Somers Point Council choosing between Kirk Gerety, Rob Hopkins to fill vacancy
SOMERS POINT — City Council will choose between two candidates to fill the at-large seat recently vacated by Joe McCarrie. The one-term councilman had sold his home on Broadway in May and submitted his letter of resignation Aug. 12. The at-large seat, a four-year term, expires at the end of the year and the election […]
Ocean City Air Shows Saturday and Sunday at airport, over beach, boards
OCEAN CITY – All eyes will turn to the sky for Ocean City’s Air Show Weekend on Sept. 14 and 15. All events are free to attend, and the early forecasts call for sunny and clear skies. The celebration starts with the Ocean City Airport Festival, 26th Street and bay Avenue, on Saturday from 10 […]
Officials: Climate change regulations will hurt homeowners, businesses
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Members of the Cape May County Board of Commissioners along with mayors and representatives from the county’s 16 municipalities held a news conference Sept. 6 to voice their opposition and solidarity against proposed regulations from the state Department of Environmental Protection. The rules, which are based on an expected sea level […]
Upper Township Zoning Board OKs amended plan for Marmora Church
MARMORA — A church may not be a home but it is a house of God, and Chapel by the Sea received final approval to build one partially in a residential zone Sept. 5. The Upper Township Zoning Board approved an amended preliminary and final site plan for construction of a chapel with classrooms. The […]
Doo-wop night with Duprees at the Ocean City Pops
Dueling pianos with Vince Lee and Eric Svejcar OCEAN CITY – Saturday night — appropriate for a repertoire of songs from the 1960s — the Ocean City Pops Orchestra hosted the trio that has carried on the Duprees name and doo-wop style. And the packed audience loved it. The group’s traveling music director brought the small […]
Good Old Days in Somers Point
The Good Old Days Festival on Sept. 7 at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park in Somers Point drew big crowds to enjoy food, music and activities.
Sea&Do: Upcoming events
Storm preparedness topic at AARP OCEAN CITY – Join Ocean City AARP Chapter 1062 at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, at the Ocean City Free Public Library for a panel to discuss storm preparedness. Panelists are Liberty Kocis, Cape May County health educator, risk communicator, medical reserve communicator; Frank Donato, Office of Emergency Management for Ocean […]
The busy life of a med student
Rylee McDonnell (OCHS 2017) is doing her medical school rotations at Shore Medical Center SOMERS POINT — For medical student Rylee McDonnell, doing her third-year rotations at Shore Medical Center is a homecoming. The 2017 Ocean City High School graduate from Estell Manor earned her undergraduate degree from Goucher College in Baltimore, where she continued her […]
Shore Medical training future physicians
Third-year med students from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine doing rotations in Somers Point SOMERS POINT — The physicians in charge of third-year medical students doing their rotations at Shore Medical Center were drawn to this program because of their personal experiences. They believe it is critical to train future doctors in the craft of medicine […]
Having medical students at Shore Medical Center benefits hospital, its patients and its doctors
SOMERS POINT — Teaching future doctors raises the level of care at Shore Medical Center because it invigorates the staff and benefits the patients as well as the medical students. The experience may serve to entice these students back to the area to practice medicine after they graduate, an important aspect as physician shortages are […]