Ocean City News

From the relaxing beaches to the famous boardwalk, Ocean City is safe, clean and has some of the best food down at the shore.

In his weekly letter to citizens posted on the Ocean City website , Mayor Jay Gillian takes note of Memorial Day Weekend celebrations and commemorations.

On the eve of its revival, the Moorlyn Family Theatre on Thursday gave members of the community a preview of the movies and live entertainment planned for the summer.

The Coast Guard rescued an oil tanker crewman after he suffered a head injury about 60 miles east of Ocean City.

In a statewide show of solidarity on Friday , shore communities throughout New Jersey will participate in simultaneous ribbon-cutting ceremonies to mark the opening of the summer season.

Ocean City High School's television/media program recently won the Jerry Trently Prize, a $1,000 award given to the high school in the Mid-Atlantic region for excellence in a newscast.

Acting on customer complaints, the New Jersey Attorney General's Division of Alcohol Beverage Control set up a year-long sting called "Operation Swill." More than 100 investigators participated in the operation -- speaking to informants and using new technology to test liquor quality of drinks ordered at restaurants holding liquor licenses, ... (more)

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.

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.