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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 […]
Off-duty lifeguard rescues girl in Cape May Point
CAPE MAY POINT — Off-duty lifeguard Ryan Gibson saved the life of a 10-year-old girl in distress during an after-hours ocean rescue Aug. 12 off Lehigh Avenue beach. “A little after 6:30 p.m., a young female had gone into the water and the incoming tide had a really strong current that pulls a lot of […]
Linwood boy turns rare kidney disease into movement for hope
LINWOOD — At just 6 years old, Anthony Salerno is proving that you’re never too young to make a difference. On Saturday, Aug. 15, Anthony will host his 5th Annual Anthony’s Mark on the World Summer Splash Lemonade Stand at Wilson Avenue on the Bike Path in Linwood. Scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon, the event […]
Longport edges Margate for South Jersey Women’s Lifeguard Championship title
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, […]