OCHS has permanent principal: Dr. Wendy O’Neal
Approved Wednesday night, she has been acting principal since last spring OCEAN CITY — Ocean City High School has a new permanent principal who looks surprisingly like the acting principal. The Ocean City Board of Education unanimously approved Dr. Wendy O’Neal for the position Wednesday evening. She has been the acting principal since last spring. […]
Championship-winning coach returns to lead OCHS sports
Ocean City school board names Michael Pellegrino as athletic director OCEAN CITY — Michael Pellegrino found his way back to the red and white. The coach who led the Red Raider boys soccer program to multiple state championships has returned to the fold at Ocean City High School as the permanent athletic director. Pellegrino was […]
Ocean City boys win S.J. basketball quarterfinal
They get to host semifinal Friday in doubleheader with Raider girls OCEAN CITY – The Red Raiders boys basketball team punched its ticket to a home semifinal game with a 73-50 win over Clearview in the South Jersey Group III sectional quarterfinal game Wednesday, Feb. 22. Ocean City came out and lit up the scoreboard […]
Ocean City girls win S.J. basketball quarterfinal
Red Raiders, Mainland girls each host semifinal matchup Friday OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Red Raiders girls basketball team advanced to the South Jersey Group III semifinal round Friday by knocking off visiting Winslow Township 56-40 on Wednesday, Feb. 22. The Raiders came out firing and built their lead in a hurry with an […]
MRHS GIRLS REPEAT AS CAL CHAMPS
MVP Bretones, Stokes key Mustang basketball defense limiting Vikings’ star EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Led by Sydney Stokes’ 15 points and 17 rebounds, the Mainland Regional High School girls basketball team shut down Atlantic City to win the Cape-Atlantic League Basketball Championship for the second year in a row. The Mustangs (23-2), with a starting […]
Mustang girls finish as S.J. swim runners-up
They ran into ‘a bit of buzzsaw’ with unbeaten Shawnee in Public B finals SEWELL — The undefeated Shawnee High School girls swim team ended Mainland Regional’s season Thursday evening, beating the Mustangs 96-74 to capture the 2023 South Jersey Public B sectional title. The Mustangs came in as the defending champion after winning the […]
Somers Point schools plan staff cuts and a tax hike
SOMERS POINT — The Somers Point School District is planning a 2 percent tax increase, staffing cuts and withdrawals from its capital and maintenance reserves in its 2023-24 budget. Superintendent Michelle CarneyRay-Yoder and Business Administrator Julie Gallagher laid out the preliminary spending plan Feb. 16, explaining that state aid figures are yet to be determined. […]
Sentinel earns 25 New Jersey Press Association awards
Cited for photography, editorial, news writing, environmental, governmental reporting; graphic design OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Sentinel won 25 awards in the 2022 New Jersey Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, including 14 citations for photography and 11 awards including editorial and news writing, environmental and governmental reporting and graphic design. The Ocean City Sentinel, […]
Cell tower plan raises concerns
Ocean City neighbors cite fears; research so far shows no health link OCEAN CITY — A plan to place Verizon Wireless cell phone towers on a building in the south end has some neighbors asking if there should be restrictions on towers that are close to homes and if there would be better, less-populated locations […]
Northfield businesses growing
Membership sought for merchants association NORTHFIELD — The business of business is booming in Northfield, where both an Economic Development Commission and a merchants association formed last year and are now starting to gain traction. The number of businesses continues to grow as well. Last year, the city issued 198 mercantile licenses, including 22 for […]