Sprucing up Somers Point
Green Thumb Garden Club adds holiday cheer to four corners, Gateway Playhouse SOMERS POINT — The Green Thumb Garden Club of Somers Point has spruced up several spots to help the city celebrate the winter holidays. Members decorated the eight flower containers at the four corners of Shore Road and MacArthur Boulevard, as well as […]
Ocean City school board fires back at ex-member
They say she missed meetings, didn’t offer facts or examples in her letter See the full letter from the Ocean City Board of Education here OCEAN CITY – A few days after Suzanne Morgan blasted the Ocean City Board of Education in a resignation letter released to the media, the board fired back, saying her […]
Ethics complaint focuses on Clark allowing attacks on three Ocean City Board of Education members
OCEAN CITY – Three Ocean City Board of Education members who filed an ethics complaint about board President Joe Clark alleged he held an improper executive session Sept. 22 that allowed the interim superintendent of schools to make personal attacks against them. Prior to that meeting, one of the board members complained that emails from […]
Ocean City Council may reinstate term limits on volunteer boards in ’22
OCEAN CITY – There still aren’t term limits on Ocean City’s volunteer boards and commissions, but judging from comments at Thursday evening’s City Council meeting, they may be back in place before the end of 2022. Ocean City Council approved a resolution on second reading that will delay reinstating limits of no more than two […]
Ocean City school board fires back at member’s letter
Most of school board refutes Suzanne Morgan’s allegations and ethics charges, criticizes her lack of attendance Editor’s note: This letter is a response from Ocean City Board of Education members to former board member Suzanne Morgan, who sent her own letter to the media on Sunday, Nov. 28, and was printed in the Dec. 1 […]
Thanksgiving Day 5K Turkey Trot draws over 1,000, including a fully dressed bird
OCEAN CITY – There were just shy of a thousand registered runners who finished the annual Fast and the Furriest 5K Turkey Trot on the Ocean City Boardwalk Thanksgiving morning. More than a thousand people were registered ranging from 7 to 79 years old – as evidenced by the massive stream of racers heading south […]
Multiple benefits of shopping local
Find great gifts, personal service, help the community OCEAN CITY – Shopping locally here in southern New Jersey not only offers gift-buyers a bountiful and unique selection – and the appeal of seeing and feeling items – it means helping the local economy. “The biggest value of shopping at your local stores is that you’re […]
Rotary Club names Amy Holmes Upper Township Citizen of the Year
UPPER TOWNSHIP – Amy Holmes was named Upper Township’s 2021 Citizen of the Year by the Rotary Club of Upper Township – Ocean City. Rotarian Ralph Cooper made the presentation before Thanksgiving. Rotary International is the largest service organization in the world, counting approximately 1.4 million members and approximately 46,000 individual local clubs, including the […]
Aiden Walsh earns Eagle Scout rank
Ocean City High School senior builds small boardwalk libraries OCEAN CITY — “Being community-minded and helping people seems to be his guiding force,” Susan Walsh said of her son, Aiden, who recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout with Boy Scout Troop 32. The senior at Ocean City High School, who is on the soccer, […]
Northfield rejects cannabis businesses
NORTHFIELD — Following months of talks, multiple votes and thousands of dollars in legal expenses, City Council voted 4-3 against an ordinance that would have allowed cannabis retail shops to operate along Tilton Road. Municipalities that host the businesses are permitted to impose a tax of 1 percent or 2 percent, depending on the class […]