Mustang tennis sweeps Raiders, but not easily
LINWOOD – The Mainland Mustang tennis team swept the Red Raiders Thursday, May 8, but it didn’t come easy. Three of the matches went to three sets before Mainland Regional High School walked away with the match, improving its season record to 11-2. One of those three-set matches came as the Mustang first doubles team […]
Bullish on business in Ocean City
Spate of store openings, renovations show confidence in future of resort OCEAN CITY — Judging by the flurry of ribbon-cuttings for new and renovating businesses on the island, it’s obvious there are a lot of people bullish about the future of Ocean City. Since the beginning of the year, the Ocean City Regional Chamber of […]
Ocean City, Mainland boys medal at CAL track and field championships
BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP – Mustang senior Josiah Williams won two events and finished second in a third at the Cape-Atlantic League Track and Field Championships Saturday, May 10, at Buena Regional High School. Williams won the long jump with a leap of 22’10” and the triple jump with a distance of 45’11.5”. He took second […]
Raider and Mustang girls medal at CAL track, field championship
BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP – Red Raider sophomore Ella Miller was second in the 100-meter dash at the Cape-Atlantic League Track and Field Championships Saturday, May 10, at Buena Regional High School. She finished 2/100ths of a second behind first-place’s Daizhae Brown, who won in 12.32 seconds. Not content with her 12.32-second 100 meters, Miller came […]
Ocean City School District to have minimal .5¢ tax increase
OCEAN CITY — Although Ocean City officials are wrestling with a proposed municipal budget that could raise the tax rate 7.04 percent, taxpayers won’t feel much of an additional hit from the local Board of Education. The school board approved the 2025-26 budget May 1 with no changes from when it was first presented in […]
Hermit crab predicts early start to summer in Ocean City
OCEAN CITY – Simply put, it was easier to believe Martin Z. Mollusk this year. On Friday, a warm and sunny day during which a few souls were wearing bathing suits on the beach, the little hermit crab was looking for its shadow to prognosticate the early arrival of summer in America’s Greatest Family Resort. […]
Della May Ostien
Surrounded by her family Della May Ostien (nee Omlor) went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Della was born in Hahnaman Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Sunday, June 25, 1944, to Charles E. Omlor, Sr., and A. Grace Omlor (nee Hutton). She attended Middle Township Roosevelt and Lima elementary schools […]
Mary M. Lee, 96
Mary M. Lee, born and raised in Ocean City, NJ, passed away April 25, 2025. She lived to 96 despite having battled lung cancer for more than 25 years. In her retirement Mary resided at the Masonic Village Retirement Community in Sewickley, PA. In her early years at Masonic Village Mary was active in oil […]
Ocean City school board shuts down new attempt to repeal policy 5756
OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Board of Education President Kevin Barnes short-circuited another attempt to repeal a district policy that offers support and privacy for transgender students. The board voted down a similar move at the March 13 meeting, after numerous people spoke out in opposition to the state Department of Education directive known as policy […]