Seven Mile Beach is home to some incredible restaurants. Whether you are in the mood for seafood or steak, want to eat inside or out, want to dress up or dress down, we have plenty of places for you to choose from. Fortunately, we have some of the best chefs in the business right here as well. Let us introduce you while you make your dining bucket list for the season.

Dear Readers,

This is one of my favorite times of the year here at the shore. You can feel the energy as homes are reopened, businesses get set for the summer, lifeguards are back on the beach, and we have one of our biggest issues of the year. So, without further hesitation, let’s get this summer started!

For four generations of visitors to the Seven Mile Beach, beach tags are not only accepted, but for the most part expected when planning a visit. But that wasn’t always the case. The beach tag in Avalon celebrates its 50th anniversary this summer, one year after Stone Harbor, which became the first town in Cape May County to charge beach fees in the summer of 1971.

Join Stone Harbor for the official opening of the beach for the summer season, starting with the second annual Color Run. The course for the non-timed event is open to all ages and goes from 82nd Street to 95th Street. Following the run, Mayor Judith Davies-Dunhour and the Beach Patrol Captain Sandy Bosacco will host the beach-opening ceremony.

South Jersey, best known as the beach playground to inland Pennsylvania, New Jersey and points north, was Boardriders heaven this offseason.

Hard-core Jersey surfers embrace the Northeast Atlantic waves like chilled, rolling wet blankets instead of the warmer surfer environs of California, Hawaii and Florida. But, make no mistake, the local Boardriders own the local shoreline.

Most magic numbers have to do with clinching a sports championship.

But this one is magic, period.

The number is 50, reached by the Helen L. Diller Vacation Home for Blind Children, as it launches a 50th operation year in June.

Attention, parents! We previewed a number of outstanding summer camps in our Spring issue of Seven Mile Times, featuring activities and learning experiences for every age and skill level. As summer quickly approaches, more camps are joining the list with field hockey, surfing, SAT prep, and, of course, summer reading. These interactive camps, are the perfect way to keep kids engaged and having fun throughout the summer season. Check these out and register today!

Monsignor Liam Quinn reminisces as his 60th anniversary in the priesthood approaches.

“It was never a dull moment” on the family farm in Ireland and oftentimes as a priest here in the Garden State, the former pastor and now priest-in-residence at St. Paul Church muses.

The Borough of Avalon will honor its past and present servicemen and servicewomen during its Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony on Monday, May 30. Sponsored by American Legion Post 331 and the Borough, the parade will begin promptly at 9am at 32nd Street and Dune Drive and travel north to Veterans Plaza, followed by the ceremony.

The summer season opens with a buzz throughout town, promising new and exciting ventures for a number of business owners. From fresh and local seafood to style and home décor to the best menu offerings, Seven Mile Beach is most certainly buzzing in 2022.

Summer is almost here, and it is time to get everything you need to be beach-ready for the season! Whether you’re looking for some beach essentials, a cute bag, a dress to wear to the beach or out on the town, or some new décor to enhance your home, we’ve found some must-have summer items from various stores on the island that you’ll definitely want to check out!

It was 50 years ago, the summer of 1972. Obviously, much has changed over that time here on Seven Mile Beach. Hurricane Agnes struck the East Coast in mid-June that summer; gasoline shot all the way up to 55 cents a gallon, which was pretty expensive after paying $2,078 for a new Ford Pinto.

Fran O’Hanlon was enjoying a night in the Bongo Room during Memorial Day weekend in 1986. While The Fabulous Greaseband played classic oldies, O’Hanlon was looking forward to a summer at the shore.

It was then that Avalon was about to become more than his favorite vacation destination. Sometime between “Woolly Bully” and “Hang On Sloopy,” it was about to become a lifestyle.

The word “library” might not be the first word you associate with summer. But the Avalon and Stone Harbor libraries might have you rethinking that connection.

It seemed like such an innocent question at the time …

It is the first week of May and I am 45 minutes into a fun, freewheeling Zoom interview with Philadelphia sports media legend Ray Didinger when I say: “So the title of your most recent book is ‘Finished Business.’ Does that mean you’re thinking of retiring, or is it just a catchy title?”

Debbie Kelly may be a relative newcomer to Seven Mile Beach, but she has been well acquainted with the Jersey Shore for all of her life.

“Never will you meet a man who more faithfully lived his life to the fullest,” said Rebecca Kelly at the military burial of her dad, Dr. David Schaffer, 89.

The longtime resident of Stone Harbor and Newtown, Pa., died March 10.

“Surprised and amazed.”

This was how Avalon School seventh-grader Mark Moulder described his feelings upon learning that he and his teammate, Nolan Davidson, won the regional STEAM Tank Challenge in April and would be headed to the state finals in May.

For more than 50 years, The Wetlands Institute has offered one of the best outdoor classroom environments in South Jersey, providing enriching and unique learning opportunities to students and the local community.

Congrats! Class of 2022