good afternoon, i'm natasha brown in for ukee washington. it looks like our jessica dean has set up a very special ride into stone harbor. check her out. she's living the shore life, everybody riding in on a boat. my gosh, what an interests, jessica. >> natasha this is how i spend my fridays on a boat, this is fan has particular. we are having the best time. we are in stone harbor on a boat in the bay. our lauren casey is at wind drift in avalon high up to get full sue and tori woodill is on eighth street street beach on the actual beach. we have you covered as you said double the fun here. we're at the reid's, here and we have a good crowd. these people are living it up on a friday afternoon. then been in the water for hours and we have had people out here at restaurant, kind of hanging out. this is where we will be, docked, one to say, for the next few hours and into the evening time on this summer friday, as we celebrate, stone

harbor, and avalon. now, there are two different towns, that is for sure, but they actually share, of course , 7-mile island and a lot of history, lets take a look. >> i could not believe what i was seeing. i said to the personally was with, looking around, this reminds me of new jersey 1950 down here. >> reporter: take a walk down 96th street and stone harbor. >> to me this is heaven. >> reporter: those who call the popular summer family resort destination on 7-mile island home they move at a different speed. >> it is very peaceful, very healing, i have heard people hoff license ill, they come here and they find this is a very healing atmosphere. >> reporter: little more than 100 years old stone harbor is one of the younger shore towns but unlike many of the vacation destination as long the water, you won't find a boardwalk here. >> 1944 hurricane wiped out the whole boardwalk, lamp post s, casinos, everything that were up on the boardwalk,

fishing pier. >> reporter: once built to accommodate tourist the boardwalk was decimated by the storm. it was never rebuilt and nobody complained. >> after that storm they had a referendum, and the people decided not to restore the boardwalk because they didn't want the place to be honk i tonk and those were the word they use honk i tonk. >> reporter: stone harbor was not the first resort town on the island, 20 years before stone harbor, avalon was already buying, selling and building what their slogan cooler by a mile. >> avalon is cooler by a mile and it has been, it is a little bit of a lure. it was around 1940's but it became that and it is because of our unique geography, we extend out a bit farther in the atlantic ocean then most of the other barrier islands so we are picking up that nice ocean breeze and it makes us cooler by a mile. >> reporter: fueled by popularity of the railroad, the town's boomed in the early 1900's, construction of the

rail line that would eventually include stone harbor was difficult, falling into the sea three times before it was completed. >> in the same year, 1888, they brought the railroad down from sea isle, over townsend inlet and they built the avalon hotel. >> reporter: in addition took the social hub for the island in the 1940's, avalon hotel served as a place to house the u.s. coastguard, on alert foreign my submarines during world war two. later on in the 70's, many people remembered dancing the night away at the night clubs. >> the idea was, we have to have a way to get people here and then they have to somewhere to stay. so until that time, the only way that visitors or anybody were getting on the island was a ferry boat. >> reporter: while many pack up the car and head to the shore for the san, both avalon and stone harbor offer more green space then most other shore points. >> there is still large pieces of maritime forest remaining

in avalon and we are one of the only won in the whole east coast. >> reporter: stone harbor it is hard to miss more than 5,000 acres of wet land, studied and carefully preserved by wet land institute since 1960's. >> i think it gives an added dimension to the community. >> reporter: in the end both shore points share a love of community even if a healthy rivalry still exists between them. >> i think it is when you live in that town, that is the best town. beaches are the best, stores are the best, people are the best. it is kind of where it is a loyalty thing. >> reporter: there is a lot of history between these two towns. stone harbor over a hundred. avalon is celebrating its 125th birthday this year. i'm so glad to be joined wye stone harbor's mayor judy davis, and public information officer for avalon, scott wall , thanks for being here. >> thanks for having us. >> we're spread out all over your area mayor, lets start

