Financial literacy can’t save the sun

by Cindy Fertsch | Apr 11, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, Six Words on a Boardwalk Bench, South Jersey

By Bill Quain On Monday, April 8, Ocean City experienced a solar eclipse. This event coincided with Financial Literacy Month, which occurs every year in April. The convergence of these two events reminds me of a story passed down for generations through my family. I...

Is there a name for that?

by Cindy Fertsch | Mar 21, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, Six Words on a Boardwalk Bench, South Jersey

By Bill Quain It’s that time of year again. It isn’t spring yet, but I’m pretty sure it’s not winter either. You can see hopeful signs all around us. Jeanne and I just called our “boat guy” to talk about getting our boat back into the water. Right now, it’s with all...

Sunny: Playing the hand you’re dealt

by Cindy Fertsch | Mar 20, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, Six Words on a Boardwalk Bench, South Jersey

By Bill Quain This is the fifth week in my “Money, Sunny and Honey” series. Money, sunny and honey are the three categories of your life that you must get right if you want to be successful. Money, the subject of my previous three columns, is easy, right? You need it,...

Honey, I’m home. You still here?

by Cindy Fertsch | Mar 7, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, Six Words on a Boardwalk Bench, South Jersey

By Bill Quain In early January, I started my “Money, Sunny and Honey” series. I then tossed in a couple of time-sensitive “Happy Leap Year” columns. But now leap day has come and gone. Spring and summer seasons are not too far away. So I’m going to complete my “Money,...

Turn limiting leaps into terrific triumphs!

by Cindy Fertsch | Feb 29, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, Six Words on a Boardwalk Bench, South Jersey

By Bill Quain Happy Leap Year, everyone! This week’s column is being released on Feb. 29, leap day. Now, most Americans don’t go crazy on leap day, but I do! Last leap day in 2020, my wife and I were in California, celebrating with my good friend and college roommate...

Daring to leap this leap year

by Cindy Fertsch | Feb 22, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, Six Words on a Boardwalk Bench, South Jersey

By Bill Quain Higher heights than world record holder In the spring of 1967, I was a high school freshman pole vaulter. I managed to leap higher than the 1963 world record holder, Russian athlete Valeriy Brumel. How is it possible that a skinny kid from Philadelphia...