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, […]
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 […]