Sea&Do: Upcoming events
Summer Book Sales by O.C. Library Friends OCEAN CITY – The Friends and Volunteers of the Ocean City Free Public Library have announced dates for Summer Book Sales. The sales are in the atrium of the library, 1735 Simpson Ave. Sales are cash only. Please bring a tote bag for purchases. Book sale times and […]
PETA: Replace Miss Crustacean Pageant, hermit crab races, with robotic crabs
OCEAN CITY — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wrote to Mayor Jay Gillian last week, trying to cajole him into stopping the city’s annual Miss Crustacean Beauty Pageant and hermit crab races. The tone of the letter from PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk was light and playful, offering to supply robotic crabs instead, […]
Family made reign this past year special for Junior Miss Ocean City Arianna DiAntonio
OCEAN CITY — The family bond means a lot to Junior Miss Ocean City 2026 Arianna DiAntonio. That makes this past year extra special because she shared it with her older sister, Antonella, who finished her tenure as Miss Ocean City this past Saturday evening. This coming Saturday evening, Aug. 15, it will be Arianna […]
Little Miss Harper Juelg loved seeing families come together
OCEAN CITY — Harper Juelg is judgy, but in a fun way. As she ends her reign Friday night as Little Miss Ocean City 2026, Harper said her favorite duties this past year have been “all of the judging.” Ocean City’s queens — Little Miss, Junior Miss and Miss Ocean City — represent the resort at […]
ACBP women position themselves for S.J. Championship run
Atlantic City lifeguards win Bill Howarth title; Ventnor second, Upper Township third VENTNOR — The women of the Atlantic City Beach Patrol have positioned themselves as the team to beat heading into the South Jersey Women’s Lifeguard Championship on Aug. 12 in Ventnor. The crew of veterans and young guards combined to win the 30th […]
Kayla Magazzu crowned Miss Ocean City 2027
OCEAN CITY — The oldest of seven siblings, including five girls, Kayla Magazzu was crowned Miss Ocean City 2027 Saturday night on stage at the Ocean City Music Pier. Magazzu, 16, is a rising junior at Ocean City High School, a choice student from Margate City. The pageant is open to Ocean City residents, girls whose […]
Ocean City 2050, other groups file suit against Ocean City
They want court to vacate City Council vote calling Wonderland property ‘area in need of rehabilitation’ OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City 2050 advocacy group and others filed a complaint Monday against Ocean City and its City Council, asserting that council declaring the former Wonderland Pier property as an area in need of rehabilitation was […]
Review: Ocean City Theatre Co.’s ‘Sister Act’ is ‘Fabulous, Baby!’
By DON TOAL, Jr./For the Sentinel OCEAN CITY – There’s so many ways to take advantage of the summer season. The most underrated option, for this reviewer’s money, is to take in one of the many fabulous productions put on by the Greater Ocean City Theatre Company (or OCTC if you’re in the know). Now […]
E-bike rider charged with eluding police in Sea Isle
Caught in Somers Point, suspect turned over to Ocean City police as well SEA ISLE CITY — A Somers Point man on an E-bike was charged with eluding a Sea Isle City police officer after he allegedly committed traffic violations and fled July 28. According to Sea Isle City Police Chief Anthony J. Garreffi Jr., […]
Cape May County again is lowest on state’s project aid
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — The state announced figures for County Aid to fund infrastructure projects July 31 and Cape May County received the least, just $3,435,310. Neighboring Atlantic County is set to get more than twice as much, $6,970,928, and Cumberland County $7,950,506, while Bergen County tops the list at $14,040,563 and Ocean County […]