with you what is it about stone harbor that keeps so many families coming back year after year. >> one of the things that stone harbor is known for is that traditional family vacation and one of the things , just last sunday that i did, i celebrated with a family that it was their 70th consecutive year. >> wow. >> vacationing as a family. same week every year, for 70 years. i went down, met with them last sunday, spent sometime on the beach, had photo opportunities, that is one of the greatest things about stone harbor that great family tradition, they just keep coming back. >> tradition is alive and well scott, 125th birthday for avalon what makes avalon stand out. >> i think what makes it stand out in conjunction with the stone harbor, both communities offer family events, all summer long, avalon will have free beach movies on tuesday night, and three symphony concerts throughout the summer stone harbor has a farmers market this weekend a huge arts and crafts festival. both towns really complicate each other and make it a

family experience. >> you read my mind because i wanted to ask you guys how do you work together because you are in this unique position and really wonderful position to be in. >> well, one of the things about avalon and stone harbor, 7-mile island truly offers something for every part of the family from the four years old to the 80 years old, from the club scene to the fine dining, to the beach, to the athletics, outdoor events, to wanting to do nothing, the 7- mile island really covers all of it. >> something for everyone. >> something for everyone it all starts with the beach and when we needed to refortify beach after, project, judy, avalon, we talk together and said lets do it together and end result was over a million cubic yards of beautiful beach in the summertime. >> let's talk this weekend. you have fun things coming up. is what going on in avalon this weekend. >> we have so much going on, the memorial is a fund that raises money for local families dealing with pediatric cancer. they have events all the

through the week and coming up for the weekend. coming up in avalon we have a sinatra concert coming up, 50 's day atlantic symphony concert and so much more. every day is there something going on in avalon. every thursday night free concerts downtown at our veterans plaza. >> nice, we love free. mayor, is what going on in stone harbor. >> everybody does love free this weekend is our 55th arts and craft festival at 80th street and the beach and that has over 200 artisans will be there. wonderful shopping and is there also going to be a food court there. there will be outdoor music and things of that nature. so that is this weekend. we have things continuing, like scott mentioned our farmers market, machine night we have family nights, tuesday night we have tuesday at tower that is outdoor concert, wednesday night we have corn hole tournaments at elementary school outside. that is new. it really caught on. then we have this year it has moved from avalon to stone harbor is 76ers beach bash, that is august 26th.

>> okay. >> that should be something. that will be our inaugural year for beach bash. >> full months full of big activities. >> and beautiful weather. >> we do would i like to mention too that avalon has won honorary volunteer fire fighter and that happens to be cbs-3 legend walt hunter who r ode through avalon during hurricane sandy and we appreciate walt's friendship and television station's friendship he is a legend as well, we love our friend and collogue walt. thanks for being here. thanks for telling us all about what we can experience while we're in stone harbor and avalon. >> thanks very much, enjoy your stay. >> to that end we want to go to avalon and check with lauren casey, she's high up with a wonderful view and lauren people looking to the weekend forecast. >> reporter: absolutely, yeah, looking out the workweek beautiful conditions, wind drift hotel, check out that view. ahh, not a bad day at the office. not a cloud in the sky but as

we head in the overnight period we will see a cold front dropping in that will give us a chance for a small portion of the upcoming weekend but for right now it is all sunshine along the coast as we check on satellite and radar, head ago cross i-95 and up toward mountains we have some storms that have fired up, mainly in the poconos area of the cell moving through, heavy rain coming down in weatherly moving off to the north/ northeast but we have a mainly quiet evening, temperatures that are feeling good and pretty summer-like as we check across the region. eighty-seven in philadelphia we are at 82 in ac. rain cooled air right now in mount pocono. 74 degrees. we're at 80 million-dollar wood and perfect beach weather as we check on our shore point temperatures 82 in cape may. eighty-one in rehoboth beach and currently 80 degrees in stone harbor. 78 degrees with that sea breeze in ocean city. well, whether you are at the shore, suburbs, the city, mountains, of course, fire up the grill, friday evening, 848 g

cloud with the chance of the shower or thunderstorm well north and west of the city but as i mentioned cold front will drop in overnight tonight and bring us showers and storms but will that persist into our saturday, we will have the answer in the full forecast coming up in a few, jessica. all right, lauren, thanks very much. lauren in avalon i'm in stone harbor but our tori woodill has made it in both places at the same time. we have more coming up on cbs-3 summer fest, let's hear more from tori. >> that is right, i have 1 foot in avalon and one in stone harbor. coming up i'm not playing favorites either we will talk to both, take a look out there where did they go. they are over there beach patrol and more coming up.

