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, Events & Happenings, Features, History, Ocean City, South Jersey
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 13, 2024 | Cape May County, Features, Ocean City, South Jersey
By Fred Miller Monday evening, June 3, 2024, in the Ocean City High School’s Bill and Nancy Hughes Performing Arts Center, the Ocean City Rowing & Athletic Association directors, Fred Miller and Vince Hink, presented the 9th annual Susan Miller Memorial...
