Q&A with Assembly candidate Carol Sabo
WEST CAPE MAY – Carol Sabo, 62, was born and raised in New Jersey and has lived for 38 years in West Cape May, where she currently serves as mayor. She went to Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, and then returned to New Jersey to attend graduate school at Rutgers University Camden, where she earned a […]
Q&A with Assembly candidate and current Assemblyman Erik Simonsen
LOWER TOWNSHIP – Erik Simonsen, 56, was born and raised in Cape May and now lives in Lower Township with his wife, Anna, two daughters and mother-in-law. I just retired from 32 years in education. I was teaching, I was vice principal, an athletic director and a supervisor back in the day, but for 18 […]
Q&A with Assembly candidate Carolyn Rush
SEA ISLE CITY – Carolyn Rush, 63, a mother of five, spent most of her life in Medford. She graduated from Montclair State University with a degree in computer science, and spent 35 years working as an engineer. In the earlier part of my career, the company that I worked for was responsible for the […]
Sea&Do: Upcoming events
U.T. Arts Team Zoom meeting UPPER TOWNSHIP – The next meeting of the Upper Township Arts Team will be 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, via Zoom. The meeting will continue the discussion on plans for how creative arts can help connect community interests to enhance awareness of sustainable best practices and support of the quality […]
Never Forget
Retired FBI agent recalls attack, response SEAVILLE – Special Agent Dan Garrabrant was expecting Sept. 11, 2001, to be a quiet day at the Newark FBI office. Within hours, the agent with just three years on the job would be in charge of logistical support to respond to the terror attacks that stunned the nation. […]
Piping Plover Prognosis
Fledge rate currently too low for this endangered species’ recovery WOODBINE — Life isn’t getting easier for endangered piping plovers in New Jersey. There was a 25 percent population drop from 2023 to 2024 and it appears the statewide numbers of nesting pairs will fall again this year. The conclusion in the New Jersey DEP […]
American oystercatchers not endangered, but ‘a species of special concern’
First oystercatchers fledged in Ocean City this summer OCEAN CITY — For the first time, a pair of American oystercatcher chicks fledged in Ocean City. A popular shorebird among watchers, American oystercatchers sport a long red bill, a chunky black and white body and yellow eyes. They are not an endangered species but are considered “a […]
Civic group honors Barbary Wars hero, Somers Point native
SOMERS POINT — About three dozen people gathered Sept. 4 at Richard Somers Park to mark the anniversary of the death of the city’s most famous son. The civic group Liberty and Prosperity has held the event each year since 2005, after the city had hosted a major event in 2004 marking the 200th anniversary […]
Report of a missing swimmer leads to big search in Cape May
After two days, officials decided no one was missing CAPE MAY – After a few days of searching for a swimmer reported missing Thursday morning in Cape May, officials called off the search Saturday believing no one is actually missing. The Cape May Police Department and Cape May City Fire Department posted on Saturday afternoon […]
Ocean City considers buying Crown Bank building
It could become the police station, instead of refurbishing current OCPD OCEAN CITY – Mayor Jay Gillian said the city is considering buying the former Crown Bank building at 801 Asbury Ave. and refurbishing it as the new police station. In his Mayor’s Update on the city website (ocnj.us) Friday, while reporting an update on […]