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>> it is a beautiful, friday afternoon, in stone harbor, new jersey down the shore and we're just happy to be sharing it with you. we will spend the rest of today telling but stone harbor and avalon, and what makes these places so special. mayor of stone harbor just telling us one family has been coming here for 70 years. there is a lot of tradition alive and well. these two towns are right next to each other. and we want to go to vittoria woodill who is around 80th street where avalon and stone harbor meet up. >> that is right, we are at the place where the divider is here, avalon being on this side, and if you notice, this is iain from the avalon beach patrol he is securing this side and this side of the line we have captain sandy of the stone harbor beach patrol monitoring this area as well. guys, you know, one of the great things about being down the shore is just being here but it is all back safe. we have you guys to thank for that. i will start with you, lieutenant iain, what is most

important part for for the avalon beach patrol when it comes to tackling each summer. >> i think just making sure our people are safe. that is always number one priority that comes before everything else before these races, as long as we are safe we are having a successful summer. >> lieutenant iain, i'm sure captain sandy, you can agree with he has said all about safety in stone harbor that is what you are all about as well >> safety is always the priority. the races are great, but we have to always make sure things are safe. at the even of the day that is all we really care about. >> you have heard, them talk about races. lets talk about the races we have. even today, we have both side of the divide here, avalon and stone harbor going head to head, what is happening tonight. >> so, the margate memorials is happening right now or at 6:30 it is starting. it is all 15 beach patrols of south jersey are competing, they go doubles race, singles race, and a swim race so that

is happening at 6:30 tonight. >> captain sandy, we're already giving the crew a little bit of the work out, is it usually a friendly competition between other beach patrols from other beaches. >> it is friendly but it is quite intense. >> okay. >> we all take pride in our patrols and one of the benefits of the competitions is that we sharpen our skills, we train at run, rowing and swimming and for the races and it make us more effective at life guarding. >> even seeing a spectator for these races is incredible. for tv timing we had to bring them in, and send them back and they rode out there quickly. they are trained to tackle waves like they are right now. >> they are out there every morning, they are out there practicing, thinks second nature. >> if you want to get abs, definitely a good way to start is by rowing and tackling these waters that is for sure. leaving with the piece of safety for everybody out there , from both avalon and stone harbor, they say, the one thing that you must do is

never, ever, swim without a life guard present, that is best way to be safe, and have fun at the beach, i'm sending it back to you, guess contact thanks so much, good luck tonight. >> thank you thank you. sorry, lauren, i meant you >> thanks, tori, i can see you behind me, we are up at wind drift hotel, we have a beautiful view starting to get busy right now, people getting hungry from being on the beach all day what a gorgeous day to enjoy the shore, not a cloud in the sky but we are going to have some changes. i think you'll like most of the changes that are on the way with the cold front that moves through the delaware valley as we head throughout the overnight period but we are dealing with some storms right now, they are mainly concentrated far north and western of the part of the sit as we check on current temperatures they are feeling summer like. temperatures in the 80's except rain cooled air in the poconos. seventy-four in mount pocono. 89 degrees in allentown. eighty-seven in philadelphia we have got that sea breeze

