OCEAN CITY – Ocean City’s annual Christmas Parade drew a big crowd of families to Asbury Avenue Friday evening. Before Santa rode by in a horse-drawn carriage, spectators were treated to pageant winners including Miss New Jersey Belle Nicholas and Miss New Jersey Teen Delaney Higgins, dancers dancing, drummers drumming, and mummers mumming.
OCEAN CITY – The McDonald’s restaurant at the corner of Ninth Street and West Avenue is closing Dec. 14 after nearly 50 years in business. “After 47 years of serving the Ocean City community, the 900 West Ave. restaurant is closing. I’m deeply thankful to our loyal customers and to our hardworking crew members who […]
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Council-appointed subcommittee reviewing zoning policies on the boardwalk, including the Wonderland Pier property, is in the first phase of a four-phase plan. Spokeswoman Jocelyn Palaganas provided an update on the work of the committee, formed in October by Council President Terry Crowley Jr., at the start of the Dec. […]
OCEAN CITY — An advocacy group that has opposed Eustace Mita’s hotel plan is taking a wait-and-see approach after City Council’s vote Thursday night to refer the Wonderland Pier property to the Planning Board. Asked right after the vote at the four-hour meeting if they still planned litigation, as they promised if the former amusement […]
WILDWOOD – A Wildwood resident was charged with arson in a fire in which the suspect was injured. On Dec. 10, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Chief Joe Murphy of the Wildwood Police Department announced the arrest of Edmir Pepa, age 35, a resident of Wildwood. He was charged with arson and […]
UPPER TOWNSHIP — Midway down a residential road ending in a cul-de-sac awaits a big, beautiful home just minutes away from the popular shore town of Sea Isle City. Online maps indicate a dedicated beachgoer could have her toes in the sand in about 10 minutes, depending on traffic, from the front door of 8 […]
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 — […]
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 […]
Council didn’t want to appear indifferent to business fears Some in the audience at the Dec. 4 City Council meeting were surprised by the reversal of the August vote on the Wonderland Pier property that is home to a defunct amusement park. Others were shocked. We weren’t shocked. We didn’t know exactly how it was […]
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 issue draws three hours of public comments
Business groups, supporters dominate at Ocean City Council meeting OCEAN CITY – Of the 87 people who signed up for public comment at the Dec. 4 meeting, the overwhelming majority asked Ocean City Council to send the Wonderland Pier property to the Planning Board for review. That was a marked change from the Aug. 21 […]