Ocean City Council changes public comment, moves all meetings to evenings
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City Council made changes to public comment citizens can offer, requiring the first of two public comment sessions be reserved only for topics on the agenda. If citizens want to speak on other topics — and many often do — they will have to wait until the public comment session at […]
Ocean City Council vote on cell tower should end fight at Compass building
OCEAN CITY — City Council approved a resolution that would allow a cell phone tower to be installed on Bay Avenue at the former American Legion lot, ending a long-running dispute over putting one at the Compass building on the corner of Haven Avenue and 34th Street. Ordinance 25-01, amending Zoning and Land Development, will […]
Dr. Laura Kasper opens Aesthetic Reflections medical spa in Marmora
MARMORA — “I figured I know I can do it, so I did it,” Dr. Laura Kasper said of opening her own business, Aesthetic Reflections medical spa in Marmora. Kasper, an emergency physician who also specializes in aesthetic medicine, held a grand opening ceremony April 3. In the middle of Wayside Village off Tuckahoe Road, […]
Upper Township students raised $10,000 for Eagles Autism Foundation
PETERSBURG — Students were treated to a visit from the Philadelphia Eagles mascot and a couple of cheerleaders, who swooped down on schools in Upper Township for a visit April 10. Through a teacher-versus-teacher kickball game, dress-down days, a coin drive and other initiatives, the district raised more than $10,000 for the Eagles Autism Foundation, […]
Report of person jumping from Rt. 52 bridge prompts intense search
OCEAN CITY – Last week, Ocean City police responded to reports of a person who feared someone jumping from the Route 52 causeway bridge, prompting an intense search. According to the Ocean City Police Department, at 6:43 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, police officers responded to Route 52 after several witnesses reported a male subject appeared […]
Post 524 supports Tunnels to Towers
American Legion, auxiliary, squadron donate $20,000 OCEAN CITY — “Thank you to all of you who serve this country to protect the blanket of freedom that my children and I sleep under every night,” Dena Parlo told members and guests April 9 at the Ocean City American Legion post. Morvay-Miley-Cruice Post 524 invited the ambassador […]
Threads of history unite U.S., France
The Longest Yarn invading Naval Air Station Wildwood, commemorates WWII D-Day ERMA — Thousands of people all over the world have been knitting as fast as they can. In groups or alone by the glow of their computer screen, listening to advice and encouragement from across the ocean. From an American military base in Belgium […]
Nature trail plan at Crook Horn Creek gets public support
Ocean City neighbors ask city to pick up trash and maintain trail OCEAN CITY — With promises to install a few trash cans and regularly pick up refuse, to protect terrapins and not touch any wetlands, officials from ACT Engineers presented plans for the Crook Horn Creek nature trail project to about 50 citizens Saturday […]
Super Hero Run in Ocean City
It was a gray morning, cold and windy on the boardwalk with threatening skies, but Super Heroes don’t fear the rain. Wonder Woman, Spider Man, the Hulk and others braved the blah elements Saturday morning to test themselves in the one-mile Super Hero Run that took them from the Music Pier north and back – […]
City Council moves budget forward; public skewers tax increase, spending
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City Council voted April 10 to introduce the 2025-26 municipal budget with its 7.04 percent tax rate increase despite public comment in opposition to it. The $112 million spending plan would increase the tax rate by 3.76 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The spending and revenue sides were decreased by […]