A group of entrepreneurs will celebrate the launch their cooperative venture – the Dunes Boardwalk Café – through the weekend. Located at the former Homestead Restaurant along the Ocean Grove boardwalk, the 7,500 square-foot structure remained vacant since Superstorm Sandy. The space now boasts food stands, dining and an event space overlooking the ocean views. […]

The city council garnered enough votes to pass a resolution in support of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association’s bid for FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] funding to fix that town’s boardwalk. The council had failed to pass the resolution at its previous meeting on March 20. Council members voted 2-1 on the measure, with […]

The city council is scheduled to meet tonight, with a workshop session beginning at 6 p.m. and the regular meeting beginning at 7 p.m. The council will meet in closed session at 5 p.m. prior to the public meeting. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda for both […]

The city council will vote again tonight on a resolution expressing support for Ocean Grove’s Camp Meeting Association [CMA] in its pursuit of FEMA funding to rebuild its boardwalk — and this time, there’s a chance the resolution will pass. The council failed to approve the resolution of support after a 2-1 vote, with one […]

One of the region’s most famous landmarks, Ocean Grove’s Grand Auditorium, lost a large portion of its roof during Hurricane Sandy [pictured above], but officials say permanent repairs should be done by Memorial Day. The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association oversees the Auditorium’s operation, and the group’s interim chief operating officer is Ralph Del Campo. The […]

The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association discriminated against two women when it refused to allow them to use its boardwalk pavilion for their civil union ceremony in 2007, the director of New Jersey’s Division on Civil Rights has ruled. The decision, issued Monday, upholds an administrative law judge ruling that was issued in January. The […]