Gillian opens campaign HQ in downtown Ocean City
OCEAN CITY – The Committee to Re-Elect Mayor Jay A. Gillian has opened campaign headquarters in the heart of Ocean City’s downtown. Located at 854 Asbury Ave., the headquarters is staffed by a large group of campaign volunteers working to re-elect Mayor Gillian in the local municipal election scheduled for May 10. Gillian is being […]
Port-O-Call Hotel completes room renovations with modern aesthetics
OCEAN CITY – Following the completion of its recent renovations, the Port-O-Call Hotel now boasts the newest hotel rooms in Ocean City. Embracing modern design aesthetics, the new look balances a unique blend of contemporary sophistication with time-honored elegance, according to a spokesperson for the hotel. Distinguished and inviting, the new room interiors feature gentle […]
Ocean City High School Drama Guild presents comedy: ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’
OCEAN CITY — Travel back to the Roaring ’20s as the Ocean City High School Drama Guild presents “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a five-time Tony Award-winning musical set in 1928 amid the Jazz Age. Director Rob LeMaire called the production a comedic look at the musicals of the early 1920s “done through the imagination of a […]
Katie Barlow wants to be a different type of role model
Former Red Raider swimming for Ursinus – while triple majoring – to compete in Miss NJ Teen USA OCEAN CITY – Katie Barlow, a student athlete who is triple majoring in political science, international relations and applied economics at Ursinus College – with a minor in Arabic – hopes to be a different type of […]
Somers Point moving forward with redevelopment
SOMERS POINT — Three major redevelopment projects and other, smaller ones are in the works around Somers Point, promising to further fuel its economic boom. City Council went into executive session Thursday, Feb. 24, to discuss the projects and get an update from redevelopment attorney Jim Franklin. Franklin said a redevelopment agreement allows the city […]
Ocean City budget holds line on taxes
OCEAN CITY – Mayor Jay Gillian’s proposed budget is an $88,822,023 spending plan that increases appropriations by $1.05 million, but includes virtually no increase in taxes because of increased ratables in the resort and by using $5.4 million from the budget surplus. Although Gillian said there is no tax increase in this budget, there actually […]
Mayor: State of the city stronger than ever
Gillian cites achievements, improvements in the past, planned for future OCEAN CITY — In his State of the City address Thursday evening, Mayor Jay Gillian said the coming year’s budget will include no tax increase and “the city is stronger than it’s ever been.” Gillian, who is running for his fourth term in office in the […]
Ocean City board has special meeting over girls team
Parents criticize process, lack of support for players; others stand up for coach OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Board of Education held a special meeting Thursday afternoon as more people weighed in about the head girls basketball coach’s alleged mistreatment of his players, but after hearing a half-hour of public comments went into executive […]
Polcini, Madden, Bergman make their council candidacies official
OCEAN CITY – Incumbents Peter Madden and Karen Bergman, along with newcomer John A. “Tony” Polcini, officially filed their paperwork for Ocean City Council at-large, dropping off their petitions to city clerk Melissa Rasner Wednesday morning, March 2. Madden and Bergman are each seeking re-election to a third term and have teamed up with Polcini, […]
Hartzell, Rotondi get top positions on ballot in May 10 election
OCEAN CITY – In a drawing Friday for ballot positions in the May 10 municipal election, Keith Hartzell got top spot in the Ocean City mayor’s race against incumbent Jay Gillian and Tom Rotondi got the top spot among the six candidates for City Council. The drawing is done to give all candidates equal chance […]