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Spring has sprung, and that means the popular Wednesday Lunches are again being served at Ocean City’s Morvey-Miley American Legion Post 524 at 46th Street and West Avenue. Each week, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m...

Members of the five Atilis Gym locations in Atlantic, Cape May and Camden counties have one thing in common. They love how they are treated. They attribute much of their satisfaction to the owner, Chris Lambert, for his motivating energy and warm welcome. They also like his Atilis employees, who are just as professional and friendly, making working out seem more inviting than arduous. With the approach of summer, Atilis is offering daily and multi-day passes at all five gyms to make it even easier for members and new customers to work out.

The 47th annual Ocean City Flower Show is coming up and organizers are looking for some young talent to bloom. The Garden Club of Ocean City, which stages the Flower Show, is calling on all children ages 3-14 to join in the Junior Division of the show, which runs from May 31 to June 2 at the Ocean City Music Pier. This year's theme is “Celebrating the Holidays.” Everything is provided for the kids, and there is no cost to sign up. All parents or guardians and their children have to do is show up at the Music Pier on May 30 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to create their best Easter-themed floral baskets.

The Connolly family headed down Asbury Avenue with a few very important goals in mind: Accumulate goodies, more goodies and then even more goodies. Yes, the Glassboro family was on a quest to sample a variety of foods and browse the vendor tables. And they had an array of choices at the Ocean City Spring Block Party, a blockbuster annual event featuring 350 crafters, a variety of food vendors, musicians and an abundance of kids’ activities over a mile of downtown Asbury Avenue between Fifth Street and 14th Street. An estimated 30,000 people filled Asbury Avenue to enjoy the day. Officials estimate another 20,000 visitors will come to Ocean City to take advantage of the Boardwalk and merchant table sales event going on throughout the day on Sunday.

She is someone who is always there to help out another person, someone who can be relied on to make a difference. But she is often behind the scenes, not wanting to take credit for the work that is done. That is Carol Heenan, as people described her at the Flanders Hotel in Ocean City Thursday night, when nearly 200 well-wishers came out to honor her as she received the John Kemenosh Memorial Award during a Republican Club event for her service to the party.

Ocean City Tabernacle is offering an array of guest speakers during Sunday morning services beginning Memorial Day weekend. It also has a host of concerts planned for members and guests and there is something new – a Family Movie Night. Beginning this Friday, May 3, the Tabernacle is trying something that Pastor Jay Reimer hopes will be a tradition for families. “The O.C. Tabernacle planned this movie night for families in the Ocean City area to enjoy a night out with friends and simply to encourage family time together,” said Reimer, who is also the CEO of the Tabernacle.

More than 70,000 people died in 2017 alone, as a result of drug overdoses from both illicit drugs and opioids. That figure rose from 16,849 in 1999, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. “We are in the midst of a crisis, an opioid crisis. In 2017, 70,000 Americans lost their lives to drug abuse,” explained Special Agent Nicholas Kolen of the Drug Enforcement Agency during a press conference Wednesday. “That is more people lost each year than can fit in the field where the Eagles play.” Kolen was one of several officials who spoke about the important of the medicine drop boxes during the event at the Cape May County Administration Building...

A prime piece of real estate adjacent to the Ocean City Boardwalk at Eighth Street is being offered for sale at nearly $5 million. The property, at 821 E. Eighth Street and the rear section of 748 Boardwalk, is actually a 140-space operating parking lot owned by Central Boardwalk Parking LLC of Farmington, Conn. The one-acre site went on the market over Easter weekend, said Gina Farruggio, the realtor handling the property sale. It is located within the city's Hospitality Zone, opening up an array of potential development options.

A giant, rusted screw, a cover for a workout weight, large hunks of Styrofoam and plenty of plastic bottles filled the trash bags of the Figueroa and Zbikowski families, who joined forces and ventured onto the beach Saturday morning for Clean Ocean Action's Beach Sweep in Ocean City. “Last year we found a piece of a whale’s jaw,” said Alexander Figueroa, 14, of Pine Hill, N.J. “We also found a teddy bear. It was so heavy because it had been in the water.” This year was a bit less exciting, they admitted, but it did yield the removal of a lot of plastic off the beaches and make way for visitors to enjoy pristine beaches and marine life to be safer from the threat of choking on plastic bags or other garbage.

Councilwoman Karen Bergman joked with the audience that it was hard to believe she was receiving the 2019 Salute to Working Women Award from the Ocean City Regional Chamber of Commerce. “What an honor for a Philly girl,” she said with emotion as she looked out into the audience Wednesday at the Flanders Hotel, where family and friends filled the room. The honor recognizes women in business for their achievements, both professionally and personally.