The brothers Risley – David, Reese and Howard – will forever be entwined with the early history of Stone Harbor.

Chad Smith, who’s been laying down the back beat for the Red Hot Chili Peppers for 33 of the alternative rock band’s 36 years, is hardly the first famous musician to develop a second artistic skill as a visual artist.

If you’re shopping at Global Pursuit and purchase a shirt, you might just think you got a cute new top to wear to your next barbecue. But if the shirt happens to be made by the brand United By Blue, your purchase just also improved the environment.

No one could have prepared us for how our lives and businesses would change as a result of this pandemic. It’s been more than three long months since this started, and things still aren’t back to normal. Although each day there have been a lot of negative and difficult things to handle, it’s nice to try to find the positive things that have come from this pandemic as well.

Miniature golf reaches a new age, right in the heart of Stone Harbor.

It’s represented by Harbor Golf Club, a new complex on the site of the former, more traditional Tee Time miniature golf course. The revamped facility, which sits atop Blufish Designs on 96th Street, opens July 2 with a unique vision: multi-use.

In the age of all things digital … and all things coronavirus-related this year … the Avalon Free Public Library is at the forefront of programming by planning ahead and jumping on the opportunity to offer a wide array of summer programs, digitally!

Guy Gargan chuckles, assessing the “The King of the Beach” moniker applied to him in the lifeguard-racing community.

The South Jersey bar scene might have peaked in the mid- to late-1970s, a peak that probably can never be duplicated. The drinking age in New Jersey was 18 at the time and the Jersey Shore from Margate to Diamond Beach was home to some of the biggest and hottest nightclubs in the Delaware Valley. There were lines every night of the week on the Seven Mile Beach at the Rock Room, Fred’s, and Jack’s Place.

Imagine living through the Roaring Twenties, the Depression, World War II, the post-World War II economic and baby boom, the counterculture era in the 1960s and 1970s, the Civil Rights movement, the first moon landing, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, 9/11 and more.

Congrats! Class of 2020

While many people spent their quarantine time binge-watching Netflix and Hulu, Avalon Elementary School sixth-grader Will Tozour was creating ear savers for essential workers.

As spring rolls into summer in the most atypical year of our lives, finding balance and normalcy has taken on a new level of importance. In unsettling times, my connections to the rhythm of nature are always the balm that soothes my soul.

Stone Harbor is hosting its weekly Farmers Market every Sunday this summer from 8am-12:30pm at the 95th Street Water Tower Parking Lot, but it’s a little different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Summer is here, and although things are a little different right now, we are getting closer to normal every day. I think by now we could all use a little retail therapy. Fortunately, we have the best stores around to spend some quality time in. Once everything opened up again, we couldn’t get in these stores fast enough to find everything that you must have to get through this season in style!

Oh, summer nights, how we love you so! Everything is just better in the summer. Everyone is happier, the sun shines during the day and gives us amazing sunsets at night, the birds are singing, the turtles are everywhere and life at Seven Mile Beach is good – really good.

Until just recently, I had never heard of Dr. Samuel J. Crumbine (1862-1954). Wikipedia says Crumbine was a pioneer in public health who campaigned against the common drinking cup, the common towel and spitting in public in order to prevent the spread of tuberculosis and other germs.

Kids Puzzler: Sudoku

Once July finally comes along, summer seems to start setting in. By now you are in a routine of beach days, bay swims, ice cream nights and everything in between. It’s a fun time to be on the island when the days are usually filled with sunny skies and the water starts to warm up for the season.

Seven Mile Crossword

Since this month marks the 50th anniversary of Avalon’s only pharmacy moving from its original location on 21st Street to the corner of 28th Street and Dune Drive – the site today of Hassis’ Men’s Shop – we thought it might be fun to look back at some of the Keens behind Keen’s Pharmacy.