Northfield takes step forward with allowing cannabis business
Editor’s note – Many local communities including Somers Point, Linwood, Ocean City and Upper Township have voted to ban cannabis businesses. Northfield has been going back and forth on the issue. NORTHFIELD — City Council signaled its support for cannabis retail businesses during its meeting Tuesday, Nov. 9, with five of seven members voting to […]
OCHS Drama Guild presents ‘You Can’t Take It With You’
Student thespians discuss the characters in the comedy, why they enjoy being in the Drama Guild OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School Drama Guild is staging a comedy this week at the William and Nancy Hughes Performing Arts Center. The Drama Guild production has two casts for “You Can’t Take It With You,” […]
The Bard visits the boardwalk in comedy ‘Midsummer Jersey’
Mainland Drama Club presents mashup of ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ ‘Jersey Shore’ on Nov. 18-20 LINWOOD — The Mainland Regional High School Drama Club will present a hilarious, high-octane version of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” set on the boardwalk of a seaside town in modern-day New Jersey. “‘Midsummer Jersey’ is a wonderful theatrical mashup of […]
The Shores unveils renovations, new leader settles in
Jim Zauner changed careers to make a difference in senior care, seniors’ lives OCEAN CITY – About a dozen years before Jim Zauner became the new executive director at The Shores in Ocean City, a personal experience prompted him to change careers. After many years in the publishing industry, he took some time off to go […]
Weighing in on Ocean Wind
Ørsted reps spend over 3 hours in Ocean City answering questions about wind farm, hearing people support and condemn plan OCEAN CITY – Ørsted representatives spent more than three hours Saturday morning and afternoon answering questions about the Ocean Wind 1 wind turbine farm proposed off the coast of Cape May and Atlantic counties and […]
Winterfest kicks off holiday happenings in Ocean City
OCEAN CITY – Lights and seasonal decorations are going up throughout Ocean City this week as the city gets into the spirit of the holidays. The Ocean City Regional Chamber of Commerce will welcome the season with the second annual Winterfest by the Sea Holiday Shopping Extravaganza 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13. The […]
Jeff Shirk just can’t quit the Ocean City Halloween Parade
‘I love the parade. I’m recommitted and happy to keep doing it until I die or drop dead on the parade route’ OCEAN CITY – Get Jeff Shirk to a Halloween Parades Anonymous meeting stat. It is an addiction he just can’t quit. You can recognize it right off the bat when he introduces himself. […]
Feelings on wind project offered before forum
OCEAN CITY – Before Saturday’s three-and-a-half hour meeting about the Ocean Wind 1 project at the Ocean City Music Pier, critics and advocates for the proposed wind farm were outside, some protesting, others handing out materials in favor of wind energy farms off the coast. The meeting inside the pier attracted some 200 people who […]
Atlantic County: GOP dominates Election Day in local and state races
TRENTON — Republicans trounced Democrats in Atlantic County for local, county and state legislative seats. Despite losing the statewide vote, Jack Ciattarelli easily defeated Gov. Phil Murphy in the county, taking 38,887 to 24,686. The overall margin was uncomfortably close for the incumbent, who garnered 1,285,351 votes to 1,219,906. Marty Small was one of the […]
McClellan: GOP didn’t take election for granted
OCEAN CITY – Republican incumbents state Sen. Michael Testa and Assemblymen Antwan McClellan and Erik Simonsen had an easy victory in the Nov. 2 general election. Testa received 24,401 votes, or 67 percent, in Cape May County compared with Democrat challenger Yolanda Garcia Balicki’s 11,88 votes, or 32.75 percent. Simonsen received 24,073 votes, or 33.69 […]