Ocean City officials will again discuss the new municipal budget on Thursday. Council meets at 7pm to talk about the new budget which calls for a small tax increase. Mayor Jay Gillian announced over the weekend all proposed expenses and revenues will be discussed at Thursday’s meeting.
The girls’ swim team as Ocean City High School, call them state champions. Ocean City upset Chatham 86-84 on Saturday to win the state championship at Ewing Township. It’s been nine years since a Cape Atlantic League swim team has won a state title. Chatham came into the meet with five straight state titles.
Some incumbent members of the Ocean City Council intend to seek re-election in November. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Tony Wilson, Antwan McClellan and Karen Bergman all intend to seek re-election to their council seats. However, Councilman Peter Guinosso says he will give up his elected position to spend more time with his…
Taxes may be going up in Ocean City. Mayor Jay Gillian gave Council a $74 million budget Thursday night that would increase the municipal tax rate by 1.1 cents. Part of the increase will help fund an ambitious capital improvement program that will total nearly $100 million over the next five years. Revenues and expenses…
Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian will deliver his annual state of the city address Thursday evening. Gillian is expected to discuss the 2016 municipal budget for Ocean City which will likely include a tax increase. The city previously unveiled a five year capital improvement plan that totals just shy of $100 million.
A new report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics says Ocean City, New Jersey has the third highest unemployment rate in the entire country. Ocean City’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate stands at 12.3 percent, which trails only two other cities in the United States. New Jersey’s unemployment rate in December was only 5.1 percent; January…
A former vice principal and athletic director at Ocean City High School has been formally indicted on charges that she illegally accessed emails belonging to a superior. 53 year old Christine Lentz of Woodbine was indicted on charges related to the alleged computer crimes in 2015. Lentz was indicted for official misconduct, theft, and computer…
Ocean City Councilwoman Karen Bergman announced her intentions to seek re-election in the spring. Bergman currently holds an at-large seat on Council that was vacated by Michael Allegretto, who took a job in city government. Bergman previously served on Council from 2008 through 2012.
No approvals yet for a major condo-hotel project that is planned for Ocean City. The city’s Planning Board held a meeting on Wednesday night and the Board agreed to continue the discussion until a meeting in April. The project developer wants to make some revisions to the project following some concerns brought by the Board…
On Wednesday the Ocean City Planning Board granted a continuance to developer Select Properties Inc, for them to make revisions to their six-story condo-hotel complex. The proposed construction will be built on a large parking lot on 11th and Ocean Avenue in the city. Select originally went before the planning board in January in a…