Upper Township Summer Celebration beats July Fourth to the punch
PETERSBURG — Families decked out in patriotic outfits gathered June 28 at Amanda’s Field with friends to take in the food, fun and fireworks. Upper Township held its Summer Celebration on Saturday beneath a blazing sun with temperatures in the high 80s that cooled as the evening progressed. Committeeman Sam Palombo, who is liaison to […]
Shore Road improvements mean summer disruptions
SOMERS POINT — Roadway improvements have begun on Shore Road from Goll Avenue in the south to Ocean Heights Avenue in the north, forcing partial road closures that will continue through the summer. City Council awarded a $951,306 contract Dec. 6 to Fred M. Schiavone Construction of Malaga for the Shore Road Pedestrian Improvements project. […]
NOAA: Know Your Blue IQ
Fed agency teams with Ocean Positive Foundation on video series to keep people safe in the ocean OCEAN CITY — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) partnered with the Smithsonian Institution and the Ocean Positive Foundation — headed by local resident and ocean expert Bruckner Chase — to create videos warning of threats in coastal […]
Group offers ‘Better Idea’ for Wonderland Pier site
Ocean City 2050’s proposal is for mixed use Wonderland Commons; owner Eustace Mita to make his pitch to City Council Aug. 21, but could present it earlier Editor’s note: This update corrects date of planned presentation of Icona at Wonderland before Ocean City Council. (The presentation date was erroneously reported as Aug. 12.) OCEAN CITY […]
Ocean City High School’s Class of 2025 receive their diplomas
Photos of all the students participating in graduation OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School Class of 2025 received their diplomas in a ceremony at Carey Stadium late Wednesday afternoon, June 18. This is a gallery – an extensive gallery – with photos of all the members who took part in the ceremony. For […]
A project for the generations
OCHS student photographers take portraits of residents at The Shores in a learning experience for all involved OCEAN CITY — It was a true intergenerational project. Photography teacher Adriana Palmer had a group of her teenage students shoot portraits of residents at United Methodist Communities at The Shores. The models at the assisted-living residence could […]
A son and a grandson ride cross-country in cancer quests
Latest bike trek to raise money, awareness left San Francisco, to arrive in O.C. OCEAN CITY — When his mother was dying from lung cancer, John Matthews promised her he would do something in her honor. That something was to ride his bicycle cross country — more than 3,500 miles — to raise money and […]
Philly man is charged over hidden cameras in Ocean City Boardwalk backgrounds
Six counts of invasion of privacy, endangering welfare of children (manufacturing child porn) OCEAN CITY – A Philadelphia man has been charged with putting hidden cameras in public bathrooms on the Ocean City Boardwalk earlier this month. Harold Perkins, 38, of the 4200 block of Glenview Street, was charged with six counts of invasion of […]
Honor Flight of Southern NJ plans presentation July 1 at The Shores
OCEAN CITY – The Shores will host an informational Honor Flight presentation at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 1, led by Pam Pontano, who co-leads Honor Flight of Southern NJ alongside her husband, Ron. The couple has personally overseen all 20 Honor Flight trips from southern New Jersey to Washington, D.C., coordinating every detail of the day […]
Killer Queen is in Ocean City June 30
It will be seventh time popular Queen tribute band performs in resort OCEAN CITY – Long-running tribute act Killer Queen is bringing the songs of Queen to the Ocean City Music Pier Monday, June 30. Killer Queen formed while the members were in college in the early ‘90s, steadily honing their craft and building their […]