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July 31, 2025
Vinnie Dicks
Robert Augustus Cheesbrough

Robert A. Cheesebrough summered in Spring Lake with the fruit from his Vaseline fortune

Robert Augustus Cheesbrough
May 31, 2025
Vinnie Dicks
2025

150th Post of 150 years of Sea Girt History

2025
May 30, 2025
Sea Girt
Vinnie Dicks
2024

A Sea Girt Beach Patrol documentary about a miracle save

2024
May 28, 2025
Sea Girt
Vinnie Dicks
2022

A Polar Plunge and the Affordable Housing struggle

2022
May 27, 2025
Vinnie Dicks
2021

As the pandemic enters its second year, Sea Girt residents focus on Playing Paddle Tennis or Saving Crescent Park

2021
Vinnie Dicks
January 7, 2024

The Stockton Chronicles: Redemption

Vinnie Dicks
January 7, 2024
The Stockton Chronicles: Redemption

In Episode 10 of the Stockton Chronicles, Richard the older brother of Robert Stockton had success as an attorney in Mississippi before facing off in a duel.

Vinnie Dicks
January 5, 2024

The Stockton Chronicles: Boldness

Vinnie Dicks
January 5, 2024
The Stockton Chronicles:  Boldness

In Episode 9 of the Stockton Chronicles, Robert Stockton Founder of Sea Girt takes a stand against the Slave trade.

Vinnie Dicks
January 4, 2024

The Stockton Chronicles: Honor

Vinnie Dicks
January 4, 2024
The Stockton Chronicles: Honor

In Episode 8, Robert F. Stockton fought three duels in the Navy in 3 years. The fact that he did not suffer injury or discipline added to his reputation.

Vinnie Dicks
January 2, 2024

The Stockton Chronicles: Horatio & the Pirates

Vinnie Dicks
January 2, 2024
The Stockton Chronicles: Horatio & the Pirates

In Episode 7, Stephen Decatur was the commander of the Second Barbary War after his heroics of the First Barbary War. Robert F. Stockton and his brother Horatio served him in that campaign when they brought the Algerian corsairs to surrender.

Vinnie Dicks
January 1, 2024

The Stockton Chronicles: Fighting Bob and the War of 1812

Vinnie Dicks
January 1, 2024
The Stockton Chronicles: Fighting Bob and the War of 1812

In Episode 6 of the Stockton Chronicles, Robert Field Stockton, founder of Sea Girt shines as a teenager in the War of 1812

Vinnie Dicks
December 31, 2023

The Stockton Chronicles: The Duke and the Lord

Vinnie Dicks
December 31, 2023
The Stockton Chronicles: The Duke and the Lord

In Episode 5 of the Stockton Chronicles, Robert F. Stockton is influenced by two childhood heroes, his Father, the Duke of Morven, and Lord Horatio Nelson, the greatest naval hero of the period

Vinnie Dicks
December 30, 2023

The Stockton Chronicles : The Dutchess of Morven

Vinnie Dicks
December 30, 2023
The Stockton Chronicles : The Dutchess of Morven

The Stockton Chronicles Chapter 4 Annis Boudinot Stockton was Robert Field Stockton’s paternal grandmother. She was an accomplished poet and one of the first women published in the United States. This is a profile of the Dutchess of Morven

Vinnie Dicks
December 28, 2023

The Stockton Chronicles: Liberty & Tyranny

Vinnie Dicks
December 28, 2023
The Stockton Chronicles: Liberty & Tyranny

In Episode 3 of the Stockton Chronicles Richard Stockton the Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Grandfather of Robert Stockton is torn between his duty to the King and his patriotism. He would risk his wealth and his life

Vinnie Dicks
December 27, 2023

The Stockton Chronicles: Tolerance

Vinnie Dicks
December 27, 2023
The Stockton Chronicles: Tolerance

The Stockton and Field families, descendants of Commodore Robert Field Stockton enshrined the concept of religious tolerance into the American experience in the mid 1600s New Amsterdam.

Vinnie Dicks
December 26, 2023

The Stockton Chronicles: The end of the Middle Ages

Vinnie Dicks
December 26, 2023
The Stockton Chronicles: The end of the Middle Ages

Sir John Stockton was an ancestor of Commodore Stockton founder of Sea Girt. As the Lord Mayor of London, he helped to save the city from assault in 1471

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