Beach Badge #4

BEACH BADGE is your entrée to the salt-encrusted, sand-clogged magic, mayhem, and mystery of the New Jersey Shore, as told by those who have lived it. From blistering August sands to the damp gauze of a winter sky, captures the experience of local and benny alike through personal stories, essays, photography, and other artwork about or inspired by life at the shore…

Introduction – William Patrick Tandy

Nobody Cares – Mariette Papic

#BeachBadgeReads: The Jersey Devil

Yellow Teacups – Michelle Rynkewicz

Artie & Harvey – Molly Golubcow

Stars in My Mouth – Elaina Battista-Parsons

With a Little Help from My Friends – Michele Olivia Hax

The Summer They Moved Lucy the Elephant – Louis Greenstein

#BeachBadgeReads: Shark Attacks of the Jersey Shore: A History

Ocean Grove Lifeguard Competition 2023 – Connor Kane

Making Tomatoes – Glen Shaw

The Escape – Bill Amadeo

Sweet Lillie – Danielle DeZao

Summer’s Shore Roars – Jill Ocone

Salt Marsha Speaks from the Dunes – Susan Cavanaugh

Perfection Run – Laura Jackson

Goodbye, Dad – Nemetz

#BeachBadgeReads: By the Beautiful Sea: The Rise and High Times of That Great American Resort, Atlantic City

By the Sea I Will Stay Forever – Erica Piancone

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