Route 52 single-lane closures in both directions
OCEAN CITY — The Route 52 causeway is scheduled to have single lane closures in both directions for the next several months, as a lighting rehabilitation project begins between Ocean City and Somers Point. The closure began Jan. 21 and is expected to be in place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday […]
Sea&Do: Upcoming events
Have a Heart for Veterans OCEAN CITY — To celebrate Valentine’s Day, the folks at Wesley by the Bay are asking for the public’s support by donating items for gift bags to be given to residents of the Memorial Veterans Home in Vineland, Meadowview veterans unit in Northfield and other veterans facilities in southern New […]
Don’t expect drop in home prices, interest rates
Sturdy Savings Bank CEO’s economic forecast: Inflation slowed, but costs are not falling OCEAN CITY — Don’t expect housing prices to come down, affordability problems for young couples to ease or mortgage rates to fall significantly. Even though the rate of inflation has dropped, prices remain high and will continue to go up. And despite […]
MLK Service Awards go to Shiloh Baptist pastor, Sunshine Foundation president and in honor of Food Pantry’s Regina Ralston
OCEAN CITY — The community honored three people and their organizations Saturday during Ocean City’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at the Ocean City Tabernacle. The more than hour-long program featured stirring songs by soloist Alicia Gadson, accompanied on piano by Durrell Rose; a rousing videotaped rendition of Dr. King’s 1963 “I Have A […]
Honoring Dr. King
Ocean City Intermediate School students read essays about slain civil rights leader’s impact and legacy at city’s annual celebration OCEAN CITY — Four Ocean City Intermediate School students demonstrated an impressive grasp of the importance the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had on this nation and what his legacy means today. Seventh-graders Jane Heng and […]
Surfside Casual goes green with help from USDA grant
SOMERS POINT — Furniture delivery has never been greener nor more cost-efficient. USDA Rural Development joined local officials Jan. 17 at Surfside Casual Furniture in Somers Point to announce more than $16 million in clean energy projects for small businesses and farms in rural and small-town New Jersey. “I’m here at Surfside Casual/7Mile Design to […]
Cape May County teen killed in motorcycle crash with trash truck
LOWER TOWNSHIP — A 17-year-old Villas boy was killed Jan. 14 when his motorcycle collided with a Lower Township trash truck. Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Chief Kevin Lewis of the Lower Township Police Department announced an investigation into the accident. According to authorities, the Lower Township Police Department responded to a […]
MLK Day of Service: Morning of a thousand sandwiches
Student’s project is to help feed people in need in Cape May, Atlantic counties OCEAN CITY — About 50 volunteers, many of them high school students, huddled around tables at Ocean City VFW Post 6650, furiously making sandwiches on a chilly Monday morning to mark the Dr. Martin Luther King Day of Service. According to […]
Ocean City basketball coach John Bruno earns his 500th victory
Credits players who put team first and his family’s support OCEAN CITY — John Bruno hasn’t been handed a host of Division I college recruits to pad his rosters over the past 36 years coaching Ocean City High School basketball. Instead he has been blessed with “good kids” with a team-first mentality that he credits for […]
Middle Township teacher charged with sexual assault
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Laura Caron, 34, of Cape May Court House, a fifth-grade teacher at Middle Township Elementary School, has been charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. The charges stem from an investigation alleging that between 2016 and 2020, Caron engaged in an inappropriate sexual […]