On Sunday, Oct. 5, Reilly Platten Sharp married his childhood sweetheart, Adrianne Grosse, on the beach at 11th Street in Barnegat Light. The wedding reception was held in the Barnegat Light Museum, where Sharp is the curator. This is a story of love lost and found.

Sharp grew up in Morrisville, Pa., and went to public school there, but infifth grade his family enrolled him in Holy Trinity Catholic School, where he met Adrianne.