DeFeo Plaza plan with Chick-fil-A, Panera Bread approved
Traffic concerns overcome; project wouldn’t be open until at least 2026 SOMERS POINT — Chicken sandwiches, waffle fries, fresh-baked cookies and creamy milkshakes are on their way to Defeo Plaza, a shopping center on Route 9 in Somers Point that received the city’s stamp of approval March 19. So is an extensive amount of traffic, […]
Desiderio presents the State of Cape May County
Commissioners director: 2025 budget may be our best ever SEA ISLE CITY — “Welcome to the capital of Cape May County: Sea Isle City,” Len Desiderio told the Chamber of Commerce on March 20 as he prepared to deliver his annual State of the County address. While the director of the Cape May County Board […]
$1.1 mil in aid not coming this year for Mainland budget
LINWOOD — The administration presented its $34,361,814 budget for 2025-26 to the Mainland Regional High School Board of Education on March 10. The budget calls for a tax rate increase of 1.9 cents to 78.44 cents per $100 in Somers Point, 2.4 cents to 78.33 cents in Linwood and 2.5 cents to 78.46 cents in […]
Cape May mother accused of using shock collar on her kids
CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY — A Cape May mother has been charged in connection with allegedly using an electric dog shock collar on her children. Kimberly Cruz-Feliciano, 30, of Broad Street, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, one count of witness tampering with threat […]
Somers Point to address boat ramp access
Acknowledging problems with gates, council split on keeping, axing them SOMERS POINT — The city has been struggling for years to make money from its two boat ramps, with gate malfunctions limiting both access and income. Now some are calling for their removal from ramps at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park and off Bay Avenue […]
Eagle Scout project builds garden beds at Somers Mansion
SOMERS POINT — Somers Point teen Geoffrey Lovett supervised members of Boy Scout Troop 55 on March 1 as they removed, rebuilt and refilled garden planters at Somers Mansion. The effort was part of the 15-year-old’s effort toward achieving Scouting’s highest honor, Eagle Scout rank. For his project, Lovett chose to remove the eight garden beds […]
Somers Point district loses more funding; tax rate unclear
School board President Endicott on additional cuts: ‘This is unacceptable’ SOMERS POINT – The Somers Point Board of Education approved submission of the 2025-26 school year tentative budget to the New Jersey Department of Education Atlantic County office March 19 for review and approval. The fiscal year spending plan includes a general fund of $16,294,174, […]
Watoto Children’s Choir to perform in Linwood April 11
Central United Methodist Church supports Ugandan ministry LINWOOD — Expect a packed house at 6 p.m. Friday, April 11, when the Watoto Children’s Choir from Uganda returns to Central United Methodist Church in Linwood for the 10th time. The church has a special relationship with Watoto villages in Uganda going back to the mid-1990s, just […]
Upper Township school budget proposal raises tax rate 4 cents
No staff is cut under this budget, which would cost average property owner extra $116 PETERSBURG — The Upper Township Board of Education introduced its budget March 18, calling for a 4-cent increase to the tax rate to $1.587 per $100 of assessed value. The owner of a home assessed at the township average of […]
Mainland teachers rally in support of education funding
High school could lose another 12 teachers as district grapples with funding loss LINWOOD — Expecting the loss of another 12 teachers, members of the Mainland Regional Education Association gathered outside the school March 19 to support adequate funding for education. More than 50 members of the MREA participated to raise awareness of what federal, […]