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 […]
Paper bag fashion show has students designing alphabet costumes with their parents
MARMORA — A “generous donation of paper bags” sparked the imagination of teachers and the creativity of kindergartners for the inaugural Alphabet Fashion Show on Jan. 15 at Upper Township Primary School. Each of the 127 students was assigned a letter, excluding the more difficult ones such as X. At home, they and their parents […]
Mellissa Coker retires as U.T. EMS chief
PETERSBURG — Mellissa Coker isn’t hanging up her superhero cape, just swapping it for another one after serving her final day as chief of the Upper Township Division of EMS on Jan. 31. Coker said Friday she would switch to volunteering with the Upper Township Rescue Squad after taking a new, less death-defying position with […]
Cape May County funds Upper Township bridge, historic preservation, park
Contract approved for replacing Marshallville Road Bridge with pedestrian bridge CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — The Board of County Commissioners approved funding for multiple projects when it met Jan. 28, ranging from the fourth phase of the multimillion-dollar Lafayette Street Park in Cape May to a pedestrian bridge in Upper Township. Commissioners adopted a resolution […]
Mayor Corson sees challenges ahead in Upper Township
Names falling state aid, Beesleys Point project and Strathmere erosion PETERSBURG — Mayor Curtis T. Corson grabbed the gavel and welcomed three new members to Township Committee on Jan. 3 having already set his sights on the future. While Corson has a long history of serving on the committee, it was what lies ahead that […]
Upper Township Zoning Board clears way for Route 9 garden center
PETERSBURG — Plans are in the works for a garden center at 442-444 Route 9 South in Marmora on a property with two homes. The Zoning Board on Jan. 9 granted an Ocean View man preliminary and final site plan approval and a use variance to allow construction of a 4,900-square-foot office/retail building, a 10,080-square-foot […]
Jay Newman thankful for time as Upper Township mayor
PETERSBURG — While he will no longer be holding the mayor’s gavel in Township Hall, Jay Newman certainly won’t be hard find. He presided over his final meeting as Upper Township’s mayor Dec. 16 but will maintain his position as chief of the Marmora Volunteer Fire Company and also was appointed as a part-time member […]
Ocean City Winery denied outlet in Somers Point
Correction: An earlier version of this story, including one in the print edition of the Dec. 18 Sentinel, regarding the Somers Point Zoning Board decision on the 825 Bay Avenue LLC application included an error on the vote. Board members voted three in favor, four against. SOMERS POINT — An Upper Township couple is dismayed […]
Police, EMTs, firefighters honored in Upper Township
Burning bus, near-drownings, car crash, fires and collapsing stairs; busy year for first responders PETERSBURG — Burning school buses, near-drownings, brush fires, collapsing stairs, car crashes — Upper Township can be a calamitous place. Fortunately for its residents, visitors and others passing through, there is a large group of dedicated volunteers to pick people up […]
Sea&Do
Masonic Lodge Pancake breakfast OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Mason Lodge No. 171 F.&A.M. is having a pancake breakfast starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28 at the lodge, 940 Wesley Ave. Breakfast includes specialty pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, coffee and juice. Cost is $12 for adults, $8 for children and $10 for veterans. Walk-ins […]