Air Show at Ocean City airport, over the boardwalk this weekend
OCEAN CITY – All eyes will turn to the sky for Ocean City’s Air Show Weekend Sept. 13-14. All events are free. The celebration starts with the Ocean City Airport Festival 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday featuring a ground display of unusual airplanes ranging from World War II planes to warbirds and classics. Team […]
Ocean City Fishing Club’s 56th annual Surf Fishing Tournament Sept. 20
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Fishing Club expects more than 100 anglers to line city beaches for its 56th Annual Surf Fishing Tournament, which will be held Saturday, Sept. 20.Augie Conte III, OCFC president, hopes a forecast of good weather will lure anglers of all ages to join the approximately 20 fishing clubs that […]
Group show at Ocean City Arts Center reveals the beauty of change
OCEAN CITY — Fall is a season of transformation and the Ocean City Arts Center’s gallery showcases artwork that mirrors this shift, capturing the essence and beauty of change in every piece. September’s exhibit is a group show featuring five artists: Gail Scuderi, Doris Nogueira-Rogers, Sandra Koberlein, Diane Driessen and Kathy Casper. The exhibit, titled, […]
Sea&Do: Upcoming events
Vendors, classic cars in Sea Isle SEA ISLE CITY – Merchandise vendors and the owners of classic vehicles are invited to participate in Sea Isle City’s 2025 Fall Family Festival. The festival will begin Saturday, Sept. 13, with a Seaside Vendors Market from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. along the Promenade, where vendors can rent […]
Demolition causes power outage in Ocean City
OCEAN CITY – The massive building at the corner of Eighth Street and Haven Avenue was finally demolished Thursday after sitting mostly vacant for more than a decade. What last housed a mechanic’s garage and dry cleaner, and most recently a laundromat, was taken apart Thursday, Aug. 28, but not without complications. The three-story structure, […]
Van Drew vows stable funds for shore protection
Promise comes week after hurricane pummeled coast NORTHFIELD — U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew has promised southern New Jersey mayors to provide a stable supply of funding for shore protection, a week after Hurricane Erin pummeled the coast. “I will be introducing legislation to make sure there is permanent and reliable funding for beach projects […]
Mikie Sherrill stumps in South Jersey
Governor hopeful: Streamline business regulations GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — “The state government has really neglected the transformative investments that Atlantic City and Atlantic County need, particularly in public transit and economic development projects,” U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill told a regional business gathering Aug. 27 at Seaview Golf Club. “Fixing this is going to involve collaboration with […]
Upper Township, Ocean City, Somers Point plan 9/11 ceremonies
PETERSBURG — Area communities are preparing to mark the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks with ceremonies honoring those who lost their lives that fateful day. Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda coordinated the attacks against America in which pilots flew planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York […]
Working fire at Ocean City home
OCEAN CITY – Ocean City firefighters put out a blaze at a home at 15 Tobago Lane late night Aug. 27. No one was injured. A 911 call came in at 11:36 p.m. and crews from the Department of Fire & Rescue Services and Police Department responded, reporting heavy smoke and fire at the rear […]
Construction under way on Somers Point Paddle Club
SOMERS POINT — After years of planning and multiple meetings, Scarborough Properties has finally started building its private swim club on Bay Avenue. The project, known as the Somers Point Paddle Club, is under construction at 520 Bay Ave., the former site of Bubba Mac’s Shack. In May 2022, City Council approved an agreement with […]