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You are invited to the Winter Solstice Skate Night at the Ocean City Civic Center...

Below are the two Ocean City High School Student-Athletes of the Week. Both Billy Kroeger and Maggie Wallace...

Calls for Service: 650 & Daily Average: 93

What cold? What wind? Nothing warms the hearts of Eagles fans more than a home playoff win. And when the clock hit all zeros yesterday following the Birds’ tense 15-10 defeat of the Atlanta Falcons in the Divisional Round of the NFC playoffs, the talk was all about defense, Nick Foles and being one more home win away from the Super Bowl...

A staunch opponent of drilling off the New Jersey coastline throughout his career, U.S. Congressman Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02) today sent the following letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management requesting a public hearing in Cape May County on the recently released proposal for oil and natural gas exploration in the mid-Atlantic region. In June 2017 LoBiondo joined with local business leaders, environmental groups and elected officials in Avalon to rally against plans to proceed with seismic testing off the Jersey Shore, a precursor to drilling...

It is one of Ocean City’s most exclusive addresses. The Gardens Plaza condominium at Park Place and the Boardwalk is the only building of its kind on the island. The luxury highrise of more than 180 one, two and three bedroom units boasts a heated pool and oversized deck, fully equipped gym, party room and library/TV room. But on Tuesday in the early morning hours, the “GP” took on an entirely different atmosphere. A burst standpipe on the penthouse level of the north stairwell flooded a large portion of the building and caused the evacuation and displacement of about 30 fulltime year-round residents...

Ocean City celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at two different events this weekend: the annual King Ceremony on Saturday (Jan. 13) at the Bill and Nancy Hughes Performing Arts Center and the King Day of Service on Monday (Jan. 15)...

A frozen standpipe burst in the early morning hours Tuesday, inundating an Ocean City high rise condominium with thousands of gallons of water and forcing its evacuation. Ocean City Police and Fire Department responded to the alarm at the Garden’s Plaza, 921 Park Place, at approximately 1:45 a.m. The 15-story building of more than 180 units was immediately evacuated...

The Ocean City Police Department has received approximately twelve complaints over the last two weeks from citizens and local businesses pertaining to a phone scam. The scam works like this...

As the temperature hovered between 12 and 18 degrees in Ocean City on Tuesday, a few hardy folks were not deterred from their constitutional on the world famous boardwalk. Those we spoke to on Tuesday afternoon were understandably pleased the city’s repairs, which closed the ‘walk from 10th through 11th Streets since October, would be completed ahead of schedule...