Ocean City girls lighten up, score big
Senior Night works out just right for Red Raiders OCEAN CITY – It was all smiles on Senior Night for the Red Raiders girls basketball team Thursday night. “We were laughing a little more, and when we goof off it either goes really well or really bad,” senior Marin Panico said. Ocean City sprinted out […]
Caper Tigers avenge hoops loss to Ocean City Raiders
ERMA — The Lower Cape May Regional High School Caper Tigers had to wait only a week to avenge their disappointing double-overtime loss to the Ocean City High School Red Raiders on Jan. 28, taking a 56-46 victory in the rematch Feb. 5 in Erma. The game followed a similar pattern to the previous one […]
Swimming: Ocean City boys, Mainland girls get top seeds
OCEAN CITY – The Red Raider boys and Mustang girls swim teams made it into the semifinals of the South Jersey Group B tournament without swimming a lap courtesy of their top seeds. The Ocean City High School team, which is 11-2 this season, earned the No. 1 spot on the boys side and gets […]
A guy’s guide to Valentine’s gifts
Time’s running out, fellas, so here are shopping tips Relax, guys, Valentine’s Day is still five days away. What? This is the first you’re hearing of it? They really should hold the annual day that celebrates sweethearts later in the year so men have more time to prepare. There still would be 365 days between […]
B&B to change owners
OCEAN CITY – The B&B Department Store on Asbury Avenue is going out of business and – after a renovation – going right back into business. Helen Bertole, the owner of the B&B South store, a mainstay of Ocean City’s downtown since the 1980s, is closing her businesses by the end of February and selling the […]
Ocean Wind asks BPU for rights of way in Ocean City
Company: Resort was blocking wind farm from moving project forward Related Stories:Timeline: Ørsted has worked on rights of way for two yearsHearing is March 7 on Ørsted’s request for Ocean City land OCEAN CITY – Last week, Ocean Wind, a joint venture of Ørsted and PSEG, formally petitioned the state Board of Public Utilities to […]
Hearing is March 7 on Ocean Wind’s request for Ocean City land
OCEAN CITY – Representatives of Ocean Wind will hold a virtual public hearing starting at 7 p.m. Monday, March 7, to accept public comment on the proposed diversion of about 0.838 acres of Ocean City-owned parkland as part of its plan to run transmission cables across the island. Ocean Wind 1 is planning up to […]
Timeline: Ocean Wind has worked on rights of way for two years
Company says Ocean City has rebuffed its attempts, putting project timeline in jeopardy Madeline Urbish, who works for Ørsted as head of government affairs and policy for New Jersey, testified the company asked the state Board of Public Utilities for permission to run transmission lines across Ocean City because the local government has rebuffed repeated […]
New Jersey School mask mandate to end March 7
TRENTON – Noting the significant decline of statewide COVID-19 metrics, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday that masks and facial coverings will no longer be mandated for students, staff, or visitors in schools and childcare centers effective March 7. “I must thank the overwhelming majority of students, parents, administrators, educators, and support staffers who have worn […]
Northfield planners OK age-restricted apartments
NORTHFIELD — The Northfield Planning Board gave its approval to a charitable nonprofit for construction of a 77-unit age-restricted rental apartment complex along Wabash Avenue between Mill and Tilton roads. Glen McDonald, executive director of Homes for All Inc., and attorney Stephen Nehmad proposed the project informally to the board in May 2021 and returned […]