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Jersey Shore

Smerconish: The 2024 presidential election was Wildwood vs. Stone Harbor

John Fea   |  November 9, 2024

Excellent analysis here from Michael Smerconish. As longtime readers of this blog know, I am passionate about the Jersey shore and have often offered class-based analysis of “the shore (as we Jerseyans call it) here at the blog. Here is […]

Image of the day

John Fea   |  May 18, 2024

Memories of the Jersey shore–specifically the boardwalk at Seaside Heights.

Donald Trump’s Wildwood, New Jersey rally was characterized by vulgarity, personal attacks, and even a pro-Hannibal Lecter reference. His evangelical supporters are silent.

John Fea   |  May 13, 2024

My Italian grandparents spent a week or two in Wildwood, New Jersey for decades. They drove three hours down the Garden State Parkway to this honky-tonk shore town because they enjoyed sitting on the beach, walking the boardwalk, and spending […]

The 4 New Jersey regions

John Fea   |  October 19, 2022

Here’s a fun post for our New Jersey readers. Over at New Jersey 101.5, Bill Spadea moves beyond the “North Jersey” vs. “South Jersey” divide by suggesting that there are actually 4 New Jersey regions: North Jersey, Central Jersey, the […]

If Roe is overturned, will abortions really come to an end in the United States?

John Fea   |  May 5, 2022

When I was younger I spent some time in Ocean City, New Jersey. Ocean City is located on a barrier island off the Jersey shore. It is also a dry town. In other words, alcohol is not sold within the […]

Why were Springsteen and Mellencamp wandering around Bay Head?

John Fea   |  September 21, 2021

Last Sunday Joy and I took a day trip to Island Beach State Park, a state beach located on the southern tip of Jersey Shore’s Barnegat Peninsula. We decided to take the scenic route to our destination, driving down Route […]

Where does your state rank?

John Fea   |  April 14, 2021

I am from New Jersey. New Jersey is ranked 48th in this poll. At least we beat out Mississippi, Alabama, and the District of Columbia! Obviously these people have never experienced a sunset at the Jersey shore, wandered along the […]