Paying it forward: Children’s clothes collection teaches a lesson
OCEAN CITY — Third-grader Harper Juelg wasn’t content to sit back after starting a clothes drive for her grandmother’s nonprofit organization in Tanzania. The Ocean City Primary School student got on the public address system and went around the school to get her peers to donate clothes to children in need halfway around the world. […]
Search commences for superintendent
OCSD leader serves one year OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Board of Education formally began its search for a new superintendent of schools last week to replace Matthew Friedman, who served at most about half a year before deciding to search for a new job. At a special meeting Tuesday, April 18, the school […]
Northfield pulls out of central Atlantic County court, joins Hammonton
NORTHFIELD — City Council voted April 18 to withdraw from the Central Municipal Court of Atlantic County and to partner with Hammonton. Councilman Brian Smith, who oversees shared services, said the benefits fell short of what the county promised financially and in other ways. “We’re not realizing the savings that we had anticipated,” he said. […]
Get Real: Maddie Brady’s mental health podcast
Ocean City native talks about her own struggles as she interviews guests on overcoming theirs OCEAN CITY — Looking at glamorous lives on social media platforms can be deceiving because what appears is carefully curated. It can make everyday people whose realities are not so spectacular reluctant to open up about their own imperfect lives. […]
Somers Point planners approve ALDI
If state gives OK, store developers also would improve intersection SOMERS POINT — City officials went shopping for improvements and picked up a huge order of infrastructure upgrades at the planned ALDI Food Market last week. The Planning Board on April 19 unanimously approved an application to build the market at the junction of Route […]
Beesley’s Point Development Group principles moved to the area to be ‘permanent members of the community’
The Beesley’s Point Development Group bought the 350-acre industrial property at the northern tip of Upper Township in November 2021 with plans for developing it into something more suitable for its surroundings. For nearly 60 years, the site was home to the B.L. England Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant. Located along Great Egg Harbor […]
‘We are different with a purpose’
Beesley’s Point Development Group promises to transform B.L. England site into an ecological gem “There is going to be a very noticeable difference from the road over the next year,” Chris Wilson said of the 350-acre property at the northern tip of Upper Township. Wilson and his partners in the Beesley’s Point Development Group — […]
Boiler unit goes down with a boom
Beesley’s Point Development Group continues cleanup of B.L. England site BEESLEYS POINT — It was a boom felt ’round South Jersey and more powerfully in Upper Township, where the cleanup of the former coal-fired power plant continued Friday morning with implosion of the boilers units. Beesley’s Point Development Group, which bought the 350-acre site in […]
B.L. England boiler coming down Friday
Demolition group to take down the towering smokestack at a later date BEESLEYS POINT — Visible from miles around, the smokestack and boiler structures at the former B.L. England Generating Station will soon be but an unsightly memory. The Beesley’s Point Development Group (BPDG) is set to conduct an implosion of the three boiler units […]
Ocean City to limit future cell phone towers
Ordinance doesn’t affect Compass building project OCEAN CITY — After consistent pressure from neighbors upset about cell phone towers planned for the roof of a commercial building at 34th Street and Haven Avenue, Ocean City Council unanimously approved a two-part resolution Thursday evening to limit future communication towers’ placement. The change to the city’s zoning […]