• County prosecutor has cameras on Ocean City, Wildwood ’walks

    Several people enjoy a sunny spring day on the Ocean City boardwalk this week. The county prosecutor’s office is keeping an eye on the boardwalks in Ocean City and Wildwood, officials announced on Friday.

    Video cameras are installed on both boardwalks, with federal grant money from the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness funding the purchase.

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  • It’s time to run around this weekend in Ocean City

    The 2012 American Heart Association Heart Walk on the Ocean City Boardwalk.

    OCEAN CITY — This weekend, there is plenty of running around to do in Ocean City. You can run in search of treasure, or run for a good cause, or just run to prove you can.

    Kicking off on Saturday, May 18 and running through Sunday, May 19 is the East Coast Research and Discovery Association’s Four at the Shore Treasure Hunt at the Ocean City Music Pier, Boardwalk and Moorlyn Terrace. Participants compete in a series of metal detector hunts for prizes. A special children’s hunt is on Saturday.

  • Know before you go: Ocean City Council to vote on budget 7 p.m. May 16

    Know before you go: Ocean City Council to vote on budget 7 p.m. May 16

    OCEAN CITY — Ocean City Council will take a final vote on the city’s $70 million budget when it meets 7 p.m. Thursday, May 16 in the Ocean City Library, 1735 Simpson Ave.

    The budget was introduced 4-3 at an April 11 council meeting, with Councilmen Scott Ping, Keith Hartzell and Pete Guinosso voting ‘no.’

  • Ocean City Triathlon takes off on Sunday, registration still open

    OCEAN CITY — Are you looking for a serious athletic challenge, but with something a little bit different?

    The Ocean City Triathlon on Sunday, May 19 promises to really mix it up, said Lisa Rumer, the Ocean City’s program supervisor, who has also served as the race director for the triathlon since its inception.

  • OCHS girls clinch CAL lacrosse tie with victory over MRHS

    Jen Marra / Kelly Hanna of the Ocean City High School girls lacrosse team fires a shot that results in a goal during the Raiders’ 14-9 win over Mainland Monday, May 13 at the Tennessee Avenue field in Ocean City.

    The Ocean City High School girls lacrosse team had plenty on their minds for Monday’s key Cape-Atlantic League game against Mainland.

    It turned out that short-term memory was enough.

  • Walk to End Lupus Now on the Ocean City Boardwalk

    A diagnosis of lupus doesn’t keep Peggy Miller down.

    OCEAN CITY – With the goal of topping last year’s record total, those suffering with lupus and their loved ones will come together to participate in the Walk to End Lupus Now on the Ocean City Boardwalk on Sunday, May 19.

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Dot’s Pastry Shop is back in business

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Last Updated on Thursday, May 02, 2013 05:40 pm Written by Cindy Nevitt Friday, May 03, 2013 12:00 am

Cindy Nevitt / Sarah, Jane, Greg and Emma Rodriguez, clockwise from left, with a tray of cream doughnuts at their bakery, Dot’s Pastry Shop, in Ocean City. Cindy Nevitt / Sarah, Jane, Greg and Emma Rodriguez, clockwise from left, with a tray of cream doughnuts at their bakery, Dot’s Pastry Shop, in Ocean City.

OCEAN CITY – Susan Medford stood at the counter in Dot’s Pastry Shop last weekend, a box of cream doughnuts in one hand and a single doughnut in the other. The ride home to West Chester, Pa., was going to be a lot more delicious than the ride to Ocean City had been, she said.

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OCNJ CARE volunteers honored at Salute to Working Women

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Last Updated on Friday, May 03, 2013 03:26 pm Written by Ann Richardson Thursday, May 02, 2013 04:47 pm

From left are Ocean City Chamber Salute to Working Women honorees Dottie Cianci, Maria Marinelli, Karin Gleason and Kathy Sykes at the luncheon in their honor Wednesday, May 1. From left are Ocean City Chamber Salute to Working Women honorees Dottie Cianci, Maria Marinelli, Karin Gleason and Kathy Sykes at the luncheon in their honor Wednesday, May 1.

OCEAN CITY – Six months and two days after Hurricane Sandy flooded Ocean City, the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce honored a quartet of local volunteers for their efforts in helping to restore the island.

Dottie Cianci, Karin Gleason, Maria Marinelli and Kathy Sykes were presented with plaques and bouquets of flowers at the 15th annual Salute to Working Women on Wednesday, May 1 at the Ocean City Yacht Club.

