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Eagles five-time Pro Bowl center Jason Kelce was back in town June 29, for his second annual summer charity bartending event at the Ocean Drive. The day began with SIC’s own Angelo Cataldi broadcasting live on 94 WIP from Paddy’s Green, which is just about a mile from his shore home in the south end of town.

VFW AUXILIARY TO HELP RESTORE CIVIL WAR CEMETERY

When the VFW Post 1963 Auxiliary found out the grounds at Bethel Union Civil War Cemetery in Erma, N.J., had fallen into disrepair, it sprang into action by “adopting” the cemetery.

On July 6, the skies opened up, rain was pouring down in buckets, and the Dealy Field Basketball Courts were not playable. A 5:30pm practice had been scheduled for the Shooting Stars, a new basketball program run by the Sea Isle City Recreation Department that is giving children and young adults with special needs a chance to shine.

The life and legacy of Leonard J. Desiderio, “Mr. D,” could be made into a movie.

Exterior shot: Daytime. 1938. Ten-year-old Leonard is selling American flags in a cemetery in Newark, and will take the money home to his parents, Anthony and Jennie (Baratta) Desiderio.