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‘Loaded with Lawrences’: How a family keeps this North Wildwood motel going for 40 years and counting

“When we bought this place, there was nothing else here. We had ocean views from almost everywhere you looked.”

Part of Lawrence family Liz Short, Steve and Jane Lawrence pose for a portrait in front of the entrance at Jade East Motel in North Wildwood, New Jersey.
Part of Lawrence family Liz Short, Steve and Jane Lawrence pose for a portrait in front of the entrance at Jade East Motel in North Wildwood, New Jersey.Read moreANTHONY PEZZOTTI / Staff Photographer
    by Jason Nark
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