When Nick Gaudio wanted to ask Sara Celeste Bumpus to marry him, he considered only one place to pop the question: Sunset Park in Harvey Cedars.

LIFELONG MEMORY: Nick Gaudio and Sara Celeste Bumpus with their soon-to-be nuclear family at Sunset Park in Harvey Cedars, where Guadio recently asked Bumpus to marry him. Vows will be exchanged in Arizona.
The couple would frequently walk along the bay in Sunset Park, stop by the gazebo and enjoy the natural beauty, while his and her children, soon to be part of their new blended family, played on the new playground equipment.
“We love the rustic and natural feel of Harvey Cedars, the clear ocean and the big waves,” he said.
Gaudio and Bumpus live in Cherry Hill and have come to Harvey Cedars every summer since 2021, and always to Sunset…
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