• Spinning out some two-wheeled action at EHT BMX

    bmx1EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - The only time you’ll ever sit at a BMX track is the minute or so spent on the bicycle during a race.

    And that is an action-packed minute, with spins and jumps and a rhythm section that will make your teeth clatter.

    There was plenty of excitement at EHT BMX last Saturday, May 18, as the track hosted a Redline Cup qualifier for bikers young and old from all over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

  • Guards will be on duty this weekend

    photo by Bill Barlow/ Lifeguard stands are lined up at 46th Street recently, waiting for the beach patrol to begin guarding beaches. A limited number of beaches will be guarded this weekend.

    OCEAN CITY -  The city’s beaches are scheduled to be opened noon Friday, May 25, with the “unlocking” of the beaches by Ocean City Beach Patrol officials.

    The event includes and a celebratory parade of sorts, with flags and an assortment of costumed characters, including the annual businessman’s plunge into the ocean.  Participants dress in business suits, carry brief cases and march into the ocean to the strains of Pomp and Circumstance to welcome the new season.

  • Stylish stroll

    Stylish stroll

    Ocean City High School students Mia Antolini and Ollie Tomasello make their red carpet appearance and smile for friends and family as they head in to the Flanders Hotel in Ocean City for their prom Saturday, May 18. For more photos, see the 2013 OCHS prom photo album.

  • South Jersey Memorial Day outlook: sunny, but cool

    With one week to go before the unofficial, official start to the summer tourist season, Mother Nature appears to ready to make amends for last year’s natural disasters with a Memorial Day South Jersey tourist officials would dream about. She plans a three-day festival of sun for Saturday through Monday, May 25-27.

    Just in time.

  • Cape May County to host Memorial Day service

    starCAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — The Cape May County Veterans Bureau will hold its annual Memorial Day Service 2 p.m. Monday, May 27at the Cape May County Veterans’ Cemetery, 129 Crest Haven Road, Cape May Court House.

  • The math of flood insurance just doesn’t add up

    UnfilteredAt the second Stop FEMA Now meeting held in South Jersey, founder George Kasimos called the math being used to calculate future increases in flood insurance “Chinese algebra.” He meant it as an insult.

    But it’s the Chinese, having mastered algebra in the 13th century, who should be highly insulted.

Ocean City Gazette

Jeep Invasion coming to Ocean City

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Written by Staff Reports Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:00 am

On Father’s Day weekend, Jeeps will make their way to the Jersey Shore for Ocean City’s first New Jersey Jeep Association Jeep Invasion Friday, June 14-Sunday, June 16.

The schedule is as follows.

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Demonstration on healthy treats is for the dogs

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Last Updated on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 08:54 am Written by Cindy Nevitt Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:00 am

Cindy Nevitt / Ocean City Gazette canine reporter Jewel, a 4-pound Chihuahua, digs into her assignment and enthusiastically samples a healthy pumpkin ball. Cindy Nevitt / Ocean City Gazette canine reporter Jewel, a 4-pound Chihuahua, digs into her assignment and enthusiastically samples a healthy pumpkin ball.

By JEWEL

Canine Reporter

OCEAN CITY – Here are two words I cannot resist: Dog treats. So much sweeter sounding than those two other words – BAD DOG! – I sometimes hear. Though, when I do hear my human hollering that, I have to say it’s always at one of the other dogs that live in my house.

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Moorlyn Family Theatre grand opening set for May 23

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Last Updated on Monday, May 13, 2013 03:34 pm Written by Staff Reports Monday, May 13, 2013 02:49 pm

The Moorlyn Family Theatre, purchased in 2012 by the Ocean City Tabernacle, will host a grand opening 8-9 p.m. Thursday, May 23 inside the newly renovated boardwalk space on Moorlyn Terrace, complete with red carpet and live performances. The Moorlyn Family Theatre, purchased in 2012 by the Ocean City Tabernacle, will host a grand opening 8-9 p.m. Thursday, May 23 inside the newly renovated boardwalk space on Moorlyn Terrace, complete with red carpet and live performances.

The Moorlyn Family Theatre, purchased in 2012 by the Ocean City Tabernacle, will host a grand opening 8-9 p.m. Thursday, May 23 inside the newly renovated boardwalk space on Moorlyn Terrace, complete with red carpet and live performances.

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Ocean City Police Blotter, edition of May 15, 2013

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Written by Staff Reports Monday, May 13, 2013 10:54 am

Ocean City Police Blotter, edition of May 15, 2013 Ocean City Police Blotter, edition of May 15, 2013

Police Blotter information is supplied by local and other law enforcement agencies. Each person named is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

The Ocean City Police Department responded to 545 calls for service May 5-11

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OC mayor gives progress report on ABFE map fight

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Written by Claire Lowe Monday, May 13, 2013 10:37 am

OC mayor gives progress report on ABFE map fight OC mayor gives progress report on ABFE map fight

OCEAN CITY — Mayor Jay Gillian, in his update to residents on Friday, May 10, said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been cooperative with the city’s engineering consultant in the city’s quest to change the advisory base flood elevation maps released by FEMA after Hurricane Sandy.

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WHYY-FM’s Newsworks Tonight to broadcast live from Ocean City

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Written by Staff Reports Monday, May 13, 2013 12:00 am

Station’s first remote broadcast focuses on Hurricane Sandy recovery

WHYY-FM’s Newsworks Tonight will broadcast live 6 p.m. Friday, May 24 from the Ocean City Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace and Boardwalk, in Ocean City. The half-hour news program features regional news reports drawing on information gathered by the staff of WHYY.

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Mallon’s Sticky Buns celebrates 25 years

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Last Updated on Monday, May 13, 2013 11:04 am Written by Ann Richardson Sunday, May 12, 2013 12:00 am

Mallon’s Sticky Buns celebrates 25 years Mallon’s Sticky Buns celebrates 25 years

OCEAN CITY — Hurricane Sandy dumped more than a foot of water inside Mallon’s bakery six months ago, but even the brutal force of Mother Nature can’t deter bakers on a mission to make homemade sticky buns.

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OC’s new Welcome Center to open for Memorial Day weekend

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Written by Ann Richardson Saturday, May 11, 2013 12:00 am

Ann Richardson / The new Ocean City Welcome Center on the Route 52 bridge will open for Memorial Day weekend. Ann Richardson / The new Ocean City Welcome Center on the Route 52 bridge will open for Memorial Day weekend.

OCEAN CITY — The new Ocean City Welcome Center on the south side of the Route 52 causeway is on schedule to be open by Memorial Day weekend, said Michele Gillian, executive director of the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce.

The three-story seashore cottage rises high above the marshes and the campus will be all about the great outdoors, she said.

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