by Cindy Fertsch | Jul 18, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look Back By Fred Miller The 69th annual Night in Venice boat parade will be held on Saturday, July 20, 2024 starting near the Ocean City-Longport bridge at 6:30 p.m. The first Night in Venice was held Aug. 12, 1907. The next day, the Ocean City Daily Ledger...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jul 11, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look Back By Fred Miller Eighty-three years ago this week, Ocean City was featured in the national news thanks to Archie Harris and Billy Conn. Harris set a world record discus toss, and Conn almost beat world champion Joe Louis. Harris grew up in Ocean City, while...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jul 3, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look Back By Fred Miller The Ocean City Beach Patrol’s tradition of winning intercity rowing and swimming has its roots in the Olympic Games. Long before the lifeguards won either a Cape May County or South Jersey championship, OCBP Hall of Famer John B. Kelly Sr....
by Cindy Fertsch | Jun 27, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look Back By Fred Miller ‘Finest and Safest Bathing Beach Along the New Jersey Coast’ was the headline on the front page of the April 18, 1924, Ocean City Sentinel-Ledger. The article, which was in the special Easter Souvenir edition, bragged about the...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jun 20, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey, What's Happening
A Look Back By Fred Miller June 28, 1929, was the fifth and final day of the 8th annual National Marbles Tournament held a the Flanders Hotel. It was the first time the event was held in Ocean City. It started in 1922 by the Scripps Howard newspaper chain as the...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jun 6, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look Back By Fred Miller Eighty years ago, June 6, 1944, shortly after midnight, 13,000 paratroopers landed behind enemy lines in Normandy. They were the advance guard of a mighty invasion fleet which landed troops at several places along more than 50 miles of the...
