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 […]
Habitat for Humanity is breaking ground for Upper Township home
UPPER TOWNSHIP – On Thursday, Habitat for Humanity Cape May will hold the groundbreaking for a new home in Upper Township. This will be the 20th home for Habitat in the county. Members of the Board of Directors, Habitat’s Executive Director Sarah Matthews, Habitat partner family Chelsea Berkey, along with construction volunteers and community partners […]
Board to vote on longtime college coach as OCHS coach
Gaitley, former OCHS, Villanova standout, would take over girls basketball program OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City native who coached college basketball teams to championships will be the next head coach of the Ocean City High School girls basketball team if she is approved by the Board of Education Wednesday, Aug. 24. Stephanie (Vanderslice) Gaitley […]