Mainland falls in championship meet to team it defeated for title in 2025 SEWELL — The Mustang girls swam their hearts out, putting up some of their personal best times, but Shawnee High School’s team was just too deep and too fast Thursday, Feb. 12. Shawnee swam away with the 2026 South Jersey Group B […]
Congressman hopeful sand can be pumped by summer in Ocean City OCEAN CITY — U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew is hopeful of delivering “tens of millions” of dollars in federal funding for beach replenishment before summer at the Jersey shore. “We’re going to bring money into the district for beach nourishment, for these emergency areas, […]
Republicans Simonsen, McClellan say top priorities are tourism, school funding, flood maps TRENTON — Assemblymen Antwan McClellan and Erik Simonsen, who were sworn in to their positions for the fourth time Jan. 13, ran their campaign on giving southern New Jersey a voice statewide. The residents of Ocean City and Lower Township, respectively, said they […]
PETERSBURG — Township residents will get the chance Feb. 23 to speak about Upper Township Committee’s plan to allow marijuana sales. The committee is expected to hold a second reading and public hearing of Ordinance 1-2026, which creates a cannabis overlay zone from the Garden State Parkway’s Exit 25 interchange east to the 34th Street bridge […]
SOMERS POINT — The Planning Board may allow a developer planning luxury waterfront townhomes to construct a group home for developmentally disabled adults on the other side of the city to satisfy affordable housing requirements. City Council adopted a resolution Feb. 12 referring the amended 90 Broadway Redevelopment Plan to the Planning Board for review. […]
OCEAN CITY – Work continues on the rebuilding of the Ocean City Boardwalk from Fifth Street to St. Charles Place. According to the city, the work, with a bid price of $4.3 million, should be complete by the end of March. The contract includes a new modern lamppost system that will allow the city to control […]
OCEAN CITY — Just two blocks from the boardwalk, the first-floor condominium at 1721 Central Ave. is just steps away from the large beaches in the Central neighborhood of Ocean City. The island is one of the most popular shore resorts on the East Coast, featuring an oceanfront boardwalk filled with hundreds of shopping, dining […]
OCEAN CITY — Come for the view, stay for the lifestyle: the one-of-a-kind single at 14 Caroline Lane is a boater’s paradise built for entertaining. The next fortunate owners of this exceptional property can arrive by land or by sea, as there is plenty of room for vehicles of both types. Featuring an expansive waterfront […]
OCEAN CITY — The ridiculously stunning home at 55 Walnut Road in the exclusive Riviera section of the city is a masterpiece of wood, metal, stone and glass overlooking another of water, wind, sand and salt. “This one-of-a-kind waterfront estate boasts over 8,000 of living and entertaining space with 80 feet of water and dock […]
LINWOOD — The Mainland Mustangs’ Cape-Atlantic League Tournament run was cut short after their massive comeback attempt against the Hammonton Blue Devils ran out of steam. Mainland Regional High School took the lead late after trailing by as many as 16 points but eventually fell to Hammonton High School 47-41 on Feb. 13. Jenna Vivadelli […]
Update: Ocean City’s boys basketball team beat St. Augustine Prep 46-42 Tuesday night to earn a berth in the Cape-Atlantic League Tournament finals Saturday at Egg Harbor Township, where they will face Atlantic City, which upset No. 1 seed Middle Township 78-72. OCEAN CITY — The Red Raiders boys basketball team ran past Absegami and […]
Mainland falls in championship meet to team it defeated for title in 2025 SEWELL — The Mustang girls swam their hearts out, putting up some of their personal best times, but Shawnee High School’s team was just too deep and too fast Thursday, Feb. 12. Shawnee swam away with the 2026 South Jersey Group B […]
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 […]
