Cape May County events: A Superhero costume design, author party, beach cleanup
Superhero Costume Design at library CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Cape May County Library presents Superhero Costume Design as a part of the FandoMania Fest, a series of fandom-related events leading up to Cape Con 2025. Presented by Melody Marshall, the program will explore the costume design behind some favorite superheroes and test participants’ skills […]
‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’ opens Gateway season
SOMERS POINT – Gateway Playhouse in Somers Point will kick off its 2025 Mainstage Season with the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart comedy classic “The Man Who Came to Dinner.” The play will run one weekend only, April 4-6. Originally set in the 1930s in a small town in Ohio in the weeks leading […]
Sea&Do: Upcoming events
Friends Book Sale at O.C. Library OCEAN CITY – The Friends and Volunteers of the Ocean City Free Public Library spring book sale will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, March 14, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15. It will be in the atrium of the library at 1735 Simpson Ave., Ocean […]
Vow renewal at The Shores: 860 years of marriage
Couples explain what has kept them together for so many years OCEAN CITY — Do you know why some couples stay married so much longer than others? It could be divine providence or shared values. How about mutual attraction or mutual respect? Maybe it is having a good sense of humor or just knowing when […]
Real estate agent announces GOP bid for Upper Township Committee
Jamison criticizes proposed cuts to activities; Nappen, Casaccio running PETERSBURG — Real estate agent Elsie Jamison picked up an application Feb. 14 to run in the Republican Primary for Upper Township Committee. “I think I have the passion, enthusiasm, mindset and motivation to find solutions to our problems. I want to be the familiar face […]
Ocean City Historical Museum adding surfing section by this summer
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Historical Museum is adding another important aspect of Ocean City’s history that goes back further than many people may realize — surfing. The display, which will be in the back part of the museum, should be ready by summer. “People think it started in the ’70s,” said John Loeper, […]
Upper Township is losing $645,000 in state aid
Looking at cuts, seeking groups to handle events PETERSBURG — Township Committee is far from adopting its annual budget but already is looking at cuts to make up for a loss of $645,000 in state aid. During a budget workshop Feb. 10, Mayor Curtis Corson said “there is going to be an increase,” noting the […]
Procedures on way for citizens to video record meetings in Ocean City
Planning Board working on rules other boards, commissions may also adopt OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Planning Board is working up procedures to allow members of the public to videotape meetings — procedures that may well be adopted by the city’s other boards and commissions. The new procedures should be ready for approval at […]
Tony Mart gets to continue managing Somers Point concert series
SOMERS POINT — The Summer Beach Concert Series will continue this year along the bayfront in Somers Point and may even be expanded to offer additional days and dates. City Council authorized Mayor Dennis Tapp on Feb. 13 to execute contracts for the series, which has been operated for more than two decades by Tony […]
Political organizer guilty in ballot ploy
CAMDEN – Former Atlantic City Council President Craig Callaway admitted to the procurement, casting, and tabulation of fraudulent mail-in ballots submitted in connection with the general election held on Nov. 8, 2022, Acting U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna announced last week. Callaway, 64, a political organizer who assisted campaigns for elected offices in New Jersey, pleaded […]