to it that ...