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By MADDY VITALE, OCNJDaily A giant excavator sitting atop a barge is using its claw to scoop out black muck from lagoons and channels in Ocean City’s Snug Harbor. Dredging of Ocean City’s channels and lagoons has remained a top priority for the city administration. The city has been spending millions of dollars in the…

By Donald Wittkowski, OCNJDaily Think of clams and what usually comes to mind? Clams casino? Clam chowder? Linguini with clams, perhaps? While clams are normally associated with our culinary delights, a much lesser-known aspect of these squishy denizens of the bay is the critical role they play in the marine eco-system. In the science world,…

By MediaWize, OCNJDaily This year will be the most unique election in recent memory, if only because it will primarily take place in New Jersey by a Vote-by-Mail process. This creates a lot of questions for some people who have never voted by mail. The Cape May County Clerk’s Office and the Cape May County…

By Josh Bakan, Patch Staff The dog days of summer are over, and now pooches around Ocean City can have their day. Dogs are now allowed on city beaches as of Thursday and can enjoy them through April 30. Dogs must be leashed at all times. Police have received several complaints in recent weeks about unleashed dogs,…

By MADDY VITALE, OCNJDaily Thriving, bustling, as if it were Fourth of July weekend, these are just some of the ways downtown and Boardwalk merchants are describing the start of the shoulder season in Ocean City. “Shoulder season this fall is identical to our summer peak season, possibly even more active. Asbury Avenue has been…

By MediaWize, OCNJDaily The Ocean City Beach Patrol will continue to provide lifeguard protection at nine beaches through late September. Beaches will be guarded from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekends and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. The list includes: St. Charles Place (guarded until 9/27) Brighton Place (guarded until 9/20) 8th Street (guarded until 9/27)…

By Josh Bakan, Patch Staff OCEAN CITY, NJ — Summer isn’t quite over yet in Ocean City. The weekly farmers market will run for another month, and several beaches will remain guarded through much of September. Here’s the Ocean City Beach Patrol’s schedule for the remainder of the season: Guarded through Labor Day weekend: Seaspray Road Surf…

By TIM KELLY If life’s a beach, as the saying goes, it helps to have one. On Sunday at Park Place beach, folks were soaking up the sun, sand and surf. Especially the sand. Just last week, what passed for the same beach amounted to a narrow strip of sand ranging between 10 and 50…