Red Raider tennis has unusual week with same oppo
OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School girls tennis team is 4-4 so far this season after an interesting week bracketed by a win and a loss against the same team. The Red Raider girls started the season with a pair of close 3-2 losses to Mainland Regional and Vineland, then reeled off three […]
Norcross family puts in $25 million bid for Wonderland site
Second offer coming from major homebuilding company OCEAN CITY – Eustace Mita confirmed Friday afternoon that the Norcross family has put in a $25 million offer to buy the Wonderland Pier amusement park site and that he is expecting another offer from a national home-building company. Mita purchased the site for $14 million in early […]
In Ocean City: A call for unity and to remember sacrifice on Sept. 11
OCEAN CITY – Ocean City commemorated the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks with a ceremony during which officials asked for unity and said Americans should never forget the sacrifices made that fateful day. The guest speaker last Thursday spoke of the Tunnels to Towers Foundation. It is an organization that arose […]
Softball players serve time in prison, but aren’t doing time
Landsharks, fresh off another championship, do something special in the off-season OCEAN CITY – Members of an Ocean City church softball team like serving time in prison. They’re not there out of punishment, but to serve those who are doing time. That team, the Landmark Church Landsharks, just finished an unbeaten season with a 20-0 […]
Say hello to Ro: 94-year-old greets walkers, bikers at south end of boardwalk
OCEAN CITY — Maybe you’ve seen her and it has brightened your day. Ro Rixon is a fixture on the boardwalk at 23rd Street, where she sits on a bench, waving and talking to walkers, runners and bikers passing by in the morning. For the past four summers, she has greeted thousands of people while […]
Ocean City volleyball off to a 5-1 start
ERMA – The Caper Tigers and Red Raiders proved to be evenly matched volleyball teams last week. Although Ocean City High School’s girls came out on top, the Lower Cape May Regional girls had the chance to win with a pair of match points in the second game. The Caper Tigers controlled the first set, […]
Victorian-style single looks the part, filled with modern conveniences
OCEAN CITY — The custom-built two-story Victorian-style single at 2509 West Ave. is fantastic at first sight and gets better and better. From the wrought-iron fence bordering the property to the awesome architectural details — such as the asymmetrical design with a tower to one side and the wide steps up to the covered front porch […]
Ocean City field hockey is experienced … and not
Team has young lineup, but many returning starters OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School field hockey program has experience despite still being young. “We really are an experienced, but inexperienced team in the same breath,” explained new head coach Carole Williams. “We do have a lot of returning starters, but they were freshmen […]
Piping Plover Prognosis
Fledge rate currently too low for this endangered species’ recovery WOODBINE — Life isn’t getting easier for endangered piping plovers in New Jersey. There was a 25 percent population drop from 2023 to 2024 and it appears the statewide numbers of nesting pairs will fall again this year. The conclusion in the New Jersey DEP […]
American oystercatchers not endangered, but ‘a species of special concern’
First oystercatchers fledged in Ocean City this summer OCEAN CITY — For the first time, a pair of American oystercatcher chicks fledged in Ocean City. A popular shorebird among watchers, American oystercatchers sport a long red bill, a chunky black and white body and yellow eyes. They are not an endangered species but are considered “a […]