‘Best year of my life’: Miss Ocean City to crown successor
OCEAN CITY — Miss Ocean City 2024 Lola DeMarco said this has been the best year of her life. She will be sad to see it end this Saturday, when she crowns her successor on the stage at the Music Pier. While looking back at all the fun she had, she is also looking ahead. […]
Ocean City Arts Center annual show: Big splash of art along the boardwalk
OCEAN CITY — Fine artists from around the region set up their work with the Atlantic Ocean as a backdrop during the three-day Boardwalk Art Show last week. Joanne Coffman and Lynn Sullivan of the host Ocean City Arts Center, who were sitting in the sun at the registration table, said it was the 61st […]
Remembering Rick: A personal link to Ocean City
By KIM BELL Special to the Sentinel OCEAN CITY – I first met Rick in Ocean City when I began driving in 1981. Every summer until her death in 2012, my mom and I would stay at the beach town a half-dozen times each year, also making the 100-mile drive each way for the day if […]
Atlantic City Beach Patrol wins Margate WWII Memorials in tie-breaker
By EDDIE D’AMICO For the Sentinel MARGATE CITY — A tie-breaker decided the winner after the Atlantic City Beach Patrol and Longport Beach patrol tied with 8 points each at the Margate World War II Memorial Lifeguard Race Aug. 2. The ACBP’s better finish in the doubles row gave the team the title in the […]
More than 1,000 tour Ocean City Fishing Pier in first of two open houses
By GREG BORAK For the Sentinel OCEAN CITY — More than a thousand people enjoyed Ocean City Fishing Club’s Open House at the Pier last Thursday, Aug. 1. Visitors brought a record 220 pounds of non-perishable food to benefit the local Food Cupboard and also donated $895 to the agency. Last year, 2,112 visitors attended […]
Ocean City Brambley Golf League: Mark Franks earns solo victory last week
By THE HANDICAPPER V OCEAN CITY – The Brambley Golf League once again witnessed impressive performances as golfers teed off for their weekly competition last week. Low scores and personal best rounds were the order of the day, creating an exciting atmosphere on the greens. Mark Franks tied his season-low round of 41 to capture […]
Ocean City Thursday Senior Golf: Gibson, Hoagland and Dempsey lead scoring
By PETE DAVIS EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – A 7:30 a.m. shotgun start was a welcome change this week for the Ocean City Thursday Senior Golf League, although the early time led a few to sit out. This is not the time of year to miss a week. We have four weeks left until the playoffs begin […]
Ocean City Tuesday Senior Golf: Carter, Lyons and Mitchell headline the action
By TONY CHERBY BUENA — Partly cloudy skies and humidity that came and went with the breeze made the day mostly bearable for the Ocean City Senior Golf Leagues July 30. The forecasters told us this would be the case, and they were right. Of course, at times we end up with 3 to 5 […]
Ocean City Beach Patrol hosts Miss Ocean City, Junior Miss Ocean City contestants
OCEAN CITY — Miss Ocean City and Junior Miss Ocean City contestants were all in their bathing suits Aug. 1, but it wasn’t for a pageant stage. They were on the beach and in the surf learning skills lifeguards use on the Ocean City Beach Patrol. The lifeguards put them through their paces — gently, […]
Dream roles for lead actors in ‘Grease’
OCEAN CITY — The lead actors in the Ocean City Theatre Company production of “Grease” may love the famous characters they are portraying — Danny Zuko, Sandy, Rizzo and Kenickie — even if they’re not like them in real life. For them, however, nabbing these roles is like a dream come true. “I grew up […]