OCEAN CITY – Ocean City High School’s softball team returns its two wunderkind, Jessica Mooney and Brooke Douglas, for their final season, and pairs them with a young team. Mooney and Douglas made an impact with their pitching and hitting starting their freshman year and early indications are they aren’t done. In Thursday afternoon’s game […]
No, there isn’t a four-way race for mayor in Ocean City OCEAN CITY — Credit Ocean City Councilman Jody Levchuk for adding a bit of levity on April 1. The councilman cheekily announced his campaign for mayor of Ocean City on social media, turning what is now a three-way race into what would be a […]
Firefighters are using closed building for training OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Fire Department has been training at the former Public Safety Building at 835 Central Ave. The fake smoke, firefighters and fire trucks on site have apparently made people on social media wonder if there had been a fire or other emergency there. […]
60 units of affordable housing being built on Fourth Street OCEAN CITY — The groundbreaking March 25 was symbolic for Pecks Beach Village, given that the ground is about as broken as it can get with scores of piling already pounded into it, but the officials saw plenty of reason for the celebration. “This is […]
Talks of ‘hard decisions’ coming up, support for hotel, need for change OCEAN CITY – City Council Vice President Pete Madden is running for mayor against four-term incumbent Jay Gillian and longtime city Councilman Keith Hartzell, who unsuccessfully challenged Gillian in the last election. The three-term at-large councilman made his announcement at the end of […]
LINWOOD — Mainland Regional High School is looking for an interim head baseball coach after Joe Smith resigned from his position effective March 27. The resignation follows an incident during a preseason trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C. “The district was made aware of concerns related to a recent team trip and has initiated a comprehensive […]
OCEAN CITY — The fantastic new lagoon-front home at 4 Grenada Lane is spacious, bright and chock full of high-end amenities. The three-level single in the Riviera section of the island sports six bedrooms, five full bathrooms plus a powder room and upscale materials and craftsmanship throughout its 4,117 square feet of living space. Listing […]
OCEAN CITY — The three-story home at 101 W. 14th St. combines the benefits of life on the bay with those of living off the beaten path just a clam shell’s toss from all of the action. “This home is ideal for a family who truly loves life on the water,” listing agent Tim McLaughlin […]
OCEAN CITY — Set in mature, professionally landscaped gardens, the unique home at 1436 Simpson Ave. is fabulous from floor to ceiling and operated by the touch of a button. Designed to be light and bright, the home needed no lamps during a tour on a recent gloomy winter’s day. What could be seen of […]
LINWOOD – The 2026 boys lacrosse season started with a matchup against Cape-Atlantic League rivals – the Mainland Mustangs and Lower Cape May Caper Tigers. After an offseason of roster changes for both teams, Mainland Regional High School’s offense was in control from the start and rode an early lead into an 18-1 win over the […]
OCEAN CITY – Opening Day of the Ocean City Red Raiders’ baseball season started with a pitching duel against Vineland High School. Both pitching staffs did not seem to have any first-game jitters, but it was the Vineland offense that managed to punch through with a 3-0 win on March 26. The two teams combined […]
OCEAN CITY – Ocean City High School’s softball team returns its two wunderkind, Jessica Mooney and Brooke Douglas, for their final season, and pairs them with a young team. Mooney and Douglas made an impact with their pitching and hitting starting their freshman year and early indications are they aren’t done. In Thursday afternoon’s game […]
From championships to beyond sports It was a thrilling afternoon in Piscataway Sunday, March 15, when the Ocean City High School boys basketball team won its first state championship in more than 60 years. Being there was a perk of my job as an editor, reporter and photographer at a small community newspaper. Make no […]
It’s years beyond time this nation ended the farce about fraudulent voting by non-citizens. Although the House narrowly capitulated on the SAVE America Act, we hope and expect this legislation to fail in the Senate. We would love to see a majority of senators, Democrats and Republicans alike, acknowledge that there is no real issue […]
Although it is hard to fathom there will be wholesale change in the way the city operates following the May 12 municipal election in Ocean City, it is good that residents will have choices to make when they cast their ballots. Mayor Jay Gillian announced the earliest that he would be seeking a fifth consecutive […]
Council didn’t want to appear indifferent to business fears Some in the audience at the Dec. 4 City Council meeting were surprised by the reversal of the August vote on the Wonderland Pier property that is home to a defunct amusement park. Others were shocked. We weren’t shocked. We didn’t know exactly how it was […]
