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December 22, 2024

Month: August 2022

Protect Our Coast cites wind farm’s ‘negative impacts’

BOEM just extended comment period an additional 15 days EDITOR’S NOTE: The Ocean Wind 1 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 45-day public comment period has now been extended by 15 calendar days, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Project Manager Will Waskes announced Wednesday afternoon. The comment period was supposed to end Aug. 8, as […]

Owner hopes Maple Tree helps revitalize shopping at Cedar Square center

Work honors her late husband SEAVILLE — Rosie McCoy took some time away from work after her husband died, but that didn’t mean she was idle. The owner of The Maple Tree Gift Shop and Bloom Studio, which had its grand reopening June 25 in Cedar Square Shopping Center at 2087 Route 9 in Seaville, […]

People In Crisis offers help, needs support

Those aided testify how important local organization has been ‘I call her the Mother Teresa of South Jersey because she has that kind of heart for the neediest of the needy and is on the front lines of care, going door to door.’– The Rev. G. Douglas Eberly Jr. CAPE MAY — Raising money to fix […]

‘Use your body as a tool’

Women lifeguards share what it takes to keep in shape for saving lives CAPE MAY POINT — “Every day, think about how amazing it is that you get to train in order to help people, that you can use your body as a tool to keep others alive and safe.” That was the advice of […]

Marven Mon Wing Chin, 52 

Marven Mon Wing Chin, age 52, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Sunday, July 31st, 2022. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 20, 1970, Marven split his childhood growing up in Philadelphia and in Ocean City, New Jersey. He graduated from Ocean City High School and then went on to earn a Bachelors […]

Ocean City Arts Center Boardwalk Art Show Friday, Saturday, Sunday

OCEAN CIY – The 59th annual Boardwalk Art Show will be Friday through Sunday, Aug. 5-7, on the boardwalk between Seventh Street and 11th Street. More than 50 artists from New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York will exhibit and sell works in oils, acrylics, watercolor and mixed media, as well as photography and jewelry. […]

Pa. man, 19, charged with sexual assault in Sea Isle City

 SEA ISLE CITY – A 19-year-old Pennsylvania man was charged with sexual and aggravated assault in Sea Isle City July 27. According to the Sea Isle City Police Department, Francis Grady, 19, of Springfield, Pa., was arrested and criminally charged on July 27, in connection with an alleged sexual assault in the early morning hours […]

Scarborough Inn is a ‘Porch Partner’ for caregivers

OCEAN CITY – The Scarborough Inn, one of A Mother’s Rest most generous “Porch Partners,” has offered to host eight three-night caregiver retreats in 2022. The inn hosted one recently and more are on the way. “From the moment the ‘moms’ arrived, you could feel their excitement,” Scarborough Inn Client Manager Monica Maxwell said. “They […]

Author looks around the corner in ‘Secret Jersey Shore’

It’s no secret New Jersey has a seemingly endless supply of history, unique mysteries and ghost stories. Tourists and locals can find plenty to learn and uncover throughout the state.  From Sandy Hook to Cape May, local author Mary Dixon Lebeau details what is lurking around the corner in her new book, “Secret Jersey Shore: […]

Know your beach etiquette

Mind your manners. We’ve all heard that since we were kids, but some of us forget to do it when we’re at the beach. There’s plenty of summer still ahead, so the timing couldn’t be better for a review of the dos and don’ts of beach behavior. Here’s a look at some rules of beach […]