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Nancy Beal peered into a mirror holding up a blue and green necklace with a vibrant blue medallion. “I just bought a blue dress that this necklace would go perfect with,” Beal, of Fort Washington, Pa. The adornment from Ruth Deschler’s Fiber Arts was just one of the trinkets Beal selected at the 2018 Spring Festival of Fine Arts and Crafts at the Ocean City Music Pier Saturday...

Under sun splashed skies, the Ocean City High School Crew teams held a ceremony at the 34th Street boat dock Saturday afternoon honoring four families who have supported the program since its inception, by naming four boats after them. Mayor Jay Gillian, Ocean City Schools Superintendent Kathleen Taylor, former Schools Superintendent Donald Dearborn and his wife Joan and Christopher and Ruth Ann Meyers were recognized for contributing so much to the program, that their names will forever grace the boats. Honorees christened the 55 to 60-foot boats by pouring waters mixed from the bay, Lake Lenape in Mays Landing, the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia and Cooper River in Camden...

A hula hoop, coal from old shipwrecks and even underwear, were just some of the unusual items that turned up in Saturday’s Beach Sweep around Music Pier in Ocean City. More than 300 participants lined up throughout the morning into the early afternoon to get their rubber gloves and trash bags and hit the sands in search for litter during the 33rd annual Spring Beach Sweep hosted by Clean Ocean Action...

If there ever was a property that embodied the age-old real estate adage, “Location, location, location,” it would be this one. In fact, Kevin and Liz O’Brien believe their strategically located commercial property at 1300 Stagecoach Road in Ocean View, Upper Township, offers endless possibilities. The couple, who have owned the property for 20 years and have run a successful national award-winning construction business Kalimex out of a portion of it, should know...

The Ocean City American Legion Morvay-Miley Post 524 will be the first in the country to offer a medical service that will help members get the care they need with the convenience of it close to home. The new service, telehealth, is part of a Veteran Affairs pilot program and will be available through appointment at the American Legion, 46th Street and West Avenue. A physician’s assistant or nurse from the VA will come to the post to provide check-ups and routine care and the information will be transmitted to the physicians at either the Philadelphia or Wilmington, Delaware VA hospitals...

Where else could you begin your day with a sighting of 1970’s and 80’s TV star Erik Estrada, view hundreds of basset hounds waddling down a Boardwalk, followed by a night watching a bunch of guys in their golden years on stage dancing to the beat while holding up some heavy hams? You guessed it. Only in Ocean City. A pairing of two hilarious events, Ocean City’s 33rd annual Doo Dah Parade and the 2018 Mr. Mature America Pageant brought plenty of laughter and plenty of visitors to “America’s Greatest Family Resort.” “The two events are natural together,” Ocean City spokesman Doug Bergen said of combining the parade with the pageant, which is in its fifth year...

They strutted, sauntered, scooted and did their best sashays holding heavy hams. But in the end, there could be only one Mr. Mature America - one senior who proved to the judges and the audience that filled the Music Pier Saturday night - that you are never too old show ’em what you got. Contestants ranged in age from 58 to 73. The contestant who took home the sash and crown, was...

Bill Cruice was commander of American Legion Morvay-Miley Post 524 in 2000, when he organized a drive for the veterans to have a meeting place, one where they could share their memories, enjoy camaraderie and hold events. On Saturday, the 84-year-old reflected on how he and other post members, there were 30 at the time, knocked on doors and began the long journey to having their own building. The post, which grew to 450 members in 17 years, leased space in four different locations...

Haines won the Healthy Educator Award through AtlantiCare’s Healthy Schools, Healthy Children initiative for his efforts to instill healthy behaviors and attitudes in the Intermediate School’s student and staff populations. He has helped initiate Mindful Mondays at the school, during which the entire student body takes time to breathe and meditate at the start of the school day. For both students and staff, Haines has led the introduction of yoga, which is supported by a Sustainable Jersey for Schools Health and Wellness Grant. With its Sustainable Jersey funding, the Ocean City Intermediate School (OCIS) has started offering after-school yoga lessons to students in fourth through eighth grades. The yoga equipment purchased with this funding also benefits teachers and staff during yoga sessions on in-service days, according to the release...

The Humane Society of Ocean City presents Woofstock at Willow Creek Winery, 168 Stevens Street in West Cape May, Sunday, April 29. Jeffrey Gaines will be performing a special benefit concert from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. to bring awareness to the needs of shelter animals and a call for education and training so that all animals find the loving home they deserve...