On Saturday, businesses along Asbury Avenue in Ocean City hosted their annual downtown block party. About 300 vendors and local businesses filled the area between 5th and 14th streets along the city’s downtown shopping district. The annual event is viewed by Ocean City business owners as the kick-start of the summer tourism season and Saturday brought sunny…
Graduation ceremonies were held at Stockton University on Sunday for the undergraduate class of 2016. This spring over 1,500 students received degrees from Stockton University, the largest graduating class in the school’s history. Speaking at the commencement was Patti McGill Peterson, presidential advisor for Global Initiatives at the American Council on Education and a former president…
Saturday morning a 30 year-old Wildwood Catholic High School graduate fulfilled a lifelong dream. Joe Maloy, of Wildwood Crest, was the top American finisher at the ITU World Triathlon Yokohama in Japan, which guarantees his nomination to the U.S. Olympic Team, that will compete this summer at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Maloy…
Four area high school golf teams will compete on Monday in their sectional championship tournaments. Middle Township (15-0) and Cape May Tech (10-5) will tee-off in the South-Central Group I sectional, at Town & Country Golf Links in Woodstown. Lower Cape May (14-2) will play in the South-Central Group II sectional at Running Deer Golf Course in…
Locals continue to buzz about the rumors regarding the announcement on Tuesday regarding a four day beach concert event this summer in Wildwood. The rumors started with the names Brad Paisley and Rascal Flatts until the weekend. Over the weekend, locals were gossiping about a potential lineup that would include Tim McGraw, Kelly Pickler, Hunter…
Two teenagers who were driving after their senior prom were killed in an automobile accident early Saturday morning. New Jersey State Police say Bridgeton High School students Daisia Sulton and Mikayla Mosley lost their lives in the accident that also injured two other students. Sulton lost control of her vehicle while going around a curve…
The municipal tax rate is going up slightly in Wildwood. City commissioners met last week and approved a new $27.9 million budget that raises the local tax rate by 2.5 cents. The tax rate will climb to just under $1.30 per $100 of assessed valuation. About one third of the public is allocated to public…
A Bridgeton man will spend the next 20 years of his life behind bars for shooting a man to death two years ago. Troy Donini was handed the prison term just before the weekend. He shot and killed Jermari Dawkins at the Burlington Manor Apartment Complex in January, 2014. Donini must serve at least 17…
Ocean City will conduct some street paving work this week. Paving is expected to occur on both 11th and 16th streets, along with some paving in the area of a water project at Pleasure Avenue in the north end of town. Mayor Jay Gillian also announced that a final beach fill project on the south…
A property revaluation may be coming to Stone Harbor. Council is expected to consider an emergency resolution at its meeting on Tuesday that would spend $250,000 to conduct a property reveal. The funding is expected to be established via an emergency appropriation.