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Jersey Shore

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Seaside Heights Continues Its Comeback

John Fea   |  October 11, 2019

[vimeo 363430542 w=640 h=360] Seaside Heights | Redevelopment from Oak Leaf on Vimeo....

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Image of the Day

John Fea   |  August 20, 2019

“One Win Choice”  Seaside Heights, New Jersey, 1978 Source: Library of Congress...

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Image of the Day

John Fea   |  August 19, 2019

1978, Seaside Heights Source: Library of Congress...

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Best Shore Towns in New Jersey

John Fea   |  July 31, 2019

Here are the top ten, according to NewJersey.com: Cape May Harvey Cedars Manasquan Beach Haven Ocean City Bradley Beach Cape May Point Surf City Ship Bottom Island Beach State Park Here is my ranking (I’ve been to just about every...

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Jersey Girls

John Fea   |  June 1, 2019

I am reading Mark Lender’s and Garry Stone’s outstanding book Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle (University of Oklahoma Press, 2016).  In 2017, the book was a finalist for the George Washington Book Prize. In the...

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“Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock & Roll”

John Fea   |  April 24, 2019

Background [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPMEJwFvZUY&w=560&h=315] Also, why is Bruce wearing an Eagles hat?...

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Who Orders a Kohr’s Orange Cream Frozen Custard Cone Dipped in Chocolate?

John Fea   |  April 16, 2019

This guy does. (I am a Kohr’s purist.  I would never dip an orange cream cone in chocolate). Here he is hanging out at one of my old stomping grounds: Seaside Heights, New Jersey. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LI9ELKyvVU&w=560&h=315] It is also good...

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Asbury Park in November

John Fea   |  February 23, 2019

Reporter Emily Wax-Thibodeaux took her five-year-olds to Springsteen’s old haunt on the Jersey story.  She tells about the visit in a piece at the Washington Post.  Here is a taste: The Convention Hall’s Grand Arcade, which is listed on the...

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Chinatown at the Jersey Shore

John Fea   |  August 26, 2017

I am always a sucker for a good story from New Jersey shore history.  Over at Atlas Obscura, Eveline Chao tells the story of how Chinese immigrants living in New York formed a neighborhood at Bradley Beach.  This one hit home...

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Chris Christie’s Sports Talk Radio Debut

John Fea   |  July 11, 2017

Chris Christie is being considered as a replacement for Mike Francesa on WFAN, the original (and best) sports talk radio show in the country.  (Francesa is leaving the show soon.  Let’s home he reconnects with his old partner Chris “Mad...

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Bruce Shows Up in Wildwood!

John Fea   |  May 27, 2017

Warning:  This is a total Jersey boy post. Bruce Springsteen was just hanging out and walking the boardwalk in Wildwood this weekend. This is from the Ocean City Patch: The “Boss” is back. Well, actually, he never left. Bruce Springsteen, who...

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Atlantic City in 1919

John Fea   |  April 24, 2017

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTxc03FSxto&w=560&h=315] If you like this video I also recommend Bryant Simon’s Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America. And then there is this: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2TmSB8ccLY&w=560&h=315]...

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The Morro Castle Disaster

John Fea   |  September 8, 2016

I have always been fascinated by the images from the Morro Castle disaster. It happened off the coast of Asbury Park, NJ on September 8, 1934. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Aq-Xz1WeEM&w=560&h=315]...

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Virtual Office Hours on Fall Break

John Fea   |  October 27, 2015

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhF3IWzzSFY]...

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Image of the Day

John Fea   |  September 3, 2015

Goodnight, Wildwood, NJ HT: Wildwood 365...

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Image of the Day

John Fea   |  August 26, 2015 Leave a Comment

From the Asbury Park twitter feed:

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