There will be a detour on Wednesday at the 34th Street entrance to Ocean City. Traffic crews will be working on 34th Stret between Bay Avenue and West Avenue. Traffic will be detoured to 35th Street to get around the work area. On Thursday, West Avenue between 31st Street and 33rd Street will be re-paved and traffic…
After serving Ocean City locals since the 1970’s, the local cable company plans to move their office out of Ocean City. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Comcast will close their customer service center trailer in Ocean City on May 28, and open a new Xfinity store in Mays Landing. The report says that according to…
A brand new section of the Ocean City boardwalk opened on time, just before the weekend. Construction crews fully repaired the boardwalk between 8th Street and Plaza Place. Walters Marine was awarded a $1.8 million contract to perform the repairs nearly one year ago. Another section of boardwalk between 5th and 12th streets will be…
Street performers in Ocean City will be restricted under a new ordinance introduced by Council on Thursday night. The new ordinance would require performers to purchase a permit for $50 and they could only perform between Fifth and Sixth streets on the boardwalk. Some opponents argue First Amendment rights are being trampled by the ordinance.
Friday marks the seven-year anniversary of the disappearance of a 21 year-old Ocean City man. It was 2009 when John Weisbecker went missing from his home on Asbury Avenue. Weisbecker’s mother has not given up hope that she will someday know what happened to her son. Investigators continue to follow all leads and utilize every…
After two years of discussion, artificial turf will be coming to Carey Stadium in Ocean City for football and other sports. The Ocean City Council is expected to award a contract at their meeting Thursday night to LandTek Group of Amityville, N.Y. for the job. Their low bid of $449,900 is for installation of artificial…
The season has come to an end for the S.J. Group III Champion Ocean City girls basketball team. The Lady Red Raiders lost to Middleton South, the defending state champs, 51-41 on Wednesday night. Ocean City had a one-point lead in the fourth quarter but Middleton South came back for the win. The Atlantic City…
The biggest girls basketball game of the year locally takes place tonight. Ocean City will battle Middletown South for the right to compete in the State Group III championship game. Ocean City won the South Jersey title earlier this week. Tonight’s game will be played at Deptford Township High School.
On Monday night the Ocean City Girls basketball team won their fifth South Jersey Group III Championship in seven tries over the last eleven years. The Lady Red Raiders defeated Toms River East 37-29. Senior guard Olivia Briggs led her team with 12 points and clutch free-throws in the fourth quarter. The Atlantic City Boys…
An Ocean City man and 11 others have been charged by the state for participating in a drug ring that used the internet to make mail-order sales of cocaine and other designer drugs. 28 year old Benjamin DiPilla was charged with second-degree distribution and conspiracy charges for his role in the ring which was headed…