OCHS girls lacrosse prepping for state playoffs
OCEAN CITY — The Red Raider girls lacrosse team has been ricocheting back and forth between Cape-Atlantic League foes and tough out-of-conference opponents in a packed schedule this spring. Ocean City High School’s girls are a perfect 7-0 in the CAL, with its most recent win coming Friday afternoon in a 14-3 victory over a […]
Ocean City’s flag football team builds on last year’s inaugural season
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City High School girls flag football team has nearly doubled its numbers from last year’s inaugural season. With a roster of underclassmen — only four juniors and the rest freshmen and sophomores — things should keep looking up. After last week’s 21-6 win over visiting Pleasantville, the Raiders are 2-1 […]
Ocean City’s relentless attack too much for Mainland boys lacrosse
LINWOOD – The Ocean City Red Raiders took down the Mainland Mustangs with a relentless offense Friday afternoon. Jon Moyer and Pat Grimley scored three goals each for the Raiders as Ocean City High School beat Mainland Regional High School 10-2 May 3. With the win, Ocean City swept the season series versus Mainland 2-0. […]
Thankful it’s not a divisive (local) election
The sky won’t fall no matter which combo of candidates wins Ocean City voters should be pleased that they have choices in the May 14 municipal election. Having choices means they get a say in deciding who will be their representatives on Ocean City Council. There are two candidates in three of the four ward […]
An ‘ode’ to N.J.’s dragonflies, damselflies
If you’re near a pond, stream, or marsh on a warm day, you may notice quick-flying insects skimming across the water or swooping and darting through the air. When they alight, you may be dazzled by their brightly-colored bodies and double sets of lacy wings. They’re dragonflies and damselflies, fierce predators who are the fastest […]
Ocean City area events: Sea&Do
Plant, vegetable sale at St. Peter’s OCEAN CITY – The annual Plant and Vegetable Sale will be 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 11, at St. Peter’s United Methodist Church, Eighth Street and Central Avenue, Ocean City. It will feature hanging baskets, flats and everything else to make a porch and garden beautiful. Grace Lutheran […]
Lighting round: Council candidates weigh in with quick responses
Topics include boardwalk hotels, wind farms, beach curfew Editor’s note: See related main story on the Ocean City Council Candidate Forum. OCEAN CITY — Nine candidates seeking five positions on City Council weighed in on boardwalk hotels, wind farms and the beach curfew during the lightning round of a Candidates Forum on April 29 hosted […]
Somers Point couple pleads guilty to first-degree narcotics offenses
They were advertising on social media, employing a juvenile Editor’s note: The information in this story is from the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office. MAYS LANDING – Donna Shiffler, 40, of Somers Point, pleaded guilty April 30 before the Honorable Donna M. Taylor, J.S.C. to first-degree employing a juvenile, first-degree possession with the intent to distribute […]
Flanders hosts high tea at Ocean City Senior Center
Part of effort to make center a new, vibrant, fresh place to go OCEAN CITY – Things were a touch more elegant at the Ocean City Senior Center April 23. Seniors donned white gloves and some wore fancy hats and fascinators as they were served high tea on fine china courtesy of the Flanders Hotel. […]
Mainland Regional budget has ‘heartbreaking’ staff cuts
‘The hardest thing I’ve had to do’ – Chief School Administrator Mark Marrone LINWOOD — “It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in almost 25 years,” Chief School Administrator Mark Marrone said about cutting staff to make up for a significant loss in state aid. “Unfortunately it’s heartbreaking the way you get to […]