ESCONDIDO: Local woman waving signs against Prop. 8 Oct 23, 2008
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And The Best Beach In New Jersey Is ... May 23, 2008
There was the Victorian splendor or Cape May and Ocean Grove. There was the pristine splendor of Island Beach State Park -- a place so good New Jersey's governor gets a beach house there. (WNBC.com, NY)
Lifesaving station needs a rescue Apr 12, 2008
The oldest building on the property, a Victorian stick style cottage reminiscent of those in Ocean Grove or Cape May, was built in 1879 to house a U.S. Life-Saving Station. Two more were built by 1903. (NJ.com -- News)
Can New Jersey punish Methodists for marriage? Sep 21, 2007
A state bureaucrat, one Lisa Jackson (the state commissioner on environmental protection), quietly sent a letter informing the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, a Methodist organization, that the pavilion it owns on the beach is no longer eligible for exemption from state real estate taxes. (The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association also remains the target of a state investigation into whether it has violated the state's anti-discrimination laws by refusing to permit same-sex ceremonies on... (Townhall.com)
A budding star with a fitting nameNB teen Christian makes sweet sounds in Christian music Sep 9, 2007
Sarah had to try out for the competition, featuring thousands of young Christian singers from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, at a regional competition in Ocean Grove last month. To qualify for the competition, the performer had to display superior vocal quality, ministering in music to a Christian-based audience, with an emphasis on teen listeners. (Hoboken Reporter, NJ)
Jersey shore Aug 22, 2007
New Yorkers and North Jerseyans head to Ocean and Monmouth counties - to the family-friendly boardwalks and laid-back beaches of Ocean Grove, Sea Girt, Manasquan, Point Pleasant Beach and the more singles-friendly streets, clubs and amusement piers of Seaside Heights. Philadelphians head to the small-town, boardwalk-free charms of Long Beach Island and points south, including such quieter Atlantic City "suburbs" as Margate and Stone Harbor, and the extensive boardwalk-based amusements of the... (Newsday -- Health)
Ministry Sues to Keep Same-Sex 'Marriage' Out of Its Facility Aug 22, 2007
A Methodist church retreat in Ocean Grove, N.J. -- called the Camp Meeting Association (OGCMA) -- filed a federal lawsuit last week against the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, after government officials threatened to prosecute the OGMCA for turning down requests by three same-sex couples who wanted to conduct civil union ceremonies at a pavilion owned by the Ocean Grove facility. "Ocean Grove is legitimately acting to defend itself against a potentially intrusive arm of a state government... (CNSnews.com)
Reading Season Aug 17, 2007
As photographed by Bucks County resident Peter Cook, this Jersey Shore is as grandiloquent as Newport, but with Jersey funk - from wooden cottages in Ocean Grove and Victorian "cottages" in Spring Lake to a red-roofed property of an old sea captain at Cape May Point. Wraparound porches, fanciful gables and turrets and quirky bungalows serve as a reminder of childhood summers - or perhaps the summers we wished for in childhood. (South Brunswick Post, NJ)
