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By MediaWize,OCNJDaily The Department of Fire and Rescue Services announced Tuesday that the Ocean City Beach Patrol will be guarding the beaches for Memorial Day Weekend. Beaches are guarded from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekends and holidays and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Beginning Saturday, May 23, the following beaches will…

By Josh Bakan, Patch Staff Ocean City might be a sleepy town right now, but soon it will have an easy way to get to and from the city that never sleeps. Park Avenue Limousine’s Shore Shuttle service will return this year, offering shuttles that typically run Thursday through Monday during the summer. Shore Shuttle connects…

By mvitale, OCNJDaily Ocean City’s 2020 summer season will feature a couple of new reasons why people seem to faithfully come back to the resort for vacations year after year. From a beach replenishment program that is continuing to widen beaches along with the resort to longer mobility mats that provide easier travels across the…

By TIM KELLY, OCNJDaily If the popular saying “life’s a beach” holds true, there wasn’t a whole lot of life on the Ocean City shoreline from 45th Street through 59th Street in recent years. All that changed recently with the completion of a beach replenishment project which saw the 1.5 mile stretch from Corson’s Inlet…

By Josh Bakan, Patch Staff Ocean City will add on-street parking to part of West Avenue. The angled spaces will go from North Street to 1st Street on the bayside. Officials will restripe to create the parking spaces within the next few weeks. The reconfiguration comes at residents’ requests to create more on-street parking, said Mayor…

By mvitale, OCNJDaily A project to dredge a portion of the Intracoastal Waterway near Ocean City is expected to begin this week, creating yet another major achievement through a partnership between the city and state and federal agencies to rid the channels of sediment. Mayor Jay Gillian said in an interview Thursday that the dredging…

By MediaWize, OCNJDaily The City of Ocean City will host a free rabies clinic on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Ocean City Fire Department at 550 Asbury Avenue. State and local laws require anyone owning, keeping or harboring a dog of licensing age (seven months or older) or a dog…

By MediaWize, OCNJDaily The Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority is replacing and rehabilitating the force mains that carry wastewater to the treatment plant on the bay at 45th Street. The work will be done on 31st Street from Haven Avenue to Bay Avenue and Bay Avenue from 31st Street to Eighth Street. Work for…

By mvitale, OCNJDaily The grand opening of the Ocean City Intermediate School’s Wellness Center is just days away. It is believed to be one of just a few for middle school students in the state, geared to provide a place where students can de-stress, spend time among peers and if need be, get help from…

By, mvitale, OCNJDaily Months from now visitors and residents will reap the benefits of wide Ocean City beaches due to a replenishment project that is pumping in more sand to fill in what was lost through coastal storms. In the meantime, all it takes is a look at the ocean to see a dredge doing…