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Month: October 2023

Mainland Mustangs now 8-0

LINWOOD — Never mind the fact that the Mainland Regional High School football team gave up the most points it has all season in Friday’s 49-20 victory over Clearview Regional High School, the Mustangs said they are taking steps in the right direction as the postseason moves closer. In all honesty, two of Clearview’s scores […]

Smart upgrades bring classic Dutch Colonial comfortably into future

OCEAN CITY — They don’t make ’em like this anymore. The Dutch Colonial home at 1118 Bay Ave. features all of the best aspects of the classic design from 100 years ago just a clam shell’s toss from Great Egg Harbor Bay in America’s Greatest Family Resort. Situated on a 45-foot by 100-foot lot, the home […]

Slaughter, Tapp go head to head in Somers Point mayor’s race

Glasser not running after 16 years SOMERS POINT — A retired electrician and a critical care nurse are vying for a chance to replace a career police officer as mayor of Somers Point. Dennis Tapp, a former city councilman and member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 351 for 37 years, announced his […]

Special event planned for Upper Township community to bid smokestack adieu

BEESLEYS POINT — The Beesley’s Point Development Group (BPDG) will be hosting a “Say Goodbye to the Stack” event Oct. 21 to bid farewell to the infamous smokestack at the former B.L. England Generating Station before its demolition Oct. 26. According to the BPDG, the purpose of the event, schedule for 10 a.m. to noon, […]

Panel: ‘OK’ summer result of inflation, gas prices, rain

Stockton University School of Business hosts fourth annual Jersey Shoreview  ATLANTIC CITY — The summer was “OK” but not great in the region from a business tourism standpoint, due to some rainy weather, high gasoline prices and inflation taking a bite out of household budgets. That was the picture presented during the fourth annual Jersey […]

Cape May County’s first-half occupancy tax collection up 22 percent

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Early returns on visitation have been positive for the Cape May County tourism industry.  The latest data from the New Jersey Treasury indicate occupancy tax collection was up double digits every month during the first two quarters in 2023. That includes spikes of more than 70 percent in the first […]

Pink Clover Foundation supports cancer research

OCEAN CITY — The Pink Clover Foundation, which supports breast cancer patients, provides education and helps fund research, is named after Colleen Sorbello of Ocean City, who battled cancer for four years before succumbing in 2017. The charitable foundation held its annual gala Sept. 30 at the Flanders Hotel in Ocean City. Sam Sorbello said […]

RUTH F. SPERBER, 97

Ruth F. Sperber, 97, of Ocean City, passed peacefully in her sleep Oct. 5, 2023. She was born Feb. 18, 1926, in Moorestown, N.J., daughter of the late Lester and Elizabeth Hess.  Ruth was a native of Moorestown who married her high school sweetheart, Harry A. Sperber Jr, who predeceased her. She studied music, obtained […]

Pride, nostalgia bring alumni back for Red & White Weekend

OCEAN CITY — Proud is a word we feel as alumnus of Ocean City High School — proud to call ourselves Red Raiders forever.   What makes a school leave such an indelible mark on our psyche? Belonging. Is it a sense of belonging? High school is a formative period in our lives and where […]

Northfield woman spins it big on ‘Wheel of Fortune’

NORTHFIELD — Be positive, be enthusiastic and be bold, and you may just have what it takes to earn a spot on the “Wheel of Fortune.” That is the advice of Gena Laielli, a mom, nurse, world record holder and, most recently, a winner on the popular game show.  Laielli’s episode aired Thursday, Sept. 28, […]