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In December 1936, the Ocean City Life-Saving Station was shut down due to its isolation from the beach and presence in a neighborhood. The Coast Guard kept ownership of the Ocean City property, and utilized the larger Great Egg Coast Guard Station, 1.5 mi (2.4 km) to the north across the Great Egg Harbor Inlet. [3]
The Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum displays exhibits on storms, sea life and life-saving in Ocean City. [2] Other exhibits in the two-floor building include a boat room, beach vacation artifacts, commercial fishing information, the history of the pioneering women of Ocean City, over 200 samples of sand from around the world, and OC surfing.
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In 1988, Ocean City added a Historic Preservation Plan Element to its master plan. Three years later, the city designated the Ocean City Residential Historic District from Third to Eighth Streets, and along Wesley, Ocean, and Central Avenues; also included in the District was the Life-Saving Station at 4th and Atlantic.
Reef burials are a new burial practice gaining a degree of popularity. Rather than being buried in the earth, a person's remains are cremated and the resulting ash is mixed with pH-balanced concrete to create structures which are placed on the seabed to help restore marine habitats similar to a coral reef.
Convention center is 'an economic catalyst' for Ocean City Since its inception in 1997, the multi-purpose Roland E. Powell Convention Center has beckoned plenty of tourists to the popular, year ...
Patrick McVey (1910–1973) (ashes sprinkled into the Atlantic Ocean) George Meeker (1904–1984) Ib Melchior (1917–2015) Ismael Merlo (1918–1984) Don Messick (1926–1997), (ashes were sprinkled in the Pacific Ocean, at the Point Lobos State Reserve) Dorothy Meyer (1924–1987) Harvey Milk (1930–1978) Ray Milland (1907–1986) Nolan ...
But before you get to work, know this: Animal activists don’t recommend DIY when it comes to digging a grave for your canine companion or feline friend. And Florida law regulates how you go ...