Cancer Support Community’s Dragon Boat races July 9
HAMILTON — The seventh annual Dragon Boat Festival expects to raise upwards of $100,000 for Cancer Support Community New Jersey programs. CSCNJ’s programs offer resources and support for women, men and children of all ages impacted by cancer at any point in their cancer journey. “All the proceeds go towards keeping those programs going and […]
Children’s book: Rocky the poodle helps children deal with stress
OCEAN CITY — A pet poodle named Rocky has come to the rescue again, this time to help children deal with stress in a book about a puppy getting lost at the Jersey shore. Ocean City author Deirdre Palm Adams will be signing copies of her new children’s book, “Don’t Worry Rocky,” in the downtown […]
A labor of love
Daughter refurbishing wood scenes on homes made by late father, Gary Gibbons OCEAN CITY — Throughout Ocean City and neighboring island towns, numerous houses are adorned with painted woodcuts of sea gulls or dolphins or shore scenes on their outdoor walls or have wood sculptures of shore birds or sailboats livening up their front yards. […]
Talented taffy twisters take top titles
Everyone else has a sticky good time at silly Wacky Wednesday competition OCEAN CITY — Artists displayed their creativity in a friendly competition by shaping and sculpting saltwater taffy designs on paper plates. The taffy sculpting June 28 at the Music Pier kicked off a series of weekly Wacky Wednesday activities and contests. Participants used […]
Unsightly barge raises complaints in Somers Point
SOMERS POINT — An unsightly guest has overstayed its welcome in the water next to Somers Point Marina and now is generating complaints. Last week, Bay Avenue residents Michael and Natalie Bailey told the Sentinel a barge with a crane attached had been sitting there in shallow water for about five weeks, tied up at […]
‘Stay off the dunes’
Upper Township warns about ‘dangerous’ conditions PETERSBURG — “It is a dangerous situation and we want to keep people off the dunes,” Mayor Jay Newman said June 26, noting erosion has carved out cliffs at least 10 feet high in the north end of Strathmere. Newman, chief of the Marmora Volunteer Fire Company, said safety […]
Citizens: School board members are too political
Criticized for priorities, overstepping authority OCEAN CITY — Much of public comment at Thursday evening’s three-hour Ocean City Board of Education meeting was criticism aimed at a few board members, accusing them of stepping outside their authority, including trying to bully the school’s Parent Teacher Association and pushing a national group’s anti-LGBTQ+ political agenda. ‘There […]
Ocean City Board of Education OKs interim superintendent after debate, split vote
Process at heart of issue OCEAN CITY — In a split vote, the Ocean City Board of Education approved a contract for an interim superintendent of schools Thursday evening after a board member questioned the process, wondering why an in-house candidate was not considered for the position. The contract for Dr. Scott McCartney will pay […]
Somers Point eases parking limits, moves ahead on cannabis
SOMERS POINT — Following some debate, City Council approved less-restrictive parking rules in some business zones without owners having to file a formal site plan to take advantage of the change. On June 22, the governing body also authorized solicitor Tom Smith to send a formal request for recommendations from the Planning Board regarding licensing […]
Arts Center leading community installations
Public can participate during workshops at Strathmere’s Schiavo Library this week OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Arts Center has been working on community art installations at two area libraries, and there is still an opportunity to help create the one that will be erected in Strathmere. Chase Jackson, executive director of the OCAC, said […]