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Mayor's Update and State of the City — March 13, 2026


March 13, 2026 Dear Friends,At last night’s City Council meeting, I delivered my annual State of the City address. The text is included below, and video of the full address is here.Our administration also delivered to City Council a copy of the reco…

West Avenue Closed Around 31st Street for Emergency Sewer Repair


The Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority's contractor on Feb. 26 discovered a failed 20-inch force sewer main. Authority staff determined that the best course of action was to replace the 20-inch ductile iron force main with a new 20-inch P…

2026 Municipal Election Timeline and Information


2026 Municipal Election - May 12 (OFFICIAL DATES)February 26: Candidate petition filing deadline  (NJSA 40:45-8)April 13: 29-day pre-election campaign finance report filing  (NJSA 19:44A)April 21: Last day to register to vote  (NJSA 19:31-6)April 21…

County Fishing Pier to Close for Improvements


The Cape May County Bridge Commission announced that the Fishing Pier on the northern side of the Ocean City-Longport Bridge in Egg Harbor Township will be temporarily closed to the public beginning Monday, March 2, 2026, to accommodate scheduled im…

Video of Boardwalk Subcommittee Community Meeting on Feb. 7


The City Council-appointed Boardwalk Subcommittee held a public information meeting on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026 at 10 a.m. in the Chris Maloney Lecture Hall at the Ocean City Free Public Library (1735 Simpson Avenue). The subcommittee provided an upda…

E-Bike, Bicycle, Pedestrian and Motor Vehicle Laws


The information below was compiled by the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office to make the public aware of e-bike, e-scooter, bicycle, pedestrian and motor vehicle laws.

Mayor's Update -- Oct. 21, 2022


Dear Friends,We hosted a pre-construction meeting on Thursday for the upcoming beachfill project, and crews began surveying the beaches today to determine exactly what is needed. The tentative plan is for Ocean City to receive approximately 1.2 mill…