The saying is true: “You never know how many friends you have until you have a beach house.” With the numerous family and friends that you’re sure to host this summer, there is no better time to shop for a little shore décor to spruce up your home.

The For Pete’s Sake Cancer Respite Foundation began with young love. Charitable love keeps events – like FPS’s 5th Annual Buttoned-Up BBQ benefit in Stone Harbor – going. Steadfast love from supporters, partners, staffers, volunteers and others keeps FPS growing.

At the fire of a shotgun, 128 golfers flooded the Avalon Golf Club course on June 23 to play golf, have fun and raise money for the Helen L. Diller Vacation Home for Blind Children. By the end of the evening, $30,000 was collected.

Playing his music on an international tour wasn’t exactly what Sean “Loosh” Luschini had in mind as a young guy working days at a surf shop in Stone Harbor.

In this modern era, there are few homes and buildings remaining on Seven Mile Beach that date back to the early 1900s, and fewer still that have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior.

She grew up in Stone Harbor with her twin brother BJ and parents Fran and Barry Mastrangelo. Her family owned and operated Barrie Shoes, a familiar retail anchor on 96th Street for many years.

Diamondback terrapins have an important role in the salt marsh, and their fate impacts many aspects of the marsh ecosystem. They are gray-skinned turtles with highly variable patterns and markings that are specially adapted to life in the salt marsh.

The Philadelphia Flyers’ 18th annual trip to Stone Harbor for their developmental camp’s Trial on the Isle on June 27 began with an indoctrination of sorts.

When you grow up in a beach town, the ocean becomes a part of who you are. Whether it’s boating, surfing, swimming, or just going to the beach, there is something inside of you that feels the connection.

That’s how Jim Hand describes five magical decades of his Fred’s Tavern T-shirt business, launched from the imagination of a 14-year-old boy.

One of a kind. That is the only way to describe SeaHouse, one of the showstopping homes on the 15th Annual Cape Regional Designer House Tour scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 10, from 11am to 4pm.

In the late afternoon of Monday, July 8, the sun shined down on the wharf parking lot on 96th street in Stone Harbor. One by one, families of children with creative costumes gathered to register for the Al Cunard Baby Parade.

Avalon and Stone Harbor’s beach patrols are linked by reciprocal beach-tag policy, yet they entered the lifeguard race circuit on different planes.

Their vantage point secured, their anticipation rising, Rick Mellor and his wife Mary were waiting with a crowd of Stone Harbor residents for the start of the annual Festival of Lights boat parade. When a nearby conversation turned familiar, Mellor knew what to do. A retired lifeguard, and a good one, he dived right in.

Walking along the shoreline and collecting shells and sea glass is a special kind of treasure hunt. Each collected piece is infused with memory, history, and weathered beauty.

Remember Jazzersize? Or that vibrating belt thingy that would jiggle your fat away? Or Tae Bo? As long as exercise has been mainstream, there have been a lot of strange fitness trends out there.

We knew they would arrive sooner than later: The dog days of summer. While we’re not packing away our beach chairs anytime soon, we are looking forward to cooling off in some of the newly opened stores in Avalon and Stone Harbor. Check out the latest buzz within the business community!

Featuring children’s activities, crafts and giveaways from 5:30-7pm including face painting, character appearances and more, followed by a live band performance from 7-8:30pm.

There’s nothing like heading out on the town for a hot summer night. Getting dressed can be tricky, though. You want to look like you are at the beach, not be too hot, but also not freeze if you are heading inside to air-conditioning. For this edition, we headed to one of our favorites spots to find the perfect outfit and, as usual, Tiger Lily did not disappoint!

Seven Mile Word Search Puzzle