Locals summer safety guide: Where to find guarded beaches
Family Tides At the Shore, summer is far from over after Labor Day passes. For year-round residents, September marks the start of one of the best seasons of all: locals summer. The crowds thin, the weather stays warm, and the beaches become blissfully quiet. But...
Enjoying ‘locals summer’ in the September garden
Those of us living near the coast know that September, dubbed “locals summer,” brings a time of refreshment when we can exhale and reclaim our beaches, grocery stores, and parking spots. In the same way, after a summer of little rain and multiple heat waves, we can...
Police Activities League ROADS Challenge team invited to Kennedy Space Center
PAL Enforcers Artemis III Rover Observation And Discoveries in Space (ROADS) Challenge team has achieved an extraordinary milestone by being one of only eight middle school teams (thirteen teams total) nationwide invited to the prestigious Kennedy Space Center in...
Jersey takes over Manhattan
Bagel business gets new owners, new name, adds ice cream store in Northfield Business Buzz Long-time bagel business Manhattan Bagels, located for years at 1205 Tilton Road in Northfield, has changed hands. Well-known entrepreneur Karol Kulakowski and his partner,...
Remembering, reflecting and rising: Lessons from 9/11, 24 years later
Twenty-four years ago, I held my one-year-old son close, unable to stop the tears. The world felt smaller, darker, and unbearably fragile. For many of us who lived through Sept. 11, 2001, that day is etched into our memories. We remember where we were, who we were...
