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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
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Robert Augustus Cheesbrough

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

Robert Augustus Cheesbrough
Vinnie Dicks
February 8, 2025
Sea Girt

1913

Vinnie Dicks
February 8, 2025
Sea Girt
1913

Sea Girt had a murder mystery in 1913. It remains its only unsolved murder

Vinnie Dicks
February 7, 2025
Sea Girt

1912

Vinnie Dicks
February 7, 2025
Sea Girt
1912

As Woodrow Wilson is nominated, reminders to be safe in the ocean, and don’t panic if things go bad.

Vinnie Dicks
February 6, 2025
Sea Girt

1911

Vinnie Dicks
February 6, 2025
Sea Girt
1911

The focus of Sea Girt is shifting away from its aging hotels to home ownership

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February 5, 2025
Sea Girt

1910

Vinnie Dicks
February 5, 2025
Sea Girt
1910

Alcohol sales showed the desperation of the Beach House to compete in 1910

Vinnie Dicks
February 4, 2025

1909

Vinnie Dicks
February 4, 2025
1909

A Stockton gives glory to the Beach House one last time, and the Post Office is threatened with closure

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Vinnie Dicks
February 3, 2025
Sea Girt

1908

Vinnie Dicks
February 3, 2025
Sea Girt
1908

The horse had a few more years of focus

Vinnie Dicks
February 2, 2025

1907

Vinnie Dicks
February 2, 2025
1907

Sea Girt gets organized and gets a church and a marshal

Vinnie Dicks
January 31, 2025
Sea Girt

1906

Vinnie Dicks
January 31, 2025
Sea Girt
1906

How Sea girt was nearly a Baptist Camp meeting

Vinnie Dicks
January 31, 2025
Sea Girt

1905

Vinnie Dicks
January 31, 2025
Sea Girt
1905

Sea Girt puts its foot down on Big Sea Day, and the Governor gets a new house

Vinnie Dicks
January 30, 2025
Sea Girt

1904

Vinnie Dicks
January 30, 2025
Sea Girt
1904

Charles Hinchman took control of the Sea Girt Company

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