Mary C. Murphy, 79
Mary C. Murphy (nee Sullivan), age 79, passed away at her home in Ocean City, NJ on July 27, 2023. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, she lived in Ardmore, Broomall and Havertown. She was a long-time visitor to Ocean City, NJ as a young woman and was a full-time resident of Ocean City for almost […]
Walter W. Hutcheson III
Walter Wilson Hutcheson III passed away at home among his family on Saturday, July 15, 2023. Born in Gloversville NY, he grew up in the Germantown section of Philadelphia and the suburb of Glenside. After serving in the Military, he and his new bride, Josephine (Jodie) Hamill Hutcheson, started their married lives abroad in Bernkastel-Kues, […]
Flood berm proposal reminiscent of failed Crook Horn Creek bike path
OCEAN CITY — Although citizens asked the measure be pulled from the agenda Thursday evening, Ocean City Council approved paying for a proposal to design and permit a 7-foot-tall, 10-foot wide, 3,700-foot-long flood berm on a maintenance road in the Southend of the city. The proposal from ACT Engineers totaling $58,550 is for what it […]
Boardwalk Art Show, Art of Surfing this week
OCEAN CITY – The 60th annual Boardwalk Art Show will be held Friday through Sunday, Aug. 4-6, on the Boardwalk between Eighth Street and 13th Street. Artists from throughout the region will exhibit and sell their works, and this year’s show will represent a recommitment to fine art, including oils, acrylics, watercolors, drawings, hand-pulled prints […]
Night In Venice
Storm dampens boat parade, doesn’t stop Ocean City’s big summer party night OCEAN CITY — Vacationers and locals filled the bayside and lagoons Saturday evening to see the iconic Night in Venice boat parade, which came to a bit of an early end because of a short but powerful thunderstorm that scattered some spectators but […]
‘Strath-spheres’ painted by residents are outside Schiavo Library
STRATHMERE — A community-made climate resilience sphere and abstract mini-spheres have been installed outside the Schiavo Library. The pieces of art were created when the library and Ocean City Arts Center partnered to raise climate resilience and flood awareness in a pair of workshops in Strathmere. In the two workshops, adults and children decorated the […]