Somers Point’s Bender to challenge Giralo for Atlantic County clerk
SOMERS POINT — Somers Point resident Lisa Bender secured the Democratic nomination March 8 to run for Atlantic County Clerk. The small-business owner and sustainability consultant said she is challenging Joseph Giralo in the election Nov. 3 because “we need courageous election officials across the country who will stand up for voting rights.” “The Trump […]
Opposition to Somers Point group home move includes AI-generated attack
SOMERS POINT — Residents gathered March 12 to express their displeasure with a plan to build a group home in their neighborhood. City Council introduced an ordinance Feb. 26 to allow a developer building luxury waterfront townhomes to construct a group home for developmentally disabled adults on the other side of the city to satisfy […]
Hornig takes over Somers Point DPW, honors longtime civil servant Martin
SOMERS POINT — “Guy was a great boss — always hard working, shows up every day, always willing to help out guys any way they need, at work or in their personal lives. He’s a public servant through and through,” Stephen Hornig said of former Department of Public Works General Supervisor Guy Martin, who retired […]
34th St. road-raising work switches sides
OCEAN CITY – Work is continuing on Roosevelt Boulevard with the completion last week of the first stage of elevating the roadway from the easterly bridge approach to Bay Avenue. The reconstructed portion had base and intermediate asphalt courses in place by March 12. Upon completion of the asphalt work, traffic was shifted from the […]
Marshallville pedestrian bridge reopens
MARSHALLVILLE – Cape May County officials officially opened the new Marshallville Road pedestrian bridge Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Commission Director Leonard C. Desiderio, Commissioner Bobby Barr and County Engineer Bob Church were present for the ceremony at the site along County Route 632 over Mill Creek to mark the completion of the project. “This project […]
Ocean City honors first responders
OCEAN CITY — “One thing about Ocean City, when you come over the bridges, you’re going to be safe,” Mayor Jay Gillian said as he welcomed the large crowd to the 3rd annual Public Safety Recognition Ceremony on March 10 at the Ocean City Tabernacle. Fire Department Chief Bernie Walker, Police Chief Bill Campbell and […]
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day around Cape May County
As Celtic lore would have it, the man who would become St. Patrick was born Maewyn Succat. As a boy, he was a captive of Irish pirates and, in turn, an escaped slave. Later in life, he would return to Ireland as a Catholic missionary, driving the snakes of paganism off the Emerald Isle. He explained the […]
OCPS students from 1976 sought for Philly time capsule opening
OCEAN CITY — When a time capsule from 1976 is opened in Philadelphia to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary, some of the children whose names are inside may be from Ocean City. On Sept. 11, 1976, more than a thousand people gathered at the Lewis Quadrangle at Independence Hall to celebrate the bicentennial and seal […]
Miss New Jersey Pageant, ‘Show Us Your Shoes’ Parade, coming back to Ocean City
OCEAN CITY – Atlantic City no longer has the Miss America Pageant, but Ocean City will again be home to the Miss New Jersey Pageant, which is returning this year and bringing a popular parade with it. Atlantic City was the home of the Miss America Pageant for the better part of a century. One […]