Our View: House and Senate Republicans giving up their power
The passage of President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” further diminishes our faith in Congress, in part because of the weakness of the party out of power, but more so because the party in control of the House and Senate continues to cede its own power to the Executive Branch. After all the promises from […]
Our View: Competing visions for Wonderland; still one owner, zoning barrier
Ocean City 2050, a local citizens group, has put together an interesting concept for the former Wonderland Pier amusement park site, unveiling a comprehensive plan at a packed meeting Saturday at the Ocean City Free Public Library. The group has proposed Wonderland Commons, a multi-purpose site with a more compact amusement park for young children […]
Our View: Somers Point should table short-term rental changes
City Council formed a subcommittee and took months to study the issue before it enacted rules in 2023 aimed at regulating the practice and protecting neighborhoods where they are being operated. Now, with summer rapidly approaching, the governing body proposed a major modification that owners of the homes say would likely put them out of […]
Our View: Another look at work on city site is a good idea
Waiting two weeks to ensure Ocean City Council is on board with work at the vacant, blighted 16th Street lots made sense. Council tabled a resolution last week on a contract to do just over $1 million in work on the area between Simpson and Haven avenues that used to be home to a former […]
Editor’s Desk column: Whose trust matters most?
School policy conundrum: students versus their parents Is helping students conceal their gender identity from their parents the best way to support and protect transgender and gender-nonconforming youths? For a parent, there would seem to be a simple answer. No. For school districts, it’s not so simple. They have to deal with group realities and […]
Our View: Timing right on policy for video recording meetings
It is important that the Ocean City Planning Board is working up procedures for citizens to video record its meetings. We hope a comprehensive policy, that should be unveiled by its first meeting in March, will be a step forward for the board, those who appear before it and interested citizens. We also hope these […]
Editor’s Desk: Snowflakes? It’s a blizzard
Political sensitivities and a new policy on letters to the editor National politics have made people overly sensitive. I know, shocker. Ask anyone who made an offhand comment about politics — left, right or center — and has been rewarded with an angry harangue in return. That isn’t limited to social media, which is a […]
Letter: Upper Township needs a bike path
To the Editor: Upper Township, we need a bike path. As both time and attention spans these days are short, I will attempt to keep this call to action short and sweet. As a collegiate basketball player and lifetime athlete, the benefits of physical movement are beyond denial. Yes, walking and running and moving in […]
Editor’s Desk: A discordant note on a solemn day
A few hours before heading over to cover Ocean City’s 9-11 ceremonies last week, I was driving behind an SUV with a couple of political bumper stickers. On any other day the stickers would have merited little more than a raised eyebrow. Whenever Sept. 11 rolls around, the day isn’t quite the same. We are […]
Our View: Wonderland Pier announcement sad day for Ocean City
The exact timing was unexpected, but it was not a complete surprise that Jay Gillian would announce the closing of Wonderland Pier, the amusement park that has anchored the north end of the boardwalk business district for nearly 60 years and been part of Gillian family boardwalk amusements for nearly a century. The clock has […]