Lifeguard Meets Student Nurse

Lifeguard Meets Student Nurse

Bob was working as a summer lifeguard in Bradley Beach. He was lifting a lifeguard boat and developed a hernia. He decided to get the hernia repaired in September of 1973. I was in my second year of nursing school at Jersey Shore Medical Center’s school of nursing ”...
Love Meets the Bradley Beach Vortex

Love Meets the Bradley Beach Vortex

After getting out of an eight-year relationship that went nowhere good, I found myself happy being single. There were all these things in life I wanted to explore and no longer felt held back. During this period I made an exciting list of all of the fun things I...
Mamma Knows Best

Mamma Knows Best

On a summer day a few years ago, Anthony and several others were in a room next to the bar area of Uva’s Restaurant (which he owns along with his mother) discussing how to better utilize a certain area of the restaurant. All of a sudden Anthony’s mom walked into the...
Norma & David

Norma & David

June 1948 Brinley Beach Boardwalk, Bradley Beach NJ… I was walking the boards in the afternoon with my friend, Gloria Glassman. We joined a group of young people we knew. That was my first glimpse of David who was busily talking to anyone who would listen. That...
Richard & Diane

Richard & Diane

On a Saturday evening in July 1960 on the boardwalk of Bradley Beach, I was with my friends, Larry Novick and Michael Mitzmacher. Diane Goldsmith was with several girlfriends. My friends suggested going to Asbury Park for the evening and going on the rides. I saw a...
Robert & Maria

Robert & Maria

In the late 19th century, Robert and Maria Pyle were married. They opened a boarding house and small store on the corner of Evergreen Avenue and Main Street. They had four children: Robert Jr., Jehu, Nellie and Violet. When Maria passed away, Robert married Lucy...