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For Jones Beach Bums, the beach goes on

Having bonded as teenagers 40 years ago, the

Photo credit: John Dunn | Having bonded as teenagers 40 years ago, the Jones Beach Bums reunite. (July 18, 2011)

They met 40 years ago this summer on the Jones Beach boardwalk -- a gaggle of teenagers who strummed guitars, threw Frisbees in long, gentle arcs over the shoreline, and found love in the dunes. They also elicited some disapproving looks from adults who had to wend their way through this throng of adolescents clogging the busy Central Mall area.

But the teens seemed oblivious, and the idea...

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