Apartment residents question legality of evictions
Lawyer explains leases at Highbank Apartments offer them little recourse SOMERS POINT — Residents of a bayfront apartment complex are scrambling to find housing while working to determine whether the eviction notices they recently received are legal and enforceable. Those living in the 17-unit Highbank Apartments at 90 Broadway, which front Great Egg Harbor Bay […]
Official: Climate regs too extreme, will hurt Cape May County
Dietrich tells DEP they are too strict too soon TRENTON — Cape May City Manager Paul Dietrich told the Department of Environmental Protection that proposed climate change regulations are too strict too soon. “Our towns have understood the need to build higher and be more resilient for years, but these proposed regulations just go a […]
Ocean City’s population trend prompted church move to Upper Township
MARMORA — A dwindling year-round island population and changes in the vacation pattern of tourists contributed to the decision to move Union Chapel by the Sea to Upper Township. “We prayed about it for a few years; it was something that didn’t come easy,” Pastor Tim Bromhead said. “We loved the church and location but […]
Somers Point Beach Concert Series trying to raise more funds after busy season
SOMERS POINT — The Somers Point Beach Concert Series is trying to raise additional revenue following what promoter Carmen Marotta called “the greatest summer ever.” City Council discussed the issue of funding the series during closed session at its meeting Aug. 8. Shortly after, a letter requesting “supplemental contributions” was sent to sponsors of the […]
Run for the Fallen is this Thursday with 16 stops in Ocean City
By DOUG OTTO OCEAN CITY – The 16th Annual New Jersey Run For The Fallen will take Thursday, Sept. 26, in Cape May County. Ocean City’s Morvay-Miley-Cruice American Legion Post 524 has been an integral part of this event since its inception in 2009. The New Jersey Run for the Fallen is an organization of military […]
Assemblyman McClellan to speak to OC-UT Rotary Club Thursday
SOMERS POINT – Assemblyman Antwan McClellan will be the guest speaker for the Rotary Club of Ocean City – Upper Township dinner meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Somers Point Diner, 8 MacArthur Blvd., Somers Point. Guests, prospective members, and the general public are always welcome to attend Rotary meetings. McClellan was […]
Voters appear to approve Northfield school bond referendum
NORTHFIELD — “Unofficially it’s looking pretty good,” Superintendent Pete Bretones said last week of the school bond referendum held Sept. 17. The special election asked voters to approve borrowing as much as $8.6 million to undertake repairs and upgrades to Northfield Community School, promising a 40 percent match on the debt service from the state. […]
‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at Gateway Theatre
SOMERS POINT – Gateway Playhouse in Somers Point will close its 2024 Mainstage Season with the cult classic “Little Shop of Horrors,” written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. It will run for two weekends, Sept. 27-29 and Oct. 4-6, and will be partially double cast. “Little Shop of Horrors” revolves around a meek flower […]
Ride for Mikenzie keeps spirit alive and goes to support Helping Hands Garden at Ocean City Primary School
MARMORA – Ocean City Primary School teacher Mikenzie Helphenstine lost her long battle with cancer more than two years ago, but the memory of her grows anew each year in the garden behind the school. The former standout athlete at Ocean City High School became a teacher and coach. She is memorialized in the OCPS […]
Atlantic City mayor and his wife, the superintendent of schools, indicted on child endangerment charges
ATLANTIC CITY – The Atlantic City mayor and his wife, the Atlantic City superintendent of schools, were indicted Tuesday, Sept. 17. Marty Small Sr., 50, and his wife, La’Quetta Small, 47, of Atlantic City, were both indicted on charges of second-degree endangering the welfare of a Child. Marty Small Sr. was also indicted on charges […]