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A brief review on how to shuck an oyster, start a Shore business, and achieve perfect beach hair is presented. All these and more to help one breeze through a perfect summer it is investigated and an annual Ultimate Beach Chart is discussed in detailed.

Provides a view into the life of tobacco heiress Doris Duke and her collection of possessions due for auction by Christie's in June 2004. Rare jewelry, wine, art works and furnishings for auction; Life of privilege and reclusion; Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Describes Lou Costello and his showbiz career during the 1930s. Career background of the comedian from New Jersey; Details on a tour to Costello's hometown; Charity done by Costello.

Focuses on the Llwellyn Park in West Orange, New Jersey. How `Suburban Life' magazine described the park; Why real estate agents were reluctant to bring clients to Llwellyn Park; Information on the public relations campaign launched to encourage people to move to the park; Demographic changes in the park as a result of the campaign.

Discusses the court case New Jersey versus Michael Francis. His political influence; Why he was forced to resign as chairman of New Jersey Sports and Exposition authority; Charges filed against him.

Focuses on Jim Brady Jr, a resident of Somerset Hills, in New Jersey. Description of the area; Reference to the family history of Brady.

Presents information on the class of 1977 of the Bridgewater Rartian West high school in New Jersey. Reflection on their graduation; Indepth look at the achievements which they have made since completing school life; Looks at four individuals of the class who stood out.

Features Loveladies, a town in New Jersey known for its exclusivity and the simple lifestyle of residents. Location; Attractions; Crime rate; Understated life in Loveladies.

Relates the author's rediscovery of the wide-open spaces in New Jersey. Childhood expeditions to the woods; Drastic metamorphosis of New Jersey landscape in the 1990s; Concern over the loss of agricultural lands in the state; Cost of easement developments in the state.

Talks of the efforts of businessmen to revive the shopping district in Morristown, New Jersey. Creation of Morristown Partnership; Infrastructures and buildings available; Significance of the closure of Macy's; Organization of special improvement districts.

Focuses on the 1926 trial concerning the murder of Eleanor Reinhardt Mills and minister Edward Wheeler Hall in New Jersey. Details of the crime; Arrest of Hall's wife Frances Stevens Hall and her brothers Willie and Henry Stevens for the murders; Features of the testimony of Jane Gibson; Media coverage of the trial.

Presents information on beaches such as Point Pleasant Beach to Holgate in New Jersey and the other attractions and activities one can engage in around this part of the state's coastline.

Reports on the people of New Jersey's crusade to have sound barriers erected between their homes and the ten-lane interstate highway. Start of the sound-barrier crusade in 1979 by resident Helen Boller; Opinion from New Jersey residents on the erection of sound barriers; Regulations for the erection of sound barriers; Need for the state to look for alternatives to sound barriers.

Profiles Morgan O'Brien, chairman of Nextel Communications Incorporated. Background; Education; Previous jobs; Career at Nextel Communications; Future plans.

Presents a guide to the beachfronts in Ocean County, New Jersey. Includes population; Beach; Cost; Dining; Nightlife; Souvenirs; Rating. INSET: LBI & Co. events..

Traces the trail of temporary quarters taken by United States President George Washington across New Jersey from 1776 to 1783. Johnson Ferry House on Washington Crossing State Park; Van Doren House in Millstone; Arnold's Tavern in Morristown; Doremus House in Montville.