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New Jersey American Water will replace about 5,000 feet of old wastewater lines in Ocean City this fall. Some of the wastewater lines were installed as far back as the 1930s. The project will replace lines along these streets: 11th Street from West Avenue to Boardwalk Ocean Avenue from 13th Street to midway between Eighth…

Still want to get a swim in after Labor Day? The following Ocean City beaches will have lifeguards after Monday’s holiday: St. Charles Place Brighton Place 8th Street 9th Street 10th Street 11th Street 12th Street 34th Street 58th StreetLifeguards will work from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekends and holidays, as well as 10…

OCEAN CITY, NJ — The seagull-scaring birds will continue to swoop during local summer. Ocean City’s seagull-abatement program will run on weekends through Oct. 6, officials announced. The birds will fly noon to 10 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays in that span, said Ocean City…

The Department of Fire and Rescue Services announces that the Ocean City Beach Patrol will continue to guard the following beaches after Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 2, 2019). St. Charles Place Brighton Place 8th Street 9th Street 10th Street 11th Street 12th Street 34th Street 58th Street Lifeguards will be on duty from 10 a.m….

July 11, 2019 Dear Friends, By now, I’m sure you are all aware that there have been major delays to our trash and recycling pickup schedule. I want you to know that the city team is aware of the problem and is working as quickly as possible to resolve it. With so many people in…

How many times could you say Ocean City has done it again? Apparently as many times as “America’s Greatest Family Resort” wins New Jersey’s “Favorite Beaches” poll. The contest is through the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium. The results of the 2019 survey were announced on the Boardwalk at the Ocean City Music Pier Friday….

The Ocean City Intermediate School has been working on a project to make food donation boxes at the school. Renters at the Jersey Shore can drop off nonperishable foods when they are finished with their vacation. The Food Drive donation boxes for nonperishable foods will be outside the Ocean City Intermediate School at 1801 Bay…

Consider, if you will, the Ocean City Beach Patrol’s lifeguard stand. Never has such a well-known O.C. symbol been so little understood. The white wooden stands with the distinctive blue trim and red lettering are unique to South Jersey’s beach communities, and functionally more useful to the professional men and women who patrol the resort’s…

The summer trash and recycling collection schedule starts on Monday, June 10, 2019 and continues through Sept. 7, 2019. The schedule includes twice-weekly pickup: Longport Bridge to north end of 9th Street: Monday and Thursday (yard waste Thursday) South side of 9th Street to north side of 28th Street: Tuesday and Friday (yard waste Tuesday) South side…

OCEAN CITY, N.J. — The Ocean City Beach Patrol will guard several city beaches beginning Memorial Day Weekend (Friday, May 25). Beaches will include St. Charles Place, Brighton Place, 8th Street, 9th Street, 10th Street, 11th Street, 12th Street, 26th Street, 34th Street, and 58th Street. The OCBP urges bathers to only swim at guarded…