Ocean City

Ocean City will be opening all of its municipal parking lots for free Tuesday for Tropical Storm Isaias.  Some city residents and visitors will want to move their vehicles to higher ground, so the city is making the municipal parking in lots for free.  The Ocean City Beach Patrol is …

Ocean City’s latest beach project has reached the Fifth Street Jetty.  Mayor Jay Gillian says that’s the section of beach where sand is most needed.  The newly rebuilt beaches have room for social distancing, according to the mayor, and some beachgoers will continue to be displaced as the beach project …

A body was recovered near Ocean City in the Great Harbor Inlet Saturday morning.  This is close to where 24 year old Jabed Ikbal of Clementon went missing earlier this week.  There has been no positive identification of the body announced.

The United States Coast Guard has officially suspended its search for a missing South Jersey man in Ocean City.  24 year old Jabed Ikbal went missing after he went swimming near the Ocean City-Longport Bridge.this week.  Ikbal went missing Sunday evening.

The popular Manco and Manco pizza shop in Ocean City has shut down its boardwalk operations for today due to Covid-19 exposure.  The pizza shop posted a letter on its social media page saying that three employees have tested positive for coronavirus; only one was symptomatic.  The location will be …

The search continues near Ocean City for a 24 year old South Jersey man who went swimming near Ocean City.  Rescuers are looking for Jabed Ikbal of Clementon who was trying to help two family members who were swimming in the Ocean City.  The incident took place just south of …

An elderly man committed suicide by jumping off the 34th Street Bridge Thursday.  Police did not identify the man, and only said he was from a neighboring county.  No other information has been released.

Ocean City’s council has approved a new municipal budget that includes a zero tax increase.  Council also approved a bond ordinance totaling nearly $16 million that will fund various drainage improvements in the resort.  Council will hold its official reorganization meeting this Wednesday.

Ocean City has joined a growing list of communities that will not be holding July 4th fireworks this year.  Ocean City announced this week that its fireworks display, and Night in Venice boat parade, are both cancelled this summer.  Sea Isle City, Avalon, and Stone Harbor among the towns not …

A beach fill project in Ocean City could not begin at a more inopportune time.  City officials say 1.6 million cubic yards of sand will be pumped onto the beachfront starting June 27th, right at the height of the start of the major summer tourism season.  The dredge doing the …