What a Team! Avalon Beach Patrol Repeats as South Jersey Champs Shortly After Rescue

For the first time since 1992, Avalon boasts repeat South Jersey Lifeguard Championships. That’s back-to-back victories over 14 strong rival patrols guarding the beaches from Brigantine to Cape May Point.

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Tragedy Averted: 10 Sailors Saved from Jetty Collision

Avalon’s best and bravest helped prevent a tragedy this summer, saving eight teenage sailors and two instructors in Townsend’s Inlet.

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From the Main Line to Avalon... His Roots are Showing Again: HBO’s ‘Task’ Is Ingelsby’s Follow-Up to ‘Mare of Easttown’

Tom Brandis, FBI agent and former priest, is the latest complex character to spring from the mind of Brad Ingelsby, creator of 2021’s Emmy-winning “Mare of Easttown.” This new series “Task” premieres on HBO on Sunday, Sept. 7.

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Bridging the Gap: The Howarths to the South Jerseys

Molly Quinn was thrilled that she and her twin sister Maura, lifeguards for the Sea Isle City Beach Patrol, won the doubles row championship at the Bill Howarth South Jersey Women’s Lifeguard Championship on Aug. 6 in Ventnor.

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Old Home Week: Blair Reunion Renews a Family History in Stone Harbor That Goes Way Back

The Blair Family reunion renews a family history in Stone Harbor that goes way back more than 100 years, one of the longest family threads on the island.

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Old-School Back to School: Looking Back at the Labor Day Exodus

The end of summer was always a sad and tough time for generations of kids lucky enough to spend their summers at the Jersey Shore. For them, the dog days of August signaled the inevitable: the coming of Labor Day weekend.