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Ocean City runners compete at Meet of Champs

HOLMDEL – After winning the Group III state cross country championship last week, the Ocean City High School girls team finished 10th Saturday at the Meet of Champions at Holmdel Park. The Red Raider boys, who were second in the Group III state meet, finished ninth at the Meet of Champions (MOC). Making it to […]

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Mustangs’ quest for 4th straight S.J. title fails

MRHS ties 28-28 with 33 seconds to go, but Pirates pull off big TD play EGG HARBOR CITY — The Mainland Mustangs fought with championship effort but fell one play short of another sectional title to the Cedar Creek Pirates.  Mainland overcame a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter to tie the South Jersey Group […]

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Ocean City voters re-elect Barnes to school board, but oust two other incumbents

Newcomers Dwyer, Cawley-Black win seats OCEAN CITY — Voters opted for the positive, non-partisan campaign message and re-elected incumbent Ocean City Board of Education President Kevin Barnes and chose his two running mates on the Empower All Students ticket in the Nov. 4 election. The ticket that focused on its political endorsements, including one by […]

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School board election in Upper Township too close to call

PETERSBURG — Two of the three winners of the Upper Township school board election were undecided as of Election Day last week, with just 316 votes separating first and sixth place with 16,108 cast. Board of Education incumbent Chris Lentz garnered the most votes with 2,786, followed by longtime board president Michele Barbieri with 2,738, […]

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In Somers Point, Democrat Slaughter beats GOP incumbent Owens

SOMERS POINT — U.S. Air Force veteran Morgan Slaughter appears to have won a seat on City Council, topping Ward 2 incumbent Mike Owen 910-866, according to Election Day results. Absentee and provisional ballots have yet to be tallied and could change the outcome or lead to a recount. The Atlantic County Board of Elections […]

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Simonsen, McClellan re-elected to Assembly; Barr, Bulakowski re-elected to Cape May County Commission

Voters returned First District Assemblymen Antwan McClellan and Erik Simonsen to office in the Nov. 4 election. They fended off a challenge from Democrats Carolyn Rush and Carol Sabo, the mayor of West Cape May. Unofficial results showed Simonsen, of Lower Township, earning 40,870 votes and McClellan, of Ocean City, 40,587. Rush received 32,725 votes […]

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Barnes: Ocean City school board will have to contend with falling enrollment

OCEAN CITY — One issue the Ocean City Board of Education will be grappling with in the next term and beyond is the ongoing decline of the student population in the district. The district has been able to prop itself up in recent years through the School Choice program at the high school that brings […]

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Upper Township: Nappen, Casaccio re-elected, look ahead

UPPER TOWNSHIP – Deputy Mayor Victor Nappen and Committeeman Tyler Casaccio won re-election to Township Committee unopposed. Nappen won his first seat unopposed in 2022, taking over for John Coggins, who chose not to seek re-election. He was named deputy mayor in the beginning of 2025, when Curtis Corson was chosen as mayor, Zack Palombo, Sam […]

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Alice Jane Crockford, 96 and William P. Crockford, 99

Alice Jane Crockford (nee MacPherson), age 96, of Ocean City, New Jersey passed away peacefully at home on October 5, 2025 in the arms of her beloved husband of 75 years, William P. “Bill” Crockford. Eight days later, on October 13, Bill, age 99, passed away to join Alice and be together again in their […]

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Somers Point voters approve referendum for school bond

$5.6 million bond won’t hike tax rate SOMERS POINT — Somers Point voters approved the school district’s plan to make $5.6 million in improvements to its buildings. Unofficial results show 2,758 votes in favor and 1,027 opposed, or about 73 percent to 27 percent of 3,785 votes cast. Final vote totals will be updated as […]