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.
ON THE CALENDAR
Canned Food Drive
Friday, November 20
• 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM •
Atlantic City Aquarium • 800 N. New Hampshire Ave., Atlantic City, NJ
Timati
Saturday, November 21
• 10:00 PM •
Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort • 1000 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Atlantic City
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I found it hard to believe that anything could be as beyond-words fabulous as "LOVE" was purported to be by both the media as well as friends and acquaintances who...
Along the shore
- Fine flip-flop fare
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? (103 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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Officials seek federal disaster aid at Shore
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Federal and state officials will tour New Jersey coastal counties today, assessing the aftermath of last weekend's sweeping rain, wind, and flood tides - and the need for disaster aid.
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Time to clean up at Jersey Shore
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The ugly meteorological progeny of dying Tropical Storm Ida washed away dunes and clogged streets with mounds of sand, muck, seaweed, and straw, leaving homeowners across the Shore busy cleaning up today.
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Nor'easter leaves significant damage at Shore
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A coastal flood watch should be over by 10 a.m., but a nasty nor'easter has already done significant damage to the coast. The highest wave ever was recorded at the buoy 30 miles off Cape May - 26.7 feet.
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Shore Threat
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A nor'easter spawned by Tropical Storm Ida hammered the Jersey Shore with gale-force gusts and hindered the search for missing fishermen, and threatens beach towns today with their worst flooding in over a decade.
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Bunnies hop back to the shore
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Dozens of former employees of the old Playboy Hotel & Casino, in Atlantic City, gathered in Avalon Saturday night to remember the good times they shared during the early 1980s.
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Jersey Shore resident says thanks, shoobies
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A Shore resident looks back on this longest of summers, with gratitude, not contempt, for faithful visitors.
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Summer still simmers at the Jersey Shore
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The blazing heat came late this year, and the Labor Day holiday will too, but there are still two more weekends of summer at the Jersey Shore to enjoy.
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