Some recent glorious spring conditions and the local excitement for summer certainly have not erased the memory of the winter that our area experienced. In January, New Jersey recorded a statewide average daily low of just 19.6°. Storms, ice, wind… this winter threw it all at us. The bay hasn’t frozen like that in decades. There were a lot of comparisons to the frigid winter of 1977 when cars were driving across Barnegat Bay.

And while this is traditionally a busy time of year as locals and second homeowners bring their yards back to life for…