Somers Point, Northfield get HERO Campaign cars
SOMERS POINT — The John R. Elliott HERO Campaign for Designated Drivers and the Somers Point, Northfield and Avalon police departments kick offed a Thanksgiving Bar & Tavern initiative aimed at preventing drunken driving by unveiling newly wrapped HERO patrol vehicles for each municipality in separate ceremonies this week. HERO-wrapped Ford Explorers from the Somers Point […]
Ocean City music store featured in locally set holiday film
North Cape May resident among producers of movie, which is streaming on BET+ OCEAN CITY — A popular Ocean City music shop is featured in a holiday film, which made its debut on Thanksgiving, and influenced development of one of the main characters. Now streaming on BET+, “So Fly Christmas” was produced by Marc Johnson […]
Shoppers, carriage rides, carolers fill downtown Ocean City with good cheer
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City celebrated its small-town version of Black Friday on Nov. 24. Known as Christmas in the Downtown — “Our Miracle on Asbury Avenue” — it featured carolers and performers between Sixth and 14th streets along Asbury Avenue. Downtown stores were offering discount shopping for gifts, and many area restaurants were open. Brian and […]
Study links marine mammal deaths, survey work
Save LBI report correlates time, location with traffic increase, calls for stop until issue studied LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP — A report released Nov. 2 purports to link a rash of marine mammal deaths off New Jersey and New York to offshore wind energy survey vessel work. The report was written by Bob Stern, Ph.D., president […]
Parents outraged by sexual content at Ocean City Intermediate School book fair
OCEAN CITY — Several parents complained to the Board of Education on Nov. 17 about “pornography” and “pedophilia” in a graphic novel available to fourth-graders at a recent book fair. Kevin Schaffer, a member of the “Conservative Family Values” ticket that recently lost in the school board race, expressed outrage over the incident at the […]
Campbell named chief of Ocean City Police Dept.
OCEAN CITY — Bill Campbell was sworn in as the city’s new police chief Nov. 9, replacing Jay Prettyman, who retired after a 32 years with the Ocean City Police Department. The 55-year-old grew up in Lansdowne, Pa. He and his wife have a 22-year-old son and live in Egg Harbor Township. Campbell worked on […]
Shoppers get out Earlier than the Bird
OCEAN CITY — Andrea Carew was up and out early with her three daughters — Maddie, 10, Grace, 5, and Molly, 4 — to take advantage of the sales and festive spirit Saturday along Asbury Avenue during Ocean City’s annual Earlier than the Bird Downtown Shopping Extravaganza. The Ocean View residents were decked out in […]
Shaffer concedes defeat in Ocean City Board of Education election
OCEAN CITY — Moms for Liberty-backed candidate Robin Shaffer has conceded defeat in the Ocean City Board of Education election, saying he wishes Corey Niemiec and the other winners well.Shaffer, who was leading by four votes on Election Day, said he received an unofficial update from the Cape May County Board of Elections clerk informing […]
Mainland Drama Club hopes parody ‘Puffs’ casts magic spell on audience
LINWOOD — The Mainland Regional High School Drama Club will be performing its production of “Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years At a Certain School of Magic and Magic” this week in the auditorium. This play is a parody spinoff the J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. “Puffs” doesn’t follow the usual story everyone knows, but […]
Women Fighting Hunger event helps neighbors in need
LINWOOD — The Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ) hosted its eighth annual Women Fighting Hunger Luncheon on Oct. 25 at Linwood Country Club and the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park to support its efforts to distribute healthy foods. For the second time, the event was held in two locations simultaneously — one in […]