Ocean City house fire Tuesday displaces family
GoFundMe page set up to help OCEAN CITY – A family was displaced by a devastating house fire early Tuesday morning in Ocean City. At 6:29 a.m. Tuesday, the Ocean City Fire Department responded to the report of a structure fire at 1912 Ferndale Drive. Upon arrival, firefighters reported heavy fire conditions on all floors […]
Ocean City Chase Race has crews in fall competition
Red Raider varsity A boys and girls boats win their divisions OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Chase Race brought crews from different schools, plus a few master’s boats, to the intracoastal waterway behind Ocean City Saturday morning, Oct. 8. The Ocean City High School boys and girls varsity 8 A boats won their divisions […]
Judith Talley Langenfelder
On October 10, 2022, Judith Talley Langenfelder passed away at home in the company of her family; beloved wife of 42 years to Kevin Langenfelder; devoted mother of Karl Langenfelder and Karson Langenfelder and his wife Katie. Judith is preceded in death by her parents John and Norma West and her granddaughter Baby Langenfelder. Also […]
‘Queer kids belong here’
Ocean City High School grad starts petition seeking affirmation of acceptance for LGBTQ community; more than 2,250 have signed Editor’s note: The petition is online at change.org/p/lgbtq-students-belong-at-ochs OCEAN CITY — “Queer students, queer teachers and queer parents deserve a statement of their support for us. We want someone, the superintendent or principal of one of […]
Ocean City school board votes narrowly to approve new health standards
Audience members, kept waiting over two hours, asked the board to vote no because the curriculum ‘over-sexualizes’ children OCEAN CITY – After making the audience wait through more than two hours after twice going into executive session – a process that winnowed the large crowd gathered in the high school library – and then listening […]
Ocean City teachers’ ‘scripted’ response: ‘Go home and ask your mom’
Adopting state health standards doesn’t mean teaching all the controversial things in it When inquisitive kids want more information, teachers will be trained to tell them to go home and ask mom and dad about that.– Dr. Lauren Gunther OCEAN CITY – When it comes to the most sensitive details in the school’s new health education […]
Antonella DiAntonio crowned Junior Miss Ocean City 2023
OCEAN CITY – Antonella DiAntonio has ensured her parents won’t get much rest, but they don’t mind. They feel blessed. Antonella was crowned Junior Miss Ocean City 2023 on Saturday on stage at the Ocean City Music Pier, the night after her little sister, Arianna, finished her year as Little Miss Ocean City. And before […]
Ocean City’s Grace Oves crowned Miss Ocean City 2023
Contestants dance and sing their way across the Music Pier stage Saturday night OCEAN CITY – Grace Oves, a rising senior at Ocean City High School, was crowned as Miss Ocean City 2023 Saturday night at the Ocean City Music Pier. The nine contestants showcased their talent by singing and dancing their way across the Music […]
Lois M. Darr, 93
Lois M. Darr, age 93, passed away Thursday, August 11, 2022, after a long and blessed life. Born and raised in Ocean City, N.J., and a Mount Laurel resident since 1957, she is pre-deceased by parents William B., Sr. and Elizabeth M. Fry (nee Fowler). Professional and academic backgrounds were chemistry and Bible, with additional […]
Linwood man guilty of evading taxes when he part-owned Ocean City pizza shop
He faces up to five years in prison, $250,000 fine Editor’s note: This information in this story is courtesy of the Newark Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service: Criminal Investigation. CAMDEN – A Linwood man who was a former owner of Mario’s Pizza in Ocean City man pleaded guilty Tuesday to failing to pay […]