September 4: The day to remember Richard Somers of Somers Point
On Sept. 4, 1804, Richard Somers died in Tripoli, North Africa. He was 5,000 miles away from his home in Somers Point, N.J. He is still remembered here. There is a park named for him on Shore Road next to the library. It contains a statue of him and a monument with...
Pleasantville native’s back-to-school giveaway hands out thousands of shoes and backpacks
Family Tides It was a drive down the Garden State Parkway that became a pivotal moment for Darryl Glover, setting him on a course toward giving back to his community and changing lives in the process. A sneaker historian, expert and longtime collector, Glover...
Eagles looking to repeat
The Eagles’ quest to repeat begins Thursday night. Only nine teams — the Green Bay Packers (Super Bowl 1 and 2), Miami Dolphins (6, 7)), Pittsburgh Steelers (9, 10 and 12, 13), San Francisco 49ers (23, 24), Dallas Cowboys 27, 28), Denver Broncos (32, 33), New England...
Fall into fun: Can’t-miss events coming to the Jersey Shore this fall
The end of summer is seen as a sad time around here for many. But September doesn’t just mean the end of summer and start of fall, it also gives us a taste of “locals summer”! Locals summer means a little more room, more time and less people at our...
The great monarch migration begins: The odyssey of the butterfly
As September rolls around, kids are heading back to school and butterflies are headed to Cape May. Monarch butterflies, despite their delicate appearance, travel from New England to Mexico every autumn, making a pit stop in South Jersey around September. The New...
