Nor’easter takes a toll over long weekend
OCEAN CITY — Just weeks after a beach-replenishment project wrapped up on the city’s north end, a major nor’easter battered the island during a full moon, generating astronomical high tides and strong winds that led to flooding and erosion. “It’s too preliminary to assess beach erosion, but a team from the NJDEP’s Office of Coastal […]
Upper Township florist to host Petal It Forward
MARMORA — The Flower Company, a florist in the Marmora section of Upper Township, is set to host the 4th annual Petal It Forward event to help spread joy around the region. The event is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 14 at 48 Tuckahoe Road. “We will give away two bouquets to […]
Upper Township to cut ribbon Oct. 1 on outdoor fitness studio
PETERSBURG — While all of the equipment has already been used to help raise users’ fitness levels, officials will cut the ribbon on the new fitness studio Oct. 1 at Amanda’s Field. According to a news release, Upper Township Recreation, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and National Fitness Campaign (NFC) have partnered […]
Walcott to receive Carnegie Medal for saving family
Upper Township attorney rescued four caught in rip current in Ocean City in 2024 OCEAN CITY — He didn’t want to do it, almost didn’t, but his family made him because, after all, receiving the highest civilian award in the country is worth a little discomfort. Upper Township attorney Brandon Walcott has been lauded as […]
Wild Magnolia opens in Marmora as a mother-daughter experience
MARMORA — A love of shopping together led a mother-daughter duo to open their own women’s boutique in 2017, and now they have expanded with a second location in Upper Township. Kathy and Megan Bellucci, who opened Wild Magnolia Boutique at Woodland Village and just finished their ninth summer there, held a grand opening of […]
NOTICE OF ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE BOARD
TOWNSHIP OF UPPERPLANNING BOARD TAKE NOTICE that on the 6th day of August 2026, the Planning Board of the Township of Upper in the County of Cape May took the following actions: Bader, Thomas Block 853 Lot 10 – BA 09-2026 The applicant was granted variance relief for a pre-existing front yard setback of 5’9” […]
School board races contested in Ocean City, Upper Township
OCEAN CITY — The three incumbent members of the Ocean City Board of Education running for re-election will face a slate that includes a former member who was voted off the board in the last election. Only one incumbent is running in Upper Township. Three seats are up for grabs. Jocelyn Palaganas, Corey Niemiec and […]
Upper Township EMS adds personnel, to start covering Woodbine
PETERSBURG — Upper Township Division of EMS is set to begin providing service to Woodbine on Sept. 15. John Brittin, chief of the Division of EMS, said the agreement follows almost two years of research, analysis and planning by Upper Township officials and EMS leadership. The process included reviewing call volume and response data from […]
Strathmere beach replenishment project completed
STRATHMERE — The weeks-long beach replenishment project in Strathmere finally has wrapped up, providing much-needed sand on the island’s heavily eroded beaches sooner than anticipated. “The dredge left today,” Mayor Curtis Corson said during the Township Committee meeting Aug. 24. “They have completed pumping sand.” Township Administrator Jimmy Van Zlike reported in July that work […]
Upper Township Committee approves beach tags for Strathmere
Citizens speak out for and against the plan, which takes effect next Memorial Day weekend PETERSBURG — Starting next summer, beachgoers in Strathmere will need to purchase tags to access the strand. Township Committee voted 4-0 on Aug. 24 to institute a beach tag program next summer. Committeeman Zach Palombo was absent. Officials have been […]