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 […]
Pancoast resigns from Upper Township Committee
PETERSBURG — Mark Pancoast resigned from Township Committee on Dec. 9 in a move that appeared to come as a surprise to others on the governing body. “Over the past year, I found my personal schedule increasingly conflicts with my ability to devote the necessary time to council. That’s not fair to the employees, it’s […]
Upper Township gets more school project funds
Money is for Safe Routes to School Program PETERSBURG — “That’s a lot of money,” Mayor Jay Newman said of the $1.925 million in grants Upper Township added to its budget Nov. 25. The funding — $1 million from a New Jersey Department of Transportation Trust Fund Local Aid Infrastructure Fund grant and $925,000 from […]
Upper Township first responders delivery baby on Garden State Parkway
SEAVILLE — Volunteer first responders continue to deliver on their promise of safety in Upper Township, this time taking their commitment to the extreme by helping deliver a baby on the side of the road. According to John Brittin, deputy chief of the Upper Township Division of EMS, Squad 21 and Seaville Volunteer Fire Company […]
Upper Township Community Night: UTBA connects residents with groups, businesses
MARMORA — “We live in Upper, our kids go to Upper schools and we like to support local businesses,” Meghan Steffanci said Nov. 13 at Upper Township Elementary School. “They make it fun for the kids, so we like that. It’s a fun night.” The Upper Township Business Association held its 11th annual Community Night […]
Tractor Supply is coming to Seaville
SEAVILLE — A Tractor Supply store is coming to Upper Township next fall. The Upper Township Zoning Board approved a site plan with variances Nov. 14 to clear the way for the store at 13 Route 50 in Seaville. Developer Jennifer Nylander of HSC Seaville LLC said she is under contract with property owner Marianna […]