kicking down short at 82. feeling good in atlantic city. eighty-one in wildwood. that ocean temperature up to 76 degrees. we do note that is temperature difference, gradient looking off to the west, cooler temperatures on the back side of the cold front currently 75 n pittsburgh. 76 degrees in scranton. we will see that frontal boundary moving through overnight tonight but ahead of that boundary, it is steamy today, steamy, feels great but certainly feeling that steam factor in the city and suburbs with dew points generally in the middle 60's but we will drop those, down, as we head into tomorrow afternoon and especially on sunday, it is going to be a typically dry feeling by august standard. storm scan three showing us mainly dry conditions, finally catching a break in both areas from the stormy week, sunshine in command up and down i-95 corridor for south jersey, down the shore but do see those cloud and a few showers and storms moving through the poconos right now. severe thunderstorm watch is actual any effect for western and central pennsylvania, and due to those cells, that have fired up and they are slowly

working their way eastbound but those will arrive overnight tonight while we are fast asleep. so some well timed rain, as we head into our upcoming weekend some could link inner to our saturday morning but then we will clear out as we head into saturday afternoon. overnight tonight increasing cloud, those thunderstorms, developing especially as we head after midnight, low temperature falling back down to 70 degrees. as we head in the day tomorrow we will see lingering showers or thunderstorm in the morning and then, increasing sunshine in, to the afternoon. future weather will confirm that for us as we head in the evening hours, mainly dry for most of us, and then throughout the overnight period, we're seeing a broken line of storms moving through, we will continue to weaken as it traverses the area, seeing best chance of the stronger storm over toward berks county and lehigh valley. and then as we head into mid-morning those storms moving off shore, and then sunshine will break out as we head into midday and the afternoon, and let's set us up for an awesome saturday afternoon and evening, and then it is even more, beautiful, sunday. sunshine, and low humidity,

high temperatures in the upper 70's, down the shore, in the lower 80's and in the city, absolutely a gorgeous sunday, on tap as we close out the weekend, so get those outdoor plans in place, storms, of course, they do come back to the forecast as we head into monday a high of 79 degrees and then drying things out wonderful again as we head into tuesday. save that chance of shower or storm as we head into early tomorrow morning it will be an absolutely beautiful weekend but, conditions right now in avalon are just down right awesome for friday evening, natasha, people are hungry, i will take up a collection for hungry, weather ladies, i saw sushi, i saw chicken fingers and fries. so hopefully, some will help out a hungry weather lady. >> mix them all together. >> yes. >> everything. >> sushi and chicken fingers at the same time. >> thanks very much, we appreciate it. back here in the studio

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our cbs-3 summer fest continues in stone harbor and avalon today, we will go back their life in five minutes or so, jessica dean will tell us all with a big event happening , down there this weekend. summertime, also means eagles training camp, don, friendly competition today, right. >> yeah, it was fun, nice seeing big guys having some fun. >> nice. >> mess around a little bit. why risk it all for nothing is what nfl coaches are thinking as they prepare for their first preseason game. all all these games don't count but carson wentz will play thursday when eagles travel to green bay but for how long? they don't know yet. last year, he broke a rib

while playing in their first preseason game, yeah, he was third stringer at the time. after carson's improvement from last year to this year, it has been dramatic. >> totally different. he goes through his progressions so quick, way faster, he is more comfortable in the pocket. he knows where everybody will be at. it is night and day. >> he can press on with the new teaching and information that he has been given, and that is the growth, you know, those incremental get with that quarterback position with carson. he has done a great job. >> training camp is no walk in the park. practices are long, they are hard, they are taxing but today doug pederson gave them a chance to cut out early but only if jason peters and fletcher cox could catch some punts. big fella. they are both 300 plus pound like combined 640-pound. >> it was a good day. >> after three days, you know,

the yesterday was a long, really hot physical day. today to come do that we appreciate that. >> it was really good, you know, see their athletism. maybe, you know, we get in the pinch we will still them back there. >> see what happens when they leave early, is there drake playing in the background, guys having a good time, they are cutting out. >> yes, mere 640-pound. >> yes. >> between the two. >> there you go. >> pretty intimidating. >> yes. >> thanks, don. coming up next, coyote spotted in a very interesting place, right here in our area we have the video. plus police searching for driver of the hit and run, i'm david spunt with the surveillance video authorities want to you see, next. we're also going to take you back to avalon and, stone harbor as they are preparing for a big event this weekend, we will tell you all about the big arts and crafts festival and is what the shore without some ice cream, we will also tell but waffles and ice cream

, two different delicious ways, coming up next. artists told me years ago when i first moved down here, they change colors just like trees do with the seasons. every season the marsh, grass is a different color.

