Ocean City approves 3% tax on rentals through Airbnb, VRBO and similar platforms
City Council splits 4-3 in favor with arguments for and against new tax OCEAN CITY — Starting late this year or early 2026, people who book short-term rentals in Ocean City through online sites such as Airbnb and VRBO will be paying an additional 3 percent tax. Ocean City Council voted 4-3 Thursday, July 17, […]
Dr. Oz visits AtlantiCare, talks Medicare, Medicaid
ATLANTIC CITY – Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), visited AtlantiCare last week for one of his first integrated health system visits since assuming the role. The visit brought national focus to southeastern New Jersey through critical conversations, elevating the role of health systems in advancing care […]
Ocean City Pops plays Country Jukebox
OCEAN CITY – Ask any music lover around the world what represents American music and the reply will be either jazz or country music. This past Sunday night, the Ocean City Pops turned south for country music. The violins transformed into fiddles, although most of their parts were sustained chords as accompaniment. The brass became commentators […]
Ocean City Council tries again with limits on construction trailers
OCEAN CITY — If proposed rules make it through second reading and a final vote of City Council on Aug. 7, contractors would face restrictions on where they could park dumpsters and construction trailers. City Solicitor Dorothy McCrosson said the administration has been working on this new ordinance for months, talking to the construction community, […]
Fundraiser for retired Somers Point officer
SOMERS POINT — The family of retired Somers Point Police Officer Keith MacEwan is planning a fundraiser to benefit the 25-year veteran, who recently was diagnosed with terminal cancer. During City Council’s meeting July 10, Mayor Dennis Tapp noted MacEwan, 67, had “given so much to the community.” “Keith served as a Somers Point police […]
Sea&Do: Upcoming events
OCBP chief to speak at Rotary OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Beach Patrol Chief Erich Becker will be the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Ocean City – Upper Township breakfast meeting at 7 a.m. Thursday, July 24, at Uncle Bill’s Pancake House, 21st Street and Asbury Avenue, Ocean City. This is a breakfast menu […]
Bringing in a Broadway star just part of the mission
At Gateway Playhouse in Somers Point, ‘kids are the backbone’ SOMERS POINT —– Bringing in a Broadway star is just one way the Gateway Playhouse on Bay Avenue puts the emphasis on young actors in the Cape-Atlantic area. The Gateway to the Arts program is meant to enrich young people while teaching them more than learning […]
Star-struck students say experience with Anthony Rapp was enlightening and ‘surreal’
SOMERS POINT — When Anthony Rapp finished his July workshop at the Gateway Playhouse, star-struck students all lined up to get autographs and selfies. Rapp, who among his many stage and screen credits originated a role in the Broadway production of “Rent” and starred for five seasons on “Star Trek: Discovery,” spent a full half-hour […]
Dorneys go over-the-top for Night in Venice
OCEAN CITY — For a guy who’s built the bow of a Coast Guard cutter, a 1/16-scale replica of the Space Shuttle, a smoke-spewing Godzilla, a castle and a saloon at his lagoon-front home, Bill Dorney doesn’t drop big bucks when he and his wife Donna decorate for Ocean City’s annual Night in Venice. Dorney, […]