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Veronica Flesher, Patch Staff Visits and pictures with Santa are treasured traditions for many Ocean City families. For them, there’s nothing quite like seeing jolly old St. Nick live and in person. In Ocean City, kids have several chances: Ocean City’s Christmas parade is on Dec. 1. The Ocean City Community Center hosts its annual…
By mvitale, OCNJDAILY Get ready to be wowed by school choirs from Cape and Atlantic Counties in the “Christmas Chorale,” which begins airing on Saturday. The show will feature 11 local school choirs singing holiday favorites. All performances from the show will be available on YouTube to enjoy throughout the holiday season. They can also…
By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY Ocean City’s annual Christmas Parade travels down Asbury Avenue at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1. Lights, garlands, wreaths, and bows adorn “The Avenue” for the season, and the parade will bring a variety of bands, floats, and other entries to add a little warmth to the winter. The event gives spectators time…
By MADDY VITALE, OCNJDAILY Ocean City has an ambitious dredging program for the back bays and lagoons to maintain the waterways so that sediment-choked channels remain a thing of the past. Under the city administration’s multiyear, multimillion-dollar dredging program, waterways are cleared of silt and mud when needed, so that boaters, swimmers, and homeowners alike…
By MADDY VITALE, OCNJDAILY Ocean City’s version of Black Friday, called “Our Miracle on Asbury Avenue,” transformed the town into a scene reminiscent of a Christmas movie set, complete with a Santa’s Mailbox on the corner, elves and Santa in Mark Soifer Park and plenty of holiday cheer. The holiday shopping event spanned Sixth Street…
By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY The Ocean City Arts Center will host the annual OCAC Pottery and Mosaic Student and Teacher exhibit Nov. 29 through Dec. 16. The show will feature hundreds of pottery and mosaic pieces created by over 30 of the Arts Center’s students and teachers. Many of these participants have created art for several…
By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY Ocean City’s small-town version of “Black Friday” takes place on Friday, Nov. 24. Christmas in the Downtown – “Our Miracle on Asbury Avenue” – will be celebrated from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The event will feature carolers and performers along downtown Asbury Avenue between Sixth Street and 14th Street. Downtown stores will offer discount…
By DONALD WITTKOWSKI, OCNJDAILY Beautiful flapper girls sashayed on the red carpet at the Flanders Hotel, while debonair gentlemen exuded Great Gatsby-esque charisma in their tuxedos and top hats. Did someone say they saw Rudolph Valentino and Greta Garbo? Perhaps not, but the historic Flanders Hotel staged a centennial gala Saturday night every bit as…
By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY Seasonal beach tags for summer 2024 will go on sale starting Saturday, Nov. 18. A discounted $30 price will remain in effect through May 31. On June 1, the price increases to $35. Beach tags are required for all beachgoers ages 12 and older and will be in effect from June 1 through…
By MADDY VITALE Coastal storms battered Ocean City’s beaches, leaving mini-cliffs in some spots, shrinking beaches and chipping away at the dunes, which are there to protect the barrier island. But beginning this week, the beaches will be replenished with 257,000 cubic yards of fresh sand in a multimillion-dollar, multi-town project in partnership with the…
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