Somers Point Planners OK changes to housing project at Greate Bay
SOMERS POINT — The Planning Board on July 31 granted unanimous approval to an amended site plan for the affordable housing portion of the community to be known as Greate Bay West. The changes consist of constructing all of the units in two buildings instead of four, which was previously approved, and renting them rather […]
‘Best year of my life’: Miss Ocean City to crown successor
OCEAN CITY — Miss Ocean City 2024 Lola DeMarco said this has been the best year of her life. She will be sad to see it end this Saturday, when she crowns her successor on the stage at the Music Pier. While looking back at all the fun she had, she is also looking ahead. […]
Ocean City Arts Center annual show: Big splash of art along the boardwalk
OCEAN CITY — Fine artists from around the region set up their work with the Atlantic Ocean as a backdrop during the three-day Boardwalk Art Show last week. Joanne Coffman and Lynn Sullivan of the host Ocean City Arts Center, who were sitting in the sun at the registration table, said it was the 61st […]
Remembering Rick: A personal link to Ocean City
By KIM BELL Special to the Sentinel OCEAN CITY – I first met Rick in Ocean City when I began driving in 1981. Every summer until her death in 2012, my mom and I would stay at the beach town a half-dozen times each year, also making the 100-mile drive each way for the day if […]
More than 1,000 tour Ocean City Fishing Pier in first of two open houses
By GREG BORAK For the Sentinel OCEAN CITY — More than a thousand people enjoyed Ocean City Fishing Club’s Open House at the Pier last Thursday, Aug. 1. Visitors brought a record 220 pounds of non-perishable food to benefit the local Food Cupboard and also donated $895 to the agency. Last year, 2,112 visitors attended […]
Ocean City Beach Patrol hosts Miss Ocean City, Junior Miss Ocean City contestants
OCEAN CITY — Miss Ocean City and Junior Miss Ocean City contestants were all in their bathing suits Aug. 1, but it wasn’t for a pageant stage. They were on the beach and in the surf learning skills lifeguards use on the Ocean City Beach Patrol. The lifeguards put them through their paces — gently, […]
Dream roles for lead actors in ‘Grease’
OCEAN CITY — The lead actors in the Ocean City Theatre Company production of “Grease” may love the famous characters they are portraying — Danny Zuko, Sandy, Rizzo and Kenickie — even if they’re not like them in real life. For them, however, nabbing these roles is like a dream come true. “I grew up […]
Sea & Do: Upcoming events
Marine Mammal Stranding Center Suds for Seals EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The Marine Mammal Stranding Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of the sick and injured marine mammals and sea turtles that visit New Jersey, is holding a Suds for Seals fundraiser hosted by Hidden Sands Brewing Company 5:30 to […]
Ocean City Theatre Co. staging ‘Grease’ this week and next
Director: Expect high-energy singing, dancing, some fan favorites, surprises in OCTC production OCEAN CITY — When audiences see the production of “Grease” at the Hughes Performing Arts Center this week and next, they will see and hear some of their favorite numbers from the popular musical, but may be surprised by a few things. The […]
Cape May Point Women’s Lifeguard Challenge: Jenna Parker wins sixth title
40-year-old Harvey Cedars guard fends off 16-year-old Ivy Slavinsky of Sea Girt CAPE MAY POINT – She did it again. Jenna Parker won the 16th annual Cape May Point Women’s Lifeguard Challenge for the sixth time. Last year, Parker placed second, turning in a time just 3 seconds short of the winner’s 24:00. The race […]