The Ocean City Boardwalk serves as the area's primary pedestrian artery and runs about 2 1/2 miles along the beach. Ocean City's original boardwalk, along with much of the city, burnt down in 1927.

The best time to visit Ocean City, New Jersey, is from May to September ... when average highs range from 42 to 65 degrees, many of the boardwalk and beach and boardwalk rules become less stringent.

Developer Eustace Mita's plan for a $155 million luxury hotel received the backing of the Ocean City Boardwalk Merchants Association last week, according to local reports.

The building opened more than 50 years ago, an anniversary that condo ... want Ocean City, New Jersey, to avoid, raising the specter of a wall of waterfront development along the beach.