Sea&Do events listing
Advocacy director at AARP meeting OCEAN CITY – Join with Ocean City AARP Chapter 1062 at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, when Evelyn Liebman, AARP New Jersey’s director of advocacy will discuss recent utility rate hikes, state regulations governing utility rates, how consumers can get involved, utility bill payment assistance programs and AARP’s work to […]
Support for Adam Coste nears $100K
Ocean City native severely injured in New Orleans attack OCEAN CITY — Ocean City native Adam Coste is recovering from extensive lower-body injuries suffered in the Jan. 1 terror attack in New Orleans, in which a U.S. Army veteran drove a truck into crowds on Bourbon Street, killing 14 people and injuring 35. A GoFundMe […]
First Night draws thousands for family-friendly celebration
OCEAN CITY — The city prides itself on its family-friendly atmosphere highlighted by its ban of alcohol sales, and organizers of its biggest party of the year take that philosophy to heart. On New Year’s Eve 2024, Ocean City celebrated the 32nd anniversary of its popular First Night, which was founded in 1992 and modeled […]
Jungle John, Wally Gator and Larry Boa (the snake) a big draw
OCEAN CITY — John LaMedica likes animals — slimy, scaly, cold-blooded animals, some with forked tongues, that disdain petting. Spectators, mostly young human animals — sweaty, sticky, warm-blooded animals — love LaMedica, better known as Jungle John, and his friends Wally Gator (a 5.5-foot-long American alligator), Larry Boa (a 10-foot-long boa constrictor) and a dozen […]
Elder statesman leading newcomers on Upper Township Committee
Three rookies join longtime representative, first-term member on Township Committee PETERSBURG — Township Committee is decidedly top-heavy in experience after three rookie representatives joined longtime member Curtis Corson and first-term committeeman Victor Nappen on the dais. The township also has a new mayor, actually a returning mayor with one year of experience in the post, […]
Taking the PLUNGE in Ocean City
Hundreds race into the ocean at First Day at the Beach OCEAN CITY — “We’re embracing life,” Betty Jones said after she and her husband, Cliff, raced into the chilly Atlantic Ocean on New Year’s Day during Ocean City’s First Dip. “It makes you feel alive before you die,” Cliff said, laughing. Tradition made them […]
Dan Myers cited for work on Somers Point Arts Commission
SOMERS POINT — City Council thanked Dan Myers for his service to the community ahead of his move away from the area. The photographer served as chairman of the Somers Point Arts Commission since January 2022, through which he “provided a supportive environment for all the arts,” according to a resolution passed in his honor. […]
Model children
Ocean City girls walk fashion runways in New York, Paris OCEAN CITY — Ten-year-old Lucia likes to feel “like a little fashionista.” Thirteen-year-old Francesca already has that cool, detached look down pat. They are model children. While that term may well apply to how they behave as students at Ocean City Intermediate School, the Schaffer […]
Bobby Barr: Transition from council to commission was seamless
Focuses include diversifying the economy, open space, veterans OCEAN CITY — Bobby Barr felt he had a seamless transition from representing a single community as an Ocean City councilman to representing 16 towns as a member of the Cape May County Board of County Commissioners. He said nothing surprised him because he has worked at […]