Ocean City News

Take the space occupied by a typical Ocean City duplex and create two small single-family homes.

Ocean City still does not know if the federal government will help fund an Army Corps of Engineers beach replenishment project for the southern end of the island.

Comcast has said it has rebuilt 144 miles worth of cable infrastructure since Superstorm Sandy struck the Shore area and has hired extra staff for coastal area offices as an influx of seasonal customers is anticipated.

THE SAND IS FINE and the post-Sandy attitude is, too, on the seven-mile-long island that long ago proclaimed itself "America's Greatest Family Resort." Families in Ocean City are typically of the very traditional variety, as was intended by the foursome of Methodist ministers who established a Christian retreat there in 1879.

City Council on Thursday gave final approval to a $71 million municipal budget that taxes property owners by 1 percent more in 2013 than in 2012.

Wawa customers dashing into the 34th Street store for a quick hoagie or cup of coffee were greeted by a spectacle on Thursday afternoon: loud music, line dancing at the deli, costumed characters, photographers, and customers and employees sashed like beauty queens.

Rock concerts return to the Ocean City Music Pier on Monday nights this summer with a lineup that includes: Get the Led Out Jay and the Americans Dave Mason Jars of Clay Hot Tuna Electric Leon Russell Rusted Root Working in partnership with Bob Rose Entertainment, the City of Ocean City announced the schedule this week.

To the Editor, I am deeply disappointed that Ocean City Council will consider having musicians buy a license in order to perform on the Boardwalk.

Here, she shows the list of contestant numbers in the upcoming Miss New Jersey Pageant for Miss America in June.

City Council will hold a public hearing on its proposed $71 million 2013 muncipal budget before voting to adopt it.

Before she left for Haiti, Amy Holmes knew her trip to the poor Caribbean nation would be unlike any she ever had taken.

A new "Super Wawa" opens 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, at 16 MacArthur Blvd. in Somers Point.

The Ocean City Exchange Club held their 48th annual Book of Golden Deeds Award dinner honoring First Night Ocean City at the Greate Bay Country Club.

While going to the gym regularly can be rewarding, there are often many factors there that can become overwhelming.

Time is running short for anybody interested in taking advantage of a pre-season discount on seasonal tags for Ocean City beaches.

Mayor Jay Gillian posted his weekly open letter to citizens on Friday, and this edition outlines the measures an outside consulting firm is taking to revise the flood zones designated on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Advisory Base Flood Elevation maps for Ocean City.

More than 90 years after it first opened as a movie theater on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Moorlyn is preparing for another grand opening.

CAMDEN - Three former employees of The Vacation Ownership Group pleaded guilty to defrauding timeshare property owners out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by offering phony consulting services, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced.

A benefit for the Doug Knobb Memorial Scholarship will be held from 6 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, June 1 at L's Restaurant and JBones Tavern in Corbin City.

For the second consecutive year, Ocean City High School ranked among Newsweek's "America's Best High Schools." Each year the news magazine selects 1,000 public high schools that have proven to be the most effective in turning out college-ready graduates.