First snowfall prompts cancellations, damages downtown Ocean City business
On Monday, cold reality struck, informing southern New Jersey in no uncertain terms that it is winter, closing schools and other facilities. The heavy snow closed schools through Tuesday, made roads dangerous and caused the roof to push down on an Asbury Avenue dry cleaning business in Ocean City, making the walls buckle. People across […]
First Dip starts off 2022 like a normal year in Ocean City
OCEAN CITY — A slow, steady drizzle welcomed revelers New Year’s Day in America’s Greatest Family Resort, but the wind was light, the air and water temperatures mild, making it a great day for the First Dip in the Ocean. An Ocean City tradition created by the First Night Committee about 20 years ago, the […]
Ocean City’s Frank Rapp started flying in WWII, didn’t stop for 75 years
OCEAN CITY — Frank Rapp has interesting tales to tell from when he flew seaplanes in the Pacific Theater during World War II. More than 75 years later, the Philadelphia native was still flying his own twin-engine plane out of the Ocean City Municipal Airport. Rapp, who turned 100 on Dec. 11, only gave up […]