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Daily Mail
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- Daily Mail
The $25M sale that put a quiet East Coast beach town on the map
By A sleepy seaside community in New Jersey is getting attention after the biggest sale ever closed in the town, which is known for being the opposite of its rowdy Jersey Shore neighbors. Spring Lake, a picturesque beach town known by locals as the, 'Jewel of the Jersey Shore' saw the sale of a $25 million home in January 2025. Now locals say inquiring homebuyers want to know all about the town. Prior to the sale, it was hard to sell a $12 to $13 million house in the town, Glander said. But there has been a ripple effect since the sale and property values across the tiny, two-square-mile town have skyrocketed. Wealthy buyers are now pricing out the families who have called Spring Lake home for generations, and upsetting locals who discovered the town long ago. The $25 million home features nine bedrooms, 8.5 bathrooms, a wraparound porch, guesthouse, saltwater pool, and a golf simulator. Folding glass door open to a massive east-facing terrace with seating, kitchen, and al fresco dining overlooking the pool, gardens and ocean. The house was on the market for just four months before selling for the record-setting amount — a short timeline for such a massive price. Since the sale, homes that once lingered on the market have been snapped up in a matter of days. Offers close to $10 million are now common, and homes that used to sell for $1 to $2 million are now fetching $3 to $5 million, even if they're blocks away from the beach. 'Before COVID you could get something for around $1 million,' Glander told the Daily Mail. In May 2025, the median list price in Spring Lake was $1,995,000. 'An entry-level price to buy a home here is now around $2 million,' she said. For many lifelong residents, the new pricing and the attention that's coming with it has become a nuisance. 'It's more like the Hamptons. We actually used to get a lot of buyers that would come from Manhattan and they'd come to Spring Lake because they didn't like the commute to the Hamptons,' said Glander. From Manhattan you can be in Spring Lake in just over an hour, as opposed to the three-hour drive to the Hamptons. Spring Lake is not like its neighboring beach towns with their boardwalks filled with arcades and dive bars. 'They have a concession stand with food and snacks near the beach, but there's no rides, nothing like the other shore towns,' Glander said. 'That's why we discovered it. I didn't want arcades and games and you know — noise.' Glander added that the homes are also a different style than the rest of the beach towns along the shore. 'It's really, really beautiful. Everyone keeps their homes and their landscaping meticulous. It's immaculately clean.' In addition to the Atlantic shoreline, there are two lakes in town, one on the north end and another one on the south end. Due to strict zoning laws, there is still a small town feel. There are rarely new builds, and there are no big or tall buildings. The town has no traffic lights. 'Since the late 1800s until present the zoning has been kept very strict in town so that's why it is as beautiful as it is,' Glander added. 'With a lot of the beach towns if you had a 50-foot lot you could tear down a house and put four houses on it. You can't do that in Spring Lake.' Glander first bought in Spring Lake in 1986, and says the charming town was virtually unknown. While the home prices are now sky-high, the taxes remain surprisingly low — a draw for wealthy buyers, especially retirees. 'If you have a house right around $4 million, the taxes are usually right around $10,000 a year,' she said. 'Compare that to the Hamptons, which is like four or five times that.' The town also offers a unique amenity for locals in the form of large private beach lockers at each end of the boardwalk, so no one has to lug around their beach supplies for the day. 'You can leave your beach chairs, your umbrella, your boogie board, and just ride your bike to the beach or walk,' Glander said. Downtown Spring Lake is filled with upscale boutiques, well-maintained storefronts, and a new restaurant is being built inside a former 19th-century bank. Though the town is not dry, Glander says liquor licenses are scarce, and nightlife remains limited outside of a few nice dinner spot.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kylie Kelce and Jenni ‘JWoww' Farley Get Real About Sharing Parenting Advice
