The Long Beach Township Beach Patrol is responsible for overseeing 12 noncontiguous miles of ocean beach each summer. This requires a lot of staff – nearly 200 lifeguards – and a lot of equipment.

Step into a world in which sustainability meets excitement, and get ready for a day packed with fun, learning and community spirit. The Stafford Township Green Team hosts the fourth annual Green Fair ...

To the Editor: Each day, long before the lifeguards have set up, the shoreline is already dotted with empty, perfectly arranged chair encampments — all of them labeled “Tommy Bahama,” as if a beach ...

I am a longtime resident of Barnegat Light and have been visiting the beaches in our town for over a decade. I’m writing to bring your attention to disturbing incidents I encountered last week along ...

Last week’s Fish Story column expertly dispelled one of many old shore town myths about piping plovers. It also raised a critical question: Why make such a considerable effort to protect piping ...

Don’t miss out on a day of deals. Whether you’re looking to score some new pieces or get rid of your own, Little Egg Harbor’s fifth annual community-wide yard sale will take place Saturday and Sunday, ...

Filmmaker Steve Rogers, formerly of Manahawkin and a 1989 Southern Regional graduate, debuted his new docuseries for the NJPBS public television network, “Here’s The Story: Voices of the People,” on ...

Last month, Superintendent Craig Henry announced Southern’s JROTC program had accepted several awards – the Distinguished Unit Award with Merit, Distinguished Unity Award and Distinguished Cadet Corps ...

They just took $45 million – blood money – from New Jersey’s opioid settlement fund and handed it over to four politically connected hospital systems, with no transparency, no accountability and no ...

Clam Cove Reserve, a 22-acre wetland parcel adjacent to the Long Beach Township Field Station in Holgate, has transformed from a peninsula into an island over the past few years as erosion created ...

LBI has long marketed itself as a place for everyone with activities for all ages. The calendar item in the June 25 edition of The SandPaper certainly made that true. The July 14 activity offered by ...

The Barnegat Police Department has announced that its marine patrol unit has upgraded its primary vessel. Police Chief Jason Carroll said that last year, the unit’s 2014 21-foot Carolina skiff ...