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Technology rules prize pool at OCHS After Prom

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OCEAN CITY – Jess Busam won two Xbox 360 game systems at the Ocean City High School After Prom, which took place Saturday night into Sunday morning. She was one of several big prize winners at the 19th annual event, the theme of which was “Continents Collide.”

Busam won one game at the Prize Wheel and the other at the end of the night when her name was selected during a drawing held during the last hour of the annual drug- and alcohol-free event.

Cooper Anderson was another double winner, taking home a Keurig coffee-brewing system and an iPod Dream Machine.

Other big prize winners were Val Woodland, who won the $1,000 cash prize given to an OCHS senior, and Victoria Braun, who won the $500 cash prize given to an OCHS junior. Braun’s was the fourth name called for the prize, as the first three people called had already left the event. Prize rules stipulate that students be present to win.

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Week in Review - May 13 - 19

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Catch up on all the news you missed in Atlantic and Cape May counties with shorenewstoday.com's Week in Review:

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Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2012 16:03 Read more...
 

Sign touch up

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Operators spent Friday afternoon, May 18 digging out roughly 10 feet of dirt and fill that was at the base of the 60-foot-high Jersey Outdoor Media electronic billboard located on Hackney’s Marina along the Margate Causeway. The level of dirt fill removed takes the area around the base down to the level of surrounding the marshland. Operators spent Friday afternoon, May 18 digging out roughly 10 feet of dirt and fill that was at the base of the 60-foot-high Jersey Outdoor Media electronic billboard located on Hackney’s Marina along the Margate Causeway.   The level of dirt fill removed takes the area around the base down to the level of surrounding the marshland.

Dr. Richard Levitt of Northfield is taking legal action to get the sign removed. Stephen Hankin, attorney for Levitt said Friday, “Whatever they are doing is an obvious reaction to documents filed that the sign is on wetlands. There was no court order to remove that fill and no DEP permit issued for the work.

“In my legal opinion, if they are excavating that site and removing anything on that site then a DEP permit is required.” 

Nearby Northfield City Council and Margate City Commission have officially come out in opposition to the sign.

– Suzanne Marino

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Classically trained singer trades the stage for the pulpit

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Pastor Susan Ohl of the St. John’s United Church of Christ in Egg Harbor City is a classically trained singer. R.J. Liberatore Jr. photo.

EGG HARBOR CITY – When St. John’s United Church of Christ Pastor Susan Ohl delivers her weekly heavenly message on Sunday mornings, she does so with what some would call a heavenly voice.

Ohl, who has served the 110-member congregation for the past 2½ years, is a trained classical vocalist who performed across the area before receiving the call to preach.

“I have always said my greatest love in life is music and God,” said Ohl, 57, who is originally from Philadelphia. “Even as a teenager, I used to say that.”

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Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2012 12:38 Read more...
 

Lifetime Movie Network to film segment on Mainland prom

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LINWOOD – Prom time for high school girls is pretty exciting by itself. With all the preparations, the glamorous makeup and fancy dresses, it is an experience destined for memories.

A handful of senior girls from Mainland Regional High School are about to have those precious moments filmed for a national television program.

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Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2012 12:41 Read more...
 

Shawnee eliminates Raiders in Group 3 girls lacrosse

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Shawnee is ranked No. 5 in the state of New Jersey in girls lacrosse and, on Friday afternoon, Ocean City found out why. The Raiders, leaders of the Cape-Atlantic League, traveled to Medford and dropped a 19-5 decision to the Renegades in the second round of the NJSIAA Group 3 Tournament. Shawnee will now face either Colts Neck or Wall in the South Jersey semifinals.

Mike Wray, Justin Healey and Vince Terry each had three hits as Ocean City defeated Bridgeton, 21-5, on Friday in a game shortened to five innings by the mercy rule. The Raiders scored eight runs in each of the first two innings. Wray had a triple and two singles, Healey had a double and two singles with Terry getting three singles. Matt Locotos added two singles with Beau Hall smacking a triple. Sophomore Ricky Dillenberger was the winning pitcher. OCHS hosts Woodrow Wilson on Monday in the opening round of the NJSIAA Group 3 Tournament.

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Galloway’s newest k-9 team is ready to hit the streets

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K-9 Officer Scott Winneberger with his new partner, Lycos. Submitted photo K-9 Officer Scott Winneberger with his new partner, Lycos. Submitted photo.

GALLOWAY – K-9 Officer Scott Winneberger graduated from the John "Sonny" Burke Canine Training Facility of the Atlantic County Police Training Center for the second time Friday, May 11.

He and his partner Lycos were among 15 graduating teams in a ceremony at Richard Stockton College.

Winneberger lost his partner of five years, Blaze, nearly a year ago.

Winneberger and Blaze graduated from the same school in May 2007. Blaze died after collapsing during an indoor training session June 8, 2011.

There are big differences between Winneberger’s two dogs.

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Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2012 12:36 Read more...
 

Egg Harbor City crash claims driver, passenger

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EGG HARBOR CITY _ Two men died as a result of a 2:30 a.m. car crash May 17 on Philadelphia Avenue in Egg Harbor City, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel said.

Kevin Jepson, 21, of Lower Bank, died when the Chevrolet Impala he was driving crashed into a heavily wooded area, police said.

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Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2012 12:40 Read more...
 

At the Renaissance Faire they’re glad to be behind the times

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Steven Lowe works with his mom, Lady Gwendolyn Lowe, at Smithville’s Renaissance Faire. Photo by Steve Prisament Steven Lowe works with his mom, Lady Gwendolyn Lowe, at Smithville’s Renaissance Faire. Photo by Steve Prisament

GALLOWAY – Historic Smithville’s Renaissance Faire grew in its second year as members strolled the Village Greene in medieval garb and spoke as though they were traveling on roads of long ago.

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Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2012 12:45 Read more...
 
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