At the start of June, not long after she gave birth to her son, Christy Pitts was sorting through her closet and realized how many T-shirts she owned that featured Long Beach Island businesses. “I didn’t want to part with them,” she explained, “so I came up with the idea of making them into something I could still use and cherish for years to come” – a cozy upcycled blanket the entire family can enjoy.
Pitts, 33, has been visiting LBI since she was a baby. “My mom brought my sister and I down to LBI every summer to spend a week on the beach, going to…
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