Ocean City

An outstanding season for the Ocean City field hockey team ended Wednesday night when the Lady Red Raiders were knocked out of the state’s Tournament of Champions by losing to Eastern Regional, 5-1.  Ocean City ends the season with a 22-4 record and another Group III championship.

It’s a first round game in the State’s Tournament of Champions for the Ocean City field hockey team today.  The Lady Red Raiders will battle Eastern Regional at 4:30pm at West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School.  This is a semifinal game; the winner advances to the overall state title game.  Ocean …

Ocean City captured the New Jersey Group III field hockey championship Saturday night.  Ocean City knocked off Warren Hills 5-0 to win its third state title in five years.  The Lady Red Raiders will now be seeded second in the Tournament of Champions wand will battle Group IV champion Eastern …

One of two Cape May County high school field hockey teams advanced to the state finals in their group on Thursday. The Ocean City girls defeated Moorestown 2-1 to advance to their fifth consecutive Group III state final. Middle Township lost 7-1 to Haddonfield, the Central Jersey Group I champs. …

Ocean City Police say they will be cracking down hard on traffic safety during the holidays.  Police say starting on November 21st they will be enforcing various laws including truck route violations, cell phone use while driving, and equipment and inspection violations.  The new campaign will have a zero tolerance …

Two local schools will be playing in field hockey semi-finals this afternoon at Egg Harbor Township High School beginning at 4:30 p.m. No.9 seed Haddonfield Memorial will play No. 8 seed Middle Toenship in Group I, followed by No. 6 seed Moorestown vs No. 3 Ocean City in Group III. …

An upset loss for the Ocean City girls soccer team in the South Jersey Group III semifinals on Tuesday.  Seneca knocked off Ocean City, 1-0 to eliminate the Red Raiders from the tournament.  Ocean City finished the season with a 15-6 record.

Ocean City has a new fire chief.  James P. Smith is replacing Chris Breunig as the fire chief upon Breunig’s retirement.  Smith has served Ocean City as its deputy chief for the past four years.  He will retain his current salary of $137,000 during his probationary period.

The former head of the Ocean City citizens group “Fairness in Taxes” has passed away at the age of 85.  Ed Lydon died Friday at his home in Ocean City.  Lydon also ran for the position of mayor back in 1998, but lost.  Services for Lydon will be held Friday …

An armed robbery began the weekend in Ocean City.  Police arrested 24 year old Harry Legette of Mercer Place who was charged with brandishing a butcher knife when he held up the Sunoco Gas Station on 9th Street Friday morning.  Legette was taken to the Cape May County Jail on …