Frequently Asked Questions, Atlantic County Institute of Technology. Accessed May 17, 2017. "What does it cost to attend ACIT? As a public school, there is no cost to Atlantic County residents of high school age. New Jersey Title 18A:54-20.1 entitles students the right to choose ACIT for their high school education."
Joe MaloyArchived 2016-08-13 at archive.today, United States Olympic Committee. Accessed August 10, 2016. "Birthplace: Somers Point, N.J.; Hometown: Wildwood Crest, N.J.; Current Residence: San Diego, Calif.; High School: Wildwood Catholic High School"
Matthew Broomall, Averett University. Accessed February 12, 2025. "A native of Somers Point, New Jersey, Broomall played collegiately at Division III Rutgers University-Newark where he was named to the New Jersey Athletic Conference First Team twice and Honorable Mention Team twice."
Somers' Mansion, Col. Richard Somers Chapter. Accessed May 22, 2017. "Somers Mansion, situated on Shore Road in Somers Point, NJ, is the oldest house in Atlantic County. It was built about 1725 by Richard Somers, oldest son of John Somers."
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Witz, Dalkey Archive Press. Accessed June 15, 2020. "Joshua Cohen, born in 1980 in Somers Point, NJ, is one of the most ambitious young novelists in English."
One Family, One School, One Community, Mainland Regional High School. Accessed January 26, 2025. "The Mainland Regional High School District is a comprehensive, four-year public high school with an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students serving the communities of Somers Point, Northfield and Linwood, New Jersey. The District also participates in school choice, which permits 44 students that reside outside of the sending districts to attend Mainland Regional High School."
Hilt, Ed. "Brief time with Pats enough to make Stone a believer", The Press of Atlantic City, February 3, 2008. Accessed November 19, 2013. "'That was after they came off that (playoff) loss to Denver,' said Stone, from Somers Point, who was in the Patriots' camp in 2006 as a wide receiver after three years with the Oakland Raiders."
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Kuperinsky, Amy. "'The Jewel of the Meadowlands'?: N.J.'s best, worst and weirdest town slogans", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, January 22, 2015. Accessed July 12, 2016. "Somers Point, rich with views of Atlantic County's Great Egg Harbor Bay, has signs that say 'The Shore Starts Here'. They went up this past summer, says Michael Bray, chairman of the Somers Point Economic Development Advisory Commission. 'We're positioned in such a way that we're a year-round community,' he says."
"Somers Point Council picks DePamphilis",Ocean City Sentinel, March 2, 2022. Accessed July 29, 2022. "Republicans cited his lengthy government experience in appointing Richard DePamphilis to the open Ward I seat Feb. 24, despite strong support for another nominee.... Members voted 4-1 in favor of DePamphilis over Democrat Lisa Bender.... Former Councilwoman Stacy Ferreri resigned in January, one year into her term.... City Council then unanimously appointed Ken Adams on Jan. 27 to take her place. However, Adams was forced to resign Feb. 3 because it was revealed that his felony conviction in 2004 for theft and misconduct while chief of the Northfield Police Department barred him from serving."
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Kelleher, Kristen. "Johnston is new council member in Somers Point", Ocean City Sentinel, August 29, 2029. Accessed March 8, 2020. "Somers Point City Council swore in a new council member, Janice Johnston, during a Thursday, Aug. 22, meeting. Johnston will take over former City Councilman Ron Meischker’s term. Meischker resigned from the council last month. In his resignation letter, Meischker wrote that he purchased a property outside of Somers Point and planned to move out of the city."
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Lowe, Claire. "Toto selected to replace Kern on Somers Point Council", The Press of Atlantic City, January 19, 2016. Accessed June 15, 2016. "Republican James Toto will fill the vacancy on Somers Point Council created by newly seated Freeholder Maureen Kern. Kern, who represented the 2nd Ward, resigned effective Jan. 5 with two years left of her third three-year term. At its Jan. 14 meeting, council approved Toto to fill the vacancy until December 2016."
Campbell, Braden. " As one bridge goes up, one comes down at Beesley's Point Contractor balances two jobs at once", The Press of Atlantic City, November 6, 2013. Accessed July 28, 2014. "This is the task facing Route 52 Contractors - the same outfit responsible for the new roadway between Somers Point and Ocean City - which earlier this year was awarded a $130 million contract by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to take down the decaying Beesleys Point Bridge and build a new southbound Garden State Parkway span bridging Somers Point and Upper Township."
LeConey, Bill. "Osunniyi’s triple-double powers Mainland past Absegami", The Press of Atlantic City, December 21, 2016. Accessed March 17, 2021. "The Absegami High School boys basketball team found out just how tough it is to play against Mainland Regional’s 6-foot-8 center Osun Osunniyi on Wednesday night.... I’m just a rim protector,' said Osunniyi, a 6-foot-8 Somers Point resident."
