Carey Stadium getting a new scoreboard for $106,746
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City will spend a little more than $100,000 for a new scoreboard at Carey Stadium. On May 8, City Council approved a contract through the National Joint Powers Alliance for a 7’11” tall by 18-foot wide Daktronics live video display and a 3-foot by 18-foot arch truss to go atop it […]
Warhol, Frankenthaler foundations support O.C. Arts Center exhibit
OCEAN CITY – The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation will contribute $10,000 to save an Ocean City Arts Center art exhibit. The two major visual arts foundations announced a joint commitment of $800,000 to provide immediate support to 80 small and mid-sized cultural organization across the United States […]
Somers Point man gets prison time for arson
MAYS LANDING – A Somers Point man was sentenced to prison for a 2022 arson attack on a Somers Point home. On May 15, Deshaun Howard, 24, of Somers Point, was sentenced by the Honorable Bernard E. DeLury, Jr., P.J.Cr., in accordance with his plea agreement after pleading guilty to second-degree aggravated arson on Jan. […]
Raider and Mustang track have S.J. champions
Maeve Smith double winner; Josiah Williams gets title; lots of medals, top 10 for both teams FRANKLINVILLE – Ocean City and Mainland Regional high schools have South Jersey track and field champions, medalists and top-10 finishers. The South Jersey Group III sectional meet was last weekend at Delsea Regional High School. Ocean City senior Maeve […]
Raiders, Mustangs in boys lacrosse CAL title game
OCEAN CITY – The defending Cape-Atlantic League champion Ocean City Red Raiders are headed back to defend their lacrosse crown at Carey Stadium in the championship game Thursday. They’ll face rival Mainland Regional High School, which pushed them to double overtime when the teams met earlier this season. Ocean City won that match, 4-3. Ocean […]
Ocean City girls take on Holy Spirit in CAL lacrosse finals
OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School girls lacrosse team made short work of Cedar Creek Monday, earning their way back to the Cape-Atlantic League Tournament finals. Mainland’s girls just missed their chance for a rematch with the Red Raiders, falling 14-13 to Holy Spirit. The No. 1 seed Red Raiders (11-5, 9-0 American […]
OCHS girls crew medals at Stotesbury Cup, City Championships
PHILADELPHIA – The Ocean City High School crew team rowed away from the prestigious Stotesbury Cup Regatta with silver and bronze medals Saturday. The Stotesbury Cup is the world’s largest high school regatta, rowed on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia and features teams from the U.S. and Canada. The junior eight won silver, finishing just […]
Mustangs win Diamond Classic, in CAL finals
LINWOOD – For the first time in school history, the Mainland Mustangs are champions of the Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic after an electric 4-0 win over Haddonfield Memorial High School May 15. The 15th-seeded Mustangs took an early 2-0 lead after the third inning, but it was Christian Madamba who seized complete control with one […]
Ocean City baseball wins five straight, gains momentum as playoffs near
OCEAN CITY – After a 6-10 start to the season, the Ocean City Red Raiders have played some of their best baseball with the postseason quickly approaching. Ocean City solidified a spot in the postseason with a five-game win streak fueled by great pitching performances. The Raiders’ most recent win was a 5-0 shutout over […]
Ocean City ramps up events for expected busy summer
OCEAN CITY — This Friday, a big symbolic key will be turned and business people, some in suits and ties, will calmly march into the Atlantic Ocean along with a misguided photographer or two. The festivities at the start of the Memorial Day weekend will herald the official opening of the summer tourism season in […]