Get Your First Night Buttons Now! They’re Going Fast!

Post by Ocean City, NJ on December 23, 2009
Get Your First Night Buttons Now! They’re Going Fast!

Our First Night celebration is definitely one of the best New Year’s Eve entertainment buys ever offered! Probably THE BEST! Where else can you enjoy 60 entertainment programs plus amusement rides and miniature golf for just $14 on the holiday? Where else indeed? No place else but in Ocean City, New Jersey, America’s Greatest Family resort since 1879 and counting. Admission buttons are selling fast. There’s just one week left until New Year’s Eve and the past three years we have sold out of buttons. This means you should buy yours as soon as possible. First Night admission buttons are available seven days a week from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. at First Night Headquarters, Downtown Gillian, 838B Asbury Ave. You can also order on line at www.firstnightocnj.com You can order by phone... Read More

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Holiday Entertainment Plentiful this Weekend

Post by Ocean City, NJ on December 17, 2009
Holiday Entertainment Plentiful this Weekend

The Ocean City Pops and the City’s Theater Company and Repertory Theater Company will all present Christmas entertainment this weekend. THE POPS return with JOY TO THE WORLD, Sat., 8 p.m., Dec. 19 at the Tabernacle, 5th and Wesley Ave. This traditional holiday concert features beloved Christmas carols and music with a full Pops Orchestra under the direction of Bill Scheible. Featured performers are critically acclaimed, Elisa Matthews and baritone Dominic Inferrera singing with the Pops, joined by the Cape Shore Chorale, directed by Scott Briener. Excerpts from Bach’s Sleepers Awake Cantata will be performed as well as holiday favorites, Twelve Days of Christmas and White Christmas along with traditional carols and songs of the season. Special features include the Heraldic Trumpets, bells and musicologist, Richard Stanislaw. Tickets are $15, available... Read More

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Message in Bottle Winner Will Return Here for First Night

Post by Ocean City, NJ on December 9, 2009
Message in Bottle Winner Will Return Here for First Night

Want to become a not so instant celebrity? Put a message in a bottle. Have it dropped off at sea. And wait. That is what Heidi Kay Werstler did 24 years ago when Ocean City held its one and only Message in a Bottle contest. With the help of her father, Heidi, then 6, sealed the message in a soda bottle obtained from a boardwalk store. Then she waited, and waited. Years passed. The bottle became a distant memory. Recently Heidi’s memory was pleasantly jolted. Her bottle washed ashore after the Nor’easter that racked the East Coast in November. The bottle had traveled 200 miles (approximately 8 miles per year) to the Outer Banks. It was retrieved by maintenance personnel cleaning the beach at the Sanderling Resort and Spa in Duck, North... Read More

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Parade, City Open House, Train Show, Sindia Day – This Weekend!

Post by Ocean City, NJ on December 3, 2009
Parade, City Open House, Train Show, Sindia Day – This Weekend!

The City will follow-up its very successful holiday program of last week with another weekend of fun filled events. The action begins on the Boardwalk, Saturday Dec.5 at 10 a.m., with our popular TRAIN SHOW inside the Music Pier, Boardwalk and Moorlyn Terrace. This is a two-day event set for 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. on Sat. and 11 a.m. till 4 p.m. on Sun. Children will be fascinated by the colorful Garden Railway display on the stage of the Pier. It features larger sized trains built to be displayed outdoors. Youngsters watch from the stage and are permitted to work the controls of the exhibit. A 10 x 20 ft. display by the South Jersey S Gaugers with four and five models operating simultaneously will be set up in the Solarium... Read More

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Earlier Than The Bird, Regional Craft Show This Weekend

Post by Ocean City, NJ on November 18, 2009
Earlier Than The Bird, Regional Craft Show This Weekend

Ocean City is the place to shop the weekend before Thanksgiving, or any weekend for that matter. But for now, let’s stick with the upcoming weekend, the one before Turkey Day! Something new has been added to downtown special events. It’s called “Earlier than the Bird” and we think you’ll agree that it’s really something to twitter about. Downtown merchants will present the one and only Earlier Than the Bird shopping extravaganza on Sat., Nov. 21 from 7 a.m. till noon along Asbury Ave. from 6th to 11th Sts. Stores will offer cost cutting specials and will give away free coffee, coffee mugs and other freebies. You’ll have the opportunity to win one of many $25 Downtown Gift Certificates. Restaurants will feature a variety of dining specials. Merchants will be dressed... Read More