Lemongello, Steven. "Playmate's journey began in Somers Point", The Press of Atlantic City, April 19, 2009. Accessed March 31, 2011. ""From Gregory's to Caroline's to the Anchorage", Jennifer Pershing, 28, listed her hometown drinking establishments, 'pretty much any time I walk into one, I see somebody I know.' The former Jennifer Ackley, a 1998 graduate of Mainland Regional High School, returned to the area this weekend for an appearance at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort - or, as this week's At The Shore puts it, locals and visitors had the chance to 'Party with a Playmate.'"
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Stewart, Zan. "Drummer Discovers Small Is Beautiful", Los Angeles Times, April 25, 1993. Accessed November 19, 2013. "Last year, [Peter Erskine], along with bassist John Patitucci, traveled through the United States for a month with a threesome led by pianist Chick Corea. The Somers Point, N. J., native also worked in Italy and Spain as part of pianist Joey Calderazzo's trio, then recorded on the latter's upcoming Blue Note release."
Klenk, Steffen. "On The Move: History of South Jersey Railroads", Shore Local, March 29, 2018. Accessed March 21, 2023. "The six-mile long Somers Point Bike Path, a six-mile long trail that stretches between Somers Point and Pleasantville, runs along the former Atlantic City and Shore Railroad. This railroad, also known as the Shore Fast Line, operated from 1907 until 1948 and provided service between Atlantic City and Ocean City."
Marino, Suzanne. "Patcong Creek Foundation, crab tourney support environmental initiatives", The Current of Egg Harbor Township, January 25, 2017. Accessed May 22, 2017. "Harbormaster Ron Meischker organizes the annual Assault on Patcong Creek crabbing tournament here – the success of which spawned the Patcong Creek Foundation, a nonprofit organization that looks to help the local environment through education. The tournament, scheduled for Saturday, June 24, began in 2010 with a few friends getting together for a crabbing tournament on Patcong Creek, with the winner getting bragging rights and everyone enjoying a day on the water.... Today organizers are billing the Assault on Patcong Creek as the largest crabbing tournament in the country, with crabbers and their families coming from as far away as Texas."
Marino, Suzanne. "Somers Point Harbormaster Meischker appointed to City Council", The Current of Linwood, Northfield and Somers Point, September 20, 2017. Accessed January 23, 2018. "Longtime local Republican campaign chairman Ron Meischker was selected last week to replace 1st ward Councilman Thomas Smith on City Council.... Meischker was one of three names proffered by the Republican Club to replace Smith, a seven-year veteran of the governing body who resigned effective Sept. 11."
Smith, Shaun. "Glasser, Kern, Triboletti win re-election in Somers Point ", Shore News Today, November 9, 2011. Accessed November 27, 2011. "Republican John L. "Jack" Glasser has been elected here to his second term as mayor, and he will be joined by fellow incumbent council members Maureen Kern and Ralph Triboletti."
Home Page, Saint Joseph Regional School. Accessed February 20, 2023. "St. Joseph Regional School is located in Somers Point, New Jersey and is staffed by the Sisters of Saint Joseph and lay teachers."
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Mayorr, City of Somers Point. Accessed May 23, 2024.
"A Short History of Somers Point", Somers Point Historical Society. Accessed May 22, 2017. "Somers Point was originally settled by John Somers, an Englishman and practicing Quaker, who bought the land from Thomas Budd. Early names for the area were Somerset Plantation, Somers Ferry, and Somers Plantation, named after the first settlers in 1693."
Shott, Meghan. "Mainland Regional High School", SouthJersey.com, February 23, 2015. Accessed January 26, 2025. "Mainland Regional High School is a regional public high school serving students from the communities of Linwood, Northfield and Somers Point in Atlantic County."
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Schools, South Jersey Catholic Schools. Accessed February 20, 2023.
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About, Somers Point Public Schools. Accessed January 26, 2025. "The Somers Point School District (Preschool through 8th grade) consists of three schools. The Jordan Road School, constructed in 1966 with an addition in 1991, is a Fourth through Eighth-grade building. Dawes Avenue School was constructed in 1998 and sits on the other side of town and houses Kindergarten through 3rd grade. Our third school is the New York Avenue School, constructed in 1914 with an addition in 1922 and refurbished in 2005. The New York Avenue School houses five full-day Preschool classes."
Somers Point Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Somers Point Public Schools, adopted July 23, 1998. Accessed June 15, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades K through 8 in the Somers Point School District. Composition: The Somers Point School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Somers Point."
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Gregory L. Verdine C.V., Studylib.net. Accessed December 17, 2017. "Born:June 10, 1959, Somers Point, New Jersey, USA"
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Joe MaloyArchived 2016-08-13 at archive.today, United States Olympic Committee. Accessed August 10, 2016. "Birthplace: Somers Point, N.J.; Hometown: Wildwood Crest, N.J.; Current Residence: San Diego, Calif.; High School: Wildwood Catholic High School"
Van Atta, Burr. "John Hamilton Jr., 67, Former State Legislator"[usurped], The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 12, 1986. Accessed November 30, 2014. "John H. Hamilton Jr., 67, who represented a large portion of northwestern Philadelphia in the state House during the 1960s and 1970s, died Sunday night at his summer home in Somers Point, N.J. He lived in the Roxborough section of the city."
