Northfield man, 25, guilty of hit-and-run vehicular homicide
MAYS LANDING – On Thursday, March 9, Matthew Cademartori, 25, of Northfield, pled guilty to one count of vehicular homicide in connection with the 2021 hit-and-run death of a pedestrian in Absecon. On Jan. 8, 2022, at approximately 1:57 a.m., while operating a Ford F150 pickup traveling east on the White Horse Pike in Absecon, […]
‘Power of the Pack’
Women in Business Conference USCG captain tells tales of women leaders amid natural disasters, world affairs, virtual preschool OCEAN CITY — U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Kate Higgins-Bloom credits the “power of the pack” with giving women “courage to do what you don’t think you can do.” Higgins-Bloom, deputy commander of U.S. Coast Guard Sector Delaware […]
Ocean City tax rate may increase 3.7 percent
Mayor sends proposed 2023 budget with 1.77¢ tax hike to City Council OCEAN CITY – Revenues and spending in Mayor Jay Gillian’s proposed 2023 municipal budget are up more than 9 percent, but the local tax rate would climb just under 3.7 percent – or 1.77 cents per $100 – if approved by Ocean City […]
Schwarzenegger at Stockton: Resist hatred
GALLOWAY — Arnold Schwarzenegger has spent most of his life helping people build their strength. “Your muscles only grow from resistance. It wasn’t easy. It was uncomfortable. Your mind and character are no different than your body and muscles,” the former bodybuilder told Stockton University students and guests during his presentation centered on terminating […]
Misbehavior forces Upper Township Committee to recess meeting
Foes of wind farm would not stick to comment on amendment up for vote PETERSBURG — Township Committee was forced to take a recess during a raucous and unruly meeting Feb. 27, when multiple speakers refused to follow directions for public comment. It was a packed house, with some toting signs protesting wind farms and […]
Somers Point veterans group to put shine on War of 1812 monument
SOMERS POINT — Naval history is a big deal in Somers Point, a city whose namesake son died fighting for the fledgling U.S. Navy off the coast of Tripoli during the Barbary Wars. Efforts to repatriate the remains of Master Commandant Richard Somers, who was killed while leading a fireship attack in 1804, continue to […]
LSS Student Visionaries raise money for cancer research
Adviser Georges: ‘We have the best students …. Only Ocean City can pull this off’ OCEAN CITY — It was beyond noisy in the Ocean City Civic Center Thursday afternoon with the crack of pickleball paddles smacking balls around the indoor courts mixed with cries of triumph and disappointment as shots landed in and out […]
Authorities probe fatal shooting in Somers Point
‘No threat to the public’ SOMERS POINT — Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a woman Saturday morning at a Third Street home. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and Somers Point Police Department are investigating the death. According to a news release from the Prosecutor’s Office, police responded to the home […]
Beesleys Point Development Group uses burn to remove invasive phragmites at ex-B.L. England site
BEESLEYS POINT — Beesleys Point Development Group, owner and designated redeveloper of the former B.L. England Generating Station site, cleared invasive species through a controlled burn Feb. 26. BPDG bought the property, which is about 350 acres, in November 2021 and is working on plans for commercial, residential and recreational development at the site of […]
Sessions on wind farms planned next week
Desiderio, Gillian to host one forum at Ocean City Tabernacle March 15 OCEAN CITY – The director of the Cape May County Board of Commissioners, Len Desiderio, and Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian will hold a public information session at 6 p.m. March 15 at the Ocean City Tabernacle. “There have been a lot of […]