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♪ good evening from stone harbor i'm jessica dean as cbs-3 summer if he head down short this friday. we are here at the reid shelter haven and you can see beautiful bay back there behind me, people enjoying the water, and having some dinner, taking in some magnificent setting right here behind me, it is really a great, great afternoon to be here. so we're on the bay, tori woodill is on the beach near

80th street right where stone harbor and avalon meet. lets check with her, tori. >> well, jessica right now turf say can we take a look at this beautiful avalon crowd. look at the t-shirts, they love the beach, they love being here. tell me what is the best part about being on the beach. >> the ocean. >> the ocean. >> what else, give me more. >> hanging out with friend. >> love it. keep going. >> eating. >> eating. >> girl after my own heart. speaking of eating, stone harbor, look at this boat, we need to fill it. if you are in stone harbor and watching right now get down here and since everybody else from avalon saw it on facebook and got a t-shirt i will give you a doughnut, from dock's doughnuts. thanks for dropping them off. they are from avalon but if you are from stone harbor i will give you one anyway. get here quick because they are hungry. raise your man. they are just as bad as sea gulls, lauren, back over to you. and anyone from stone harbor you tell them too to come down

here. >> yeah, absolutely, jessica at the bay, tori at the beach and i'm at the bar where people are thirsty. everyone enjoying a nice little beverage after a long work with beautiful conditions , and people getting their grub on. it is a beautiful evening. not a cloud in the sky. that is how we will keep it for folks in the delaware valley. as we head in the overnight period we have a chance of seeing a few thunderstorms. but temperatures right now, feeling great, feeling like summer, lets check on some of those numbers right now, in the city, temperatures feeling toasty, we're in the upper 80 's right now in the city, right around 87 degrees, temperatures are rain cooled, in the poconos, right now, about 74 degrees work some storm activity, that has moved through, and 82 degrees currently down the shore, dew points they are elevated generally in the 60's so we will have a bit of the steam factor with winds out of the south. storms right now they are concentrated well far west of the city right now, and rain working through mount pocono but they are moving off to the north, up wind, we have a

severe thunderstorm watch in effect. that will drop in for us but good news it will come through , not through through the prime heating of the day. we will not see a threat in the way of severe weather overnight tonight but we will talk more about the timing of those storms and when they will clear out on our saturday and that is coming up in your full forecast coming up in just a couple minutes. >> we will check back with you in a bit. there were tons of adorable kid on display, down in avalon last night, but lets take a lot video. i think you'll love it. this is avalon's baby parade, and the kid, strutted their stuff from 21st and ocean drive to veterans plaza, and on lookers obviously could not get enough of the cuteness. neither could we. we wanted to show it to you. the parade made for i great night of family fun, there in avalon. and happening this weekend, the 55th annual, stone harbor arts and crafts festival and i want to bring in miranda dukea the director of recreation and you guys have been planning for this festival.

>> yes, all year round. >> tell us the setup right now tell us what to expect for the weekend. >> we are so incredibly excited for weekend, you can feel the vibe on the field, everybody is load nothing, breeze is blowing, sunnies shining, weather is perfect. >> it is. >> we're getting set up. show hours are from 9:00 to 5:00 tomorrow and saturday, and nine to four on sunday. so tomorrow we will open up the doors at 9:00 a.m. free admission. we have free shuttle service from downtown. easily accessible. we have over 200 artists. >> wow. >> displaying everything from fine arts, fine crafts, and, down to clay pottery that is so exquisite that you just can't even stand it it is just work that they put into this it is incredible and they work all year round just for our show. >> how do you find the different people, different artist that is will be here. >> well, i have the easy job that has been 55th annual we have been having a following for quite sometime. we have had some exhibitors

