Ocean City has introduced a new set of regulations designed for boardwalk performers. Council met Thursday night and introduced an ordinance that requires the performers to obtain a license for $50 and play at designated locations in the city. That license would have to be renewed on an annual basis. The ordinance also designates certain…
This weekend marks the eighth anniversary of the disappearance of John Weisbecker from his Ocean City home. Weisbecker came up missing in March, 2009 and all signs point to a struggle at his home before he disappeared. A reward has been posted totaling $50,000 for information that leads to his whereabouts.
Ocean City Police continue their investigation into a fight involving students after a high school basketball playoff game last Thursday night. The Ocean City Gazette reports that the two students were injured in the fight, but the injuries are not life threatening. All of the students involved in the fight were from Ocean City and…
The Ocean City Lady Red Raiders basketball team will compete for the Group III basketball championship this weekend. Ocean City knocked off Ewing, 58-57 on Thursday night in a semifinal game and now will play for the state title. Ocean City will play at the Pine Belt Arena in Toms River on Sunday for the…
Two local high school basketball teams play in state semifinal games this afternoon. In a game to be broadcast live by WCZT at 4pm today, Wildwood takes on Bound Brook for the right to advance to the New Jersey Group I championship game. Bound Brook has blasted opponents en route to a Central Jersey title,…
The Ocean City girls basketball team captured the South Jersey Group III championship on Tuesday night. Ocean City knocked off CAL rival Mainland, 38-31 to win the championship at the Dixie Howell Gym. Alexis Paone lead Ocean City with 12 points. They will play Ewing, the Central Jersey Champions, Thursday evening at West Deptford High…
Ocean City’s council will consider a bond ordinance for the purchase of an abandoned gasoline station. Council will consider a bond worth over $600,000 to purchase the former Getty gasoline station located near the Ninth Street Bridge. The city is hopeful to obtain the gas station and turn it into a public park in time…
A Virginia man who admitted to robbing banks in Ocean City and Atlantic City has confessed to three additional bank robberies in Maryland. Bruce Wayne Higgins, Jr. is charged with two counts of federal bank robbery in New Jersey, and will face three more charges in Maryland. Higgins allegedly robbed a branch of TD Bank…
Ocean City officials will introduce a new set of rules that will government boardwalk musicians and other street performers. Council may introduce the new ordinance at its meeting on March 9th. A prior ordinance was eventually tabled and went nowhere. Mayor Jay Gillian says the city now has an ordinance that will work for all…
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno was in Ocean City Thursday as the keynote speaker at the 12th annual Women in Business Conference sponsored by the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce. Guadagno spoke of her own professional career and the sacrifices she had to make in order to be successful in the public sector.