DOWN THE SHORE
Grace Platt, 10 from Germantown skips through the surf in Ocean City. (Ron Tarver / Staff Photographer)
Essay
A Shore resident looks back on this longest of summers, with gratitude, not contempt, for faithful visitors.
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Along the shore
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WHERE TO EAT
Craig LaBan: With only some exceptions, last year's talents have simply re-anchored their stoves to new locales along the coast. Here's a look at five new fine-dining contenders this season, from Cape May to Ventnor, where familiar faces (and some familiar places) are making waves again.
- Missing something? Try these fine substitutes
- Shore readies for entertaining summer
MUSIC AND MEMORIES
As a child, singing sensation Taylor Swift spent summers at her parents' house on the bay in Stone Harbor. Swift recalls her Jersey Shore days.
- Poll: Have you ever tried surfing? (104 votes)
RELAXING
Sometimes, it's not just the economy that needs a stimulus. Sometimes, it's your spirits. Stacey Marchel, 40, was living the basic Margate mom life on Quincy Avenue when she decided to follow her son into the nearby ocean and learn to surf with him.
TRAFFIC
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The Oyster House is back
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Lari Robling: I entered the Oyster House with trepidation. It has been more than a year since its closing and return to its original owners.
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Cape May braces for Mother Nature's follow-up shot
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CAPE MAY - Still struggling to recover from the weekend nor'easter, weary Jersey Shore emergency officials yesterday were ramping up for a second severe storm that could bring sleet, high winds, and up to 18 more inches of snow to some coastal areas by tomorrow night.
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Shore wrestles with blizzard aftermath
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After spending a Saturday night in an emergency shelter with 112 other people, 34-year-old Deryck Leotaud was ready for answers yesterday: When would the power be restored? When could he and his family return to their North Wildwood home?
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Seaside Heights bans smoking on the beach
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In their continuing quest to clean up Seaside Heights' hedonistic image, borough officials last week approved an ordinance that requires smokers to remain within 20 feet of the boards if they want to light up.
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See the sights on the way to the beach
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The amble down to the Delaware beaches and Ocean City, Md., can take the better part of three hours, the roads themselves having little distinctiveness, so it is often a good idea to break up the journey along the way.
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Pine Barrens offer a pleasant summer trip
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While it may not quite compare with the California Coast Highway drive or motoring through Yellowstone National Park in the fall, the drive through Central New Jersey takes Shore-goers through one of the magnificent natural wonders of the United States, the Pine Barrens.
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New in town? A handy shore-to-shore conversion guide
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NOTHING'S exactly the same from one beach town to the next, but a lot isn't foreign either, even in places where going "downashore" is going "downy shore" (Ocean City, Md.) or "to the beach" (the entire, misguided state of Delaware).
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Avoiding renter's sticker shock in N. Jersey and the other OC
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The more northerly beaches along the Jersey shore can be a little sticker-shocky for those used to Wildwood, Sea Isle and the like.
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