You won't catch Kylie Kelce or Jenni 'JWoww' Farley dishing out unsolicited parenting advice anytime soon. The Jersey Shore alum, 40, appeared on the Thursday, June 26, episode of Kelce's Not Gonna Lie Podcast. The podcast host, 33, asked Farley what 'the best piece of motherhood advice' she got from her co-star Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi was. Farley, who shares daughter Meilani, 10, and son Greyson, 9, with ex-husband Roger Mathews, responded, 'Our mantra is we don't give mother advice unless someone asks for it because there is nothing worse than somebody giving unwanted parenting advice.' The Jersey Shore: Family Vacation star also revealed that she won't give advice to fellow cast member Samantha 'Sammi Sweetheart' Giancola, who is expecting her first baby with fiancé Justin May unless she asks for it. 'I will be there for her every step of the way. I will tell her what I did in that specific situation, which might be different than hers, but I will never give a mom unwanted advice because it takes a village, first off,' she remarked. 'And also, nobody's f**king perfect. Everybody's winging it. And as long as you're trying to keep your f**king kid alive, that's it. You're doing great, sweetie.' Kelce — who shares daughters Wyatt, 5, Elliotte, 4, Bennett, 2, and three-month-old Finnley with husband Jason — seemingly agreed with the reality TV star's stance. 'I always like to point out when people ask me for advice now because I'm four deep. I'm like, first of all, I'm five and under. I can't tell you anything over five right now,' she admitted. 'And also, every single one of our kids are so different that if I gave you advice that applied to our first, it wouldn't have worked for our second. So, the idea of people giving that unsolicited advice, you're like, 'can you put a cork in it?'' Farley added she felt it was 'condescending' when others give unwanted advice — and that they are often 'projecting.' Similar to Kelce, Farley also parents her own two kids differently. 'Like you just said, you have four girls under five, all different, all in the same house. I have a son with autism. I have a daughter who's highly emotional, I can't even give the same advice for in my own house, because I have two different completely parenting styles when it comes to them,' she explained. 'So, the f**k kind of advice am I gonna give?'
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kylie Kelce and Jenni 'JWoww' Farley Break Down Why They Don't Like Giving Unsolicited Parenting Advice: 'Nothing Worse'
Jenni "JWoww" Farley and Kylie Kelce will not be giving out any unsolicited parenting advice The Jersey Shore star shares her two children with ex-husband Roger Mathews The Not Gonna Lie podcaster is a mom to four daughters, whom she shares with husband Jason KelceJenni "JWoww" Farley isn't a fan of giving out any unsolicited parenting advice. On the Thursday, June 25 episode of the Not Gonna Lie podcast, the Jersey Shore: Family Vacation star, 40, joined host Kylie Kelce to talk about everything from the hit reality TV show to her life as a mom. Farley shared that she and her fellow costars who are moms have one rule when it comes to giving each other mom advice. "Our mantra is we don't give mother advice unless someone asks for it because there is nothing worse than somebody giving unwanted parenting advice," Farley said, noting that she doesn't plan to give mom-to-be Samantha "Sammi Sweetheart" Giancola any unsolicited advice. "I will be there for her every step of the way. I will tell her what I did in that specific situation, which might be different than hers, but I will never give a mom unwanted advice," the mom of two continued. "Because it takes a village, first off. And also, nobody's f------ perfect. Everybody's winging it. And as long as you're trying to keep your f------ kid alive, that's it. You're doing great, sweetie." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Kelce, who's a mom of four daughters under 5 years old, echoed the same sentiments as Farley, adding that every child is different. "I always like to point out when people ask me for advice now because I'm four deep. I'm like, first of all, I'm 5 and under. I can't tell you anything over 5 right now," Kelce said. "And also, every single one of our kids are so different that if I gave you advice that applied to our first, it wouldn't have worked for our second group." "So, the idea of people giving that unsolicited advice, you're like, 'can you put a cork in it?' " she added. Farley described unwanted parenting advice as "condescending." "To me, it's condescending, and it's you're projecting. Because to me, I'm like, 'Why are you giving that to me? I don't want it.' And you're just trying to say a situation that happened in your life that's not currently happening in mine," Farley added. "Like you just said, you have four girls under 5, all different, all in the same house. I have a son with autism. I have a daughter who's highly emotional. I can't even give the same advice for your own house [that I use] in my own house, because I have two different completely parenting styles when it comes to them," she said. "So, the f--- kind of advice am I gonna give? Holding on by a thread." is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more!tk The Jersey Shore alum married Roger Mathews in 2015, whom she met on the show six years prior. Although Farley and Mathews divorced in 2019, they remain in each other's lives to co-parent their son Greyson, 9, and daughter Meilani, 10. Kelce and her husband Jason Kelce, 37, who announced his retirement from the NFL in March 