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Quiet Festival, Craft Show This Weekend, Holiday Specials Next

Post by Ocean City, NJ on November 12, 2009
Quiet Festival, Craft Show This Weekend, Holiday Specials Next

Ah, yes, it’s Quiet Festival Weekend, that time of year when those of us who enjoy silence and placid activities celebrate while the majority of the population completely ignores us. Yes, amid the Texting, Face booking, My Spacing, U Tubing and general hyper-activity, we take our stand (or seat) listening to the wisdom of sea shells, leaf squeezing, pin dropping, Yawning Along, maple pod dropping, flying kites and paper airplanes, inspecting clouds and relaxing to the inspirational tinkling of the World’s Only Wind Chimes Band. Here’s the Quiet Festival Schedule: Wed., Nov., 11- Ken Thorpe, Paper Air Plane enthusiast, visits 8th St. Playground After School Program at 3:30 p.m., shows children how to fly and make paper airplanes, does the same thing at 4 p.m. on Thurs., Oct. 12 for After... Read More

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About Trail of Two Cities, Quiet Festival & Veterans Day

Post by Ocean City, NJ on November 5, 2009
About Trail of Two Cities, Quiet Festival & Veterans Day

TRAIL OF TWO CITIES: Here’s your chance to get close up and personal with the new bridge construction. Join the genial group for the Trail of Two Cities run/walk over the 9th Street Causeway on Saturday. You will be able to see the construction as you have never seen it before and enjoy a healthy run, jog or walk to boot! The event starts 8 a.m. at the Ocean City Transportation Center and ends in Kennedy Park in Somers Point. Registration begins 7 a.m. at the Transportation center located on Haven Ave. between 9th and 10th Sts. in back of McDonalds. Buses will be available at Kennedy Park to transport participants to the Ocean City Transportation Center from 7 to 7:30 a.m. Buses will also transport folks back to Ocean... Read More

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Parade, Family Night, Haunted House, Free Concert This Week

Post by Ocean City, NJ on October 29, 2009
Parade, Family Night, Haunted House, Free Concert This Week

Many entertainment events are scheduled this week plus the rescheduled WALK FOR THE WOUNDED which will be held on Sat., Oct. 31. The event raises funds through Operation First Response to assist wounded soldiers and their families. The walk begins at 12:30 p.m., registration starts at 11 a.m. at the Music Pier, Boardwalk and Moorlyn Terrace. Enjoy food, ceremonies, music and a 3 mile stroll on the boardwalk. Raise $50 and receive a free, long sleeve T Shirt. Contact Tricia Ciliberto 609-399-0012 Ext. 1106 or visitwww.ochome.com. The City’s colorful HALLOWEEN PARADE is set for tonight, Oct. 29 starting 7:15 p.m. Route is from 6th to 11th Sts. on Asbury Ave. This is the 62nd annual march sponsored by the Ocean City Exchange Club in cooperation with the City. There will be costumed characters,... Read More

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Pink Field, Humane Society Festival, Dog of Year This Weekend

Post by Ocean City, NJ on October 22, 2009
Pink Field, Humane Society Festival, Dog of Year This Weekend

Before we cover this weekend, here are events that have been rescheduled because of last weekend’s storm: WALK FOR THE WOUNDED will be held on Sat., Oct. 31. The event raises funds through Operation First Response to assist wounded soldiers and their families. Registration is at 11 a.m. and the walk begins 12:30 p.m. at the Music Pier, Boardwalk and Moorlyn Terrace. Special guest will be Tracey Davidson of NBC 10. Enjoy food, ceremonies, music and a 3 mile stroll on the Boardwalk. Raise $50 and receive a free, long sleeve T Shirt. Ocean City Home Bank is major sponsor. Contact Tricia Ciliberto 609-399-0012 or visitwww.ochome.com. FREE HAY RIDES are scheduled for the Boardwalk, Sat.-Sun., Oct. 24-25 from noon till 4 p.m. Passengers may get on and off at 8th and 12th... Read More

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