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By MADDY VITALE Visitors to Ocean City definitely took advantage of a newer amenity in town – the summer jitney service – which for the past two years has provided riders a convenient and inexpensive way to head up to the Boardwalk. For a fare of just $2, jitneys gave riders a way to enjoy…

By MADDY VITALE A Christmas tree in the lobby of the Ocean City Community Center isn’t decorated with the traditional brightly colored ornaments and garland. Instead, mittens, gloves, hats, and scarves adorn the tree, which is aptly named, “The Tree of Warmth.” The tree is part of a donation drive organized by the Colony Club…

By DONALD WITTKOWSKI A veritable army of bulldozers, excavators, temporary buildings, and workers wearing hard hats has taken over a stretch of Ocean City’s south-end beaches normally deserted in December. If you think that’s strange, there’s also a towering, three-legged contraption known as a “CRAB” that looks like something straight out of an alien invasion…

By MADDY VITALE, OCNJDAILY Ocean City has an ambitious dredging program for the back bays and lagoons to maintain the waterways so that sediment-choked channels remain a thing of the past. Under the city administration’s multiyear, multimillion-dollar dredging program, waterways are cleared of silt and mud when needed, so that boaters, swimmers, and homeowners alike…

By DONALD WITTKOWSKI, OCNJDAILY Beautiful flapper girls sashayed on the red carpet at the Flanders Hotel, while debonair gentlemen exuded Great Gatsby-esque charisma in their tuxedos and top hats. Did someone say they saw Rudolph Valentino and Greta Garbo? Perhaps not, but the historic Flanders Hotel staged a centennial gala Saturday night every bit as…

By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY Seasonal beach tags for summer 2024 will go on sale starting Saturday, Nov. 18. A discounted $30 price will remain in effect through May 31. On June 1, the price increases to $35. Beach tags are required for all beachgoers ages 12 and older and will be in effect from June 1 through…

Veronica Flesher, Patch Staff Expect to see equipment on the beach as early as Nov. 15 as the latest beach replenishment project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gets underway. Weather permitting, the project that will replenish dunes on Ocean City’s southern end as well as in Strathmere and Sea Isle City should begin…

By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY The Ocean City Board of Realtors is holding its fall community service project, a drive to collect coats, sweaters, scarves, hats and other cold weather items. Donations will be collected now through Nov. 20 and will be used to give the gift of warmth for winter to those in need in Ocean…

By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY The inbound lanes of the Route 52 Causeway, entering Ocean City at Ninth Street, will be closed on Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. for the Trail of Two Cities 5-kilometer run-walk. Drivers may leave Ocean City during that time period using the outbound lanes of the Route 52 Causeway, but…

By MediaWize, OCNJDAILY The intersection of Ninth Street and West Avenue will be closed for at least two weeks starting on Friday, Oct. 27, to allow a New Jersey American Water contractor to begin the repair of a sewer line failure from Ninth Street to 16th Street. Detours will direct vehicles to use Eighth Street…