DeFeo Plaza plan with Chick-fil-A, Panera Bread approved
Traffic concerns overcome; project wouldn’t be open until at least 2026 SOMERS POINT — Chicken sandwiches, waffle fries, fresh-baked cookies and creamy milkshakes are on their way to Defeo Plaza, a shopping center on Route 9 in Somers Point that received the city’s stamp of approval March 19. So is an extensive amount of traffic, […]
Desiderio presents the State of Cape May County
Commissioners director: 2025 budget may be our best ever SEA ISLE CITY — “Welcome to the capital of Cape May County: Sea Isle City,” Len Desiderio told the Chamber of Commerce on March 20 as he prepared to deliver his annual State of the County address. While the director of the Cape May County Board […]
Ocean City Chamber to honor Becky Juzwiak, Kristie Fenton, Jackie Adams
OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Regional Chamber of Commerce announced that Becky Juzwiak of Johnson’s Popcorn will receive the 2025 “Salute to Working Women” award and Kristie Fenton and Jackie Adams, of Ocean City’s Division of Recreation, will receive the Community Service Award. The award recognizes women in business for their outstanding professional and […]
$1.1 mil in aid not coming this year for Mainland budget
LINWOOD — The administration presented its $34,361,814 budget for 2025-26 to the Mainland Regional High School Board of Education on March 10. The budget calls for a tax rate increase of 1.9 cents to 78.44 cents per $100 in Somers Point, 2.4 cents to 78.33 cents in Linwood and 2.5 cents to 78.46 cents in […]
Cape May mother accused of using shock collar on her kids
CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY — A Cape May mother has been charged in connection with allegedly using an electric dog shock collar on her children. Kimberly Cruz-Feliciano, 30, of Broad Street, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, one count of witness tampering with threat […]
Somers Point to address boat ramp access
Acknowledging problems with gates, council split on keeping, axing them SOMERS POINT — The city has been struggling for years to make money from its two boat ramps, with gate malfunctions limiting both access and income. Now some are calling for their removal from ramps at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park and off Bay Avenue […]
Eagle Scout project builds garden beds at Somers Mansion
SOMERS POINT — Somers Point teen Geoffrey Lovett supervised members of Boy Scout Troop 55 on March 1 as they removed, rebuilt and refilled garden planters at Somers Mansion. The effort was part of the 15-year-old’s effort toward achieving Scouting’s highest honor, Eagle Scout rank. For his project, Lovett chose to remove the eight garden beds […]
New invasive sea anemone hasn’t spread to S.J. beaches
Monmouth University study confirmed species on Monmouth County jetties WEST LONG BRANCH — Student and faculty researchers at Monmouth University have recorded the first confirmation of the anemone species Actinia equina, also known as the beadlet anemone, on North American shores. According to a news release from the university, Actinia equina is a common inhabitant […]
Somers Point district loses more funding; tax rate unclear
School board President Endicott on additional cuts: ‘This is unacceptable’ SOMERS POINT – The Somers Point Board of Education approved submission of the 2025-26 school year tentative budget to the New Jersey Department of Education Atlantic County office March 19 for review and approval. The fiscal year spending plan includes a general fund of $16,294,174, […]
Editor’s Desk column: Whose trust matters most?
School policy conundrum: students versus their parents Is helping students conceal their gender identity from their parents the best way to support and protect transgender and gender-nonconforming youths? For a parent, there would seem to be a simple answer. No. For school districts, it’s not so simple. They have to deal with group realities and […]