A day at the beach will cost more in Ocean City this summer. The Ocean City Council met Thursday night and voted in favor of a five dollar increase in the cost of a seasonal beach tag. The new price for the tag will be $25; last year the cost was $20. The cost of…
The city of Cape May was apparently never taken off a “watch list” that is maintained by the National Park Service. This week’s Cape May Gazette reports that the city was never taken off a “watch list”, meaning the city has actually been on this list for the past eight years. Recently, city leaders learned…
A billboard that’s been erected by Resorts Atlantic City to promote a new show has received a reprieve from a judge. A judge ruled on Thursday that a billboard promoting a stage show at Resorts that features a nearly naked woman’s bottom can stay up for now. Judge Nelson Johnson ruled that the billboard and…
The Sea Isle City Council approved a professional services contract this week that will result in some top-flight entertainment coming to the resort on weekends during the summer of 2011. The city awarded a contract totaling $79,900 to Center Stage Entertainment. The contract will result in free weekend entertainment at the city’s new band shell,…
Sea Isle City will be holding a budget workshop later this month. The city council introduced a budget this week that includes a zero increase in the tax rate in the resort. City council will be holding a budget workshop meeting that will be open to the public on February 22nd, with a public hearing…
A Superior Court Judge sentenced a Galloway Township married couple to eight years in prison for three separate second-degree robberies of local pharmacies in which the couple would go into local pharmacies, demand and receive hundreds of Oxycodone pills in 2009 and 2010, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel stated. In accordance with the plea agreements, Russell DeMark, 32, and…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was in Philadelphia Thursday to accept the prestigious Lincoln Award. The award was given to Christie during an event sponsored by the Union League of Philadelphia. Christie delivered a speech during the event, and talked about reducing state spending and reforming the education process in the Garden State. Christie also…
One school that competes in the Cape Atlantic League will reportedly continue to play sports in the spring despite some fees now being charged by its host community. Sacred Heart High School athletic officials told the Press of Atlantic City that it will push forward with spring sports despite being hit with nearly $7,000 fees…
Another parochial school at the Jersey Shore will close. The Camden Diocese announced Thursday afternoon that the Holiday Family Regional School in Ventnor will close in June, 2011. The following is a statement from the Diocese as posted on its website this afternoon: Holy Family Regional School, Ventnor, will close in June at the end…
A motor vehicle citation has been given to the local teenager who drove her SUV off the Corson’s Inlet Bridge on February 2nd. The Press of Atlantic City reports that 18 year old Nicole Crudele of Sea Isle City has been given a ticket for careless driving in connection with the accident. Police told the…