Friday, May 18, 2012
Everything you need to know about visiting the Jersey Shore this summer.
Wondering how much beach tags will cost this year? Where to park? If you can bring your dog? We've got the skinny on your day trips for the rest of the summer right here. Ocean City "America's Greatest Family Resort" features eight miles of beaches and a boardwalk packed with shops and amusements. Discounted seasonal beach tags are $20 before May 31; the price goes up to $25 June 1. Weekly beach tags are $10, daily beach tags cost $5. Beach tags are required for visitors 12 and older from June 9 to Sept. 3, 2012. Avalon "Cooler by a mile," its beautiful, natural coastline is handicap-accessible with tennis courts and boat ramps. Pre-season beach fees (beginning May 31) are $21; an in-season tag is $26. Weekly beach fees (Saturday-…
Monday, May 7, 2012
A former Collingswood resident describes the effect of BYOB on the town.
To the Editor: I've been asked to speak in favor of BYOB in Ocean City from my experience working in Collingswood during its renaissance. I am truly neutral on this issue for a few reasons: I can tell you what I observed in Collingswood that might help. First let me say that "Colls" is a town that works together on issues and tends to find creative ways to solve its problems. Mayor Malley was proud and satisfied with the results of the changes. They don't seem to have the control issues that exist in Ocean City. When I began working there, Haddon Avenue had deteriorating buildings, struggling and closing businesses. Simultaneously, the police experienced destruction and violence regularly on the part of the young people who were out in the…
Everything you need to know about the May 8 municipal election.
It all began—in a 21st-century sorta way—with a Facebook page. It gathered steam when two restaurant owners (one now out of business) took the lead on starting a movement. They said they were inspired, in part, by a newspaper editorial (Jan. 19, 2011). And now, about 475 days and several thousand Ocean City Patch comments later, it will all come to an end on Tuesday: the Great BYOB Debate of 2011-12. Voters go to the polls on Tuesday, May 8, to decide a binding public question on allowing "Bring Your Own Bottle" (BYOB) restaurants in Ocean City. Voters from each of the city's four wards will also pick representatives for City Council. Here's what you need to know: WHERE TO VOTE AND FIND RESULTS BYOB QUESTION
Saturday, January 28, 2012
The Randles Boys Foundation event runs 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28.
The public is invited to bring friends and family to a happy hour at the Irish Pub in Philadelphia on Saturday, Jan. 28. The $35 admission includes food, beer, wine and house drinks and all proceeds benefit the Randles Boys Foundation for cystic fibrosis. The event takes place in the upstairs of the popular pub at 12th Street and Walnut Avenue near the Forrest Theater. It will be the eighth year for the annual fundraiser, which is "a great event and a great crowd" and for many provides a casual start to a fun night in Philadelphia, according to Pat Randles, the Ocean City police officer who organizes the fundraiser on behalf of the foundation named for his two sons. __________ Tickets are available at the door. Visit randlesboysfoundation.…
Monday, January 23, 2012
The marine mammal is dead and decomposing at Seventh Street.
UPDATE, 2:25 p.m.: Officials from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center have confirmed that a whale that washed ashore earlier today on the Seventh Street beach is dead. "It's a very dead and badly decomposing whale that washed ashore" said Sheila Dean, co-director of the center in Brigantine. The whale, roughly 40 feet long, is either of the minke or fin species, Dean said. It's impossible at this point to determine how or exactly when the whale died, she added. Curious onlookers should stay away from the dead marine mammal, as gases are building up inside its body, which could cause the carcass to explode, according to Dean. ______________________ A whale is stranded in the shallow surf next to the Seventh Street jetty at 1 p.m. on Monday…
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Kevin Richards' cousin, 26-year-old Bobby McIlvaine, was killed in the attack on the Twin Towers.
For 29-year-old pro surfer and Ocean City, New Jersey resident Kevin Richards, one word about Sept. 11, 2001, is forever etched in his memory. Bittersweet. It began sweetly enough. That morning, Richards experienced some of the best surf coastal New Jersey has to offer. Sept. 11, 2001, remains, for area surfers, a day of greatness. But bitter crept in that afternoon, as Richards—who'd heard about the attacks, but didn't tie himself into the tragedy—arrived home to see his family sitting around the table, expressions of loss reflecting from face to face. Richards' first cousin, 26-year-old Princeton University graduate Robert "Bobby" G. McIlvaine, was among the victims lost in 9/11. McIlvaine, a resident of Oreland, PA, did not work in …
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Jen A. Miller has updated her book on Jersey shore must-do's—and has a blog to check daily.
Even if you’ve been heading to the South Jersey shore since the Ocean City carousel was the high point of your visit, this time take along a copy of Jen A. Miller’s newest book: The Jersey Shore: Atlantic City to Cape May. As you page through it and look at the color photos—many of them vintage—you’ll say repeatedly: I didn’t know that! Miller, 30, a graduate of Haddonfield Memorial High School who now lives in Collingswood, is the Coppertone model all grown up. Even when she’s wearing strappy sandals and a dress, you know she’d rather be sitting in a low chair with her feet in the surf. Miller stopped at the Haddonfield library Wednesday night, admittedly to hawk her $19.95 book. It was one of dozens of South Jersey book-signings she’s …
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Just because you're leaving Haddonfield behind doesn't mean you can't still use Patch.com.
A slice from Mack & Manco’s. Saltwater taffy at Shriver’s. Miniature golf in the shadow of a pirate ship. Baking in the sun on a crowded beach. Riding the Ferris wheel high above the Wonderland pier. They’re all essential parts of the Ocean City experience. And now, so is Patch. With the unofficial start of summer here, Ocean City Patch is your home away from home. Need to know what events are happening this weekend? You’re covered. Want to know what new businesses have opened, or where that coffee shop is on the boardwalk? It’s all there. You can also find the kind of coverage you’ve come to expect from Patch, like details on the ongoing causeway construction, negotiations by the city to bring in more parking and a feature on longtime …