2024, are the proud parents of four daughters — newborn Finnley 'Finn' Anne, Bennett Llewellyn, 2, Elliotte Ray, 4, and Wyatt Elizabeth, 5. On the Thursday, Jan. 23 episode of her Not Gonna Lie podcast, Kylie described raising children as the "most selfless" and "all-encompassing" thing someone will do in their life. "At any point in the day, you do have to always be concerned about the tiny humans you're responsible for, but I think there is a misconception that it wipes out the rest of you and makes you solely mom," she said. "Whereas what we need to do is tack it on to the end of the resume and keep the rest of the s--- that also defines us as who we are as people because we're still us," she added. "Just because we made a human being or we are a mother to a tiny human doesn't mean that we are only mom." Read the original article on People
New York Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Jersey Shore's Sammi 'Sweetheart' on having ex Ronnie at gender reveal party
She's not that sweet. 'Jersey Shore: Family Vacation' star Samantha 'Sammi Sweetheart' Giancola is setting the record straight on the guest list at her gender reveal — she did not invite her ex Ronnie Ortiz-Magro. 'Umm, that wasn't my choice,' she told The Post. Advertisement 'It was basically like, he is part of the cast and I didn't really have a choice with that.' Giancola, 38, had an on-and-off again relationship with Ortiz-Magro, 39, her 'Jersey Shore' co-star, from Season 1 of the original series, which began in 2009, until the couple officially called it quits in 2014. 4 Samantha Giancola's gender reveal, which will be shown on the next season of 'Jersey Shore: Family Vacation,' was held in Seaside Heights. Getty Images for MTV Advertisement After a decade apart, she came face to face with her former flame on the MTV show's spinoff 'Jersey Shore: Family Vacation' last year — and has accepted that filming with him is part of the TV gig. 'He's just a part of the group and I'm not going to exclude him, like if he's there, he's there,' said Giancola, who is engaged to former Karma bartender Justin May. The reality star, who chronicled her IVF journey on the show, already knew she was expecting a boy prior to the reveal — which took place last month in Seaside Heights and will be shown on the next season of 'Family Vacation.' 4 The reality star announced her engagement to Justin May in April of 2024. Sammi Sweetheart/ Instagram Advertisement 'When you go through IVF and you have embryos and you get them genetically tested, you do have the option to see what they are sexwise,' she explained. 'So I just knew when we put in the best embryo that we could … what the sex was because I looked, it was right next to it. But people do not have to know that. I just knew what we had.' The Hazlet, NJ native went through 'multiple' rounds of fertility treatments, and admitted that she considered giving up. 'It's very hard when you're in the thick of it and things are not working out the way that you want them to. You almost are like, 'I don't know if I can go through this again,' because it definitely takes its toll mentally and physically on your body.' Advertisement 4 Giancola's 'Jersey Shore' castmates attended her bridal shower at Clarizio's Italian Ristorante in Freehold. Samantha Giancola The mom-to-be, who is due in August, also dished on the food she's been craving most during her pregnancy. 'My thing is dino nuggets. I would never eat that prior,' she said. 'I like to say I'm a pretty healthy person, but now that I'm pregnant … everything fried and gross, like everything that's not good for you, I crave.' She's been having a yen for sweets too, and as luck would have it, her co-star Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino just became the co-owner of Bang Cookies. 'He's been sending me cookies and I've been obsessed with them. I can't get enough,' she said. As for baby names, the couple doesn't have one picked out for their little one just yet — so guests at Giancola's baby shower, which was held at Clarizio's Italian Ristorante in Freehold earlier this month — were asked to help. 4 Spencer's gifted Giancola's son his own duck phone. Samantha Giancola Advertisement 'I even did a little station that was name suggestions because we just have no idea what we're gonna name this baby,' she confessed. Besides filming 'Family Vacation,' Giancola is planning her wedding and opening a second location of her clothing store Sweetheart Coast in Atlantic City, so hasn't had time to set up the baby's nursery. 'I'm so far behind. I just feel like I've been so busy,' she told The Post. 'There's getting ready for a baby, wedding planning. I have two stores on top of filming. So there's just a lot going on right now.' Advertisement Although his room may not be ready yet, Giancola's little meatball already has a piece of 'Jersey Shore' merch to decorate it with. 'Spencer's just came out with a whole bunch of 'Jersey Shore' stuff,' she explained. 'So we went to Spencer's corporate the other day and I got a stuffed animal duck phone for the baby's nursery.'
