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January 23, 2026
Vinnie Dicks
Harpers Weekly Special Color Supplement

An early color photography process captured Teddy Roosevelt at Sea Girt in 1902

Harpers Weekly Special Color Supplement
January 13, 2026
Vinnie Dicks
Shared Meals: A Healthspan Investment

Increasing your dining with others can have a measurable impact on your health and well being

Shared Meals: A Healthspan Investment
October 14, 2025
Vinnie Dicks
Dune Fences: A Bit of History and a Lot of Sand

Dune fencing is critical to beach preservation. Here is a history of the Dune Fence

Dune Fences:  A Bit of History and a Lot of Sand
October 4, 2025
Vinnie Dicks
Houdini's Girl

Dorothy Young lived a fabulous life and summered in Ocean Grove. The last living assistant to Harry Houdini died at 103 in 2011.

Houdini's Girl
August 9, 2025
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Dorothy Fields

An Allenhurst woman was one of the most prolific Lyricists of the 20th century

Dorothy Fields
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January 23, 2024

The Stockton Chronicles: Frankness

Vinnie Dicks
January 23, 2024
The Stockton Chronicles: Frankness

The 1856 election completed the destruction of the Whig Party, the emergence of the Republicans, and Commodore Stockton who was too honest for any of the parties.

Vinnie Dicks
January 19, 2024

The Stockton Chronicles: Sea Girt

Vinnie Dicks
January 19, 2024
The Stockton Chronicles: Sea Girt

In Episode 19 of the Stockton Chronicles, Robert F. Stockton is not nominated for the 1852 Presidential election, and leaves the Senate to build on the Jersey Shore.

Vinnie Dicks
January 17, 2024

The Stockton Chronicles: Presidential Material

Vinnie Dicks
January 17, 2024
The Stockton Chronicles: Presidential Material

In Episode 18 of the Stockton Chronicles, the Commodore is put forth as a candidate for President, while the slavery question takes center stage

Vinnie Dicks
January 16, 2024

The Stockton Chronicles: Hail the Commodore

Vinnie Dicks
January 16, 2024
The Stockton Chronicles: Hail the Commodore

In this 17th episode, Robert Field Stockton returns overland to the east coast triumphant from his exploits in California

Vinnie Dicks
January 14, 2024

The Stockton Chronicles: Conquest

Vinnie Dicks
January 14, 2024
The Stockton Chronicles: Conquest

In Episode 16, Robert Field Stockton captures California in the Mexican-American war

Vinnie Dicks
January 13, 2024

The Stockton Chronicles: The Inner Commodore

Vinnie Dicks
January 13, 2024
The Stockton Chronicles: The Inner Commodore

In this the 15th episode, we explore the inner thoughts of Commodore Robert F. Stockton, revealed in an unprepared speech he gave in Honolulu in June 1846

Vinnie Dicks
January 12, 2024

The Stockton Chronicles: Taking Texas

Vinnie Dicks
January 12, 2024
The Stockton Chronicles: Taking Texas

In Episode 14 of the Stockton Chronicles, Robert F. Stockton carries the word that the Republic of Texas wants to join the United States.

Vinnie Dicks
January 10, 2024

The Stockton Chronicles: Triumph and Disaster

Vinnie Dicks
January 10, 2024
The Stockton Chronicles: Triumph and Disaster

In unlucky episode 13 of the Stockton Chronicles Robert F. Stockton, the Founder of Sea Girt, is able to bring a technological marvel to life, only to have the Princeton blow up in his face.

Vinnie Dicks
January 9, 2024

The Stockton Chronicles: If you can't beat them, join them

Vinnie Dicks
January 9, 2024
The Stockton Chronicles: If you can't beat them, join them

In Episode 12 of the Stockton Chronicles, Robert F. Stockton combines forces with the Stevens family of Hoboken to build a canal and railway monopoly connecting NY and Pennsylvania

Vinnie Dicks
January 8, 2024

The Stockton Chronicles: Bare Knuckle Politics

Vinnie Dicks
January 8, 2024
The Stockton Chronicles: Bare Knuckle Politics

In the 11th episode of the Stockton Chronicles, Robert F. Stockton learns about bare-knuckle politics in New Jersey as the nation fights over John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jacskon

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