Ocean City Councilman Michael Allegretto will resign this week to take a full time job with the city. Mayor Jay Gillian announced that Allegretto will be named the new Director of Community Services for Ocean City during the September 10th Council meeting. Allegretto currently serves Council as its Vice President.
The Ocean City High School football team will play its home opener on September 11th, and heroes will be honored on that date. The school announced that individuals who have served in the armed forces and serve as first responders will be welcomed onto the field before the game against Absegami. There will also be…
A huge beach fill project in Ocean City is nearing its final stages. City officials say a major beach fill project is moving to the 54th Street beach and moving three blocks south, with a half million cubic yards of sand to be placed in the project area. Nearly one million cubic yards of sand…
Major renovations at the Ocean City Primary School are nearly completed on the cusp of a new school year. The Ocean City Gazette reports that a $5.7 million renovation of the schools is nearly complete, and teachers will be inside the building in advance of the start of the school year on September 8th. The…
Ocean City’s council met last night and decided to abolish one city department, and create another. Gone in Ocean City is the Department of Community Operations, and back is the Department of Public Works. An ordinance creating the new department was passed on first reading last night. The Department of Public Works was abolished in…
Ocean City officials are holding a dredging town hall meeting on Tuesday. Residents are reminded that the meeting will begin at 7 pm on Tuesday at the Senior Center in the city. Representatives from ACT Engineers will be present to provide background on their firm, an update on 2015 and 2016 dredging plans, and concepts…
The Ocean City Beach Patrol announced that some beaches in the community will not guarded as of Monday. Beaches including the Waverly Boulevard and 16th Street surfing beaches will not be guarded due to a lack of manpower as guards return back to school. Many other beaches will remain guarded for another week, through August…
Ocean City residents will be able to learn more about dredging plans in the community next week. Mayor Jay Gillian announced a town hall meeting on dredging for Tuesday Aug. 25 at 7 pm. The meeting will take place at the Senior Center. Representatives from ACT Engineers will be on hand to provide an update…
The former athletic director at Ocean City High School who was indicted on official misconduct charges spied on a superintendent’s computer to gain an edge in contract negotiations. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Christine Lentz accessed the private school email files of Superintendent Kathleen Taylor for the purpose of accessing confidential documents in…
Ocean City officials are expecting for sand pumping to continue on its beaches this week. A couple of extra delays getting the dredge “Liberty Island” back to Ocean City has pushed the projected start date back. Mayor Jay Gillian said over the weekend that the expectation is now that the project will continue again this…