To the Editor:

With my mother, Bonnie, I am writing this letter for many reasons, but first and foremost my family’s love of Long Beach Island. My mother’s family was from Camden and camped on LBI beaches in the 1920s. My father’s family was from Philadelphia and began buying property and building houses at the turn of the century. A few of those homes are still standing in Beach Haven Crest.

My grandparents made LBI their home in 1946, raising their family in Brant Beach.

October 9, 2019