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By Veronica Flesher, Patch Staff A 1960s-themed musical full of hits, comedy and dancing is coming to the Ocean City Music Pier. “Sh-Boom! Life Could Be a Dream” is set in the early 1960s and follows Denny and the Dreamers — Denny, Wally and Eugene — a fledgling doo-wop singing group preparing to enter the…

By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY Thousands of bicyclists will descend on Ocean City this weekend for the MS City to Shore Ride, a fall tradition in Ocean City that draws participants from across the nation. Motorists should expect delays on Saturday (Sept. 24) along a route that travels from the Route 52 causeway to Bay Avenue to Fifth…

BY DONALD WITTOWSKI, OCNJDAILY  Unlike some of the summer tourists who visit the shore, the fish don’t suddenly leave after the Labor Day weekend. They like to hang around for a few more months. And that’s awesome for anglers. Michael Doebley, of Mighty Heron Charters, notes that the fishing is great through the fall and…

BY MEDIAWIZE, OCNJDAILY  All eyes will turn to the sky for Ocean City’s Air Show Weekend on Sept. 17 and 18. All events are free to attend. The celebration starts with the Ocean City Airport Festival on Saturday (Sept. 17) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The festival features a ground display of unusual airplanes…

By Veronica Flesher, Patch Staff Sept. 12 The Ocean City Library Board of Trustees meets at 4 p.m. Sept. 13 The Ocean City Environmental Commission meets at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14 The weekly Farmers Market is held at Tabernacle Grounds from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Crafters are in the street at 6th and Asbury…

BY MADDY VITALE Dan Garrabrant remembers when the twin towers of the World Trade Center were taken down by terrorists in planes. He was in his third year working as an FBI Special Agent assigned to the Newark office. He saw the plumes of smoke after a plane hit one of the towers. On Sunday…

BY MADDY VITALE Muscle cars and hot rods commanded the attention of car buffs who ogled the classic autos and trucks that paraded down the Ocean City Boardwalk on Saturday. There was a whole lot to look at and a whole lot of work that went into restoring some of these beauties. Some stood the…

Ocean City, New Jersey September 10th, 2022     CHECK IN AND REGISTRATION WILL BE HELD AT THE CIVIC CENTER MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT LOCATED AT 5th STREET AND THE BOARDWALK SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER 10th BETWEEN THE HOURS OF  8:00am-11:00am. TO BE JUDGED, ALL CARS MUST BE REGISTERED BY 11:00AM ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th.   SATURDAY: CARS WILL…

BY MADDY VITALE, OCNJDAILY  Mary Ann and Pete Summa decided to give their four children a real treat Saturday and kick off the Labor Day weekend in Ocean City. “We drove down this morning,” Mary Ann Summa noted of their trip from their home in Morristown, N.J. By the afternoon, they stood on the Boardwalk…

By MADDY VITALE Labor Day weekend in Ocean City is jam-packed with plenty of events and activities to keep vacationers entertained. And that is just a part of it. With the miles of beaches, the bay, the Boardwalk with its amusements, the downtown with its shopping, and restaurants all over the island, there will be…