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Dredging Project Begins at Ocean City’s North End
Sand and mud are flying at North Street Beach on Tuesday morning (Nov. 3) as the north end beach replenishment project kicks into high gear in Ocean City, NJ. The dredge Illinois is moored a short...
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Images of Bald Eagle Flying Over Dog Beach
A bald eagle flies over Dog Beach (the Malibu Beach Wildlife Management Area) across Great Egg Harbor Inlet from Ocean City on Oct. 26. Photo credit: Daniel Maimone Daniel Maimone — the Ocean City...
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Dredge Back at Work on North End
Slurry flies from a pipeline and onto the beach at St. Charles Place on Tuesday, Nov. 24. After sitting idle for six days, the dredge Illinois returned to work on Tuesday and resumed pumping sand...
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Stuck in Mud: Snug Harbor Dredging Proceeds Slowly
A lone excavating machine is continuing its quest to remove 14,000 cubic yards of mud from the floor of Snug Harbor (between Eighth Street and Ninth Street) in Ocean City. An excavator scoops mud from...
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Boardwalk Demolition Near Complete as Project Continues
The concrete substructure of the Ocean City Boardwalk lies in shambles in a project area between Plaza Place and Eighth Street on Wednesday, Dec. 2. The Ocean City Boardwalk reconstruction project...
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Discounted 2016 Ocean City Beach Tags Now on Sale
Sales of seasonal beach tags for summer 2016 started last week. Beach tags for the summer 2016 season are on sale now online and at four locations in Ocean City. A $5 discount on seasonal tags is...
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Earl vs. Machine: Year-Round Beach Bum to Yield to Dredging
Earl Paul, Ocean City’s most faithful beachgoer, sits at his usual spot at Plymouth Place as the north end beach replenishment project bears down on Tuesday. A massive Army Corps of Engineers beach...
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Ocean City’s South End Beaches to Get a Do-Over
In October 2015, storm surf from a northeast gale encroaches on a new split-rail fence at 57th Street in Ocean City less than a week after it was installed. A relentless northeast wind had begun to...
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Video of Ocean City’s North End Beach Replenishment
OCNJ Daily reader Steve Witkowski shared this video of the north end beach replenishment project. Ocean City Music Pier visitors watch work continue at Ninth Street Beach on Sunday (Dec. 13). He filmed...
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First Sections of Decking Arrive on Boardwalk Reconstruction Project
With pilings and substructure in place between Eighth Street and Plymouth Place on Saturday (Jan. 9) and sections of decking waiting to be installed, the boardwalk reconstruction project appears to be...
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Council Agenda: Hire Dredging Lobbyist to Fight Red Tape?
Shallow water at low tide on the bay near West 17th Street in Ocean City. Credit: George Robinson City Council on Thursday will consider spending $5,000 a month to hire a lobbyist to chip away at the...
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The Boardwalk is Back…
The full length of the Ocean City boardwalk reopened on Thursday, March 10 after completion of a reconstruction project between Plaza Place (just north of Seventh Street) and Eighth Street. Runners...
View ArticleMayor’s Update 6-10
June 10, 2016 Dear Friends, Last night, Jim Mallon informed City Council that we will proceed with the north end pump station project with an outfall basin at the end of Sixth Street. The $8.7...
View ArticleOcean City High School Surf Team Update – NSSA NATIONAL INTERSCHOLASTIC...
Congratulations to Aspen Lawler and Nick Brady as they move on to the second round tomorrow and Dylan McGuckin who surfs long board tomorrow on 1/4 finals. Go OC!!! The post Ocean City High...
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Ocean City Considers a New Trick to Attract Tourists – Dogs on the Beaches
By Donald Wittkowski Pardon me, Rover. Do you have your beach tag? Well, the conversation may not go exactly that way, but beach tag inspectors could be fanning out by next summer to check a whole...
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Dogs Won’t Have Their Day on Ocean City’s Beaches After All
By Donald Wittkowski An Ocean City Councilman is scrapping his proposal to allow dogs on the beach during evening hours after opponents raised a stink about pooch poop. “I’m withdrawing it because it’s...
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Did Mother Nature Tear A Few Pages Off The Calendar?
It seemed that way Sunday as temperatures soared into the 60s, brilliant sunshine dominated, and thousands upon thousands of residents and visitors took advantage and flocked to America’s Greatest...
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Manco and Manco’s Rebounds Following Owners’ Sentencing
By Tim Kelly Manco and Manco’s is back…and the boardwalk was packed. Bouncing back from yesterday’s sentencing of owners Chuck and Mary Bangle on charges related to income tax evasion, the iconic...
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Pink Moon Puts on Spectacular Sky Show Above Ocean City
It really was pink! The scientific community seemed to be divided on whether or not the so-called Pink Moon would be in evidence last night. The April full moon, which peaked yesterday and reached its...
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Join Clean Ocean Action Beach Sweeps – Saturday, 4/22, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Are you interested in volunteering to join Comcast and Clean Ocean Action to keep our waterways clean for marine life and get our beaches ready for the summer season? Comcast volunteers have been...
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