Bayside Center, DEP release 50,000 farmed oysters in bay
OCEAN CITY — For the fourth year in a row, the upweller at the Bayside Center has been used to help restore the back bay ecosystems. This year, volunteers and partners helped grow about 50,000 oysters and worked with the state Department of Environmental Protection, which released them into Great Egg Harbor Bay on Nov. […]
Marketing efforts drive real, online traffic to Somers Point
SOMERS POINT — Marketing efforts continue to pay dividends for Somers Point, which hired a local firm in June to promote events and attract more business to the city. Charlie Haberkorn, co-chairman of the Economic Development Advisory Commission, presented a midyear report to City Council on the ongoing campaign Oct. 26. He said the EDAC’s […]
A tale of piping plovers
Story features new life, tough odds, predators, an unfortunate end but also hope for future OCEAN CITY — In May, Sideshow Bob and El Toro Loco created the first new piping plover nest in more than a decade on a beach in the center of Ocean City. There were high hopes for the four chicks […]
Ørsted to cease development of N.J. wind farms
City, county, state officials claim victory in long battle CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — In a Halloween treat for opponents of offshore wind farms, Danish utility firm Ørsted announced Oct. 31 that it would cease development of the Ocean Wind 1 and Ocean Wind 2 projects. “Macroeconomic factors have changed dramatically over a short period of […]
Ocean City continues fight over plan for wind farms
Hires attorney to challenge BPU control of right of way OCEAN CITY — The governing body has taken yet another step in its fight against proposed wind farms off the coast. City Council on Oct. 26 authorized a contract with Princeton-based attorney Bruce Afran for consultation and representation regarding a constitutional challenge to N.J.S.A. 48:3-87.1, […]
Somers Point secures $2.3 million in grants for citywide upgrades
SOMERS POINT — Somers Point has been awarded several grants that will fund various new projects to improve the quality of life in the community. “We are taking an aggressive approach to looking for, and submitting applications for, grants that help to improve our city’s infrastructure and amenities to enhance the quality of life for […]
Seaville man turns story he told his children into book
SEAVILLE — The genesis of a children’s book that helps modern parents and their young kids talk to each other was a pair of fraternal twins born more than 40 years ago in different counties — one at home on the bathroom floor and the other, a surprise, at a hospital. During the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
T-shirts tell tale of local woman’s breast cancer advocacy
OCEAN CITY — “My life in advocacy is all my different shirts,” Jeanmarie Mason said, pointing toward a pile of colored tops decorated with various logos. Mason’s advocacy work for metastatic breast cancer is of paramount importance to her. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014. Seven years later, she was experiencing pain in […]
Youth steal the show at OCFC Surf Fishing Tournament
OCEAN CITY — Adult anglers vied for top honors in the Ocean City Fishing Club’s 54th annual Surf Fishing Tournament last Saturday, and two youngsters won a standing ovation for their participation. Colin Comuso, 6, of Hammonton, the youngest angler and fishing in his first tournament, landed two sharks to win a Philadelphia Phillies Bryce […]
Three for three: Smokestack goes down just like drawn up
Video courtesy of Rob Hopkins The demolition Oct. 26 followed the cooling tower in fall 2022 and boiler units in spring 2023 BEESLEYS POINT — It was another beautiful day for an implosion Thursday when Controlled Demolition Inc. brought down the smokestack at the former power plant in Upper Township. “This went fantastic; couldn’t have […]