Ocean City beach fill operations will get started again. Mayor Jay Gillian said that the dredge “Liberty Island” is sailing from Norfolk to Ocean City and operations will begin by Monday. Piping and other equipment has already been put on the beach to get read to go. The project will continue where they left off…
A dredging project will continue in Ocean City in a couple of weeks. Officials there say that pipe and other equipment will begin to return to Ocean City on the week of July 20 and the project will continue soon after. The pumping will continue where they left off near 52nd St. north to near…
The Ocean City Gazette reports that bathers were pulled out the water four times on Thursday at North Street, according to beachgoers. The report said officials could not confirm why the lifeguards cleared the water, but speculated that it could have been anything including debris, a large fish, a shark or even a man-of-war jellyfish. Local shark…
On July 16, Ocean City’s City Council will be holding a workshop to discuss possible changes to the Historic District Ordinance. The workshop will start at 6:00 PM in City Council Chambers. Representatives from the State of New Jersey Historic Preservation office and the Ocean City Historic Preservation Commission will be present. No formal action…
Now, they say they did it. The owners of Manco and Manco Pizza in Ocean City were in federal court on Thursday and pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges. 55 year old Chris Bangle and his 54 year old wife Carol admitted in court today that they grossly under reported the amount of cash taken…
The Ocean City Gazette reports that the Ocean City High School Athletic Director, Christine Lentz, has retired after over seven years in the position. Lentz has been part of the OCHS family for 30 years, starting as the girls basketball coach in 1985. During her career she won 217 games, the 11th highest win total in…
Back bay dredge material is headed from Ocean City to Wildwood. Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian announced over the weekend that the city has received approvals to send dredge materials to Wildwood. The Mayor held a town meeting on Saturday and told property owners that the city will spend the money needed to move the…
Ocean City’s Council did the expected before the weekend and approved an abandoned property ordinance. The ordinance was approved without comment on Thursday night. It allows the city to begin the process to take private properties that have been abandoned in the resort. Ocean City has three gasoline stations that have been belly up for…
On Thursday the Ocean City Council approved an ordinance to deal with abandoned properties in the city. The ordinance passed unanimously without comment, after months of consideration and revisions. The new ordinance would create an Abandoned Properties list, that would start the process of the city taking over designated properties by eminent domain. The new law…
Tiffany Prettyman has re-joined the Ocean City School Board. Prettyman was the unanimous pick of the Board to replace Ray Clark, who resigned from the board due to a conflict of interest. Prettyman will fill the vacancy until the end of the year.