The SandPaper/Wednesday, August 1, 2012
WE ARE LBI’S BUILDER
TED FLUEHR JR., Custom Builder Since 1978
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Features
Governor Lends LBI an Ear .................22 Urges support for tax cuts, considers local Island issues
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Babies and Toddlers Take to Water.......48 At St. Francis Center, some ‘are better dunkers than you’d think’
Departments
Artoon ....................................................................................6 Business Notes .....................................................................50 Classified ..............................................................................63 Currents................................................................................22 Fish Story .............................................................................52 The Sandbox ..........................................................................6 The Sandtrap ........................................................................62
Section Two
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Cover Photo, Ryan Morrill: With a guiding hand, a young girl goes under in a swimming lesson at the St. Francis Community Center. Section 2, Jack Reynolds: Nicole Cerbone, bartender at The Upstairs at the Dutchman’s, pours a shot of Cherry Squirt.
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