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Strokes of luck Mays Landing swimmers, left to right, George Schieder, Katelyn Hare, Noelle DeLusant, Jessica Hutter, Everett Carson, Danielle LaPergolla, Jeannie Weaver, Jaden Facenda, Randi Barber, Ashley Juzwiak and C.J. Tarquinio, along with coach Chris Sereci, competed in the Sunkissed Invitational YWCA National Swim Meet April 3-6 at the Mecklenburg Aquatic Center in Charlotte, N.C. The swimmers compete for both the Mays Landing Mantas and Vineland Seals swim teams. They won many medals and ribbons for their outstanding performance at the four-day event. They are shown here with The Current in the Mecklenburg Aquatic Center. |
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Jeanne and Ken Rickert of Marmora spent a wonderful week staying at
the town of Rodanthe on the Outer Banks of North Carolina with the
Gazette. One of the highlights was their visits to the Currituck
Beach, Bodie Island and Cape Hatteras lighthouses. The couple says,
despite all the new houses being built it is refreshing to see how
this 70 plus mile of coastline remains mostly unspoiled. |
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Getting away from it all Philip and Abigail Reses of Linwood traveled to Topsail Beach, N.C. in July with their parents, Jeffrey and Julie. The family decided they needed a little rest and relaxation after Philip's eighth-grade graduation from Belhaven Middle School in Linwood. |
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Patty and Kevin Smyth and nephews Jonathan, Christopher and Matthew
took the Gazette with them on a white water rafting trip in North
Carolina while visiting with Patty’s father, Hank. |
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Wolfe, Stella, Jeff and Greta Schwartz spent their spring
break hiking and chasing waterfalls along the Blue Ridge Parkway and
the Great Smokey Mountains with the Gazette. |
 Bruce and Donna Rahn of Seaville and Gretchen, Pastor Mark and Diane Bruesehoff of Marmora are shown with the Gazette at Elon University in North Carolina. Gretchen is a student at the school and her parents and the Rahns traveled to hear her sing with the Elon University Camerata at their Celebration of Light concert on Dec. 3.
Trip to the top The Goldman family of Egg Harbor Township – mom Debbie; Pete, 17; Dad Jerry; Sam, 16; and Tommy,12 – took a trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina in August, staying at a hotel in Kill Devil Hills. All except Mom climbed to the top of the Cape Hatteras Light Station, pictured. The family also visited Kitty Hawk, the site of the Wilbur and Orville Wright Memorial.  ALL ABROAD! Colonist conveyance Brittany and Gregory Smith of Galloway Township are pictured in the galley of the Elizabeth II docked at Roanoke Island, the Outer Banks, N.C. The 69-foot ship is a reproduction of a 16th-century square-rigged sailing vessel representative of those used to transport Sir Walter Raleigh's first colonists to the New World in 1585. Photograph was taken by Joyce Nelson. |
The Gazette attended a family
reunion in December at the Japanese Steak House in Ashville, N.C.
Pictured is Eleanor Eason, of Ocean City, holding the paper, along
with Rosemary and Bob Ervin, of Raleigh, N.C., David Ervin, of
Myrtle Beach, S.C., and celebrating birthdays are grandsons Mischa
and Eli Cowan, with daughter,
Pictured in front of a lifeguard stand, the Gazette traveled to Nags Head, North Carolina along with the children from the Angelastro, Greenwood, Holloway, Johnson and Nathan families all of Upper Township. The families spent a week in August in the Outer Banks in what has started to become a yearly summer tradition.
Surfing with The Current The Ridgway, Camey, Pepe, Young, Aldridge and Dalessio families enjoyed an end-of-summer surfing safari on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. |
 In the Wright place Dale and Erik Conover of Absecon brought The Current when they stopped at the Wright Brothers Memorial in the Outer Banks of North Carolina while vacationing in Nags Head, where the family rented a beachfront house over Easter break. Missing from the picture are Jill and Ashley Conover and also friend Danielle Telle.  Reunion in Kitty Hawk Ella Belcher of Egg Harbor Township, her daughters and their families all vacationed in Kitty Hawk, N.C. They came from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida and Delaware to reunite. They had a great time visiting together and enjoying the Outer Banks.  The view from Grandfather Mountain Taylor Crimi happened to be on vacation with her grandparents when she explored Grandfather Mountain and the Mile High Bridge at Blowing Rock, N.C. The road trip went from New Jersey to South Florida, up through the western side of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and finished in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The trip totaled 3,500 miles. |
 Just passing through Frank and Joan Posselt of Egg Harbor Township visited the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C., on their way to a family reunion in the Smoky Mountains.  Now inn business Nichole and Danielle Vizthum of Absecon brought The Current along on their trip to Clinton, N.C., to visit their Aunt Patty and Uncle Mason Tarr, who are the new innkeepers of the Ashford Inn Bed and Breakfast. 
The Gazette went to
the top of the lighthouse in Cape Hatteras, N.C. in September with,
from left, Nick Gabriel, Patrick Flynn, Fiona Flynn (holding the
Gazette) and Denise Gabriel, of Ocean City. |
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