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Ocean City Hits Record Beach Tag Sales

By MADDY VITALE There’s some record-breaking news going on in Ocean City and it isn’t the heat. Vacationers are buying up beach tags as quickly as the city can sell them. Officials are predicting a banner summer, as long as the weather stays great. “The final numbers for preseason beach tag sales are in, and…

Ocean City Farmers Market To Return June 30

By Kimberlee Bongard, Patch Staff The weekly farmers market will return to the Ocean City Tabernacle grounds every Wednesday starting June 30 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Local growers will sell fresh produce and crafters will be on hand this summer. After the farmers market was successfully extended through September last year, the weekly…

Sign Up for Night in Venice and Race Events

By MediaWize, OCNJDaily Night in Venice will return to Ocean City for the 66th time at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 24. Registration is now open to all boat and bayfront home owners who want to participate in this year’s celebration. The optional theme will be “Honoring Our Heroes,” a salute to all those who helped…

Ocean City to Honor Veterans with Military Banners

By MADDY VITALE, OCNJDaily Ocean City Council President Bob Barr posed in front of his late father Jerry Barr’s military banner on Memorial Day. He took a picture to capture a memory he would surely never forget. His father’s banner for military service in Vietnam can be seen on a lamp post on the Boardwalk near…

Ocean City Commemorates Memorial Day

By MADDY VITALE The names of the fallen service men and women were called out by American Legion Post Commander Bob Marzulli. As Marzulli read the names into a microphone at Veterans Memorial Park in Ocean City Monday, VFW Post 6650 member Joe Waters rang a bell. There was silence from the hundreds of audience…