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The Ocean City Red Raiders field hockey team notched its sixth win of the season with a 9-0 defeat Wednesday over the visiting Spartans of Holy Spirit.  The win brings Ocean City’s record to 6-1, while Holy Spirit drops to 1-5. Leading the scoring for the Raiders was Tara McNally with five goals on the evening.  Fellow senior Sophia Ruh recorded a goal and two assists and Carly Hanin, Nya Gilchrist and Katie Bowman rounded out the goal scoring for Ocean City.

Traditional trick-or-treating hours for Ocean City will be 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. It is important this year for both trick-or-treaters and families putting out treats to plan for a safe and healthy holiday. The city also will sponsor a Halloween House Decorating Contest and a holiday event at the Skate Park. Details follow.

On a beautiful crisp fall evening, the Ocean City High School girls soccer team defeated the visiting Middle Township Panthers, 3-0. The win Tuesday brings Ocean City’s record to a division-leading 5-0-1, while Middle drops to 5-2-1. Scoring for Ocean City were Summer Reimet, Suzy Dietrich and Paige Panico, with Reimet, Dietrich and Faith Slimmer all adding assists.

Steve Booth, sales leader of the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach Realtors office on 34th Street in Ocean City, welcomes Dorian Giorgio as a sales associate. “I joined the company because I wanted to work with a caring, knowledgeable and capable group of people who share my passion for real estate,” Giorgio said in a news release. Giorgio is a member of the Ocean City Board of Realtors and serves southern New Jersey, including Ocean City, Avalon and Stone Harbor.

Are you a Jeopardy fan? Random fact enthusiast? Come test your skills with six rounds of virtual Trivia hosted by the Ocean City Free Public Library via Zoom from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19. Details follow on how to register.

Our journey through life is filled with potholes, detours and roadblocks. How you get through those obstacles is what builds strength and character. To find inspiration when struggling through those challenging times, you need to look no further than to the journey of Jared Fenstermacher. On Saturday, the 35-year-old Fenstermacher arrived in Ocean City, his final stop on his cross-country cycling trip. What makes this final stop so remarkable is that his cycling trip began on Aug. 11, 2016. 

The Cape May County freeholders are bringing enhanced and more accessible medical services to veterans in Cape May County. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is in the final stage of opening its new location for the Cape May VA Outpatient Clinic. It is anticipated to open in December 2020 and is located in the County Commons complex in Rio Grande, according to a county news release.

Ocean City High School’s undefeated football team scored both on the offensive and defensive side of the ball and added another touchdown off a kickoff return while rolling to a 36-16 win Friday night over visiting Millville at Carey Stadium. The Red Raiders (4-0) jumped out to a 22-8 halftime lead over the Thunderbolts (1-3) behind an 11-yard touchdown run by quarterback Joe Repetti and two interceptions returned for scores by Jake Schneider and Brad Jamison.

Mayor Jay Gillian is inviting everyone to give a warm Ocean City welcome on Saturday to a cross-country cyclist who is finally completing his journey after he was struck by a truck in Iowa in 2016 and left paralyzed. Jared Fenstermacher is expected to arrive in Ocean City between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday. Police and fire vehicles will meet him at the Ninth Street Bridge Welcome Center to escort him into town. "I’d love to see people cheer him on along his route into town: Down Ninth Street to Atlantic Avenue and up to the Music Pier via Eighth Street," Gillian said in his weekly mayor's message Friday. Fenstermacher, who is raising money for a nonprofit cancer foundation, was able to complete the final 1,200 miles of his trip on a bicycle propelled by his hands.

Ocean City is planning a safe and healthy Halloween for 2020. A rundown of Halloween events follows.