From the Editor
August has a distinct feel that awakens all the senses. I don’t need a calendar to recognize when the last month of summer has arrived.
Every evening, I walk our dogs along the winding roads of our neighborhood. The sky glows golden with pink and purple hues, and the moon shyly peeks through the clouds. We walk cautiously past the groups of rabbits (affectionately known by my family as “fluffles”) chewing on clover, hoping that our dogs don’t notice and scare them off.
We wave to our neighbors, whose children are playing on the grass. Fireflies flicker their light to the beat of the crickets’ low hum. My favorite tree, the Crepe Myrtles, are in full bloom with shades of magenta filling the neighborhood.
I know it’s late summer because of the baby clams at the water’s edge as I stand on the beach. I contemplate whether to purchase a cherry water ice when I hear the ding of the ice cream man’s bell. My family is tossing a ball around on the hard, wet sand as my adult daughter reads her beach book with her feet dangling above the water’s reach, chair perched slightly ahead of the lifeguard’s stand.
My basil plant is tall and wide, covered with little green leaves. I harvested them to make pesto for tonight’s pasta dinner.
Teary eyed parents are returning from dropping their children off at college. School supplies are front and center in all the stores with “Back to School” signs plastered as far as the eye can see.
It’s true, summer is winding down. However, we still have a few glorious weeks left with some of the area’s greatest events still to come.
The United States Air Force Thunderbirds will soon be landing in Egg Harbor Township at the 177th Fighter Wing for the Atlantic City Airshow on August 24. It’s the largest mid-week airshow in the country, drawing over 100,000 people to the Atlantic City Boardwalk. For more information and a full schedule of the day’s events, go to page 10.
The 40th anniversary of the filming of “Eddie and the Cruisers” in Somers Point is approaching. Tony Marts Presents is going all out with an All-Star Concert and celebration.
Last weekend’s inaugural TidalWave Music Festival on the beach in Atlantic City brought some of the nation’s hottest country artists. Check out the images of that extraordinary event on pages 46-48.
As we move towards the final weeks of August, I remind myself and encourage you to make time to enjoy it. Dip your toes in the ocean, go rafting down a river or see that band you’ve been talking about. We still have a couple weeks to have adventures and make memories with our loved ones.
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Peace & Love,
Cindy
