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December 22, 2024

Month: May 2024

Ocean City High School boys track are county champions

Forster a triple winner in rain-soaked meet OCEAN CITY — John Paul Forster was a triple winner for the champion Ocean City High School boys track team at the rain-soaked Cape May County Track and Field Championships on Thursday at OCHS. The meet featured athletes from OCHS, Middle Township, Wildwood, Wildwood Catholic and Lower Cape […]

Mainland Regional High School girls win Atlantic County track title; boys 2nd

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — The Mainland Regional girls won the Atlantic County Track and Field Championship on May 16 with 171 points, far ahead of the rest of the 12-team field and buoyed by dominating the distance events. Sofia Day was a double winner, taking the 800 and 1600 meter races, and teammate Gillian Lovett […]

Editorial: Returned school aid not nearly enough

New funding formula desperately needed Gov. Phil Murphy touted two bills he signed last week returning some of the state aid to districts that have been facing serious aid declines. While he makes the legislation sound rosy, the impact is anything but for districts including Upper Township, Somers Point and Mainland Regional High School. As […]

John H. Andrus II: Requiem for an editor

In a low brick building on Eighth Street, with business offices in the front and a line of printing presses in the back that would shake the walls when they ran, The Sentinel-Ledger of the 1990s continued to operate much as it had for more than a century.  Each week – twice weekly in the […]

Leigh Carrico Morrison, 61

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.   Proverbs 31:30 NIV Leigh Carrico Morrison, 61, of Punta Gorda, FL and Ocean City, NJ died on May 14, 2024.   She was born on February 11, 1963, in Wyandotte, Michigan.  She was the loving wife […]

Barnes, Hartzell, Winslow ahead in City Council race

Third Ward was too close to call; apparent winners say they want to work together Editor’s note: This story will be updated when the Cape May County Clerk’s Office releases the official results of the election. That was scheduled for Wednesday. OCEAN CITY — As of Tuesday, a full week after Election Day May 14, […]

Ocean City Night in Venice grand marshal is ESPN’s Marty Smith

OCEAN CITY – ESPN reporter and host Marty Smith will be grand marshal of the 2024 Night in Venice boat parade on July 20 in Ocean City. Smith, who owns a home in Ocean City, will be joined by family members for the 69th anniversary of the festive summer event. Smith is one of the most […]

Somers Point man allegedly had unregistered machine guns

Editor’s note: This information came in a press release from U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of new Jersey. CAMDEN – Michael John James, 30, of Somers Point, was charged Wednesday, May 15, with possessing unregistered machine guns and other items, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. James is charged by complaint with one count of possessing […]

Ocean City, Mainland tennis lead in Power Points 

OCEAN CITY — It was proved once again that every contest between rival Ocean City and Mainland teams is a fight, and this fight had ramifications for the playoffs. With the cutoff for the South Jersey Group III sectional tournament closing in, the Mainland Regional boys tennis team was able to replace Ocean City atop […]

Raider baseball will ride strong pitching into third meeting with Mustangs

OCEAN CITY – The Cape-Atlantic League Tournament is under way and the baseball team at Ocean City High School is riding a hot streak and will take that into Wednesday’s third meeting with top seed Mainland Regional. The Red Raiders have won four of their last five games behind strong performances on the pitching mound. […]