Ampersand
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•July 18, 2018
Who Ya Gonna Call When a Ring Gets Lost on the LBI Beach?
Life Lesson 63: Never wear jewelry to the beach.
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•July 11, 2018
LBI Beach Workouts Have a Newfound Mission
It was finally here! The first day of our summer-long vacation on LBI had begun. I dropped my son off at his first day of Lifeguard in Trainingwith the Long Beach Township Beach Patrol at Bayview…
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•July 4, 2018
What’s a Dog to Do Around Here?
I never realized how anti-dog people are until I moved to this area. Let me introduce you to my girl Tucker. She’s a Jack Russell terrier/poodle mix, otherwise known as a Jack-a-poo and is probably…
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•June 20, 2018
‘Sacred Place Postcard’
PARADISE ISLAND: This postcard, written by Brett Weiss of Boca Raton, Fla., to grandparents Joan and Harris Ross of Harvey Cedars, was created as a college assignment. A ‘Sacred Place Postcard,’ it…
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•June 6, 2018
Drivers Education, as Per Grandma
Our oldest granddaughter started driving this year, and it’s probably one of the most traumatic times in any parents’ and grandparents’ lives. Believe me, it’s not a matter of qualifications…
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•May 23, 2018
Barnegat Bay Oysters Get Around – for a Good Cause
The Barnegat Bay Collective prominently shucked and served its locally harvested oysters, what could be called “party animals,” at the Billion Oyster Party (BOP) on April 27 in Brooklyn. Matt Gregg…
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•May 16, 2018
Let the Invasion Begin
It’s that time of year – the time that we locals both love and loathe. After a very long winter and what always feels like a months-long hibernation, people are venturing out of the house and…
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•October 25, 2017
Sex, etc. Challenged
There is a magazine in the Pinelands Junior High School media center titled Sex, etc.
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•September 27, 2017
Lost Friend Inspires Call to Action
I was recently doing my version of a jog on one of our fine September mornings when my memory was “jogged” (no pun intended) about a time not so long ago when a good friend lost his way home.
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•September 20, 2017
Diary of a Senior Softballer
It’s 8:30 a.m. on Monday and it’s time to go to my softball game. The game is for players age 60 and over; we occasionally allow a youngster of 55 to play. We start practice at 9 and start playing at…
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•September 6, 2017
Fifty Years and a Busload of Memories
In 1967, my husband Bill and I moved our family from Philadelphia to Ship Bottom. At that time, Southern had only one building. There were only 17 buses and drivers who transported students from…
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•August 30, 2017
Happily Ensconced in Our Beach Haven Bubble
My wife and I celebrated our 15th anniversary at a charming, historic bed and breakfast in Beach Haven this past July. Over a delicious two-course breakfast one morning, the innkeeper told us about…
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•August 23, 2017
Rainy Day Doings
On a recent rainy day we needed to find something to do with the kids to keep them occupied. Three- and 5-year-old girls have no desire to sit in the house and play board games all day so we had to…
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•August 9, 2017
When Stopped on the Boulevard, Smell the Pancakes
Several days a week, I drive from Beach Haven to the mainland. I try to be calm amid all the traffic. I play a little gamewith myself and try to spot things of interest I don’t normally see in the…
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•July 26, 2017
Feeling the Love in Clover
I was sitting on the back steps of my deck watching two bunnies nibbling away on some clover flowers when Steven came out and sat down next to me.
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•July 12, 2017
LBI Loves a Parade
In this time of uncertainty in our world, one thing stays true to itself: The Fourth of July never fails to bring us all together. Weary and wary are many in our current political status. However, we…
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June 28, 2017
Out of the Mouths of Babes Comes …
Recently my father passed away. Since he was 102 it was obviously expected, but still, the finality of it all is felt strongly by his family.
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•June 21, 2017
Scouting Out Life Lessons on Fishing Expedition
Ata time when stringent saltwater fishing regulations have crippled local party and charter boats, recreational anglers, bait and tackle shops and even trickled down to other tourism-related…
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•June 7, 2017
Save Holgate Marsh for Greater Good
The ongoing battle over the patch of marsh that saved a community in Holgate during Superstorm Sandy seems to have been settled with the proposed erecting of new houses by a local developer. Intent…
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•February 8, 2017
The Standoff
Every morning I follow a ritual. I make my coffee and look out the back yard to see my feral cat. She lives in a cedar box I found on the Internet. To keep her warm, I made a nest inside with a cat…
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•February 8, 2017
What’s My Address?
I have tried to get this problem solved before to no avail. It is so frustrating! I feel like I am on “What’s My Line?” but instead it’s “What’s My Address?”
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•February 8, 2017
Love Story
My wife and I have celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary. I have some things to say that perhaps most readers have not heard about on the subject of love. I really love my wife and I believe she…
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•January 11, 2017
Chilling on the Island With Summer on My Mind
Another year has gone by and I love my life … most days! What’s not to love when you are on LBI? However, with winter in full swing and the temperatures plummeting into the teens, it’shard to think…
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•December 21, 2016
Christmas Story
At this time of year, I like to reflect back on growing up in our little world, in our section of the old neighborhood. We all looked forward to the Christmas season.
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•September 28, 2016
Happy Locals’ Summer!
I was having dinner out with my hubby one night after Labor Day when I overheard a conversation from another table. One person was saying, “I’m glad our summer has finally arrived.” That comment…
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•September 7, 2016
Having an End-of-Summer ‘Shellabration’ on LBI
You really can’t beat mimosas with a group of great girlfriends for a 7:30 a.m. breakfast celebration. Hey, if you need to be up early and have to celebrate the art of aging, why not do it in style…
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•July 19, 2016
Christmas in July in the Sand
HO, HO, HO!: If you were on a boat near the southern tip of LBI this weekend, yes, that was a Christmas tree planted in a sandbar off of Holgate. About 20 boats with roughly 50 people converged on…
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•June 29, 2016
Whale’s Tale
A couple of years ago my parents went toa crafts fair on LBI. My mom liked a carved, wooden whale they saw so they decided to make one of their own. It took a little time and a little patient…
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•June 15, 2016
Rough Riding Hits Precious Pinelands
The Pinelands are under assault by crowds of illegal ATV and quad riders who are tearing up the pristine woods, leaving behind mounds of trash and endangering first responders who sometimes have to…
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•May 25, 2016
I Didn’t Know
We all have family memberswhom we look at with unassuming eyes: “That’s Uncle Tom” or “That’s Uncle Pete” and “That fellow over there is Popouli” (he’s my father in-law). They are just part of the…
