The Lower Cape May girls basketball team (6-0) beat the Cedar Creek Lady Pirates 57-52 on the road on Tuesday. Last year Cedar Creek ended Lower Cape May’s playoff run in Group II with a 64-39 win and also beat the Lower girls in two regular season games. In other hoops action, the Ocean City…
Another attempt at launching a rocket bound for the International Space Station was aborted Tuesday morning at Cape Canaveral. In addition to carrying supplies, the SpaceX Dragon rocket contained an experiment by six seniors from Ocean City High School. Last October a similar rocket with the student’s experiment exploded six seconds after takeoff from a launch site…
Ocean City Boy Scouts of America Troop 32 installed two osprey nest platforms in a frozen marsh on Friday. It was all part of 14 year old Tanner Mitzel’s Eagle Scout project that results in nesting areas for the ospreys when they return from migration. Tanner used cedar wood made available at the Ocean City…
Hundreds of brave souls rang in the New Year by jumping into the frigid Atlantic Ocean on the first day of 2015. The Ocean City plunge, sponsored by the HERO Campaign, was one of five events on January 1st along the South Jersey coast. Participants braved water temperatures in the mid-40s in Brigantine, Ventnor, Margate…
The Ocean City Council met this week and approved a new four year contract for its police officers. The new deal includes pay increases of less than two percent during each of the four years of the contract. Council approved the contract during a 7-0 vote on Monday evening.
The Ocean City Council met Monday afternoon and selected Jim Mallon to be the next business administrator for the resort. Mallon will replace Mike Dattilo who is retiring at the end of the current year. Mallon is 46 years old and has served Ocean City in its recreation department and as Director of Community Services.
Ocean City will have a new business administrator by the end of the day. City Council today is expected to name Jim Mallon as the new administrator for the city. Council will be holding a meeting at 1pm today to finish up some year-‘end business. Also on the agenda is a three year contract for…
James Mallon will become the new Business Administrator of Ocean City. Mayor Jay Gillian announced Monday that Mallon has been selected to replace Mike Dattilo, who is retiring next year. Gillian says Mallon is extremely qualified to assume the responsibilities of the position. Council will meet on December 29th to consider Mallon for the city’s…
The Ocean City Gazette reports that the HERO Campaign for Designated Drivers is working with the Ocean City First Night committee to sponsor First Day at the Beach on Jan. 1st. The annual event follows the city’s First Night festivities and includes a 5K run on the Ocean City Boardwalk, followed by the First Dip…
Several Ocean City High School students and graduates spoke about bullying at Wednesday’s school board meeting. They shared personal stories with the board of education members, hoping that more would be done to educate students about bullying, and provide more options for bullying victims.The outcry was in response to 17 year-old Maliha Chowdhurry, a high school…