What a wonderful autumn season we are having here in Sea Isle City! For the most part the weather has been beautiful, plus we have had terrific festivals and other seasonal gatherings that have delighted countless people.
Case in point, the City’s Recreation Office hosted a very successful Trunk-or-Treat event on Halloween Night that was attended by over 15 local families and organizations, who distributed candy from their vehicles to nearly 150 trick-or-treaters. It was a great night to be in Sea Isle City.
A “behind the scenes” event that occurs each autumn in our community is the excavation of the diamondback terrapin turtle nesting sites that were created several years ago behind the Sea Isle City Library at 48th Street and the Bay.
Led by Steve and Sue Ahern, of Sea Isle Terrapin Rescue, this year’s excavation of the “Turtle Gardens” involved a small army of volunteers who carefully and meticulously dug through the sand in each nesting site and unearthed dozens of live hatchling turtles.
The volunteers also discovered hundreds of empty egg shells that indicated that many other baby terrapins had hatched earlier in the year and made their way to the bay. My thanks go to the Aherns, the members of the Sea Isle City Environmental Commission and all of the people who strive to keep our local turtle population strong.