for 40 years. >> wow. >> and running. >> so they love the show, it is always their best show and they keep coming back. >> yes. >> and it is fun for all ages not just for adults. >> that is correct. >> great shopping for kid and adults but then we have kid activities. we have face painting and henn a and also of course teach kid how to paint with acrylic paints on the actual campus. >> that is fun, and it is outside. >> yes. >> don't worry, they will not stain anything. >> no, easy clean up we like that. >> i know people are excited bit. good luck with everything. weather could not be better. >> could not be better i have great time, minder "action news" to meet you. we want to tell you it its stone harbor arts and craft festival taking place this saturday and sunday at the eighth street recreation field , right here, on stone harbor and miranda says free admission so is there nothing stopping from you coming down and enjoying all of the that has to offer. one of the other things of course it is known with the

shore would be ice cream. everybody wants to get their ice cream when they get here. everybody has their favorite place to go. if is there anyone on our team that knows ice cream, you guessed it, it is vittoria woodill. lets go back to her. we heard you found quite the sweet treat. >> well, we love ice cream but we also love waffles. what is the best part of the waffle. >> probably eating it with ice cream. >> yeah, what else is amazing about waffles. >> it is, just delicious, it is happiness in a waffle. >> did you hear that, happ iness in a waffle. speaking of happiness in a waffle, i found my own happ iness in a waffle at two places, one in stone harbor, one in avalon, check it out. i i scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. >> and if you are looking to pair that perfect summer treat with anything, how about a hot waffle. get this, there are two shore

points doing waffles differently but gloriously delicious. if you are in stone harbor, walk on by wafflewitch. >> hello. >> cute little storefront serving coney island style waffles. what does that mean. >> it is a waffle, shaped in the shape of the hot dog bun and what we do is put three scoops of ice cream and three topping on. >> well, then. >> i'll have rocky road, chocolate chip cookie dough and chocolate. >> now for topping. >> butter fingers, oreos, and reeses. >> this is what you do, you put this under your skin. the waffle, it is like crispy on the outside and little bit chewy, soft on the inside and hot, cold ice cream. my gosh, and the topping it holds the ice cream. look at that. this is awesome. >> or head to avalon and feast

like a pirate. >> er g. >> at the buccaneer. >> their waffle cones are freshly poured and formed before your eyes. >> you start to twist it and then it will form and let it set for a second or two just to make sure it is nice, and hard and then you pull it out. >> what. >> it is all good. >> can you smell it. >> of course, you can have it. >> it is crispy and fresh. >> i feel like this need some ice cream in there. >> do you want some. >> can i have some cherry vanilla. >> whichever way you waffle aren't they the best. >> yeah. >> waffles are the best, they are amazing, you know what else is a nation, guys. >> what? >> summer fest being here at the beach with all of you. we should throw our balls in the air because we're so excited. we love summer fest, that is right and speaking of loving summer fest, we all show get

them. grab mine too such a good help er. thank you so much. i will tell you my snap chat in a second they asked me is what my social media handles were anyway that is beside the point. they are all back now i'm tossing it back to jessica because you are right at the reese, right. so if you are there, waffle witch is right next door , so wafflewitch is right next door to get your self a wafflewitch and it ace macing. >> i'm two steps ahead, i have investigated this, we have talk bit with the people here at reid, we're on top of it. so good job. thanks very much. get on the snap with the kid, we know you got, you got to do it for the snap chat. >> of course. >> miranda wanted me to let you know is there a festival, boat parade happening tomorrow night as well, that is fruit from 7:30 to 10:00. when lights go down all of the boats will parade around with lights, it will be beautiful. so keep that in mind. we have so much more from

summer fest and stone harbor and avalon the fun just continues, so stay with us, we will be right back. >> there is a strong sense of tradition and nostalgia for the same families coming here year after year and then as the kid grow to be adults

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we're live at summer if he , it is the best day of the week, it is friday and we are live, in avalon and stone harbor, right on 80th street. we're kind of dividing the line, speaking of a divide, take a look behind me we have beach patrol boats from stone harbor, and from avalon, and here's what we want. we want to see everybody come down here and support your beach. all of these folks over here from avalon has shown up in

droves. so stone harbor, you need to get out here. i'm putting a little bribe on the table aka duck doughnuts. i know they are from avalon but i needed an incentive to get down here but incentives is you just being here with us and hanging out so come on down, come on and join us, we will be right back. i will be right here waiting for you.

