What's Happening in January at the Jersey Shore 2009!

Th. Jan. 1 - Happy New Year!

Th. Jan. 1 - 5 K Boardwalk Run 1 pm Music Pier 525-9300

Th. Jan. 1 - First Day at the Beach Polar Bear Plunge in the Ocean 2 pm Boardwalk @ 9^th St.

Th. Jan. 1- Polar Bear Plunge Atlantic City Resorts 11:30 am

Th. Jan 1 - Brigantine Polar Bear Plunge Noon Northend Seawall

Sat. Jan. 3 - Birding at Cape May Point @ Platform 8 - 10 am Every Sat. to March 28

Mon. Jan. 5 - Epicurean Society @ Annata Wine Bar 216 Bellevue Ave. Hammonton Speaker Jack Tomasello on winemaking, Also Jeff Van Drew Open to the public $10 Members, $25 Non Members

Th. Jan. 8 - MBCA Annual Winter Luncheon Noon Resorts Speaker Mayor Lorenzo Langford 348-1903 www.acmetbiz.com

Th. Jan. 8 - AtlantiCare Idol Talent Competition Benefit United Way Stockton PAC 7 pm $10 441-2118

Fri Jan. 9 - Meet the Artist Nancy Palermo Ocean City Arts Center 18 & Simpson Ave. 6 - 8 pm

Sat. Jan. 10 - VFW Meatloaf Dinner Somers Point $10, $5 under 12

Sat. - Sun. Jan. 10, 11, 18,19 - Tuckerton Seaport - Build your own kayak 9 - 5 pm $800. www.tuckertonseaport.org

Sat. Jan. 17 - Wildwood Polar Bear Plunge 10 am Benefit Special Olympics 896-8000 $100 Pledges

Mon. Jan. 19 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Sat. Jan. 24 - Miss  America Competition on TLC Channel

Sun. Jan. 25 - Bay Atlantic Symphony Stockton PAC 652-9000

Tues. - Th. Jan. 27 - 29 - AC Pool & Spa Show Atlantic City Convention Center

Th. Jan. 29 - Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Stockton PAC - 10:30 am 652-9000

The Best of 2008

Best Concert/Performance

1. Sight & Sound - The Miracle of Christmas - Lancaster, PA

2. Michael Card Concert - Ocean City Tabernacle

3. Gypsy in Margate

4. The Sound of Music at the Jewish Community Center, Margate

Best Restaurant 

1. Amor in Somers Point, Atlantic County

2. Karen & Rei's in Swainton, Cape May County

3. Mildred's in Strathmere, Cape May County

Best Getaway

1. The Water Club in Atlantic City, NJ

2. Willow Valley in Lancaster, PA

3. NYC in the Springtime

Exciting Moments 

1. Meeting Robin Roberts

2. Meeting Philip Yancey

3. Hanging out with Gidget

Exciting Places

1. NYC- Walking the Brooklyn Bridge-

2. The views from The Water Club in Atlantic City

3. Any summer day at the Jersey Shore

Best tour      

1. Manhattan Double Decker Bus Tour

2. Southern Mansion Cape May 

3. Cape May Designer Show House