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Dig that Doo Wop

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

This Friday kicks off the fourth annual Sensational Sixties Weekend in Wildwood, New Jersey. Visitors and Chamber of Commerce officials alike celebrate a formidable decade sans dirty hippies and social unrest (don’t be misled by the trippy peacenik van in the event’s logo). Instead, there’s a classic car show, a concert by The Turtles, Herman’s [...]

Christmas Finally Ends At Fountains Of Wayne

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

The dark rumors have, unfortunately, proven true: Fountains of Wayne in Wayne, New Jersey, has closed.

Lucifer: Remembering the Good Times

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Preachers may insist that the Devil is all around us, but he rarely appears along our highways nowadays.

Evacuation Day: No Royals, No Flush

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Hasty retreats rarely get celebrated in America, and rightfully so. Unless you happen to be rich and powerful enough to have a comfy hideaway, there isn’t much about skedaddling to be pleased about. But if it’s someone else running away? Well, that’s a different story. Thus both New York City and New Jersey today celebrate [...]

Carranza’s 80th – Flight from Obscurity?

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Ever since the “Lindbergh of Mexico” went down in Tabernacle, NJ in 1928, Mount Holly American Legion Post 11 has conducted an annual ceremony to honor and remember him.

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