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Ron Jon Surf Shop Founder Ron DiMenna Dies, 88 Ron Jon Surf Shop Founder Ron DiMenna Dies, 88
Ron Jon Surf Shop Founder Ron DiMenna Dies, 88 Ron Jon Surf Shop founder Ron DiMenna, whose surfboard sales on Long Beach Island grew into a surf empire, died Saturday, Sept. 6, the company announced Sunday. He was 88 years old. “The entire Ron Jon family mourns this loss,” said Michele Goodwin, president of Ron Jon Surf Shop. “On behalf of our Board of Directors, management team, and employees, we extend our deepest sympathy to Ron’s wife, Lynne DiMenna.” According to an obituary published by Space Coast Daily, DiMenna grew up near the Jersey Shore and discovered surfing in 1959. When he told his father he wanted a custom board from Ca…
Tropical Storm Forms: Here's How Dexter Will Affect East Coast Tropical Storm Forms: Here's How Dexter Will Affect East Coast
Tropical Storm Forms: Here's How Dexter Will Affect East Coast Beachgoers from Florida to New England are being warned to brace for pounding surf and dangerous rip currents after newly named Tropical Storm Dexter materialized overnight several hundred miles east of the Southeast coastline. Dexter will track northeast and remain well offshore, but its broad wind field will fan swells toward the shoreline beginning late Tuesday, Aug. 5. It strengthened to become a tropical storm on Sunday night, Aug. 3. The roughest surf is expected along the Outer Banks and the mid-Atlantic on Wednesday before spreading into southern New England. Mariners and swimmers …
Cause Of Death Released For Popular Actor, 50, Who Grew Up In Region Cause Of Death Released For Popular Actor, 50, Who Grew Up In Region
Cause Of Death Released For Popular Actor, 50, Who Grew Up In Region The cause of death has been released for a popular actor who was born and grew up in the region. The death of Alec Musser, age 50, was announced last weekend on Instagram by his fiancée Paige Press, who lived with Musser in Del Mar, California, north of San Diego. According to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Officer, Musser died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. "His fiancée last knew him to be alive on the evening of Friday, Jan. 12 when she had gone to bed," the medical examiner said. "On the morning of Saturday, Jan. 13, she awoke and went to find the decedent seated …