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, […]
Ocean City proposed budget has 7% tax hike
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City taxpayers will see a 3.76-cent increase in the tax rate if the proposed 2025 municipal budget is approved later this spring. It is the same increase taxpayers faced in the 2024 fiscal year budget. Ocean City Chief Financial Officer Frank Donato handed out copies of the proposed budget at Thursday […]
‘Let go and let God’
Shiloh Baptist celebrates Ocean City’s Mother Moore as she turns 104 OCEAN CITY — Juanita B. Moore lives by a simple credo, “Let go and let God.” It has helped her live to her 104th birthday, which was celebrated Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at Shiloh Baptist Church at 7 E. Seventh St. in Ocean City. […]
Speakers question policy on transgender students in Ocean City School District
School board votes down attempt to move to rescind policy OCEAN CITY — After multiple impassioned pleas during public comment to rescind a policy on support and privacy for transgender students, and then combative outbursts from the audience during discussions about procedures, the Ocean City Board of Education voted down an attempt to bring that […]