Ocean City-Upper Township club provides sit-down dinner in Marmora MARMORA — The Rotary Club of Ocean City and Upper Township has had a simple Thanksgiving goal for the past 11 years: no one should have to be alone on the holiday. Since 2014, the club members have been sponsoring a midday Thanksgiving lunch. The Sentinel […]
Gillian, who closed Wonderland Pier amusement park last year, makes announcement on city website OCEAN CITY — Mayor Jay Gillian announced Wednesday that he was filing for personal bankruptcy. “To the residents of Ocean City: I want to address a deeply personal matter with the openness and honesty that you deserve from your mayor,” Gillian […]
Mita says if referral vote not approved, hotel project is done OCEAN CITY — Developer Eustace Mita and representatives of all of Ocean City’s business groups made a last-minute pitch to have City Council vote Thursday evening to refer the Wonderland Pier site to the Planning Board to determine whether it’s “an area in need […]
Mita believes silent majority speaking up; venue moved to Music Pier to accommodate expected crowd OCEAN CITY — City Council expects another big crowd Thursday when members will have the opportunity to vote again on whether to refer the Wonderland Pier amusement park property to the Planning Board to determine whether it is an area […]
PETERSBURG — Township Committee has hired a lobbying firm to advocate for federal funding to help pay for beach replenishment and other projects. Members adopted a resolution authorizing a one-year, $60,000 contract with Warwick Group Consultants LLC of Maryland for federal lobbying and advocacy services. According to a letter from Dan Ginolfi, senior public policy […]
Resident would like one applying 24/7 PETERSBURG — While John Canderan of the Poets Woods section of the township would like restrictions on noise “24/7,” the amendments Township Committee introduced Nov. 24 are geared toward disruptions in the early morning or late at night. The most significant change is the employment of a “plainly audible” standard […]
OCEAN CITY – The modern single-family home at 511 E. 16th St. in the island’s Central neighborhood is the “perfect beach house in the perfect location,” according to listing agent Chris Monihan. Located between Central and Wesley avenues, the home is close to the beach and world-famous boardwalk. It offers three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a […]
OCEAN CITY — Those looking for a spacious shore getaway close to all of the action need look no further than the pristine second-floor condo at 1002 Central Ave. Sporting two suites and three guest rooms, a hall bathroom and an open great room for gathering to talk about the happenings of the day — […]
OCEAN CITY — The new three-story stunner at 12 E. Newcastle Road in the Gardens section of America’s Greatest Family Resort is a wonder to behold inside and outside. Listing agent Emily Wilkins described it as “a single-family coastal sanctuary in Ocean City’s prestigious Gardens neighborhood.” Known as Casa al Mare, it features a handsome […]
HOLMDEL – After winning the Group III state cross country championship last week, the Ocean City High School girls team finished 10th Saturday at the Meet of Champions at Holmdel Park. The Red Raider boys, who were second in the Group III state meet, finished ninth at the Meet of Champions (MOC). Making it to […]
MRHS ties 28-28 with 33 seconds to go, but Pirates pull off big TD play EGG HARBOR CITY — The Mainland Mustangs fought with championship effort but fell one play short of another sectional title to the Cedar Creek Pirates. Mainland overcame a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter to tie the South Jersey Group […]
Magical 26-2 season ends in South Jersey sectional game OCEAN CITY — In an intense, back-and-forth match that went the distance, Toms River South High School’s girls volleyball team ended Ocean City’s magical season in the South Jersey Group III semifinals Saturday afternoon. It was just the second loss for the Red Raider girls, who finished […]
Is City Council going to change its mind Thursday evening over the future of the former Wonderland Pier amusement park site? In spite of what seemed a definitive vote in August and subsequent support for a comprehensive study on that property, this is a resolution that just won’t die. Critics allege shady backroom dealing and […]
Three of the candidates running for the Ocean City school board have claimed their opponents are getting political in a non-partisan election. What is hypocritical is that all three of those candidates, in their profiles that appeared in last week’s edition of the Sentinel, all listed as most important getting a Republican elected governor. They […]
It was whipflash. The Ocean City administration rushed a resolution before Ocean City Council Sept. 24 to buy the former Crown Bank building and two parking lots for $12.6 million. The prospect was to make the old high-rise at 801 Asbury Ave. into the new police station. The city was already planning to renovate and […]
Wonderland hotel concept is finished. What will replace it and when will it happen? For more than an hour before the meeting started and then through nearly two hours of public comment Aug. 21, the atmosphere was tense in Ocean City Council Chambers. Citizens packed the room early, hoping the show of force would send […]