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Radio personality DeLuca talks being a role model at Working Women luncheon

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Last Updated on Thursday, May 02, 2013 04:55 pm Written by Ann Richardson Thursday, May 02, 2013 04:32 pm

Heather DeLuca, standing with a bouquet presented to her, is the guest speaker at the Ocean City Chamber’s Salute to Working Women luncheon Wednesday, May 1. Heather DeLuca, standing with a bouquet presented to her, is the guest speaker at the Ocean City Chamber’s Salute to Working Women luncheon Wednesday, May 1.

OCEAN CITY – As an on-air personality, she’s been entertaining radio listeners since 1998, but on Wednesday, May 1 Heather DeLuca, the music director and assistant brand manager for SoJo 104.9, spoke before a live audience as the keynote speaker for the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce’s annual Salute to Working Women.

DeLuca said it was a new, but welcome challenge for her.

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Hermit crab predicts early summer in Ocean City

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Written by Claire Lowe Thursday, May 02, 2013 01:42 pm

Suzanne Muldowney as Shelly the Mermaid, Dan Toal of Pirates Argh Us, facsimile Martin Z. Mollusk, “Trash Buster,” played by Mark Soifer; Dr. Frankenstein, portrayed by Ron MacCloskey; Doug Jewell of Air Circus, and three little Ocean City fish wait for Martin Z. Mollusk to arrive. Suzanne Muldowney as Shelly the Mermaid, Dan Toal of Pirates Argh Us, facsimile Martin Z. Mollusk, “Trash Buster,” played by Mark Soifer; Dr. Frankenstein, portrayed by Ron MacCloskey; Doug Jewell of Air Circus, and three little Ocean City fish wait for Martin Z. Mollusk to arrive.

OCEAN CITY — Martin Z. Mollusk, Ocean City’s hermit crab mascot, stepped out onto the Moorlyn Terrace beach on Thursday morning and saw his shadow for the 38th time, meaning summer will come early again this year.

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Evergreen no more, thanks to damage from Sandy

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Last Updated on Thursday, May 02, 2013 01:59 pm Written by Cindy Nevitt Thursday, May 02, 2013 12:00 am

Cindy Nevitt / The needles on this evergreen tree in the 3000 block of West Avenue have turned completely brown from saltwater damage. Cindy Nevitt / The needles on this evergreen tree in the 3000 block of West Avenue have turned completely brown from saltwater damage.

Six months after Sandy, the grass is not greener, and plant life is listless and lagging. Throughout coastal areas of Cape May County, salt-stunted shrubs, drowned plants and dead or dying trees dominate a landscape that usually would be bursting into bloom this time of year.

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Body recovered in Ocean City identified as missing boater

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Last Updated on Thursday, May 02, 2013 02:32 pm Written by Claire Lowe Wednesday, May 01, 2013 02:00 pm

OCEAN CITY — The body which washed ashore on the 24th Street beach in Ocean City Wednesday morning has been positively identified as David McAuliffe, 34, of Egg Harbor Township, according to the New Jersey State Police Sgt. Adam Grossman.

McAuliffe was apparently aboard the Cape Hatteras when it went missing Tuesday morning, April 23 in the Great Egg Harbor Inlet.

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OCHS students and parents encouraged to Share the Keys

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Written by Cindy Nevitt Wednesday, May 01, 2013 01:16 pm

Cindy Nevitt / Share the Keys, a program presented by the South Jersey Traffic Safety Alliance, was held Tuesday night at Ocean City High School. Cindy Nevitt / Share the Keys, a program presented by the South Jersey Traffic Safety Alliance, was held Tuesday night at Ocean City High School.

OCEAN CITY – Share the Keys, a teen driver safety program, was held for the first time at Ocean City High School on Tuesday night, bringing 120 students and an equal number of parents together for an hourlong presentation that emphasized the importance of parental involvement in creating good drivers.

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Police vehicle became trapped in sand while searching for missing boater

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Last Updated on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 06:05 pm Written by Cindy Nevitt Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:10 am

This photo, posted April 25 on Facebook, shows the Ocean City Police SUV trapped in sand and surrounded by the incoming high tide before it could be towed last week. This photo, posted April 25 on Facebook, shows the Ocean City Police SUV trapped in sand and surrounded by the incoming high tide before it could be towed last week.

OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City Police SUV needed a tow from the beach last week after it became stuck in the mud during high tide while officers were searching for the missing Sea Tow boat, Cape Hatteras, and its operator.

The 49-foot, 27-ton tow boat and its operator, David C. McAuliffe of Egg Harbor Township, went missing April 23 near the Great Egg Harbor Inlet.

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