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With two weeks until Memorial Day, Ocean City is getting ready for another summer season. The official “Unlocking of the Ocean” will take place at noon on Friday, May 23, on the beach at Ninth Street. That opens the gates for the Business Persons Plunge, which immediately follows. Everybody is invited to participate, and more information is more»

Just in time for Mother’s Day weekend, the Boardwalk Special Improvement District has announced that Sightseer Tram Car rides, and the iconic “Watch The Tram Car Please” announcement, will return to the Wildwoods Boardwalk on Saturday, May 10th!

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The highly anticipated return of the Downtown Wildwood Farmers Market will take place on Saturday, May 24th at 8 am! This will be Season #12 of the Farmers Market that gets better every year! With over 80 vendors selling farm goods, baked goods, specialty food and drink items, wine, craft beer and spirits, as well as a large variety of handmade craft items more»

But before that, beach lovers will check on the summer forecast. Ocean City’s hermit-crab mascot will seek his shadow in a local version of Groundhog Day at 11 a.m. Friday, May 2, on the beach at Ninth Street. Martin Z. Mollusk has successfully predicted an early summer every year for five decades (sometimes, of course, with the creative use of more»

The public is invited to attend a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony promptly at 11:15 AM followed by tours of the new facility alongside the Recreation Department and City Officials. When remodeling began for the new library at Franklin Street School in 2021, the City took a survey of Cape May homeowners for the preferred future of 110 Ocean Street. The results are more»

More than 90 athletes will compete in this meet in hopes of qualifying for the Special Olympics New Jersey State Summer Games. The Recreation Department is seeking volunteers to staff the meet, including: Escorts (to walk athletes from their staging area to the starting line or from the finish line to the awards area) Timers Recording Entertaining more»

Cape May County Park and Zoo is thrilled to welcome two young bobcats from Arizona.

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(Cape May, N.J.) - Cape May's award-winning, Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company will host its annual "Spring Soiree" fundraiser, May 25, to kick off the theater company's 45th Season, themed "The Story Continues." The limited-ticket event will provide guests with an extra-special treat: the opportunity to be among the first to witness what will more»

Cape May is the chosen location because the destroyer the USS Jacob Jones, the first US warship to be attacked by a German U-Boat following Germany’s declaration of war against the United States, was sunk just miles off Cape May’s shoreline. A total of 131 Jacob Jones officers and crew perished. At a meeting on Tuesday (4/15), more»