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October 22, 2025
Vinnie Dicks
Banned Books and the Moral Crusader of Villa ...

Anthony Comstock was the center of censorship in the US from 1870-1915. He viewed himself as the arbiter of acceptable content and arrested any publisher who tried to disagree.

Banned Books and the Moral Crusader of Villa Park
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
Vinnie Dicks
Dorothy Fields

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

Dorothy Fields
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
Vinnie Dicks
November 25, 2024

Eggiman's - St. Stephen's Green: Whines and Lickers since 1884

Vinnie Dicks
November 25, 2024
Eggiman's - St. Stephen's Green:  Whines and Lickers since 1884

This bar on Rt. 71 has been serving drinks and food to locals and passers-by since 1884 when Walter Eggimann started selling bottled beer. The history of Eggiman’s and St. Stephen’s Green Public House in Spring Lake Heights

Vinnie Dicks
November 12, 2024

The Twilight of Beaux-Arts Design In Our Backyard

Vinnie Dicks
November 12, 2024
The Twilight of Beaux-Arts Design In Our Backyard

Whiney Warren popularized Beaux Arts design in the US from 1894-1931, and reflected American prominence in the early decade of the 1900s.

Vinnie Dicks
September 15, 2024

History slipping from under our feet

Vinnie Dicks
September 15, 2024
History slipping from under our feet

A history of slate sidewalks

Vinnie Dicks
September 4, 2024

Lake Como celebrates 100 years (kind of)

Vinnie Dicks
September 4, 2024
Lake Como celebrates 100 years (kind of)

The history of little Lake Como

Vinnie Dicks
August 28, 2024

Yankee Clipper/Tremont Memories

Vinnie Dicks
August 28, 2024
Yankee Clipper/Tremont Memories

The Tremont hotel, and the Yankee Clipper were a fixture in Sea Girt for 120 years

Vinnie Dicks
August 7, 2024

Bear Hunt in Spring Lake

Vinnie Dicks
August 7, 2024
Bear Hunt in Spring Lake

In 1891 two bears moved to Spring Lake. One escaped in 1892.

Vinnie Dicks
July 23, 2024

In the City of Assassination

Vinnie Dicks
July 23, 2024
In the City of Assassination

Bess Morris of Sea Girt was in Buffalo when President McKinley was shot in 1901

Vinnie Dicks
July 18, 2024

The Queen of the Air

Vinnie Dicks
July 18, 2024
The Queen of the Air

Amelia Earhart was celebrated at Sea Girt in the summer of 1928. She was the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

Vinnie Dicks
July 2, 2024

UFO over Sea Girt

Vinnie Dicks
July 2, 2024
UFO over Sea Girt

An 1859 Balloon crash near Wreck Pond inlet, and its famous aeronaut

Vinnie Dicks
June 17, 2024

Windmills and Sea Girt

Vinnie Dicks
June 17, 2024
Windmills and Sea Girt

A little history on wind power as it becomes a local issue

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