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Month: July 2023

OCBP’s Santer wins CMPBP’s Women’s Lifeguard Challenge

Wildwood Crest, Cape May beach patrols go 1-2 in team competition CAPE MAY POINT – In one of the tightest races in its 15-year history, Ocean City Beach Patrol’s Lexi Santer won the Cape May Point Women’s Lifeguard Challenge at St. Pete’s beach July 27, finishing three seconds ahead of Harvey Cedar’s Beach Patrol’s Jenna […]

Rosemarie Noller Speitel, 91

Rosemarie Noller Speitel, age 91, passed away on July 24, 2023 at The Shores in Ocean City, NJ.  She is  the daughter of the late Christian and Gertrude Noller. Rose was born and raised in Philadelphia, where she graduated from Little Flower High School in 1949.   Subsequently, she moved to Mt. Laurel, NJ with […]

Linwood treasurer allegedly stole over $150,000 from PTO and hockey association

MAYS LANDING – Detectives from the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office’s Financial Crime Unit charged Laurie Montgomery, 53, of Linwood, with stealing more than $150,000 while acting as the treasurer of the Linwood Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) and the Linwood Street Hockey Association. Montgomery is charged with two counts of theft by failing to make the required […]

Cannabis vote is coming in Somers Point

Would allow retailer and distributor SOMERS POINT — City Council is expected to introduce a measure July 27 that would allow a cannabis retailer and a distributor to operate in Somers Point. City Council President Janice Johnston said last week the agenda is not official but that she expects the ordinance to be on it […]

Gerwig soars with poignant, witty film ‘Barbie’ lovers and haters will adore

Greta Gerwig’s genius shines in “Barbie,” her third film as a solo director. An expert understanding of Barbie and the doll’s effect on culture coupled with a talented star-studded cast deliver a complex, witty and existential film about self-acceptance and individuality that broke box office records in its opening weekend. It is revealed that Gloria […]

The Rev. Dr. Robert Lloyd Sullivan

The Reverend Dr. Robert Lloyd Sullivan went to be with the Lord in the early morning hours of May 13, 2023, following injuries sustained in an auto accident in Baltimore, MD. He was born in Philadelphia on August 6, 1934. He became an Eagle Scout and spent his young adult years in Ardmore, PA, graduating […]

Henry Clinton Gill, Jr., 78

Henry (Hank) Clinton Gill, Jr., of Sea Isle City, born May 31, 1945, passed away on July 17, 2023.   Hank was the beloved husband and dearest friend of Bernadette (Bunnie) Junod Gill for 57 years. Hank was the only child of Henry C. Gill, Sr. and Helen Peirce Gill. He will be dearly missed […]

Madelyn D. Simpson, 97

SIMPSON, MADELYN D.,  97, of Ocean City, Madelyn Keen DuBois Simpson was called to Heaven on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. She was born at home, Hedgehurst Dairy Farm, in Woodstown, NJ. After graduating from Woodstown HS in 1943 where she enjoyed sports and was voted best dancer her senior year, she graduated from Taylor’s Business […]

Rhythm & Ride in Upper Township: Breathe in positivity

Owners offering traditional and rhythm-based spin classes in Marmora MARMORA — Rhythm & Ride, a new business in Upper Township, aims to bring community members together and help everyone in their spin classes “breathe in positivity and breathe out negativity.” At 74 Tuckahoe Road, Marmora in Wayside Village, Rhythm & Ride offers rhythmic and traditional […]

Former Ocean City Police Department sergeant gets 5-year prison term for sex with juvenile

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland said a former Ocean City Police Department sergeant was sentenced to five years in prison. On Friday, Sutherland announced the sentencing in Cape May County Superior Court of Tyrone Rolls, a 52-year old resident of Marmora and former OCPD sergeant. Rolls was initially […]