Turning trash into treasure: Upper to lease landfill site
PETERSBURG — Township Committee is preparing to generate as much as $9 million in revenue from a renewable energy firm generating electricity atop an old landfill. Committeeman Tyler Casaccio said Jan. 12 that he had met with interested contractors about renting the old landfill on Butter Road for a solar project. “They’re going to lease the […]
Outdoor fitness court part of renovation coming to Amanda’s Field in Upper Township
PETERSBURG — Deputy Mayor Victor Nappen II said Jan. 12 that installation of an Outdoor Fitness Court will be part of upcoming renovations to the skatepark at Amanda’s Field. He described it as a workout facility reminiscent of a playground, noting there is one adjacent to Ocean City High School. Committeeman Zach Palombo said the […]
Somers Point honors Lemieux for role in Hometown Heroes banners
SOMERS POINT — Mayor Dennis Tapp extended “heartfelt gratitude and appreciation” to American Legion Post 352 Commander Larry Lemieux for his role in the Hometown Hero banner campaign. Last year, the American Legion and Department of Public Works joined forces to create banners featuring military veterans and hang them from lampposts along Shore Road. “The […]
Work progressing on reconstructing Roosevelt Boulevard
New Ocean City entrance/exit will be 20 inches higher with bike lanes OCEAN CITY — Anyone driving on Roosevelt Boulevard should notice something rising between the bridge and Bay Avenue — it’s the road itself, and it is going up 20 inches. Workers have been elevating the north side of the boulevard as part of […]
Leaf collection snafu prompts U.T. to post schedule
PETERSBURG — As fall turned to winter, piles of leaves still remained in parts of Upper Township, clogging drains, narrowing streets and in some cases creating extra work. Township Administrator Jimmy Van Zlike said Jan. 12 that the weather played a large role in slowing phase one of leaf collection, forcing a change in the usual […]
Student asks school board to start garden club at U.T. Middle School
PETERSBURG — A budding botanist has planted a seed in the mind of the school board with his proposal to grow a gardening club from the ground up. Chase Scalfaro, a sixth-grader at Upper Township Intermediate School who enjoyed participating in a gardening club at the primary and elementary schools, suggested the idea to the […]
Mita’s hope for decision in 30 days doesn’t appear likely
Crowley, Winslow say they will wait for boardwalk report in late April, May OCEAN CITY — Eustace Mita, still smarting from the Planning Board’s split vote over Wonderland Pier, hopes the issue will be back before council within 30 days, but it may not end up there until late spring. Talking to the Sentinel on […]
Witnesses for Mita lay out why boardwalk site meets two criteria for rehab designation
OCEAN CITY — Eustace Mita’s attorney and four witnesses spent nearly an hour testifying before the Ocean City Planning Board on Jan. 7, trying to justify that his boardwalk property qualified as “an area in need of rehabilitation.” It is a step Mita needs to move forward with his proposal to build a 252-room hotel […]
Upper Township moves to permit sale of cannabis
Zone would be east of Garden State Parkway PETERSBURG — An estimated $20,000 a month was enough to overcome moral objections to the sale of cannabis in Upper Township. “The only reason I’m entertaining this is for the revenue side of it,” Mayor Curtis Corson said Jan. 12, noting he was a hard no six months […]