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By MADDY VITALE There’s just something about a train set that seems to bring out the kid in adults and pique the interest of children. Walking into the Ocean City Historical Museum, there is a Christmas display that is hard to miss. It has evoked nostalgia and has been a major attraction at the museum,…

By MADDY VITALE Ocean City’s south end beaches are much wider and more attractive now thanks to a multimillion-dollar project. Earlier this month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began pumping operations to deliver 257,000 cubic yards of new sand to eroded beaches between 45th Street and 59th Street. By Friday, the work was nearly…

Bill Barlow, The Press of Atlantic City It’s been years since a car made it all the way to Crook Horn Creek from 51st Street along a badly rutted dirt and gravel road. The city shut the road to vehicle traffic several years ago after a summer of stuck vehicles. It’s been longer still since…

Veronica Flesher, Patch Staff Many restaurants in Ocean City will be closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but some will remain open to serve people who don’t want to fuss with a big meal, are traveling or who don’t celebrate the holiday. The Deauville Inn in Strathmere is open on Christmas Eve, book here. Adelene At…

Veronica Flesher, Patch Staff While you’re checking off holiday gifts for family members, don’t forget the kids who aren’t on anyone’s shopping list and pick up some items for the Toys for Tots campaign in Ocean City. Sponsored by the Marine Corps Reserves, Toys for Tots is organized locally in Cape May County by Kevin…

By MADDY VITALE Visitors to Ocean City definitely took advantage of a newer amenity in town – the summer jitney service – which for the past two years has provided riders a convenient and inexpensive way to head up to the Boardwalk. For a fare of just $2, jitneys gave riders a way to enjoy…

By MADDY VITALE A Christmas tree in the lobby of the Ocean City Community Center isn’t decorated with the traditional brightly colored ornaments and garland. Instead, mittens, gloves, hats, and scarves adorn the tree, which is aptly named, “The Tree of Warmth.” The tree is part of a donation drive organized by the Colony Club…

By DONALD WITTKOWSKI A veritable army of bulldozers, excavators, temporary buildings, and workers wearing hard hats has taken over a stretch of Ocean City’s south-end beaches normally deserted in December. If you think that’s strange, there’s also a towering, three-legged contraption known as a “CRAB” that looks like something straight out of an alien invasion…

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 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…