OCEAN CITY — Eight-year-old Shiloh Smith can’t wait to be in the parades. A student at Ocean City Primary School, Shiloh was crowned Little Miss Ocean City 2027 Friday night, Aug. 14, at the Ocean City Music Pier. Ocean City’s pageant queens — Little Miss, Junior Miss and Miss Ocean City — have a lot […]
Flea market and hoagie sale Aug. 22 OCEAN CITY – There will be a flea market and hoagie sale Saturday, Aug. 22, at Holy Trinity Church, 2998 Bay Ave., Ocean City. The flea market runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vendors can still rent space. Contact the church at (609) 399-1019 from 9 a.m. […]
PETERSBURG — Township Committee has thrown its support behind Boulevard Super Liquors as the sole cannabis dispensary in Upper Township. Township Committee approved a resolution Aug. 10 issuing a municipal Letter of Support to Bayside Supply Co. LLC for a class 5 cannabis retail license at 501 Roosevelt Blvd. “It was based on a lot […]
OCEAN CITY — Eight-year-old Shiloh Smith can’t wait to be in the parades. A student at Ocean City Primary School, Shiloh was crowned Little Miss Ocean City 2027 Friday night, Aug. 14, at the Ocean City Music Pier. Ocean City’s pageant queens — Little Miss, Junior Miss and Miss Ocean City — have a lot […]
OCEAN CITY – Awards were announced for the 116th Ocean City Baby Parade that took over the Ocean City Boardwalk Thursday morning, Aug. 13. Families brought their children in a mix of simple and elaborate themes. Bamberger Award Number: 729 Names: Grace Jean and Jack Joseph Labriola Theme: Under the Boardwalk Hanscom Award Number: […]
OCEAN CITY – When the emcees called her name as the new Junior Miss Ocean City Saturday evening, Lynnie Becker thought she was dreaming, but then it was a dream come true. “It feels like a dream, like I have to pinch myself to make sure this is real,” she said on the Ocean City […]
OCEAN CITY — The stunning new home at 827 St. Charles Place is the perfect blend of timeless coastal beauty and modern amenities fit for a large family and friends. The 3,200-square-foot home features six bedrooms and six full bathrooms ideally situated on the sunny side of one of Ocean City’s most desirable Northend streets. […]
LONGPORT — While fantastic in its own right, the home at 1705 Beach Terrace in Longport is but a side note to the true selling points — the view of and proximity to the beach and ocean just on the other side of the protective dunes. Built in 2004, the home features five bedrooms, six full […]
VENTNOR — While the home at 108 S. Nashville Ave. has been stripped down to the studs, the like-new seaside oasis will be an absolute stunner when completed this fall. The modern mansion will boast four bedrooms and four bathrooms — all finished with premium materials and designer selections throughout — just two doors down from […]
OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School Dance Team added more highlights to the Miss Ocean City Pageant Aug. 8 and to the Junior Miss Ocean City Pageant Aug. 15. Outgoing Miss Ocean City 2026 Antonella DiAntonio, a 2026 OCHS graduate, was part of the dance team, and now is at the University of […]
VENTNOR — The top two teams tied and the third-place finisher was just one point behind during the 2nd annual South Jersey Women’s Lifeguard Championship on Aug. 12 at Suffolk Avenue beach. The Longport Beach Patrol edged out the Margate City Beach Patrol on the strength of its win in the doubles row, the tiebreaker, […]
MARGATE — “Just having a hell of a season,” Atlantic City Beach Patrol Chief Steve Downey said after his crew won the 80th annual Margate World War II Memorial Lifeguard Races on Aug. 7. The ACBP won the swim and took third in both rowing races to accumulate 11 points for the team title. The […]
We can’t say that we’re always on the same page as PETA — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — but the organization may be onto something with the Miss Crustacean Hermit Crab Beauty Pageant and races. Each year as part of the silly events Ocean City promotes for residents and visitors alike, the […]
I was in a rotten mood because I missed a 3-year-old’s tea party. My granddaughter Dove’s birthday coincides with Juneteenth. Her mom had a tea party for her, inviting her cousin Rya, who is almost 3, Rya’s mom, Dove’s grandmothers (including my wife), a great-grandmother and a few select friends. I didn’t make the cut […]
Any good will Ocean City Council gained through the release of the Boardwalk Subcommittee report June 12 was lost two weeks later when it pushed ahead with a vote to declare the former Wonderland Pier property “an area in need of rehabilitation.” The timing was atrocious. Although the 5-2 decision demonstrates delaying the vote a […]
When people think of sexism in sports, they often picture obvious examples: unequal funding, fewer opportunities or blatant discrimination. Thanks to decades of progress and the protections of Title IX, many assume those battles have largely been won at the high school level. But misogyny in athletics hasn’t disappeared. It has simply become more subtle. […]
