Mita: Hotel would be set back from neighborhood
Wonderland Pier owner reveals aspects of latest hotel proposal, but limits the details OCEAN CITY — A hotel that would be built to replace Wonderland Pier would be set back from the Plaza Place neighborhood, where residents have been fiercely fighting a hotel, and set back from the the boardwalk, according to Eustace Mita, who acknowledged […]
Ferris wheel to be demolished
Owner provides tour of Wonderland, points to collapsing wall OCEAN CITY — During a tour of his Wonderland Pier property Friday morning, Sept. 18, owner Eustace Mita said the deteriorating conditions will mean the iconic Ferris wheel will be demolished soon. Mita is a few months into negotiations with Ocean City Council over what type of […]
Rowing from Cape May Point to Statue of Liberty
Former UTBP lifeguards took lifeboat entire length of state in six days UPPER TOWNSHIP — A few weeks ago, two former Upper Township Beach Patrol lifeguards borrowed a Wildwood Beach Patrol lifeboat emblazoned with the American flag and rowed it from Cape May Point to the Statue of Liberty. Appropriate for the nation’s 250th anniversary. […]
Seaspray demolition Sept. 28 turning into a party
OCEAN CITY — The days are numbered for the longtime eyesore at the 34th Street entrance to the island. The HOW Group has scheduled a “Demolition Kickoff Event” for the Seaspray Condominiums at 3315 Bay Ave. on Monday, Sept. 28. Mayor Jay Gillian is expected to deliver remarks at the event, which is set to […]
‘9 to 5: The Musical’ on stage at the Gateway Playhouse
Audience can get ‘Dolly’d up’ for the 9/25 matinee performance Friday SOMERS POINT — Principals at Gateway Playhouse plan their productions a year ahead of time so the timing of this week’s opening of “9 to 5: the Musical” did not presage the death of star Dolly Parton’s death less a month ago. They scheduled the […]
NJ Run for the Fallen goes through county, visits 60 markers Sept. 24
R from Sunset Beach in Cape May Point, ending Sept. 27 in Holmdel. Each mile that the Run Team puts on their sneakers over those four grueling days represents the state’s more than 16,000 members of the armed forces who have lost their lives serving their country. Each mile of the journey is dedicated to […]
Sea&Do: Upcoming events
Free flu clinics in Atlantic County The Atlantic County Department of Health is running free flu clinics between Sept. 17 and Oct. 6. Residents 18 years and older can receive a free flu vaccination to help protect themselves and others from contracting and spreading the seasonal influenza virus. No appointment is needed. A complete list […]
Central United Methodist Church a pumpkin patch again
LINWOOD — Volunteers of all ages turned out early Saturday morning to unload a tractor-trailer filled with pumpkins that was parked outside Central United Methodist Church in Linwood. The volunteers, a mix of parishioners and a large cohort from the Mainland Regional High School field hockey team and some other Mustang athletes, spent a few hours […]
ALS Walk has raised over $5 million
25th walk honors founder Bob Goudie OCEAN CITY — When Bob Goudie was with his wife, Jo Ann, at the University of Pennsylvania hospital 26 years ago, a representative of ALS United Mid-Atlantic knocked on their hospital door and asked if there were anything it could do to support Jo. Wheelchair ramp? Oxygen? Computer? Anything. […]
Walcott to receive Carnegie Medal for saving family
Upper Township attorney rescued four caught in rip current in Ocean City in 2024 OCEAN CITY — He didn’t want to do it, almost didn’t, but his family made him because, after all, receiving the highest civilian award in the country is worth a little discomfort. Upper Township attorney Brandon Walcott has been lauded as […]