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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…

Kimberlee Bongard, Patch Staff The daily boardwalk flag-raising ceremony will continue in a new location at the Ocean City Music Pier starting on Saturday, May 29. A dedication ceremony is planned for 8:50 a.m. on May 29 and the flag-raising will take place at that time every day through Sept. 11. The event includes the playing…

By DONALD WITTKOWSKI, OCNJDaily A movie star will be taking up residence in Ocean City this summer. But with piercing orange eyes, a sharp, curved beak and fierce talons, Eli is not your typical celebrity. The intimidating female Eurasian eagle-owl is part of a group of raptors that will patrol the skies over Ocean City…

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 us get through…

By MediaWize, OCNJDaily Ocean City’s hermit crab mascot will seek his shadow in a local version of Groundhog Day at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 8, on the beach next to the Music Pier, between Moorlyn Terrace and Ninth Street. Martin Z. Mollusk has successfully predicted an early summer every year for more than four decades (sometimes,…

By MADDY VITALE for OCNJDAILY, Gillian’s Wonderland Pier, the iconic Boardwalk amusement park that has been in business for nearly 100 years, is joining with Icona Resorts, a company that operates beach resorts in Cape May County, according to a news release Tuesday. “The Gillian and Mita families announced today that they are joining together…

By Kimberlee Bongard, Patch Staff Santa Claus will ride atop a fire engine through Ocean City on Friday. The fire engine will depart from the Ocean City Fire Department station on Asbury Ave. at 3 p.m. The route will end along downtown Asbury Ave. around 5 p.m. Ocean City released an interactive map of the planned route. The…