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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…

They’re Back! Raptors Return to Chase Gulls

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…

Registration Open for 2021 Night in Venice

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…

Martin Z. Mollusk Seeks His Shadow on Saturday

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,…

Santa Claus Is Coming To Ocean City

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…