Strathmere News

U.S. Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo has secured $11,250,000 in federal funding for local beach replenishment and construction projects in New Jersey's 2nd District, including $6,500,000 for beach renourishment in Ocean City's north end and $2,000,000 for beach renourishment in Atlantic City.

The Strathmere Improvement Association will hold its annual Fourth of July parade on Saturday morning, July 4. Registration will be at the firehouse at 9:30 a.m. Judging will be at 10 a.m. and the parade will step off on Commonwealth Avenue at Williard Road at 10:30 a.m. The parade will go down Commonwealth to Prescott Road, west to Bayview Drive ...

Students from Dawes Avenue and Jordan Avenue schools in Somers Point recently took a special field trip.

For more than a year now, a tiny community down the shore has been trying to secede from one town and hook up with another.

A Jersey shore community that wants to secede from its township has new help: Former Gov.

Students will get more sleep next year under a revised schedule that will save the district money.

The Township Committee agreed Monday to slash beach-replenishment, new trucks and building maintenance to meet a state-aid shortfall.

The Sea Isle Beautification Committee was formed in 2007 when City Council invited citizens to volunteer their time and talent on issues of aesthetic importance.

Regarding the March 17 editorial, "Underage drinking/ Finally, some sense," about a bill to exempt from prosecution underage drinkers who seek help for an intoxicated friend: I agree that the proposed "safe haven" law for teenagers makes sense and should be approved.

Cape May County beach community Strathmere wants to secede from Upper Township and be part of neighboring Sea Isle City, but the Upper Township planning board nixed the idea Thursday night, according to a report in The Press of Atlantic City .

The Planning Board on Thursday rejected Strathmere's petition to secede from the mainland, wrapping up an epic 14-month hearing and setting the stage for a likely court challenge.

The city expects today to get the last easement it needs for an upcoming beach-replenishment and shore-protection project, Mayor Bill Henfey said.

The state will go out to bid next week on one of the most ambitious beach-fill projects New Jersey has ever undertaken.

Township taxpayers will not pay a local-purpose tax again this year, but officials warned it could be the end of the free ride.

One might expect a husky to be careful around thin ice. But Budweiser the husky - Bud for short - fell into a pond Friday while chasing ducks in his Marmora neighborhood.

Regarding the Jan. 24 story, "Ocean City lifeguard accuses chiefs of nepotism": My family and I sit on the beach that Ocean City lifeguard Mike Hamilton has protected for the last few years.

Republican Barbara Camp will not seek re-election this fall after six years on the Township Committee.

The strong rain and swirling winds of an early January storm struck down upon the damp sand bordering this small coastal town, serving as a harsh reminder of the imminent and unpredictable threat Mother Nature ...

A look at the lighter, quirky and colorful side of the news. A crisis here and there Members of the Upper Township Committee couldn't resist a little schadenfreude over the bayfront crisis in neighboring Sea ...

Pity the poor Christmas tree, stripped of its ornaments and tinsel and cast to the curb like a downsized holiday employee.