Options aplenty for lifting spirits on, off the island
Ready-to-drink cocktails popular, older mixers making a comeback OCEAN CITY — Crossing over any of the bridges into Ocean City, visitors and locals alike are part of a dry town with plenty of spirits. Despite being a dry island since 1909, there are plenty of stops before the town limits to stock up on liquor […]
Dine, dance, drink? Designate a driver
New Year’s Eve is one of the most celebrated nights of the year. Many may be wondering how everyone is planning to party this year? If that’s you and you need some holiday ideas, we’ve got you covered with this New Year’s Eve night out, or in, guide. You may be thinking that New Year’s […]
Five ways to improve health in 2024
A new year brings a chance for a new beginning. It’s a time for people to start something new to improve their bodies, minds and spirits. Dr Megan Mahon McQuarrie, M.D., who specializes in family and sports medicine at Shore Physicians Group’s Ocean City practice, offers important advice for getting — and staying — […]
Dry First Night, wet First Day
Ocean City will host alcohol-free events at multiple venues New Year’s Eve, boardwalk run and plunge New Year’s Day OCEAN CITY — Say goodbye (or good riddance) to 2023 and hello to 2024 during two days of fantastic fun in America’s Greatest Family Resort. Ocean City will once again host its popular First Night festivities […]
Ocean City will take over running senior center
Operations to remain same except food will be prepared in house OCEAN CITY — The seniors were angry that day, my friends. Over lunch Thursday, nearly 50 seniors let city and county officials know in no uncertain terms that they do not like change and they absolutely do not want to lose the two women […]
Upper Township man says property perfect for preservation
Land, historic home abut Marshallville Road Bridge “This is an amazing opportunity for the county and township to respond to the reasonable and acceptable pressure from those individuals seeking safe, legal and authorized amenities for water access,” Marshallville Road resident Mark Kelly states in an application to the county Open Space Board. Kelly told Township […]
Unique gifts, handmade crafts best sellers this holiday season
Area retailers offer wide variety of shore-inspired options OCEAN CITY — One-of-a-kind gifts are the rage this year as holiday shoppers are looking for something unique. They also want to buy items that remind them of the Jersey shore, and many are looking to support local businesses. Shoppers report they’re finding exactly what they’re searching […]
Professor makes Higbee Beach living classroom
Stockton University students get a lesson in local ecosystems on Cape May Canal CAPE MAY — During fall migration, warblers, raptors and monarch butterflies traveling down the East Coast funnel through the Cape May peninsula. Last week, Jason Kelsey and students in his Coastal Ecosystems class followed a sliver of their migratory route to learn […]
Eight shore towns sue DEP over Atlantic Shores project
LONG BEACH ISLAND — Long Beach Township, Beach Haven, Ship Bottom, Surf City, Harvey Cedars, Barnegat Light, Brigantine and Ventnor City filed a lawsuit Dec. 1 asking for an independent review of whether the Atlantic Shores wind turbine project violates the state Department of Environmental Protection’s coastal regulations. According to a news release, the court […]
Murder charged in grisly slaying
Authorities: Ocean City man admitted to killing his mother OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City man has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of his 74-year-old mother Friday. Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Ocean City Police Chief William Campell announced the arrest of Jeffrey Surgent, 46, in the slaying. […]