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January 31, 2026

Month: January 2026

Raider girls fight through tough week of basketball 

After 6-2 start, Ocean City basketball now 6-6, including two narrow losses OCEAN CITY – It was a tough stretch of games for the Ocean City High School girls basketball team after a great 6-2 start to the season. The Red Raiders finished the week with a 42-26 loss to the Haddonfield Memorial High School […]

‘Growing experience’ for Raider girls swimmers 

They’re 5-3 on the season with losses to some of the toughest S.J. teams CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – The Red Raider girls swim team has lost three meets this season to strong opponents – Egg Harbor Township, Mainland Regional and Our Lady of Mercy Academy – but has offset that with five wins. The […]

O.C. boys swim team second in Power Points

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – The Ocean City High School boys swim team is ranked second in South Jersey Group B in Power Points so far this season. With a 6-3 record, the Red Raiders are only behind three-time defending South Jersey Group B champion Mainland Regional High School, which is atop the points board […]

Mita’s hope for decision in 30 days doesn’t appear likely

Crowley, Winslow say they will wait for boardwalk report in late April, May OCEAN CITY — Eustace Mita, still smarting from the Planning Board’s split vote over Wonderland Pier, hopes the issue will be back before council within 30 days, but it may not end up there until late spring. Talking to the Sentinel on […]

Upper Township moves to permit sale of cannabis

Zone would be east of Garden State Parkway PETERSBURG — An estimated $20,000 a month was enough to overcome moral objections to the sale of cannabis in Upper Township. “The only reason I’m entertaining this is for the revenue side of it,” Mayor Curtis Corson said Jan. 12, noting he was a hard no six months […]

Witnesses for Mita lay out why boardwalk site meets two criteria for rehab designation

OCEAN CITY — Eustace Mita’s attorney and four witnesses spent nearly an hour testifying before the Ocean City Planning Board on Jan. 7, trying to justify that his boardwalk property qualified as “an area in need of rehabilitation.”  It is a step Mita needs to move forward with his proposal to build a 252-room hotel […]

Planners explain why they voted for, against rehab designation

OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Planning Board members who split 4-4 Wednesday night took opposite positions on whether the Wonderland Pier property qualified as “an area in need of rehabilitation.” Each member outlined their positions — some at length, others in brief — after almost three hours of testimony and public comment. At the […]

‘ICE Out for Good’ rally in front of Ocean City Music Pier

OCEAN CITY — The shooting death of U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good by a federal agent in Minneapolis sparked protests in communities across the nation over the weekend. That included some 175 people gathered Sunday afternoon on the boardwalk in front of the Ocean City Music Pier. “People are just so sad and upset at […]

Ocean City Planning Board splits 4-4, doesn’t approve rehab designation for Wonderland property

Mita said he’ll have decision in five days after conferring with his attorney, but won’t if he’s forced to wait months, he’ll sell property OCEAN CITY – In a marathon meeting Wednesday evening, the Ocean City Planning Board failed to advance the Wonderland Pier property as “an area in need of rehabilitation.” There was nearly an […]

Septuagenarians died of apparent murder-suicide in Wildwood Crest

WILDWOOD CREST — The death of a couple found in their Wildwood Crest home was the result of an apparent murder-suicide, according to authorities. Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Wildwood Crest Police Chief Robert Lloyd reported that borough police officers discovered the bodies Jan. 7 at a home on the 300 block […]