Rise and shine, and eat in Ocean City

Last Updated on Thursday, March 28, 2013 11:53 am Written by Cindy Nevitt Thursday, March 28, 2013 01:00 am

Sunrise Café opens on Asbury Ave.

Cindy Nevitt / The mother-and-son team of Sharon, right, and RJ Idell opened Sunrise Café in the 900 block of Asbury Avenue on March 15 in memory of family matriarch Helen Reid.

OCEAN CITY – In memory of family matriarch Helen Reid, the mother-and-son team of Sharon and RJ Idell opened Sunrise Café on March 15, a year after Alzheimer’s claimed the life of the woman known as “Nana.”

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OC Paddleboard to open this spring

Last Updated on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 01:24 pm Written by Ann Richardson Sunday, March 17, 2013 01:00 am

Asbury Avenue store will specialize in the popular water sport

Becky Earle Jenkins paddles around the lagoon.

OCEAN CITY — After a string of disappointments, things are looking up for Becky Earle Jenkins.

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Kessel’s Korner a welcome sign of warm weather to come

Written by Cindy Nevitt Saturday, March 16, 2013 01:00 am

John and Jane Carpenter of Northumberland, Pa. and Ocean City, continued a longstanding tradition by eating twice on opening day at Kessel’s.

OCEAN CITY – Although it wasn’t on the menu, the thought of better weather in days to come was the top draw for customers who flocked to the 2013 season opening of Kessel’s Korner on Thursday, March 14.

“This is the most important day of the year,” said Shannon Pruitt, a guidance counselor at Ocean City Intermediate School, on her way out the door after having dinner with her family. “It means summer is coming.”

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Wawa reopens 4 months after Sandy

Written by Cindy Nevitt Thursday, February 28, 2013 07:04 pm

Cindy Nevitt / The Wawa store in the 1200 block of West Avenue in Ocean City reopened as scheduled on Feb. 28, four months after sustaining substantial damage from Sandy.

OCEAN CITY — Four months after sustaining substantial damage from Hurricane Sandy, the Wawa in the 1200 block of West Avenue reopened as scheduled on Thursday, Feb. 28. The store features the chain’s newest design prototype, including a milkshake machine and a bread oven.

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Mavromates team joins Keller Williams in Ocean City

Written by Staff Reports Wednesday, February 20, 2013 01:00 am

OCEAN CITY — Keller Williams Realty Jersey Shore has announced the addition of three seasoned sales associates who previously worked together at Weichert Realtors in Turnersville. 

Michael Mavromates, a Wildwood Crest resident, was sales associate and regional training director at Weichert since 2003, and will lead the team of three in his new position. Joining Mavromates is his long time Weichert colleague Linda Carbone, a Sewell resident, who was a sales associate in the Turnersville office since 2000, and David Read from Wildwood Crest, who worked as a sales associate in Weichert’s Northfield office from 2007 to 2009 before joining Carbone and Mavromates in 2009 in Turnersville.

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Ocean City’s Coastal Realty merges with Jesse

Written by Ann Richardson Sunday, February 10, 2013 01:00 am

After 36 years, Coastal owners looking to spend more time with family

Submitted / The staff from Coastal Realty and Jesse Real Estate.

OCEAN CITY – Looking to fulfill a longtime dream, Don and Sue Doll bought Coastal Realty in the 300 block of Atlantic Avenue in January 1977. For 36 years they built their business, establishing relationships with owners and tenants in the north end neighborhood they called home.

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