MLK Service Awards go to Shiloh Baptist pastor, Sunshine Foundation president and in honor of Food Pantry’s Regina Ralston
OCEAN CITY — The community honored three people and their organizations Saturday during Ocean City’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at the Ocean City Tabernacle. The more than hour-long program featured stirring songs by soloist Alicia Gadson, accompanied on piano by Durrell Rose; a rousing videotaped rendition of Dr. King’s 1963 “I Have A […]
Honoring Dr. King
Ocean City Intermediate School students read essays about slain civil rights leader’s impact and legacy at city’s annual celebration OCEAN CITY — Four Ocean City Intermediate School students demonstrated an impressive grasp of the importance the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had on this nation and what his legacy means today. Seventh-graders Jane Heng and […]
Surfside Casual goes green with help from USDA grant
SOMERS POINT — Furniture delivery has never been greener nor more cost-efficient. USDA Rural Development joined local officials Jan. 17 at Surfside Casual Furniture in Somers Point to announce more than $16 million in clean energy projects for small businesses and farms in rural and small-town New Jersey. “I’m here at Surfside Casual/7Mile Design to […]
Cape May County teen killed in motorcycle crash with trash truck
LOWER TOWNSHIP — A 17-year-old Villas boy was killed Jan. 14 when his motorcycle collided with a Lower Township trash truck. Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Chief Kevin Lewis of the Lower Township Police Department announced an investigation into the accident. According to authorities, the Lower Township Police Department responded to a […]
MLK Day of Service: Morning of a thousand sandwiches
Student’s project is to help feed people in need in Cape May, Atlantic counties OCEAN CITY — About 50 volunteers, many of them high school students, huddled around tables at Ocean City VFW Post 6650, furiously making sandwiches on a chilly Monday morning to mark the Dr. Martin Luther King Day of Service. According to […]
Mustang swimmers, No. 2 in Power Points, knock off Vineland, Absegami
LINWOOD — The Mainland Regional boys swim team may be headed to a rematch against Ocean City in sectionals with the two teams at the top of the South Jersey Group B Power Points. The Mustangs made short work of Vineland High School on Jan. 15, improving their record to 5-2 with a 119.5-50.5 win. […]
Ocean City girls swimmers may get another shot at Mustangs
Raider lost regular-season meet 86-84 to Mainland OCEAN CITY — Ocean City High School’s girls swim coach hopes the South Jersey sectional final comes down to his team and rival Mainland Regional. The Mustangs bested the Raiders 86-84 when the two teams faced each other in mid-December. “Hopefully it ends up the two of us […]
Virginia G. Berwick, 85
Virginia G. Berwick (nee Glaser), of Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully on December 10, 2024, surrounded by her loving family and many friends who visited and spoke with her in her final days. She was 85. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 16, 1939, Virginia “Ginnie” was the beloved daughter of the late Henry J. […]
Eleanor R. Leonard, 97
Eleanor R. Leonard, 97, of Mays Landing, NJ and formerly of Bridgeton, NJ passed away at Shore Memorial Medical Center on January 15, 2025. She was a 1946 graduate of Bridgeton H.S., graduated in 1950 from Syracuse University and in 1952 earned a Masters in Social Work from the University of Penn. She worked as […]
Joseph N. Cusato, 89
Joseph N. Cusato, 89, of Ocean City, NJ passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 16, 2025 in Shore Medical Center, Somers Point, NJ. Born in Philadelphia, Pa to the late Joseph and Mae (nee Adams) Cusato. He had lived in Woodlynne, Camden County and Cherry Hill, NJ before retiring to his dream home in Ocean […]