Man gets 3 years in prison for killing dog
MAYS LANDING – Following a guilty plea to third-degree animal cruelty charge, Gary Moore, 39, of Camden was sentenced to three years in state prison on Aug. 26 by the Honorable Dorothy Garrabrant, J.S.C. Moore pled guilty to the crime in July of 2022. In his guilty plea, Moore admitted to intentionally killing his then […]
Ocean City school board votes narrowly to approve new health standards
Audience members, kept waiting over two hours, asked the board to vote no because the curriculum ‘over-sexualizes’ children OCEAN CITY – After making the audience wait through more than two hours after twice going into executive session – a process that winnowed the large crowd gathered in the high school library – and then listening […]
Ocean City teachers’ ‘scripted’ response: ‘Go home and ask your mom’
Adopting state health standards doesn’t mean teaching all the controversial things in it When inquisitive kids want more information, teachers will be trained to tell them to go home and ask mom and dad about that.– Dr. Lauren Gunther OCEAN CITY – When it comes to the most sensitive details in the school’s new health education […]
View from Ocean City Music Pier: 612 wind turbines
More planned projects to bring wind farms as close as 8.8 miles from coast OCEAN CITY — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) runs 1,400 pages. For those who search through it, there is a lot of information, some far beyond the proposal for Ocean Wind 1, the electricity-generating wind […]
Commenter: BOEM report downplays wind farm’s impact on fishing, tourism
OCEAN CITY – The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is downplaying potential adverse effects of offshore wind projects by setting faulty baselines in its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on Ocean Wind 1. That’s the argument by Barbara McCall, a Florida resident who owns property in Ocean City. She argues having more accurate baselines […]
Linwood dedicates library to former mayor Vass
Hard Rock’s Jim Allen donates $100K to continue mayor’s legacy LINWOOD — It’s now the Donald B. Vass Library and Community Center and already has received its first large endowment — a $100,000 donation from a longtime friend and admirer. On a beautiful summer day outside the building at 301 Davis Ave., the city dedicated […]
Ocean City Fishing Club kids tournament draws 110 boys, girls
OCEAN CITY — After a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ocean City Fishing Club’s annual Boys & Girls Surf Fishing Tournament returned Aug. 13 with a beach packed with avid young anglers and their families. About 110 boys and girls participated this year, just shy of the 115 who entered the tournament […]
Northfield to reach new heights in firefighting
NORTHFIELD — After months of work, City Council has finally reached a contract to buy a ladder truck for the Northfield Fire Department. “The fire department has been working on a thorough analysis of the needs the town presents and what design would best accomplish and satisfy those needs,” Eric Shenkus said. The city passed […]
Jr. Miss Ocean City Antonella DiAntonio will keep family busy
OCEAN CITY – Antonella DiAntonio has ensured her parents won’t get much rest, but they don’t mind. They feel blessed. Antonella was crowned Junior Miss Ocean City 2023 on Saturday on stage at the Ocean City Music Pier, the night after her little sister, Arianna, finished her year as Little Miss Ocean City. And before […]
Somers Point may end paid parking at Bay Ave. lots
SOMERS POINT — The experiment with paid parking at city-owned lots on Bay Avenue may soon be coming to an end. Councilman Sean McGuigan made a motion during the Somers Point City Council meeting Aug. 18 to stop charging for parking, discontinue a contract for collections and repeal the ordinance that approved it. Councilman Howard Dill […]