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Help Clean Up Beaches In Ocean City

By Veronica Flesher, Patch Staff Clean Ocean Action is seeking volunteers for its “Fall Beach Sweeps” held on Oct. 22. Twice a year, thousands of volunteers head to more than 70 locations to join COA in helping to clean up New Jersey’s shoreline. In 2021, COA picked up a record of more than 500,000 items…

Holiday Visitors Enjoy Ocean City Getaway

By MADDY VITALE Visitors to Ocean City over the holiday weekend relished the quieter beaches, but also the warm temps, free parking, discounts on merchandise from the Boardwalk to the downtown and taking their dogs on the beaches. Monday meant biking the boards, lounging with books on the beaches and bringing their beloved family pets…

Fun This Week In Ocean City: Monday Manual

Veronica Flesher, Patch Staff Welcome to the Oct. 10 edition of Monday Manual, highlighting important and fun events going on this week in Ocean City. Oct. 13 The Ocean City Fire Department and IAFF Local 4032 hold their annual Open House at the station at 550 Asbury Avenue from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct….

Ocean City’s Fall Block Party a Mega Blockbuster

BY MADDY VITALE Ocean City sure knows how to do it up – big – if the Fall Block Party was any indication. In what officials believe was a record-breaking crowd Saturday, the resort was packed. Families came to enjoy beautiful weather, spectacular food, discounts on an array of household items and live entertainment literally…

List of Current Guarded Ocean City Beaches

The Ocean City Beach Patrol guards beaches from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on weekends and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. The following beaches will be guarded from Monday, Sept. 26 through Sunday, Oct. 2. 8th Street 9th Street 12th Street (Saturday & Sunday only) 34th Street (Saturday & Sunday only) Mobile EMS…

Traffic Delays Expected During MS Bike Ride

By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY Thousands of bicyclists will descend on Ocean City this weekend for the MS City to Shore Ride, a fall tradition in Ocean City that draws participants from across the nation. Motorists should expect delays on Saturday (Sept. 24) along a route that travels from the Route 52 causeway to Bay Avenue to Fifth…