by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 3, 2025 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
A Look Back By Fred Miller One hundred and ten years ago, on Jan. 1, 1915, Mayor Harry Headley officially opened Ocean City’s $75,000 first City Hall. Headley and Commissioners R. Howard Thorn and Robert Fisher led tours of the beautiful three-story building...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 21, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Ocean City
A Look Back By Fred Miller On April 13, 1913, Howard S. Stainton bought Emma Morris Corson’s dry goods store at 808 Asbury Avenue. It was the beginning of what would become the largest department store in Cape May County. The store was always busy in the summer, but...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 7, 2024 | A Look Back
A Look Back By Fred Miller Forty-two years ago, on Nov. 13, 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. was dedicated during a week-long national tribute to all veterans. The Memorial Wall, designed by Maya Lin, was dedicated to more than 58,000 Americans...
by Cindy Fertsch | Oct 17, 2024 | A Look Back, Cape May County, Ocean City
A Look Back By Fred Miller Oliver Muzslay, an Ocean City Beach Patrol legend, died on Oct. 4, 2024 at the age of 83. He joined the patrol in 1957, promoted to lieutenant in 1962, and he was appointed captain in 1983. He retired in 2000. The 2001 OCBP yearbook devoted...
by Cindy Fertsch | Oct 10, 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 praised the efficiency of the local lifeguards. “Ocean...
