To the Editor:

Once upon a time there was a little bay beach in Beach Haven Terrace. Parents brought their children to splash in the warm and shallow water. It was just big enough to spread a few towels in the sand next to the kids’ toys and tubes. At high tide, you could move your chairs back to a small wall that you could step over if necessary. There was a wooden gazebo where you could sit and watch boating on the bay.

I don’t know why I am writing this in past tense as if it’s gone. It’s still there, but it looks completely different.

June 27, 2018