Bomb threat closes portion of Ocean City boardwalk, report says
UPDATE: Boardwalk reopened as of 6:30 p.m. No additional information was available.
Police are investigating a bomb threat late this afternoon on the Ocean City boardwalk.
Authorities have closed the Colony Walk portion of the boardwalk, according to a Press of Atlantic City report.
Those along the Ninth Street stretch have been evacuated, the Ocean City Gazette reports.
A message left with a police spokesman was not immediately returned.
This is a developing story.
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