By MADDY VITALE
A new roof is just one of two major improvements planned for the Ocean City Free Public Library in 2023.
Starting next month, workers will replace the roof as part of an array of upgrades in the city’s capital plan for facilities in town.
The library is housed in the Community Center at 1735 Simpson Ave. It is a 30-plus-year-old building and in recent years, the roof has leaked from time to time. While workers have patched the leaky areas, a new roof is greatly needed, library officials said during an OCFPL Board of Trustees meeting Monday.
Vince Bekier, the city’s director of Operations and Engineering, informed Library Director Karen Mahar and her staff that the project would get underway in mid to late January.
“They are replacing the entire roof,” Mahar…
