Project Prom helps hundreds of girls shine; New leadership crowned
For over a decade, Project Prom has been helping local students feel confident and celebrated on one of high school’s most memorable — and expensive — nights. The initiative grew from helping a community member acquire a prom dress for their daughter in 2014 into...
From dream to drip: Cousins launch mobile coffee shop in Ocean City
On Saturday, March 21, a crowd gathered at the corner of Simpson Avenue and North Street in Ocean City around a newly opened mobile coffee shop. Behind the counter were cousins Anna Mercurio, 26, and Chiara Dawkins, 24 — owners of Cousin’s Coffee Corner — serving...
Miss New Jersey Competition returns to Ocean City, bringing back boardwalk parade tradition
After eight years, the Miss New Jersey Competition is returning to Ocean City in June. Marking its first time back in the shore town since 2018, the annual competition will take place at the Ocean City Music Pier. Preliminary rounds are scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday...
Pleasantville awarded $1.5M grant for pedestrian bridge
The City of Pleasantville was awarded a $1.5 million grant for a planned pedestrian bridge over the Atlantic City Expressway, crediting U.S. Sen. Cory Booker for his advocacy. “I’m speechless with this because to get the amount that we got, we were very, very...
