A nation divided
Can we stitch the population of the country back together? A few weeks ago, during ceremonies around the area commemorating the bravery of our police and firefighters during the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States, most speakers spoke of the unity felt in the aftermath. America appeared as one in response to […]
Good that mayoral race now out in the open
With Councilman Keith Hartzell’s official announcement Monday that he is running for mayor of Ocean City, it gets an open secret fully out into the open. We hope this bodes well for what we expect to be a long campaign for the May 2022 election. It has been obvious Hartzell has been distancing himself from […]
Whose rights take priority in mask mandate?
Debates raging across the nation over mask mandates for children in schools arrived in Ocean City Tuesday, Aug. 24, during a two-hour community forum on getting the students back to school in September. At the heart of the debate is a simple but complicated question: Whose rights get precedence? Are the rights of parents who […]
Body cameras worn by local police protect public and officers
As George Orwell foresaw in his sci-fi classic “1984,” Big Brother is watching — and listening. Like it or not, we live in an age of surveillance where privacy is the exception rather than the rule. A quick look around on any street corner in America will reveal multiple cameras, both public and private, collecting […]
Masks in schools hurt education and did not work; Murphy should stop interfering
It seems everyone is an armchair epidemiologist these days. I don’t profess to know much about infectious disease, other than what I’ve observed over a half century of my life. Gov. Murphy recently broke a promise to New Jersey citizens to reopen schools fully in the fall without a mask mandate, and to leave any […]
How things change with a mayoral race less than a year away
The relationship between Ocean City Council and the Gillian Administration has changed markedly in the last year. Out of last week’s two-and-a-half-hour council meeting, a few minutes illustrate that point. It’s like there’s an election coming up next year and campaigns have been gearing up behind the scenes for months. Some of the machinations become […]
Did City Council help bring legislation down upon Ocean City?
The state Legislature stepped in to stop Ocean City officials from being the disruptive force blocking wind power from arriving off the coast of New Jersey. In a pair of bills that buzzed through the state Senate and Assembly in two weeks, the legislation takes away Ocean City’s ability to deny Ørsted under-the-street and under-the-beach […]
Suicidal bike riders, overconfident pedestrians and inattentive drivers
The interaction of cars, bikes and pedestrians in the summer is like a game of Whac-A-Mole with the expressed opposite intent of not hitting anything. With bike-riders and pedestrians suddenly popping up in intersections and on crosswalks, it’s amazing there aren’t more accidents in the resort between Memorial Day and Labor Day given the surprising […]
Conservative citizens must demand more from the GOP, leadership
When will enough Republicans of conscience step forward to ensure the future of our democracy? With rancor between the political parties, change can only come from within. We need a groundswell of conservative citizens – citizens who have full faith and trust in the Constitution – to send a clear message that continuing the false narrative […]
Learn about new marijuana laws and juvenile justice reform
We hope local residents go to the Ocean City Tabernacle at 9:30 a.m. Saturday for a Town Hall meeting organized by Mayor Jay Gillian and Police Chief Jay Prettyman. We believe it will help everyone understand that life is going to be different on this resort island this summer. As we cover in a lengthy […]