Ocean City girls swim team beats EHT 91-79
First win for the Raiders over the Eagles since 2017 OCEAN CITY — It took four events before the Ocean City girls swim team was able to take and hold the lead over the visiting Egg Harbor Township Eagles. The meet remained close, but the Red Raiders beat the Eagles for the first time since […]
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Masonic Lodge Pancake breakfast OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Mason Lodge No. 171 F.&A.M. is having a pancake breakfast starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28 at the lodge, 940 Wesley Ave. Breakfast includes specialty pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, coffee and juice. Cost is $12 for adults, $8 for children and $10 for veterans. Walk-ins […]
Raider boys basketball rebuilding after graduating most starters from last season
OCEAN CITY – The holiday season has arrived, which means the new-look boys basketball team at Ocean City High School is ready to tip off the 2024-2025 season. Last year the Ocean City Red Raiders finished with an impressive 26-4 record and reached the sectional title game with a senior-heavy lineup. Kori Segich had one […]
Ocean City girls basketball building on young squad’s experience from last season
OCEAN CITY – In her second season as head coach of the girls basketball team at Ocean City High School, Trish Henry is ready to continue building upon her young roster. The Red Raiders finished last year with a 7-18 record but got a lot of the younger players some vital game experience. Gabby Henry […]
Ocean City boys swim team falls to EHT, but limits Eagles to 94 points
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City boys swim team lost to Egg Harbor Township on Dec. 10, but held the Eagles to the lowest point total in quite a while. “I think that’s the first time we’ve held them to 94 points since I’ve been coaching, so that was a nice thing for us,” Ocean City […]
Mita: I’d sell if I can’t build the hotel
Defends Wonderland owner, hears critics, supporters at Tabernacle presentation OCEAN CITY — During a testy exchange with a resident who kept interrupting and challenging him during last week’s public presentation at the Ocean City Tabernacle, developer Eustace Mita said he would sell the Wonderland Pier amusement park site if his proposed hotel project were denied. […]
Gillian: I won’t benefit from hotel; process to replace Wonderland will be transparent
OCEAN CITY — Mayor Jay Gillian assured the public that he would not be benefiting from anything that will replace Wonderland Pier amusement park, that Eustace Mita’s hotel proposal faces a long road before it could be approved, and that he hates to see how the issue is dividing Ocean City. Gillian and his late father […]
Pancoast resigns from Upper Township Committee
PETERSBURG — Mark Pancoast resigned from Township Committee on Dec. 9 in a move that appeared to come as a surprise to others on the governing body. “Over the past year, I found my personal schedule increasingly conflicts with my ability to devote the necessary time to council. That’s not fair to the employees, it’s […]
Sea&Do: Upcoming events
Sea Isle Toy and Food Drive is on SEA ISLE CITY – Mayor Leonard Desiderio’s 32nd annual Holiday Toy and Food Drive began Thanksgiving weekend and continues through Dec. 16. Donations of non-perishable food items (including items for holiday dinners) and unwrapped toys can be brought to City Hall, 233 JFK Boulevard; Crest Savings Bank, […]
After outcry, Ocean City votes down occupancy tax
Hotel, motel owners said after soft 2024, local tax would hurt them, city OCEAN CITY — After impassioned pleas from representatives of the resort’s hotels and motels, who said they faced a soft 2024 season and don’t want visitors priced out of the market, Ocean City Council unanimously voted down a 3 percent transient space […]