A major beach fill project is coming to Ocean City. Mayor Jay Gillian said he expects a beach fill project there to begin within the next week. The dredge is in Florida and is on its way up to Ocean City. If everything goes well, the work would be done by early July. The work…
A new report says a beach fill project in Ocean City might not take as long as initially thought. The AP is reporting that the beach fill project could be done by the middle of the summer. It was previously thought that beach fill work would take place all summer in the resort. The project…
A major beach fill project will begin in a few weeks in Ocean City. City officials announced that pipe is already being dropped for the major project and dredging will occur sometime during the middle of April. The project was originally slated to get underway in early May. This project is paid for by the…
Members of the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce will be hearing from Congressman Frank LoBiondo on Friday morning. LoBiondo is going to address the members of the chamber on an update on what is going on in Washington D.C. The congressman has made multiple trips in the past to local chambers of commerce to address…
Last Friday an Ocean City Beach Patrol supervisor pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree sexual assault. His attorney also filed a motion to dismiss the case against his client, 51 year-old Charles Cusack of Linwood, who is accused of having sex with a teenage Ocean City beach-tag checker in 2012. A Cape May County grand…
On Monday the U.S.District Court granted a 30 day extension to attorneys for the owners of Manco and Manco Pizza to file a defense motion. On April 14, Mary Bangle and her husband Charles, owners of three Manco and Manco locations, pleaded not guilty in Camden federal court to one count of conspiracy to evade income…
Former Ocean City Mayor Henry “Bud” Knight, died Saturday in Estero, Florida at the age of 82. Knight became mayor after Mayor Nicholas “Chick” Trofa died in office in 1992. Knight served out Trofa’s term and was elected in 1994 for the first of three full terms. Knight also served on the city Planning Board, Zoning Board…
Two games, two victories for the Wildwood Catholic High School basketball programs. In a game broadcast live last evening on WJSE, Wildwood Catholic won it’s first round game against St. Joseph’s of Hammonton, 63-46. The Crusaders play the winner of the Cardinal McCarrick-Calvary Christian game on Friday. Wildwood Catholic girls defeated Timothy Christian, 81-47. Next…
The Ocean City girls basketball team captured its fourth Cape Atlantic League basketball championship Saturday afternoon by defeating Lower Cape May Regional, 34-26 in a game broadcast live on WCZT from Richard Stockton University. Both teams now advance to the NJSIAA girls basketball playoff tournament. Ocean City sealed the game by grabbing six offensive rebounds…
On Thursday Ocean City Council unanimously approved a resolution to empty a spoils site and truck the material to Wildwood. The move of approximately 40,000 cubic yards of material will cost $2.7 million and opens up space for storing the mud to be dredged from back-bay areas. Officials estimate that 300,000 cubic yards is planned…