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By Josh Bakan, Patch Staff The dog days of summer are over, and now pooches around Ocean City can have their day. Dogs are now allowed on city beaches as of Thursday and can enjoy them through April 30. Dogs must be leashed at all times. Police have received several complaints in recent weeks about unleashed dogs,…

By MADDY VITALE, OCNJDaily Thriving, bustling, as if it were Fourth of July weekend, these are just some of the ways downtown and Boardwalk merchants are describing the start of the shoulder season in Ocean City. “Shoulder season this fall is identical to our summer peak season, possibly even more active. Asbury Avenue has been…

By MediaWize, OCNJDaily The Ocean City Beach Patrol will continue to provide lifeguard protection at nine beaches through late September. Beaches will be guarded from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekends and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. The list includes: St. Charles Place (guarded until 9/27) Brighton Place (guarded until 9/20) 8th Street (guarded until 9/27)…

By Josh Bakan, Patch Staff OCEAN CITY, NJ — Summer isn’t quite over yet in Ocean City. The weekly farmers market will run for another month, and several beaches will remain guarded through much of September. Here’s the Ocean City Beach Patrol’s schedule for the remainder of the season: Guarded through Labor Day weekend: Seaspray Road Surf…

By TIM KELLY If life’s a beach, as the saying goes, it helps to have one. On Sunday at Park Place beach, folks were soaking up the sun, sand and surf. Especially the sand. Just last week, what passed for the same beach amounted to a narrow strip of sand ranging between 10 and 50…

Ocean City made two lists: the top 16 East Coast beaches to visit and 2020’s best beach towns to live in. By Josh Bakan, Patch Staff Ocean City has won plenty of titles — some to be more proud of than others, depending on your perspective. In the past few years, various publications have labeled Ocean…

By Josh Bakan, Patch Staff The Ocean City Free Public Library will begin offering curbside pickup service starting Monday. The service allows patrons to borrow library materials without entering the building. Library buildings have been closed since mid-March because of the coronavirus. But state officials will allow them to operate curbside service beginning Monday. Pickup times…

By Josh Bakan, Patch Staff Ocean City will begin twice-weekly trash and recycling pickup Monday. Here’s the summer schedule for collection: Longport Bridge to the north end of 9th Street: Monday and Thursday (yard waste Thursday) south side of 9th Street to the north side of 28th Street: Tuesday and Friday (yard waste Tuesday) south side…

By Josh Bakan, Patch Staff Although this weekend might not have the best beach weather, more of Ocean City’s beaches will have lifeguards. The Ocean City Beach Patrol will guard the following beaches beginning Saturday: Seaspray Road North Street Stenton Place St. Charles Place Brighton Place 5th Street Surfing Beach 8th Street 9th Street 10th Street…