Award Winners for 2025 Ocean City Baby Parade
The 115th annual Ocean City Baby Parade was held on Thursday, August 14, 2025 with more than 40 entries featuring children ages 10 and under traveling the Ocean City Boardwalk in themed strollers, wagons and floats. A complete list of award winners is below. Bamberger...
Winners of the 2025 Pamper Scamper in Ocean City
Thirty-three of the youngest and fastest new Ocean City residents and visitors raced in the Pamper Scamper on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. The annual event is a crawling race for children 15 months old and younger. The races start with the competitors in the center of a...
Hard Rock makes a splash for Heart of Surfing
On Saturday, Aug. 9, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino hosted a special event for Heart of Surfing. Heart of Surfing is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2014 by Shore Local publisher Bob Fertsch and editor Cindy Fertsch in honor of their son, Jamie, who was on the autism...
Brigantine Castle: When Brigantine was haunted
“One of the things I remember so vividly about Brigantine Castle was the costumed ghouls that were hired to haunt the place and scare the visitors. One afternoon, I found several of them near the back of the castle, in full costume, having a cigarette on a break while...
Cozy reads and must-watch screens
As the last stretch of summer falls upon us, it brings a little more breathing room to all our schedules. So, what better time to enjoy the things that slipped through the cracks during the busy season? Whether you’re enjoying a quiet morning out on the porch, an...