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jenni 'JWoww' Farley Says She Once Had to 'Lock' Son in Airport Bathroom, 'Hog-Tie' Him When First Processing His Autism Diagnosis
Jenni 'JWoww' Farley says she once had to "lock" herself and her son in an airport bathroom and "hog-tie" him while she was first processing her son's autism diagnosis The 'Jersey Shore' alum remembered a flight home from Florida with her son, who had just been diagnosed with autism, and shared that she didn't have the tools to de-escalate the situation at the time Farley has since gotten involved with the organization KultureCity, which aims to train staff at venues and certify venues that have sensory-inclusive modificationsJenni 'JWoww' Farley is sharing some of the challenges she experienced when first processing her son's autism diagnosis. The Jersey Shore star, 40, appeared on this week's episode of Kylie Kelce's podcast, Not Gonna Lie, and spoke about how she and Kelce are both involved in the autism community. Farley first discussed how she is on the board of KultureCity, an organization that outfits sensory rooms that are at NFL stadiums. "I got involved because my son was diagnosed and I needed help," Farley said of joining KultureCity. "The irony is, there's so many ironies in my life, but when my son got diagnosed with autism by six doctors, and I know at one point they really did not wanna diagnose him because they were scared s---less." "Like, if we get this wrong, this girl's all over television. And they got it right, but it's nerve-wracking for everyone. But after I got his diagnosis, I did not know what to do besides he needs ABA," the mom of two said of Applied Behavior Analysis, a type of therapy. "He needs ABA forty hours a week. He needs speech and OT and all this stuff." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Farley said she was overwhelmed with her son's diagnosis and wanted to get a second opinion, so she flew with her son Greyson to Florida. Unfortunately, there was a delay on the way back, and she didn't have TSA pre-check at the time. "And [Greyson] decided to not like that, and he tried to run through TSA. And when I tried to stop him, he ripped my glasses off and broke them, and he head butted me," Farley recalled of the experience, which she said was about eight years ago. "And it was a very emotional and very real moment that I had with him. And through all his diagnosing, nobody explained to me sensory issues and sensory processing. And I had no idea, because he really wasn't on a flight before that, that he didn't like lines, and he didn't like waiting, and he hated delays." She explained that because her son was non-verbal, he wasn't able to tell her that he was having sensory processing issues and didn't like the situation they were in. "And I remember seeing everybody's phones go up, and everyone's recording, JWoww with her son, who is throwing a tantrum in the airport, and I just remember crying," she said. "And I remember I finally get through TSA, and I'm bawling, and I have scratches, and my son's crying, and I can't get him in his car seat. And we're having this moment, and I just wanna get on the plane or hide." Farley said she then went to the gate agent, who just kept telling her that there's nothing they can do and that the flight is still delayed. She said she was begging them to help her, but they kept repeating that they couldn't help. "So I was able to lock myself in a bathroom with him and get him figured out and lock him in his stroller. I was hog-tying him at one point just to calm him down," Farley said. "And we got on the plane, and he passed out. I remember all the looks, he just got diagnosed. I was [like] I don't wanna talk about his diagnosis." When they got back home, Farley said she posted a "Karen" post on her personal Facebook and went off about the situation. One of her friends saw the post and connected her to KultureCity, which gave her tools to use while she was flying with Greyson. "They remade a whole bedroom of mine into a sensory room for Greyson," said Farley. "They explained to me his diagnosis in a way that the hospitals didn't. That there are gonna be challenges with lights, and lines, and feeling overwhelmed, and that he might need headsets, or fidget spinners, and the hospitals don't tell you that when they diagnose." "And I just started crying, and I asked them, 'Well, what can I do to be a part of your group? I wanna help.'" The mom of two said that her goal now is to make sure airports and TSA agents not only understand sensory problems and how to de-escalate them, but also to create sensory rooms at airports so other moms who have kids with autism can have a safe place. Read the original article on People
