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Ocean City NJ Lets Dogs on the Boardwalk for Two Days a Year, and Saturday Ends With a Howl-O-Ween Parade

Exasperated owners haul huskies, a dachshund and a stroller pug down an Ocean City boardwalk ramp as a local in a red hoodie watches.

For two days only, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24-25, pet dogs get onto the Ocean City boardwalk, which bans them every other day of the year. Saturday adds Santa in a lifeguard boat and a costumed dog parade.

By Mike McGinn · Oct 20, 2026

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Ocean City NJ Lets Dogs on the Boardwalk for Two Days a Year, and Saturday Ends With a Howl-O-Ween Parade

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Monroe Township EMS Crew Herds 20 Goats Off Perrineville Road, and a Corn Bucket Takes the Credit

Tenafly Halloween Display Turns the Knicks' Game 4 Tip-In Into a Skeleton Lawn

Turtle Back Zoo Capybara Triplets Get Their Names: Butters, Biscuit and Gravy

South Jersey Wawa Shake-Up: Ventnor, Winslow, Pole Tavern and a Voorhees Super Wawa

Portal Bridge Cutover: NJ Transit Trims Trains and Sends Weekday Midtown Direct Riders to Hoboken

Collingswood Backyard Chickens Are Legal Again, but the Hen License Comes With a Class and a Test

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Did You Know? The First College Football Game Was Rutgers vs. Princeton in New Brunswick, 1869

Did You Know? Lucy the Elephant Has Stood Six Stories Tall in Margate Since 1881

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