PETA protests at Miss Crustacean Beauty Pageant, hermit crab races
Only one entrant in beauty pageant, not many take part in races OCEAN CITY – Although about a hundred spectators gathered at Sixth Street and the Boardwalk Wednesday evening to watch the annual Miss Crustacean Beauty Pageant and hermit crab races, there wasn’t much to see. Only one little girl entered her hermit crabs in […]
‘Surfin’ OCNJ’ opens at city’s museum
OCEAN CITY — Hawaiian surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku brought surfing to Ocean City in the 1930s, but it wasn’t until the 1960s that the sport really dropped in on the East Coast. “People think it started in the ’70s,” John Loeper, president of the Board of Directors of the Historical Museum, told the Sentinel. That […]
OCBP names EMT, lifeguard of year, Chief’s Award winner
OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Beach Patrol Chief Erich Becker announced Michael Castro as the patrol’s EMT of the year and Steven Salarski as the Lifeguard of the Year Saturday night at the Ocean City Music Pier. During a break in the Junior Miss Ocean City Pageant, Becker also presented the Chief’s Award – one […]
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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. […]
Ocean City Intermediate School student Lynnie Becker crowned Junior Miss Ocean City 2027
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 […]
Upper Township backs site for cannabis dispensary
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 […]
Shiloh Smith crowned Little Miss Ocean City 2027
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 Baby Parade showcases families on the Ocean City Boardwalk
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: […]
PETA plans protest at Miss Crustacean Beauty Pageant and hermit crab races
OCEAN CITY – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is ratcheting up the pressure against Ocean City’s annual Miss Crustacean Beauty Pageant and hermit crab races. Two weeks group founder Ingrid Newkirk sent a letter to Mayor Jay Gillian, trying to get him to end the event and even offered to provide robotic […]
Ocean City High School Dance Team performs
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 […]