Things have come full circle for Miss NJ candidate Amy Phillips
OCEAN CITY — Some things come full circle. For Amy Phillips, a 2015 Ocean City High School graduate competing later this month for the title of Miss New Jersey, it started when she was a sixth-grader with teacher Betty Pruitt, director of the Miss Cape May County Pageant. Pruitt asked Phillips’ mother to volunteer with […]
Ocean City, Mainland athletes win SJ track, field titles
Mustang Dirkes is a double winner FRANKLINVILLE – Mustangs and Red Raiders won titles and placed well at the South Jersey Group III sectional track and field meet at Delsea Regional High School Friday and Saturday. For Mainland, senior Camryn Dirkes was a double winner and Eva Morrison, Cody Pierce and the boys 4×100 relay team […]
New single in Bay Area awaits first homeowners for summer at the shore
OCEAN CITY — Be the first to track beach sand across the floor of the new single-family home at 1135 Bay Ave. Featuring five bedrooms, three bathrooms and open-layout great room and multiple decks, the home is perfect for a large family and friends to gather at for a summer vacation or year-round living in […]
Red Raiders ride their horse
Ocean City advances to South Jersey semifinals OCEAN CITY – A pitcher’s duel Saturday afternoon kept the first four innings scoreless in the South Jersey Group III sectional semifinal between Ocean City and Absegami. Red Raider Duke McCarron and Brave Krish Sheth, backed by outstanding infield play, didn’t let anyone get far along the base […]
Marmora man charged in OCBP sex-assault investigation
Year-long probe results in arrest of former lifeguard, a teacher in Pleasantville OCEAN CITY — A former lifeguard has been charged with first-degree sexual assault stemming from an investigation initiated last year into multiple allegations against members and administrators on the Ocean City Beach Patrol. On Thursday, Jonathan C. Howell, 40, a Marmora resident who […]
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Mustangs outlast Quakers and the heat for S.J. title
Mainland boys beat Moorestown 3-2 in sectional final, first title since 2017 LINWOOD — Tennis is a game of momentum, something hard to maintain when you have to take a break every five games because of the blistering heat. The boys from Mainland Regional and Moorestown high schools were facing each other for the second […]
Taxes to rise in Ocean City after trash dispute
OCEAN CITY – After being told earlier this year they wouldn’t face a tax hike, Ocean City property owners will likely be paying an extra $41.33 for the average house assessed at $600,000, courtesy of a renegotiated contract for hauling trash and recyclables. Ocean City Council voted 4-1 Thursday to spend $770,000 more through the […]
Three vying for two spots in U.T. Committee GOP Primary
Nappen: It is time to ‘step up’ for the community UPPER TOWNSHIP – Victor Nappen is raising his young family in the same neighborhood where he grew up. He said he is running in the GOP primary for Upper Township Committee because it is time for him to “step up” for the community. Nappen is […]
Somers Point pulls 2nd Amendment resolution
Measure removed from agenda two days after Texas school massacre SOMERS POINT — Two days after teen gunman Salvador Ramos killed 21 people at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, City Council pulled a resolution from the agenda that expressed “opposition to any legislation that unconstitutionally infringes up an individual’s Second Amendment rights.” The Second Amendment, […]