When I first landed on this idea, the LBI region was experiencing the coldest January it had had in years. Now, after back-to-back days of the February thaw, with spring nipping at our heels, I wonder if the idea of highlighting some of the region’s areas was my smartest idea. Here’s why: This is by no means a complete list, and if I left something off, it wasn’t intentional. I was probably just overwhelmed by the sheer volume of things I could possibly include.

OK, enough procrastinating. Here we go!

Less than a mile at its widest point, Long Beach Island is a community of six separate and unique communities stretched…