♪ >> our summer fest celebration continues in stone harbor and avalon, two great towns, on one island, we will take you back there for the forecast and a little hometown rivalry in less than five minutes but first, lets check on some of the other stories making headlines today. police in delaware county are asking for public's help tracking down driver who hit and injured a landscaper and never stopped. "eyewitness news" reporter

david spunt is live in brookhaven with the surveillance video police want you to see right now, david. >> reporter: hi there in a cash a detectives at brookhaven police department are hoping that the guy turns himself in but they are not bank than on it. is there a active manhunt right now. they say that they already have several lead. brookhaven delaware county authorities are on the hunt foreman who hit a landscaper with his car and then drove off. it has happened thursday afternoon on jackson drive. the landscaper was standing outside of his white truck when he saw a man steel a leaf blower from the back of the truck. the landscaper tried to stop the suspect by stepping in front of the getaway car. >> victim grabbed on to the vehicle, and, car continued to accelerate, and slammed on the brakes causing victim to fall off the car and hit his head on the pavement. >> this surveillance video shows the suspect making his getaway in the silver dodge avenger, he took off to parts unknown while landscaper waited for an ambulance.

he is in stable condition in the hospital, and hoping to get back to work. >> here was a guy he works for a living. i'm sure you are not getting rich for landscaping. you hate to see anybody being a victim. >> reporter: if you have any information, give the brookhaven police department a call, they want to reiterate they just want tips you cannery inane a monday news. if you have this information, give this department a call. reporting live from brookhaven delaware county, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you very much. also tonight an arson investigation is underway in center city after an apartment building suffers, six fires, in three weeks. the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms says fires happened at sterling apartments on 18th and jfk boulevard. the most recent happened, this morning, at about midnight. nine floors are affected and two residents have been temporarily relocated. the atf and building management are offering $10,000 for any information leading to an arrest in this case. authorities in sea isle

citied are trying to catch a coyote that is running loose on the beach, take a look at this video, coyote was spot today on the beach between 39th and 40th street. police and animal control have not been able to catch it, just yet it just keeps running in the dunes. the traps have been set but authorities are leaving ate loan at lee for the night. also there are no die yet is in stone harbor at lee not right now but that is where we will find our jessica dean for cbs-3 summer fest. so you arrived in a boat at 5:00. hmm, how has it been since then. >> well, you know, natasha it is a life of leisure. i was on a boat, i have been talking with the people here taking in the beautiful bay views and this is a pretty good way to spend a friday afternoon, i got to tell you. the sun has been shining. we have had beautiful blue skies. lets go over to avalon where meteorologist lauren casey's with another crew and lauren, people have their eyes on the weekend forecast. will this beautiful weather

continue. >> it will, continue. we will have one small bump but come when we are fast asleep on our friday night, conditions right now, as jessica was mentioning down right gorgeous, everybody in a great mood. they have cocktails but that is because they are down the shore and we have this beautiful weather that will continue into the evening hours, staying mainly dry across the region as temperatures, they are warm but right around average and where we should be for early august. our current temperature in philadelphia is 87 degrees. checking in more toasty in allentown at 89. down the shore we have a sea breeze. temperatures right around 80 degrees. rain cooled air has settled into mount pocono. temperature at 74. dew points are in the upper 60 's and lower 70's we have a steam factor in the oppressive humidity but little bit balmy but that will get kicked out of here by cooler and dryer air building on the back side of the cold front from overnight tonight. your comfort index into our saturday feeling pleasant and then by sunday, feeling down

