A 46 year old California man has been accused of stealing more than $75,000 intended to be used to raise his deceased sister’s children. Cape May County Prosecutor Robert Taylor announced that Michael DeLeon was charged with theft after he used the lump sum of cash for his own benefit. The children currently live in…
Ocean City will be holding a town hall meeting on Saturday to discuss an ambitious back bay dredging project. Mayor Jay Gillian will host the meeting at the Stainton Senior Center at 11am. An engineering expert will be on hand to further discuss the 2016 dredging project in Ocean City and how the city will…
Ocean City’s Carey Stadium football field will be getting artificial turf after this year’s high school graduation ceremony. City officials announced this week that nearly $1 million will be spent to put the new turf on the stadium before the fall season. The artificial turf will be set on organic cork, creating a comfortable and…
The Cape May County Teacher of the Year for 2016-17 comes from the Ocean City school system. Mary Beth Libro, a third grade teacher at the Ocean City Primary School, was recently given the award, after submitting five essays and a two-page resume. Libro will now compete against winning teachers from the state’s 20 other…
An Ocean City woman is accused of swiping nearly $4,000 from a charity fund over the past 18 months. Ocean City Police have charged 23 year old Amanda Thomas with taking the money from the Betsy Young Memorial Fund to use the cash for personal expenses. Thomas has been charged with third degree theft. She…
On Saturday, businesses along Asbury Avenue in Ocean City hosted their annual downtown block party. About 300 vendors and local businesses filled the area between 5th and 14th streets along the city’s downtown shopping district. The annual event is viewed by Ocean City business owners as the kick-start of the summer tourism season and Saturday brought sunny…
Ocean City will conduct some street paving work this week. Paving is expected to occur on both 11th and 16th streets, along with some paving in the area of a water project at Pleasure Avenue in the north end of town. Mayor Jay Gillian also announced that a final beach fill project on the south…
The Ocean City Council has tabled a an ordinance that would have revoked the conditional use qualification to build coastal cottages in the drive-in business zone. Council held a long public hearing on the issue during its meeting last week and finally tabled the ordinance on a 5-1 vote. Former Councilman John Flood testified during…
The Ocean City Council meets Thursday evening and may approve a bond ordinance that would result in the purchase of the former BP gasoline station property. The land is located on 9th Street at the foot of the Route 52 Causeway. If approved by Council, green space would be created with the possibility of assisting…
Just under 25 percent of eligible voters turned out for Ocean City’s Municipal Election on Tuesday. Only two of the five council seats on the ballot were contested. Incumbent Karen A. Bergman won the council-at-large seat with 62 percent of the vote over H. Lloyd Hayes III. In Ward 4, Robert S. Barr defeated two other…