Winter festival lights up the night at Linwood Arboretum
LINWOOD — The community came together to celebrate the holidays Dec. 7 at the Linwood Arboretum, where horse-drawn carriages were coming and going, hot chocolate was flowing and Santa Claus was ho, ho, ho-ing. Park Director Tim Donovan and the volunteers from the Linwood Board of Recreation joined with Giggie Butrus and the Friends of […]
Plan for First Night and First Day to kick off the new year in Ocean City
OCEAN CITY – First Night, the popular non-alcoholic New Year’s Eve celebration features more than 70 entertainment programs at 20 different locations in Ocean City from 4 p.m. till 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31. A fireworks display rings in the new year at midnight. All-inclusive admission buttons for Ocean City’s First Night celebration are […]
‘Elf Jr.’ on stage Friday, Saturday in Ocean City
OCEAN CITY – Audiences can embrace their inner “elf” when Ocean City Theatre Company students present their production of Elf JR. The show features more than 24 third- through eighth-grade students from across Cape May and Atlantic counties. This adorable musical version of the popular movie will be live on the Ocean City Music Pier […]
Sprucing up Somers Point
Green Thumb Garden Club adds holiday cheer to four corners, Gateway Playhouse SOMERS POINT — The Green Thumb Garden Club of Somers Point has spruced up several spots to help the city celebrate the winter holidays. Members decorated the eight flower containers at the four corners of Shore Road and MacArthur Boulevard, as well as […]
Red Raider girls swim team young, strong
OCEAN CITY – With a young but strong team, coach Ian Keyser’s Red Raider swimmers are off to a good start this season. Ocean City girls beat a strong Atlantic City team 97-73 on Dec. 7, overcoming the Vikings’ 6-5 edge in first-place finishes with greater depth in the outer lanes. On Monday, in their second […]
Ocean City boys 3-0 to start swim season
OCEAN CITY – The Red Raider boys swimming team is off to a 3-0 start this season after topping Atlantic City, Buena and Absegami. Their goal is a South Jersey title. The Ocean City High School team opened the season Dec. 7 with a 104-65 win over the Vikings, followed it two days later by […]
Two-story single is only clam shell’s throw from popular Ocean City beach
OCEAN CITY — Located midway between Wesley and Ocean roads, the traditional two-story single at 331 E. Seabright Road is in the heart of the Gardens section of America’s Greatest Family Resort. That means it’s set among the winding, pedestrian-friendly streets of the popular neighborhood, which is a destination rather than a thoroughfare. Encompassing the […]
Ocean City school board responds to attack, says ex-member missed meetings
To the Editor: Following her defeat in the election held on Nov. 2, Suzanne Morgan’s time as a member of the Ocean City Board of Education included only two more meetings, one in November and one in December. She did not attend the November meeting, and instead of attending the December meeting as a board […]
Ocean City school board fires back at ex-member
They say she missed meetings, didn’t offer facts or examples in her letter See the full letter from the Ocean City Board of Education here OCEAN CITY – A few days after Suzanne Morgan blasted the Ocean City Board of Education in a resignation letter released to the media, the board fired back, saying her […]
Ethics complaint focuses on Clark allowing attacks on three Ocean City Board of Education members
OCEAN CITY – Three Ocean City Board of Education members who filed an ethics complaint about board President Joe Clark alleged he held an improper executive session Sept. 22 that allowed the interim superintendent of schools to make personal attacks against them. Prior to that meeting, one of the board members complained that emails from […]