OCBP: Rookie candidates put through tests to become ocean lifeguards
Officers vividly remember the hard work, excitement and anticipation when they tried out OCEAN CITY — Deputy Chief Holly Lesser and Lt. Matt DiMarino vividly remember the excitement and anticipation of when they tried out for the Ocean City Beach Patrol. They reflected on that Saturday morning as they watched 52 candidates gather on the […]
Juvenile suspect arrested in boardwalk stabbing
Pictured: Ocean City Police Chief William Campbell at a press conference last week about the fight and stabbing on the boardwalk. CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — On Tuesday, police arrested a juvenile suspect and charged him with attempted murder, alleging he is responsible for the stabbing of another teenager Saturday night of the Memorial Day […]
Palombo cousins win Republican primary for Upper Township Committee
UPPER TOWNSHIP — Challengers Zachary Palombo and Samuel Palombo defeated incumbents Mayor Jay Newman and Deputy Mayor Kim Hayes handily in the Republican primary election June 4. Zachary Palombo garnered the most votes of the four with 1,417 and Samuel Palombo was close behind with 1,408 to secure the nomination for Township Committee in the […]
Documentary to detail Somers Point’s stint on silver screen in ‘Eddie and the Cruisers’
Four decades later city still celebrating with live Cafferty concert on July 4th SOMERS POINT — A crew from PBS NJ is producing a documentary about Somers Point’s role in the 1983 cult classic “Eddie and the Cruisers,” and will be visiting the city twice to collect footage. City Council President Janice Johnston announced last […]
Sea & Do: Ocean City area events
Somers Point seniors invited to rec meeting SOMERS POINT – The City of Somers Point is asking all seniors to attend the upcoming Recreation Commission Meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at City Hall to go over the type of programs and activities they would like the city start or bring back to the Senior Center. […]
Ocean City – Upper Township Rotary hands presents Academic Achievement Awards
SOMERS POINT — Students and their families joined local school administrators May 13 as the Ocean City-Upper Township Rotary Club held its annual Academic Achievement Night at Greate Bay County Club. About 100 people gathered in a banquet room overlooking the golf course to celebrate the highest achieving students from Upper Township Middle School, Ocean […]
Cape Regional merger with Cooper University approved by court
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — The New Jersey Superior Court in Cape May County has approved Cape Regional Health System joining Cooper University Health Care. “This historic agreement will provide the residents and visitors of Cape May and Atlantic counties with greater access to more health care resources, innovative technologies and specialists,” George E. Norcross […]
‘Silent Fallout: Baby Teeth Speak’
Japanese film about nuclear contamination with local connections being screened in U.S. Editor’s note: To schedule a screening of the film “Silent Fallout: Baby Teeth Speak” with director Hideaki Ito, email burkeshiho@gmail.com or sachi.com@goldensachi.com. OCEAN CITY — A powerful Japanese film about the impact of radioactive fallout from American nuclear bomb testing will be making […]
Ocean City’s Joseph Mangano heads Radiation and Public Health Project
Book inspired movie ‘Silent Fallout: Baby Teeth Speak’ OCEAN CITY — The Baby Tooth Project initiated in 1958 examined how children across the United States were absorbing a radioactive element because of fallout from nuclear testing in Nevada and distant islands in the Pacific. Ocean City’s Joseph Mangano is executive director of the Radiation and […]
Shiho (Kikuzaki) Burke’s activism spurred by what happened to her family in Hiroshima bombing
OCEAN CITY — Shiho (Kikuzaki) Burke’s peace activism is personal. Her family was in Hiroshima when the U.S. dropped the first nuclear weapon on the city Aug. 6, 1945 to end World War II. She got involved with director Hideaki Ito’s film “Silent Fallout: Baby Teeth Speak” because she share’s the director’s vision. Shiho is […]