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Anyone heading to the New Jersey Shore for the July Fourth weekend can expect a chilly welcome from the ocean.

"It's pretty cold" is how 11-year-old Jessica Knight described the ocean temperature before bounding into the Atlantic with her pink dolphin boogie board Thursday.

This summer the Ocean City Pops Orchestra and the Ocean City Theatre Company present 42nd Street.

Fourth of July events include a Kite Flying Contest starting 5 p.m. at Carey Stadium Football Field, 6th St.

A city fisherman said the state is letting visitors trash one of his favorite places in Ocean City.

Registrations are now being taken for the boat, home, and condo competition of Night in Venice.

Corson's Inlet State Park, at the southern end of Ocean City, is one of the more beautiful spots in southern New Jersey - a spot made all the more beautiful by the fact that its sandy trails and secluded bay ...

City council in Ocean City, New Jersey was scheduled to vote on Thursday evening on an ordinance that will lift a 10pm to 6am summer curfew on the beach.

A motorcyclist from southern New Jersey has been injured in a four-vehicle crash at 67th Street and Coastal Highway.

' State Secretary of Agriculture Charles M. Kuperus June 17 officially heralded in the Jersey Fresh produce season at the opening day for community farmers markets in different ones throughout the state.

The sun is baking your hair into steel wool. Sweat glands are set to super-soak mode.

Rachel Minton admits she's a homebody. But the soaring cost of a gallon of gas ices the impetus for the Rutgers freshman to avoid straying far from her Palmyra digs for a summer job this year.

Three casino workers were indicted Monday on charges they stole a list of more than 20,000 top players from the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City.

The third time was the charm for the new Miss New Jersey.

Ashley Fairfield of Egg Harbor Township won the crown at the Ocean City Music Pier on Saturday night, beating out 21 other contestants.

It was the third time the aspiring dance teacher had competed for the state title. She's studying for a degree in performing arts at Richard Stockton College.

Fairfield succeeds Amy Polumbo, who went public with an alleged blackmail attempt just weeks after she won the crown last year.

Polumbo said an anonymous blackmailer sent embarrassing party photos of her to pageant officials, trying to force her to resign.

They may be competing for other cities, but Miss Vineland Angelica Nardi, who can be seen singing, and Miss Brigantine Ashleigh Udalovas, who is tap-dancing, are both from Millville, as is Miss Cumberland ...

Ocean City Police Department reported the following arrests from June 1-9, 2008: June 2: William A. Martinez, 53, of Vineland, arrested for active warrants, contempt of court, out of multiple jurisdictions.

Sunday's heat wreaked havoc with area bridges. Ocean City police closed the Route 52 causeway for a brief time Sunday after one of its two drawbridges refused to close.

Freeholder Director Daniel Beyel announced that all County-owned bridges will be inspected over the next few months as part of the Biennial Bridge Re-evaluation Program.

A Seaville man is offering a $10,000 reward for information about a suspicious house fire that killed his son last year.