Upper Township school budget proposal raises tax rate 4 cents
No staff is cut under this budget, which would cost average property owner extra $116 PETERSBURG — The Upper Township Board of Education introduced its budget March 18, calling for a 4-cent increase to the tax rate to $1.587 per $100 of assessed value. The owner of a home assessed at the township average of […]
Mainland teachers rally in support of education funding
High school could lose another 12 teachers as district grapples with funding loss LINWOOD — Expecting the loss of another 12 teachers, members of the Mainland Regional Education Association gathered outside the school March 19 to support adequate funding for education. More than 50 members of the MREA participated to raise awareness of what federal, […]
Ocean City proposed budget has 7% tax hike
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City taxpayers will see a 3.76-cent increase in the tax rate if the proposed 2025 municipal budget is approved later this spring. It is the same increase taxpayers faced in the 2024 fiscal year budget. Ocean City Chief Financial Officer Frank Donato handed out copies of the proposed budget at Thursday […]
‘Let go and let God’
Shiloh Baptist celebrates Ocean City’s Mother Moore as she turns 104 OCEAN CITY — Juanita B. Moore lives by a simple credo, “Let go and let God.” It has helped her live to her 104th birthday, which was celebrated Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at Shiloh Baptist Church at 7 E. Seventh St. in Ocean City. […]
Speakers question policy on transgender students in Ocean City School District
School board votes down attempt to move to rescind policy OCEAN CITY — After multiple impassioned pleas during public comment to rescind a policy on support and privacy for transgender students, and then combative outbursts from the audience during discussions about procedures, the Ocean City Board of Education voted down an attempt to bring that […]
Ocean City mayor: You get a lot for 66 more cents a day
State of the City address a list of city’s assets and services; ‘future is bright’ OCEAN CITY — Mayor Jay Gillian’s State of the City address March 13 included a long list of what makes Ocean City a dream place to live and how the administration and City Council make tax dollars “go a long […]
Strathmere’s beach access limited again
PETERSBURG — Township Committee is taking steps to find solutions to the severe erosion at the northern end of Strathmere, where beach entrances are likely to be closed again this summer. Temporary Administrator Joe Verruni said March 10 that township representatives had met the prior week with the Department of Environmental Protection Division of Coastal […]
Ocean City 2050 announces Wonderland site winners
Multi-use entertainment site, capital-raising to replace amusement park OCEAN CITY — The advocacy group doesn’t have any claim to the site, but it does want city officials to know it has ideas about what should replace the former Wonderland Pier amusement park — and it’s not a luxury hotel. The group Ocean City 2050 on […]
Ocean City school budget would add half-cent to tax rate
OCEAN CITY — After three years of no increase in the tax rate, the 2025-26 Ocean City School District budget proposes to raise taxes by a half-cent per $100 of assessed valuation. The proposed budget includes substantial increases in tuition rates for sending districts including Upper Township, Sea Isle City and Longport. District Business Administrator […]
Open house for Strathmere Fishing and Environmental Club
STRATHMERE — The Strathmere Fishing & Environmental Club has scheduled an open house and fishing education forum for March 22. Set for 5 to 8 p.m. at the Strathmere Firehouse, the event will feature guest speakers on where to find and how to catch striped bass and flounder, as well as reef conservation; hands-on knot-tying […]