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Registration Open for 2021 Night in Venice

Night in Venice will return to Ocean City for the 66th time at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 24. Registration is now open to all boat and bayfront home owners who want to participate in this year’s celebration. The optional theme will be “Honoring Our Heroes,” a salute to all those who helped us get through…

Foxes Make Presence Known in “Denning Season”

By TIM KELLY Toward the end of one of the busiest off-seasons in Ocean City history and just ahead of the annual arrival of seasonal visitors, the city’s fox population has been making its presence known. “Denning” season is currently in full swing, wildlife experts said – the time when the reddish bushy-tailed creatures reproduce…

Martin Z. Mollusk Seeks His Shadow on Saturday

By MediaWize, OCNJDaily Ocean City’s hermit crab mascot will seek his shadow in a local version of Groundhog Day at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 8, on the beach next to the Music Pier, between Moorlyn Terrace and Ninth Street. Martin Z. Mollusk has successfully predicted an early summer every year for more than four decades (sometimes,…

Mayor’s Message: March 26

By MediaWize, OCNJDaily   Dear Friends, I’m happy to report that the city now owns the entire city block where the car dealership was located next to the Community Center. The final cost is still to be determined by the court, and there are issues still to be resolved. But the property is ours. I…

All O.C. Schools to Open For In-Person Instruction in April

By MediaWize, OCNJDaily The Ocean City School District announced Tuesday that starting on April 12, doors will open for all students to attend in-person instruction. The news comes just after the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic school shutdown. Schools Superintendent Dr. Kathleen Taylor explained in a letter Tuesday that the district leaders, members of…