Somers Point to welcome discount retailer, Ocean State Job Lot
Business BuzzBy Rich Baehrle Somers Point has great news. A new store is going to occupy the vacant space that was once the home of Big Lots at 257 New Road. Unfortunately Big Lots fell victim to what many retailers have experienced in recent years: too much debt,...
Scent and memory: How a childhood in Ventnor became a perfume
By Julia Train Smells have the power to transport people back to specific times and places. If you wear a certain perfume for a significant event, whenever the scent is smelled later, the brain remembers. Renée Junewicz does the opposite by using her childhood...
What’s happening in Ocean City
Ocean City gears up for another summer season With two weeks until Memorial Day, Ocean City is getting ready for another summer season. The official “Unlocking of the Ocean” will take place at noon on Friday, May 23, on the beach at Ninth Street. That opens the gates...
Ocean City Montessori school offers learning without limits
Family TidesBy Madison Russ Kylie Raab, owner of Raab Montessori Academy (RMA) in Ocean City, has a passion for her students and the Montessori method that’s hard to miss: it shines through in every conversation and every corner of the school she’s built. “It’s my...
