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STONE HARBOR, N.J. — I give credit to those in New Jersey who took the “What Exit?” joke and decided to take it back and embrace it with buy selling it as merchandise. Down the Shore, stickers, t-shirts and more celebrate the Garden State Parkway exit number for that particular beach town.
When I first [...]

AVALON, N.J. — 50th Street may be hard as nails and sensitive too, but it can’t seem to figure out that Dune Drive in Avalon and Second Ave. in Stone Harbor are really the same road.
Avalon, NJ, Jersey Shore, Down the Shore Lois Lane
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AVALON, N.J. — When I first saw this sign, I wondered why Kentucky was on it. It turns out it was a cloud and it was a little “chubby” to be Kentucky anyway.
Avalon, NJ, Jersey Shore, Seven Mile Island, Ocean Drive, sign Cape May County
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AVALON, N.J. — In Cape May County, a series of roads connecting the barrier islands all the way to Atlantic City are known as Ocean Drive (Wikipedia). The “Follow the Gull” signs direct motorists to a thru route that avoids the mainland. The route has a number of drawbridges over inlets connecting the islands. There [...]

STONE HARBOR, NJ — I have mentioned Springer’s before, but I’ll do it again. The place has great ice cream and is a Seven Mile Beach institution. By my calculations, my son and his cousin, became the fifth generation of my family to enjoy ice cream there. Will had chocolate and banana on separate visits. [...]

AVALON, N.J. — I know I’m not the only one who loves the outdoor showers at the beach. I still get occasional hits from a defunct nj.com blog that I commented on with a link to this 2007 post about outdoor showers on Capitol Hill.
In short, showering outdoors after a long day on the beach [...]

I’m back from a week down the Shore in beautiful Avalon, N.J. We had a great time and my son seems to like the beach and the ocean. While there we introduced him to the Atlantic Ocean (he likes splashing around), the fine Seven Mile Island sand, Springer’s Ice Cream and even funnel cake on [...]

Pretrial intervention opposed in N.J. dumping case – The InkyNew Jersey’s attorney general is trying to keep Pennsylvania dentist Thomas McFarland, alleged to have dumped medical waste into the Townsends Inlet between Avalon and Sea Isle City, from entering a pretrial intervention program. McFarland’s alleged actions resulted in beach closures during the Labor Day weekend [...]

I used the same criteria as previous years — I have to had a meal or spent the night there. Fast food does not count either.
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Seven Mile Beach Landmark, Henny’s Prepares Benefit for Last Call Nov. 30 – Cape May County HeraldDo you like Stone Harbor’s venerable Henny’s restaurant? You have four more days to visit it as Nov. 30 is the final day it will be open. The property was sold to build a new resort.
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