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Ocean City VFW Post 6650's Fall Golf Event is at Greate Bay Country Club this Wednesday, September 27, 2017. Come and enjoy a day of golf that includes lunch and a fabulous dinner with awards ceremony, silent auction, raffle and 50/50. Prizes will be awarded for tournament winner, runner-up, closest to the pin, hole-in-one, putting challenge, and longest drive for man & woman...

On September 23, 2017, at approximately 7:20pm, an aggravated assault occurred in the 900 block Haven Avenue. The Victims stated they were riding their bicycles northbound on Haven Avenue from the 1000 block and entering the 900 block of Haven Avenue...

Calls for Service: 618 & Daily Average: 88

Councilman Bob Barr hosted a 4th Ward meeting on Saturday. He was joined by Councilman Keith Hartzell and Council President Pete Madden. Also in attendance were Councilman Antwan McClellan and Councilman Mike DeVlieger. The 4th Ward includes the area from the south side of 26th Street to the south end of the island at 59th Street. The ward also includes the Ocean Reef neighborhood off Tennessee Avenue...

More than most people, James Rice appreciates the power of “now.” The Ocean City High school senior defensive lineman had a false start or two during his career with the Raiders. But Rice enjoyed a memorable coming out party during his team’s 26-6 opening night victory over Oakcrest last week. And Rice is anxious to build on it today against powerful Cedar Creek...

We were fortunate that Hurricane Jose passed by Ocean City without coming too close, and the long-range forecasts predict the same for Hurricane Maria. We’re also very lucky that the Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract to rebuild beaches at the north end of the island later this fall. The work will not take place until after these tropical storms have moved on. That means that any sand lost to some of the rough surf and high tides we’ve experienced will be restored. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company has a contract to complete work between Seaspray Road and 14th Street. A pre-construction meeting is scheduled for next week, and I will update you on the project timeline after the meeting...

The route for the Bike MS: City to Shore Ride on Saturday (Sept. 23) will move to the Route 52 causeway this year. The riders will come into town on the Ninth Street Bridge and use Bay Avenue to Fifth Street to reach the traditional finish line at the boardwalk parking lot at end of Fifth Street...

Our secret is out. Ocean City, long known in the surfing community as a great sur town, recently received some national validation. Surfer.com’s series on “America’s Best Surf Towns” ranked OC at number 4, ahead of such California mainstays as Huntingdon Beach, Ventura, and San Clemente; and New Smyrna Beach Florida and Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina...

Here are the results of our HEROtini Challenge competition, which garnered 370,000 online votes over the summer. More than 200 supporters attended the final judging at the HEROtini Happening event, held Thursday evening, September 14 at Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club...

Join the Knights of Columbus All Saints Council for an afternoon of whisky, bourbon and charcuterie. We will be welcoming the Council to the bar in Somers Point for a very special fundraiser. $15 of each ticket price and $1 for every dram poured benefits the All Saints Council and their scholarship program. The line-up includes a full range of whisky from bourbon to single malt and blended scotch...