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December 22, 2024

Month: January 2022

Red Raider girls improve to 4-3, lead National

PLEASANTVILLE – The Ocean City High School girls are off to a 4-3 start this season with wins over Holy Spirit, Cedar Creek, Pleasantville and Cape May Tech, and a pair of close losses to Timber Creek and then Gloucester Catholic on Saturday at the Seagull Tournament at Holy Spirit High School. Two of the […]

Spectacular beachfront Achristavest home now available on Goldcoast

OCEAN CITY — With its white board-and-batten and multiple two-story-tall columns sided in kiwi-green cedar shake, the home at 2639 Wesley Ave. is as beautiful as its beachfront vista — and that’s just the outside. The spectacular home was built by Achristavest on a corner lot on the city’s popular Goldcoast, which stretches from 18th to […]

Layout, classic components turn beach house into home for large family and friends

OCEAN CITY — Perhaps it was the holiday spirit evident in the decor, or it could have been the rustic fireplace, classic oak hardwood flooring or the open, flowing layout, but the house at 1929 West Ave. certainly felt like a home during a recent tour. Sure, there were stockings hung with care, some boughs […]

First Night Ocean City finishes year off in a better way

OCEAN CITY — Bryan O’Malley was putting the finishing touches on his 2021 ice sculpture Friday as the city’s popular New Year’s Eve celebration began at the Ocean City Music Pier. By the next day, when hundreds lined up to take the traditional First Dip in the ocean — and many more just to watch — both […]

COVID cases jump 70 percent in past 10 days

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Active COVID-19 cases jumped 70 percent between Dec. 24 and Jan. 3, according to the Cape May County Department of Health. Four deaths attributed to the coronavirus were reported during that 10-day period. On Jan. 3 the number of active cases was 1,820. On Dec. 24, that number was 1,071 […]

Kathleen Anne Fielis, 74

Kathleen Anne (Smyth) Fielis, 74, of Little River South Carolina, went to be with the Lord on December 4, 2021.  Kathleen, born on March 25, 1947 to James R. Smyth and Roberta M. Smyth in Camden, NJ, immediately brought joy and laughter into the world. Kathleen went on to graduate from Sterling High School in […]

James W. Brooks, 94

James W. Brooks, 94, of Ocean City N.J. passed away peacefully in his home on Friday, December 24, 2021. Born on March 7, 1927 in Dover, Morris County, NJ he graduated from high school in Dover, then served in the U.S. Army as an MP, stationed in Nuremburg during the war trials.    Upon discharge, […]

Ocean City announces a full roster of events for 2022

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City officials announced there were be a full calendar of special events for 2022. The city’s Martin Luther King Jr. Ceremony will kick things off and bring the community together to honor Dr. King’s legacy on Monday, Jan. 17. The event will start at noon and move to the Ocean City […]

McClellan: Put tax dollars back into tourism, culture

OCEAN CITY — Assemblyman Antwan McClellan said his priorities for the new year area making sure he and his First District colleagues continue to look out for southern New Jersey and that tourism tax dollars go back to the areas that send them to Trenton. McClellan said he, fellow Assemblyman Erik Simonsen and state Sen. […]

Ocean City High School grad raised $23,000 to support 3 local causes

OCEAN CITY — Katie Bowman didn’t raise $23,000 for a trio of local programs just so she could wear a fancy gown and crown and ride on a big boat during last summer’s Night In Venice boat parade. Looking back on the past year, she admits that was a fun experience but that it paled […]