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1 week ago | 
thesandpaper.net | Rick Mellerup
The 2025 Lighthouse International Film Festival, which will be held June 4 through 8, will be keynoted by none other than Jason Alexander, best known as George Costanza in the NBC sitcom “Seinfeld.”A special 25th anniversary screening of “Just Looking,” which he directed, will be held on Friday, June 6. A Q&A will follow. Then on Saturday, June 7, he will hold an intimate conversation with film fans, discussing film making and his storied career.
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1 week ago | 
thesandpaper.net | Rick Mellerup
In most cases it’s easy for homeowners to see when they need to hire an arborist. If a tree dies, you want it removed as quickly as possible, for a couple of reasons. If it starts rotting, it becomes a safety hazard because winds can more easily topple it, and if it falls on your house, you can expect significant damage. Does your homeowners insurance cover it?
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2 weeks ago | 
thesandpaper.net | Rick Mellerup
The Little Egg Harbor Board of Education proposed a new 2025-26 school year budget that would result in a 32.6% tax rate increase at its April 3 special meeting. That means the owner of a home assessed at $208,000. the township’s average, would have to shell out $416 more than last year. The owner of a house assessed at $308,000 would see a $615 bump while the owner of a $408,000 home would have to come up with an extra $815 to pay for the elementary school tax.
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2 weeks ago | 
thesandpaper.net | Rick Mellerup
Ocean County College’s Grunin Center for the Arts will showcase a contemporary folk superstar and a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet this coming week. At 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, singer-songwriter Vance Gilbert will take the stage at the Gia Maione Prima Foundation Studio in Building 12. Tickets are $34 and may be purchased online at grunincenter.org.
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2 weeks ago | 
thesandpaper.net | Rick Mellerup
The Barnegat Theatre Co. of Barnegat High School will perform “Chicago: Teen Edition” at 7 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday, April 10, 11 and 12 and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 13. All performances will be at the high school’s auditorium, located at 180 Bengal Blvd. in Barnegat. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and may be reserved at bengaltheatre.com or purchased at the door.
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3 weeks ago | 
thesandpaper.net | Rick Mellerup
Oxford Languages lists four definitions for the word “confusion.”The first is “lack of understanding; uncertainty.”The second is “a situation of panic; a breakdown of order.”The third is “a disorderly jumble.”The fourth is “the state of being bewildered or unclear in one’s mind about something.”All four certainly apply to the 2025-26 budget at the Little Egg Harbor School District. The board of education had approved a preliminary budget at its March 11 meeting. It called for a 9.9% tax increase.
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3 weeks ago | 
thesandpaper.net | Rick Mellerup
Ocean County College’s Grunin Center for the Arts will host a show called “Stoned Soul Picnic” at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 5 in the Gia Maione Prima Foundation Studio Theatre, located in Building 12. Tickets are $39 and may be purchased online at grunincenter.org.
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3 weeks ago | 
thesandpaper.net | Rick Mellerup
At 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 10 the Stafford Township Arts Center will present “Daybreak,” a Barry Manilow tribute act. Tickets are $65 for the front orchestra while seats in the rear orchestra are $55. They may be purchased online at stacnj.com. Manilow sold more the 85 million albums worldwide in his long career, winning Grammy, Tony and Emmy Awards while recording 51 Top 40 singles including 12 No. 1s and 27 Top 10 hits.
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3 weeks ago | 
thesandpaper.net | Rick Mellerup
Hackensack Meridian Health, the largest not-for-profit healthcare organization in New Jersey, and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the largest health insurance company in the Garden State, have reached an agreement that will ensure patients with Horizon insurance plans will continue to have uninterrupted in-network access to Hackensack doctors, hospitals and facilities across the state. The two titans had until June 1 to reach that agreement.
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3 weeks ago | 
thesandpaper.net | Rick Mellerup
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. On Saturday, April 5 the Stockton University Performing Arts Center will host Tito Puente Jr. and his Latin Jazz Ensemble for a 7:30 p.m. concert performance. Tickets are $40 for the general public, $38 for seniors 65 years of age and older and for members of the military, $35 for alumni, $30 for faculty and staff, $18 for children younger than 13, $12 for Stockton students and $32 each for groups of 10 and more.
