Breastfeeding, Beer Pong, Tornadoes, Walmart, Swimming Bears and Gay Marriage: Top Summer Stories

When a woman giving birth to her twin sister’s baby fails to become the top story of the summer of 2015, you know a lot went on during those few, often-sweltering months.

A breastfeeding photo, a mom’s plea for people to let her kids fend for themselves and a game-changing beer pong invention topped the touching story of those wonderful twins. Gay marriage, too, was a big issue, with no aspect of it more amplified than the Kentucky clerk who refused to follow the law of the land as decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Add to that two twins planning to die at sea, some dangerous and destructive tornadoes, and a fierce debate over a shirt (too revealing or not?) of a middle-school girl, and you have, in part, the summer of 2015 as reported across the Patch network of more than 900 sites.

Here are just some of the top stories:

This Beer Pong Invention Is A Game Changer

Mom’s Plea: Please Don’t Help My Kids

Tornado Rips Through South Jersey

Breast-Feeding Photo That Has Everyone Talking

Woman Gives Birth To Twin Sister’s Baby

Watch: Cop Smashes Car Window To Save Baby

Do You Find This Top Inappropriate For Middle School?

Woman’s Court Sentence: Lifetime Ban From Walmart

Watch: Mama Bear And Cubs Go Swimming In Backyard Pool

Teen Sentenced To Sex Registry For 25 Years

The Last Voyage Of The Vollmer Brothers: Twins Plan Their Death At Sea

1 God, 2 Kids, 3 Husbands, 4 Marriages: 5 Facts About ‘Gay Marriage Clerk’

>>Photo: Van Vollmer, photographed in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, by Simone Wilson. Mr. Vollmer and his twin, Carl, plan to sail around the world until they die at sea.