Jon Coen

Mike Melega styling on the small stuff last Friday. (Photo by Tom Beaty)

The first solid swells have already arrived on the North Shore this season, clearing sand off those reefs that are just calling your name.

When the gun goes off to start the Ship Bottom Sprint for Life next April 25, the racers will have the same intensity, but the proceeds of the event will have a different and more local benefactor. Twenty-three years ago, Maria Pennisi was inspired to help find a cure for cancer after learning that her father, Vito “Vic” Pennisi, was […]

That period between December 8 and 20 has long been a special time of year on the North Shore.

The idea for an award-winning film literally came in a dream. Oak Leaf Media of Tuckerton just won Best Actor in a Short (Drama) and Best Short Film (Drama) while being nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Director at the third annual Smodcastle Film Festival in late October for its short film “Likewise, Olive.” And the idea for the film […]

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When he was growing up on Long Beach Island, a young Bob Selfridge’s room was scattered with books, all with tattered pages and broken spines, about courage and heroism that told stories of shipwrecks, lifesavers and survivors. In August 2022, life imitated art and Selfridge found himself cast in the role as hero with an ending that includes being the 707th American to receive one of the nation’s oldest awards for heroism.

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This week, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 list. That make it the most loved … and probably most hated holiday song of all time. If it’s still mustering 38 million streams, that means a number of people are playing it. And by default, it’s driving an equal number […]

I went out into my snowy yard on Monday morning in just a pair of board shorts to take a cold plunge … and then remembered that I don’t have a cold plunge. But it sure was pretty. Something about a snowfall without wind is truly magical. Snow absorbs sound. Without the howling wind and maybe some construction crews taking […]