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The Biker Task Force meets again: Summer of ’65, Episode 23

by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 22, 2023 | Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey, Summer of '65

The Biker Task Force meets again By Bill Kelly The Biker Task Force, code-named the Barbarian Task Force, met for the second time in Elwood Kirkman’s penthouse apartment atop the Flanders Hotel on the Ocean City Boardwalk. It included representatives from the Ocean...

Lynda’s Dream: Summer of ’65, Episode 22

by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 16, 2023 | Atlantic County, Editorial, Somers Point, South Jersey, Summer of '65

Lynda’s Dream By Bill Kelly When Lynda VanDevanter finished her 3 a.m. – 11 a.m. shift at the Emergency Room of Shore Memorial Hospital she broke routine and went home – back to her room at Mrs. Nick’s Rooming House on Wesley Avenue even though she had her bathing...

The legacy of Tony Marts remains in the music

by Cindy Fertsch | Aug 17, 2023 | Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, Highlight, Somers Point, South Jersey, Summer of '65

By Bill Kelly Tony Marts, Somers Point’s legendary nightclub, hasn’t physically existed in decades, but its musical spirit lives on as Anthony Marotta’s son Carmen continues to produce and promote the music at the weekly free Friday night Somers Point Beach Concerts...

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