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Ocean City’s popular Baby Crawling Race, The Pamper Scamper, is set for Tues., Aug. 7 at the 6^th   St. Beach Volley Ball Courts opposite Wonderland Pier. Registration is at 9 a.m. and the races begin 9:30 a.m. The contest is free and prizes are awarded.

The race is for babies 15 months and younger. The event is sponsored by the Ocean City Recreation Division with prizes donated by Ocean City merchants.

Miss Crustacean Has Been Entertaining the Nation for Three decades and more at the New Jersey Shore

OCEAN CITY, N.J. --- For 39 years The Miss Crustacean Hermit Crab Beauty Pageant has attracted hundreds of curvaceous crustaceans and their best friends.

On August 1, America’s most glamorous Crabettes will congregate at 1 p.m. on the 6^th   St. Beach to vie for the “Coveted Cumber Rind Cup,” symbol of Crustacean Comeliness. A cucumber represents a year’s supply of groceries for a hermit crab if supplemented with tree bark, pizza crust for fiber and a dash of swamp water.

The Art of Surfing Festival is proud to present its 12^th annual festival at the historic Ocean City Music Pier on Thursday August 2^nd, Friday August 3^rd, and Saturday August 4^th this summer! The Festival is an event for the whole family. It features original art from surfing’s biggest names from local favorite, Aaron Bogushefsky “Bogy”, to our friends, Severson & Valiere, from Hawaii. The Festival hours are 5 PM to 11PM on Thursday, August 2^nd, noon to 10PM on Friday, August 3^rd and noon to 10PM on Saturday August 4^th.

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WHAT: Ocean City’s Third Annual Tribute to the Philippines

WHEN: Saturday July 21-Sunday July 22

WHERE: Three Locations

FREE  DAY, LONG HEALTH FAIR AT THE LIBRARY PART OF OCEAN CITY’S TRIBUTE TO PHILIPPINES

Loma Linda off the blue waters of the Philippines is where people enjoy the greatest longevity in the world.  It is known as the “Blue Zone.”

As part of Ocean City’s third annual tribute to that country, a group of Filipino physicians and nurses will hold a free, health seminar, “Unlocking the Secrets of the Blue Zone.” The event will be held in the Ocean City Library’s Senior Center, 17th and Simpson Ave., Sunday, July 22 from 9a.m. to 3 p.m.

A trade festival featuring Filipino crafts, products and services plus a 5 p.m. show with the Sounds of Manila, a popular Filipino band, will highlight the City’s third annual Tribute to the Philippines, July 21-22. The major sponsor of the event is Western Union.

The show will also include and array of prominent Filipino entertainers. National Yo Yo Champions, affiliated with Air Circus of Ocean City, will open the show with unique routines to dance music. The Yo Yo was invented in the Philippines and means “Return! Return!” in the Filipino language.

The trade festival will be held in the Pavilion area of the Music Pier, Boardwalk and Moorlyn Terrace. Filipino Nurses Associations from Pennsylvania and New Jersey will provide a free Health and Wellness seminar at their booth locations and offer free blood pressure and blood sugar tests. Hundreds of Filipinos are employed in hospitals throughout the Delaware Valley. The Philippines has become noted for its outstanding health care facilities. Entry to the Trade Festival is free.

It’s always a fun way to spend a fun day, indoors and out.

The huge Ocean City Fine Art and Handcraft Festival will be presented by the Jersey Shore Artisans Guild on Saturday, July 21 in the Civic Center and Carey Stadium, just off the Boardwalk at 6th Street. Show hours are 10 am to 5 pm.

Browse through thousands of imaginative creations from furniture to fine art, jewelry to jigsaws, wind chimes to waterfalls, fancy candy to Raggedy Andy and gourmet treats galore.

Guild Director JoAnne Schaut explains, “Since we began in 2002, our July, November and March fairs have raised over $170,000 for area charities including the Ocean City Food Cupboard, the Atlantic City Rescue Mission, American Red Cross and Salvation Army.

Ocean City Regional Chamber of Commerce President, Brian Broadley, recently received the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve’s (ESGR) Seven Seals Award for Outstanding Support of Guardsman.

Indelible Moments.

Most Americans have distinct memories of where they were, September 11, 2001 when the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center and America found itself at war with an elusive enemy half way around the world.

Weapons Shop Maintenance 3 Supervisor and National Guard Airman Emil Martinelli had just finished weapons  prepping the fighter jets at the 177th fighter wing. It was a typical day at the base and he was ‘putting in extra time’ as part of the support team for the pilots who were performing their routine morning training missions.

Then the announcement resonated through the base. “RED BALL.  BACK TO THE SHOP.” In civilian terms, “return immediately!”

Commemorative Painting Created to Celebrate Event

Ocean City--Local artist Nancy Palermo, known for her murals in the Ocean City Library and throughout the city, has created

a watercolor painting to celebrate the 50th Ocean City Boardwalk Art Show.  The painting depicts the many tents of artwork seen

each year as nearly 100 artists exhibit their artwork the first weekend in August on the Boardwalk.  In addition the work

shows the throngs of visitors who stop to view and purchase the art.  Ms. Palermo's painting may be seen at the Ocean City Arts Center, 1735 Simpson Avenue, in the Community Center.

This year’s Night in Venice commemorative mugs will feature illustrations of one of the City’s old bridges and the new super span that now accommodates traffic on the Causeway between Ocean City and Somers Point.

The mugs will serve a double purpose as a remembrance of the resort’s 58th Annual Night In Venice Celebration and as a souvenir of the monumental new and nostalgic old construction.

The collector’s item mugs will be given to all who enter boats and homes in the bay front spectacular set for Sat., July 28 at 7 p.m. The Parade begins at the Longport Bridge and concludes at Tennessee Ave. and the Bay.

 
Tuesday, July 3, 11 am to 1 pm
 
Ocean City--Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell signs his new book " A Nation
 
of Wusses: How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great", on Tuesday, July 3, 11 am to
 
1 pm.   The book chronicles some of the toughest fights of his career.  He also tells the stories of many
 
of today's elected officials that care only about their own careers and not about what might be best for our
 
Country.  He is bipartisan in his tales of representatives flip-flopping and pandering to their bases just to
 
get the votes.

The” real feel” of summertime at the Jersey Shore will be experienced at the Tony Mart Reunion Party and concert this Saturday night, June 23rd, at the Ocean City Music Pier on the Boardwalk between 8th and 9th Streets.

BEACH GAME FOUNDERS SEEK TO FURTHER A JERSEY SHORE TRADITION!
Clam Drain will select a winner to receive an Ocean City, NJ Prize package

Clamshell Pitching is a great South Jersey Shore tradition since at least the early 1900’s. The game is often compared to horseshoes, except clamshells are tossed into holes dug in the beach. Run an Internet search on the subject and one gets a sense of the rich, albeit quirky, under-documented tradition of the game!

The area's finest artists will share their memories of Philadelphia's most famous department store "John Wanamaker's" at the Ocean City Arts Center throughout June.  The themed-show "I Remember Wanamaker's" has attracted more than twenty local artists who have painted their interpretations of the famous Philadelphia attraction.  The paintings include watercolor, oil, acrylic and pastels.