Month: February 2022

Questions about candidacy elicit strong response from councilman who stepped down OCEAN CITY – With only a brief agenda, Thursday evening’s Ocean City Council meeting was dominated by public comment, a good portion surrounding council’s actions at a previous meeting and council candidacies in the May 10 election. Council and the administration got a mixed […]

Restaurant staying open, to be renovated MARMORA — Yesterday’s restaurant and bar on Roosevelt Boulevard in the Marmora section of Upper Township has changed ownership. Following 46 years of stewardship, Jeff McIntyre and his family have sold the property to Tim Fox, owner of the Deauville Inn in nearby Strathmere. According to a news release from […]

SOMERS POINT — City Council accepted the resignation of Councilman Ken Adams without comment Feb. 10 and now is looking toward his replacement. Adams resigned Feb. 3 just a week after being sworn in after it was discovered that he was barred from serving due to his felony conviction in 2004 for theft and misconduct while […]

Mayor reads proclamation for Black History Month, cites national, local achievements OCEAN CITY – At Thursday’s meeting, Ocean City Council unanimously approved, on first reading, a resolution to create the volunteer position of police chaplain. City solicitor Dorothy McCrosson said Police Chief Jay Prettyman made the request for the position. The volunteer will serve without […]

Council, mayor meet in executive session OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Council and Mayor Jay Gillian met in executive session during last week’s meeting to discuss plans to run power transmission lines across the resort as part of the the Ocean Wind 1 project. There was no discussion among council members at the meeting, but […]

Plans changed after market for commercial rentals dried up LINWOOD — A 23-unit age-targeted townhouse complex is being planned for the Bloom property in Linwood. Like a missing tooth, the vacant site is between two medical office buildings on the northwest side of Route 9, across from the end of Seaview Avenue, and lacks curbs […]

SOMERS POINT – SPQR Stage Company will host the fourth-annual “New Works Weekend,” a two-day showcase of new plays written by local and regional playwrights, on Feb. 19 and 20.  Seven 10-minute original plays will be staged, some for the very first time, at Somers Point’s Studio;Space.  SPQR Artistic Director Bill Sterritt developed the idea […]

SEA ISLE CITY – Mayor Leonard Desiderio believes Sea Isle City is in the best financial shape ever, according to his February State of the City address. “I say this now with the utmost confidence – today the state of the city is better than ever. Our financial position is the best it has ever been,” […]