Port-O-Call Hotel completes room renovations with modern aesthetics
OCEAN CITY – Following the completion of its recent renovations, the Port-O-Call Hotel now boasts the newest hotel rooms in Ocean City. Embracing modern design aesthetics, the new look balances a unique blend of contemporary sophistication with time-honored elegance, according to a spokesperson for the hotel. Distinguished and inviting, the new room interiors feature gentle […]
Ocean City High School Drama Guild presents comedy: ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’
OCEAN CITY — Travel back to the Roaring ’20s as the Ocean City High School Drama Guild presents “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a five-time Tony Award-winning musical set in 1928 amid the Jazz Age. Director Rob LeMaire called the production a comedic look at the musicals of the early 1920s “done through the imagination of a […]
Katie Barlow wants to be a different type of role model
Former Red Raider swimming for Ursinus – while triple majoring – to compete in Miss NJ Teen USA OCEAN CITY – Katie Barlow, a student athlete who is triple majoring in political science, international relations and applied economics at Ursinus College – with a minor in Arabic – hopes to be a different type of […]
Bay Area single offers fantastic views, access to bay boating, fishing
OCEAN CITY — The four-story single at 49 Walton Place is either at the end of the quasi-private street or the beginning, depending on whether arrival is by land or by sea. A boater’s paradise, the 2,800-square-foot home fronts Glen Cove, one of two lagoons flanking the main entrance to the island at Ninth Street. […]
Marijuana-infused taffy sculpting? We don’t think so
Participants in a forum last week suggested tourism-related businesses may want to consider adding cannabis-related activities. Can you picture that in Ocean City? The Cannabis and Hemp Research Institute at Stockton University and the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce heard that general suggestion during a March 15 panel discussion. The upshot is that now-legal […]
Somers Point moving forward with redevelopment
SOMERS POINT — Three major redevelopment projects and other, smaller ones are in the works around Somers Point, promising to further fuel its economic boom. City Council went into executive session Thursday, Feb. 24, to discuss the projects and get an update from redevelopment attorney Jim Franklin. Franklin said a redevelopment agreement allows the city […]
Mainland JV ice hockey wins title
Boys team is undefeated in championship season The Mainland junior varsity boys went undefeated, winning the South Jersey High School Hockey League championship 9-1 over Riverfront on March 6 at the Flyers Skate Zone in Atlantic City. Mainland scored 2 goals in the first period, 3 goals in the second and 4 in the third. […]
NFL Flag Clinic Saturday in Marmora
MARMORA – A free NFL Flag Clinic will be noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at Trinity UMC Fields, located at 20 N. Shore Road in Marmora. This clinic is open to boys and girls age 5-14. All experience levels are welcome. Join American Football United for a free NFL Flag Football Skills & […]
Ocean City budget holds line on taxes
OCEAN CITY – Mayor Jay Gillian’s proposed budget is an $88,822,023 spending plan that increases appropriations by $1.05 million, but includes virtually no increase in taxes because of increased ratables in the resort and by using $5.4 million from the budget surplus. Although Gillian said there is no tax increase in this budget, there actually […]
Mayor: State of the city stronger than ever
Gillian cites achievements, improvements in the past, planned for future OCEAN CITY — In his State of the City address Thursday evening, Mayor Jay Gillian said the coming year’s budget will include no tax increase and “the city is stronger than it’s ever been.” Gillian, who is running for his fourth term in office in the […]