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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...