by Cindy Fertsch | May 23, 2024 | Cape May County, Features, Ocean City, South Jersey
The Ocean City Beach Patrol will begin the 2024 season on Memorial Day Weekend. The OCBP guards beaches from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekends and holidays, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. From Saturday, May 25, 2024 through Friday, May 31, 2024, the following...
by Cindy Fertsch | May 23, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, South Jersey
Denise Jenkins shrieked as one of her fellow Atlantic City High School students pulled the metal crab pot on board the boat. The Atlantic City native didn’t expect the trap to be filled with blue crabs. The first cage the Stockton University professors removed from...
by Cindy Fertsch | May 23, 2024 | Cape May County, Features, Ocean City, South Jersey, What's Happening
Event organizers need additional volunteers to assist with the annual Memorial Beach Challenge on Saturday, May 25. The race is a roughly two-mile obstacle course on soft sand on the beach on both sides of the Ocean City Music Pier. Proceeds from the event benefit The...
by Cindy Fertsch | May 23, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, Letters from the editor, South Jersey
From the Editor With beach chairs and umbrellas in tow, thousands will head to the beach this Memorial Day weekend. Balls and frisbees will be tossed through the air as little ones work diligently on sandcastles, toting buckets of water up and down the sand. Merchants...
by Cindy Fertsch | May 23, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, South Jersey
By Bill Quain I am writing this column on a Sunday morning. It’s the 52nd time I have faced my computer with a column deadline looming, and the 52nd opportunity I have had to reach my readers with messages that will cause them to pause – just for a few minutes – and...
by Cindy Fertsch | May 23, 2024 | Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, Margate, South Jersey
By Erica Hoffman Lucy has won the title of the best roadside attraction in the United States! The nationwide competition, organized by USA Today, featured a diverse array of unique and beloved landmarks from coast to coast. Lucy beat out roadside attractions such as...