right awesome. dew points dropping off in the lower 50's which is very a typical by august standard. so we will enjoy. that overnight tonight, increasing cloud, low temperature falling back down to 70 degrees with a few thunderstorms possible especially after midnight as we head into our saturday, that is chance of the lingering showers or thunderstorm in the morning and then turning over to sunshine as we head into the afternoon, really nice day in store to kick off the week went a high temperature of 81. storm scan three showing us will, nice conditions, big difference from what we have seen over last couple of days, sunshine from the shore, jersey, pennsylvania suburbs, but we do have that cluster of storms as they work through poconos up wind a severe thunderstorm watch in effect. that line of storms is in association with the cold front that will move through for us overnight tonight but good news we will not have that heating of the day. storms will have less energy to feed off of so i don't think our threat here in the delaware valley will be as enhanced. overnight tonight that line of

storms arriving, crossing over i-95 corridor around three or 4:00 in the morning so shouldn't bother too many of us as we head into mid-morning that line of cells moving off shore and once those storms do move off shore that is it for our rain chance as we head into the rest of the weekend, sunshine breaks out by midday tomorrow and then stick with us, but talking about storms we will have to keep a close eye on the tropics as we head into the next month, month and a half, activities increases in the second half of august, september, and see peak september 10th and we have a greater chance throughout the rest of the season of seeing a major hurricane. we have some areas have disturb weather right now, especially as we look out toward eastern atlantic with a area of disturbance with a 80 percent chance of development. we will keep a close eye on. that keeping a close eye on sunshine, chance of the storm early tomorrow morning as we head in the upcoming weekend as we head into monday, storms return with that sunshine by mid week. we will have more from stone harbor and

well, hello again from stone harbor. i found some friends from horsham, pennsylvania. they are here enjoying everything that avalon and stone harbor have to offer. and they wanted to help me a little bit with tv. let's do it. let's do it, one, two, three, take it away, tori. lets go out to tori woodill. >> hey, oh, oh, my gosh can you give them all an air hug

for me that was so adorable. >> yes. >> okay, good. air hug, i hope they can feel it. speaking of hugs and love, some folks showed up for stone harbor coming in the back here , guys, thanks so much for coming but not here because i brought you doughnuts, right. >> absolutely not we love stone harbor and channel three >> we love that. >> what do you love most about stone harbor. >> i love how we are at the beach, we're closer, we're close to town and i like boogie boarding at the beach. >> what is your form for boogie boarding because that can be difficult, is what a best tip for good ride. >> so whenever, a wave is coming you want to kind of just like get ready for the wave and then you want to jump in front of the wave at the same time and it is like coming toward you. >> see the wave and see it through. >> yesy love that. your name one more time. >> huntery hope you and your whole family like doughnuts. these are duck doughnuts.

thanks to duck doughnuts. each pick a doughnut out of here, look at this, because avalon and stone harbor are right next to one another, we're going to share is that okay. >> yeah. >> okay. so what i will do can i get a favor from you just hold that right here near me, perfect. look at this. see these flavors? >> wow. >> jessica, and everything, is turning up rose is here, it is fantastic they are great i can imagine by the bay it is just as good as the view. >> you got it, tor. i. weather is awesome. people here, we have got tone meet, all kinds of people here visiting for the weekend which is fantastic and, in case were you thinking of coming down just know if you get beach tags for avalon or stone harbor you can use them, they are interchangeable. that makes things really easy. we have got a lot more summer fest coming up, that will do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00. "eyewitness news" at 6:00

starts right now. yes, it is, you're looking live over the atlantic ocean over the 7-mile island as we await, a summer if he surprise , in the sky, i think i see it there i'm in a to tasha brown in for ukee washington. >> hi everyone i'm jessica dean, coming to you live, from stone harbor, new jersey. we started 5:00 on the boat and here at 6:00 we are turning our eyes to the sky for a little fun, cbs-3 summer if he surprise. we will be keeping an eye on that with the camera. we want to share it with all of you. take a look, there is a big banner in the sky welcoming summer fest down the shore to avalon and stone harbor, guys, way to make us f