Year after beach fill, erosion takes toll on Strathmere
STRATHMERE — “We need another replenishment project,” Committeeman Curtis Corson said Dec. 9, when Township Committee reviewed the latest beach report. The Stockton University Coastal Research Center surveyed the Strathmere beaches Sept. 27 and 30 and recently delivered its third-quarter report. “We have lost 25 percent of the sand that was placed on the beach,” […]
Police, EMTs, firefighters honored in Upper Township
Burning bus, near-drownings, car crash, fires and collapsing stairs; busy year for first responders PETERSBURG — Burning school buses, near-drownings, brush fires, collapsing stairs, car crashes — Upper Township can be a calamitous place. Fortunately for its residents, visitors and others passing through, there is a large group of dedicated volunteers to pick people up […]
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Masonic Lodge Pancake breakfast OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Mason Lodge No. 171 F.&A.M. is having a pancake breakfast starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28 at the lodge, 940 Wesley Ave. Breakfast includes specialty pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, coffee and juice. Cost is $12 for adults, $8 for children and $10 for veterans. Walk-ins […]
Mita: I’d sell if I can’t build the hotel
Defends Wonderland owner, hears critics, supporters at Tabernacle presentation OCEAN CITY — During a testy exchange with a resident who kept interrupting and challenging him during last week’s public presentation at the Ocean City Tabernacle, developer Eustace Mita said he would sell the Wonderland Pier amusement park site if his proposed hotel project were denied. […]
Gillian: I won’t benefit from hotel; process to replace Wonderland will be transparent
OCEAN CITY — Mayor Jay Gillian assured the public that he would not be benefiting from anything that will replace Wonderland Pier amusement park, that Eustace Mita’s hotel proposal faces a long road before it could be approved, and that he hates to see how the issue is dividing Ocean City. Gillian and his late father […]
Pancoast resigns from Upper Township Committee
PETERSBURG — Mark Pancoast resigned from Township Committee on Dec. 9 in a move that appeared to come as a surprise to others on the governing body. “Over the past year, I found my personal schedule increasingly conflicts with my ability to devote the necessary time to council. That’s not fair to the employees, it’s […]
Sea&Do: Upcoming events
Sea Isle Toy and Food Drive is on SEA ISLE CITY – Mayor Leonard Desiderio’s 32nd annual Holiday Toy and Food Drive began Thanksgiving weekend and continues through Dec. 16. Donations of non-perishable food items (including items for holiday dinners) and unwrapped toys can be brought to City Hall, 233 JFK Boulevard; Crest Savings Bank, […]
After outcry, Ocean City votes down occupancy tax
Hotel, motel owners said after soft 2024, local tax would hurt them, city OCEAN CITY — After impassioned pleas from representatives of the resort’s hotels and motels, who said they faced a soft 2024 season and don’t want visitors priced out of the market, Ocean City Council unanimously voted down a 3 percent transient space […]
Overnight trailer ban approved on first reading; meant to free up city parking spaces
OCEAN CITY — Councilman Terry Crowley Jr. wants the public to know the move to ban construction and other trailers overnight is really about providing more parking spaces. Ocean City Council voted 7-0 last week on first reading of an ordinance that requires all trailers — construction, commercial or storage — to be off of […]
Shoppers peruse crafts, history at Somers Mansion
SOMERS POINT — A cold wind blew steadily across the grounds of Somers Mansion on Dec. 7 as shoppers looked for hand-made crafts and gifts during Christmas at the Mansion. Vendors manned booths throughout the grounds, selling gifts, decorations and food as people strolled around looking for bargains and unique items. Dave and Jen Juliano […]