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As the calendar pages turn, ever closer to Halloween, the ghost stories of Ocean City grow ever louder. Ocean City has no shortage of such stories. Some are famous, burnished by legend and years of deliberation while others are rooted in historical fact. Still others are ongoing and recent, documented in first person accounts on blogs, websites and social media. Many of the stories focus on the beach and Boardwalk area...

In it’s final home stand of the 2018 regular season, the Ocean City High School field hockey team dominated Absegami High School 9-0. The win brings Ocean City’s record to 13-0 in conference and 15-2-1 on the season. Jaclyn Charbonneau led all scorers with two goals and three assists on the evening while Molly Reardon (3g) Nya Gilchrist (2g) and Reese Bloomstead (1g, 1a) all contributed multiple points. Sophia Grisham added a goal and Shannon Decosta tallied an assist. Five of Ocean City’s nine goals were assisted...

On Tuesday evening, Cape May County Freeholder and Ocean City resident, Marie Hayes was named as the County’s recipient of one of the Boy Scouts of America’s highest local honors. The Garden State Council of the Boy Scouts of America recognized Hayes as one of the “Outstanding Women of South Jersey” at their 2018 Women of Achievement Awards event. She received the honor at the Scouts’ annual reception, held at Auletto Caterers in Almonesson, Gloucester County. “I’m honored to be recognized as an Outstanding Women in South Jersey...

Cape May County Clerk Rita Marie Fulginiti will be the featured speaker during a public forum focusing on the Nov. 6 election. Sponsored by the Ocean City AARP Chapter 1062, the forum will be held 12:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in Room 111 at the Ocean City Free Public Library. The public is invited to attend.

The Ocean City Boardwalk will be the setting for two major events this weekend – one a local tradition and the other a first-time show in town. The John R. Elliott HERO Walk and 5K Run on the Boardwalk, now in its eighth year, will take place on Sunday, Oct. 21. Vintage (1948-1965) 356 series Porsche owners will roll into town Friday, Oct. 19, and Saturday, Oct. 20, for their “East Coast Holiday.” This is the first time Ocean City will host the event.

United Methodist Communities (UMC) at The Shores, a senior living community located on Bay Avenue in Ocean City, appointed Dawn Zindel to the position of director of Tapestries Memory Care Residence. In this role, she will assume Tapestries’ oversight, staff management and services, which focus on residents with neurocognitive disorders, related dementias or who experience difficulty with thinking, according to a UMC press release.

The Ocean City High School field hockey team stifled conference opponent Bridgeton Friday afternoon 10-0 and turned around Saturday afternoon to defeat non-conference foe Lenape 3-1. The wins improved Ocean City’s record to 13-2-1. Friday’s game was family day, which allowed Ocean City the opportunity to say thank you to all of the parents and fans who support the team all season long.

In his weekly message to the public, Mayor Jay Gillian discusses Ocean City's efforts to win bigger discounts for flood insurance policy holders. City Council on Thursday night approved four planning documents related to flood mitigation and outreach efforts. These are requirements for the National Flood Insurance Program’s Community Rating System (CRS), the mayor noted. Ocean City will be reviewed by the CRS program in December and anticipates increasing its rating to secure an additional 5 or 10 percent discount for almost all local flood insurance policy holders, he said.

The city issues its latest update on the North End Neighborhood Drainage Project. Details follow.

On Oct. 10 at 5:05 a.m. the Ocean City Police Department and Cape May County Regional SWAT Team served a search warrant on an apartment located inside a condominium complex at 921 Wesley Ave., resulting in the arrest of three residents for alleged drugs and weapons offenses. The search warrant was a result of a month-long investigation into the sale of controlled dangerous substances from that location, according to a police press release. Authorities arrested Russell McGraw, Mary Hyson and Tomas Pratts, all of Ocean City.