Iconic pirate ship ready for return at Playland Castaway Cove for 2025 season
By Stephanie Loder Playland’s Castaway Cove beachfront amusement park in Ocean City plans to open its 2025 season in the spring with a new, 60-foot-long pirate ship at the entrance to replace the one destroyed in a fire nearly four years ago. A four-alarm blaze in...What’s happening in Ocean City
Holiday events continue throughout the month in Ocean City Downtown merchants are celebrating “Festive Fridays” again this year. The fun started on Nov. 29 with Ocean City’s traditional Christmas in the Downtown – “Our Miracle on Asbury Avenue” event and continued on...Historic tour in Ocean City puts spotlight on island’s background, preservation
By Steffen Klenk This past Saturday, Dec. 7, the non-profit Friends of OCNJ History and Culture hosted their second annual Holiday Home Tour. This three-hour self-guided tour was attended by over 500 people and featured nearly two dozen properties, consisting largely...Anastasia: The Musical at the Ocean City Music Pier this Saturday and Sunday
“Once upon a December…” and just in time for the holidays comes, “Anastasia: The Musical” (Youth Edition) presented by the Ocean City Theatre Company. “Anastasia: The Musical” is a spectacular new musical about discovering who you are and defining who you’re meant to...Santa arrives in style at OC Parade
Photos by Steffen Klenk The chill of a frosty December night couldn’t keep revelers away from Asbury Avenue to watch the annual Ocean City Christmas Parade. Hundreds braved the frigid temperatures, doing everything possible to stay warm, by bundling up with blankets...
