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Year-long probe results in arrest of former lifeguard, a teacher in Pleasantville OCEAN CITY — A former lifeguard has been charged with first-degree sexual assault stemming from an investigation initiated last year into multiple allegations against members and administrators on the Ocean City Beach Patrol. On Thursday, Jonathan C. Howell, 40, a Marmora resident who […]

OCEAN CITY – After being told earlier this year they wouldn’t face a tax hike, Ocean City property owners will likely be paying an extra $41.33 for the average house assessed at $600,000, courtesy of a renegotiated contract for hauling trash and recyclables. Ocean City Council voted 4-1 Thursday to spend $770,000 more through the […]

Nappen: It is time to ‘step up’ for the community UPPER TOWNSHIP – Victor Nappen is raising his young family in the same neighborhood where he grew up. He said he is running in the GOP primary for Upper Township Committee because it is time for him to “step up” for the community. Nappen is […]

Measure removed from agenda two days after Texas school massacre SOMERS POINT — Two days after teen gunman Salvador Ramos killed 21 people at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, City Council pulled a resolution from the agenda that expressed “opposition to any legislation that unconstitutionally infringes up an individual’s Second Amendment rights.” The Second Amendment, […]

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Last year, Cape May County’s tourism industry recovered 96 percent of the business lost in 2020, the worst year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cape May County Tourism Director Diane Wieland presented a host of encouraging facts and figures May 25 during the county’s annual tourism conference. She said direct tourism […]

It ranks 3rd in state for new weekly cases; NJ cases double over two weeks CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — The number of COVID-19 cases among Cape May County residents has been on the rise, with 639 active cases reported at the end of last week. The county is categorized as an area of high transmission. […]

Ocean City’s Memorial Day service OCEAN CITY – Under the hot late-morning sun, offset by a cool intermittent breeze that caused the massive American flag to flutter overhead hanging from the Ocean City Fire Department’s ladder truck, an overflow crowd packed into Veterans Memorial Park to honor the ultimate sacrifice of this nation’s military men […]

More than 30 departments, agencies honor 10-year-old OCEAN CITY — A 10-year-old Houston boy captured the hearts of a room full of veteran New Jersey police officers Friday. Before a special ceremony for him could begin, Devarjaye Daniel went row by row through the seats in the Ocean City Music Pier, shaking hands with dozens […]