Ampersand
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•June 20, 2012
Mysterious Harbinger Comes to Call
For months ever since the migration brought them back north, a solitary robin hovered around my house in Harvey Cedars, pecking at the glass in first-story windows and doors and on the windshield of…
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•May 23, 2012
Remember the True Meaning of Memorial Day
Monday, May 28 will mark the observance of Memorial Day. Originally it was known as Decoration Day, after the practice in the South of decorating the graves of soldiers who fought in the Civil War.…
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•April 12, 2012
NCAA Bracket Is Busting With Riches
With the end of March also came the wrapping up of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and either triumphant or disappointing bracket pools for fans across the nation. Holding true to the…
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•April 4, 2012
Nor’easter Still Holds Jacqueline Avenue Together
When I revealed to my wife that I was going to write about the 1962 nor’easter and our block down in Holgate for The SandPaper, she was happy for me. She knows how much I love the Island. But then…
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•March 28, 2012
’62 Storm Revisited From First Aid Perspective
I was in Florida in early March ’62, vacationing with my parents and visiting my sister and her family. My boyfriend, Bill, came from Beach Haven to surprise me, and while there we became engaged.
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March 21, 2012
LBI Is My Anchor in Any Storm, From ’62 On
In 1962 I was just 7 years old. Life was good. My Aunt Jean and Uncle Pete had just retired to Long Beach Island. They had sold their home in Harrison and decided to head south after many years of…
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•March 14, 2012
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Aunt ‘Mare’!
St. Patrick’s Day always reminds me of my Aunt Mary, or “Mare,” as we said, like the female horse. No one seemed to have endings to their names back in the ’50s: I was “Ant.” In the neighborhood…
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•March 5, 2012
Getting a Message on a Winter Beach
Since Ralph died on Christmas Eve in 2010, I hadn’t been to Harvey Cedars as much as we were accustomed to when he was alive, but over a recent weekend, when it was spring-like, I was down and found…
