Ocean City, Upper Township school boards: seven candidates for three seats in each community
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City and Upper Township boards of education each has three seats up for election this November and seven candidates, a mix of incumbents and newcomers, for those positions, according to the official website of the Cape May County Elections Department. The filing deadline was 4 p.m. July 31, when candidates […]
Cannabis sales one step closer
Somers Point Council splits vote on measure to allow the businesses SOMERS POINT — Uncertainty fueled increased opposition to permitting cannabis businesses in Somers Point, but City Council voted 5-2 to take another step toward that goal July 27. Before the vote, solicitor Tom Smith added language to the ordinance recommending the city issue no […]
Wildwood follows suit with curfew
Joins Ocean City in effort to stop teenage hooligans troublemakers WILDWOOD — Because juvenile delinquents are plaguing other island towns, Wildwood is following Sea Isle City and Ocean City to get more control over unruly youths. If results also follow suit, things could take a turn for the better in Wildwood. An Ocean City councilman […]
Lawsuit means to stop Ørsted from getting tax credits
TRENTON — Opponents of Ocean Wind 1, the wind farm planned off the coast of Cape May and Atlantic counties, filed suit to block federal subsidies from going to Ørsted, the Danish company behind the project. Two citizens groups, Protect Our Coast NJ and Defend Brigantine Beach, and three Ocean City residents filed the suit, […]
Flood berm proposal reminiscent of failed Crook Horn Creek bike path
OCEAN CITY — Although citizens asked the measure be pulled from the agenda Thursday evening, Ocean City Council approved paying for a proposal to design and permit a 7-foot-tall, 10-foot wide, 3,700-foot-long flood berm on a maintenance road in the Southend of the city. The proposal from ACT Engineers totaling $58,550 is for what it […]
Boardwalk Art Show, Art of Surfing this week
OCEAN CITY – The 60th annual Boardwalk Art Show will be held Friday through Sunday, Aug. 4-6, on the Boardwalk between Eighth Street and 13th Street. Artists from throughout the region will exhibit and sell their works, and this year’s show will represent a recommitment to fine art, including oils, acrylics, watercolors, drawings, hand-pulled prints […]
Night In Venice
Storm dampens boat parade, doesn’t stop Ocean City’s big summer party night OCEAN CITY — Vacationers and locals filled the bayside and lagoons Saturday evening to see the iconic Night in Venice boat parade, which came to a bit of an early end because of a short but powerful thunderstorm that scattered some spectators but […]
‘Strath-spheres’ painted by residents are outside Schiavo Library
STRATHMERE — A community-made climate resilience sphere and abstract mini-spheres have been installed outside the Schiavo Library. The pieces of art were created when the library and Ocean City Arts Center partnered to raise climate resilience and flood awareness in a pair of workshops in Strathmere. In the two workshops, adults and children decorated the […]
Linwood treasurer allegedly stole over $150,000 from PTO and hockey association
MAYS LANDING – Detectives from the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office’s Financial Crime Unit charged Laurie Montgomery, 53, of Linwood, with stealing more than $150,000 while acting as the treasurer of the Linwood Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) and the Linwood Street Hockey Association. Montgomery is charged with two counts of theft by failing to make the required […]
Cannabis vote is coming in Somers Point
Would allow retailer and distributor SOMERS POINT — City Council is expected to introduce a measure July 27 that would allow a cannabis retailer and a distributor to operate in Somers Point. City Council President Janice Johnston said last week the agenda is not official but that she expects the ordinance to be on it […]