O-Street Mini Golf league takes on city’s courses in a fun but competitive way OCEAN CITY — They study the courses assiduously, look carefully at the lay of the artificial greens and confer with the other golfers. Their faces reveal the intensity as they line up their putts. The body language that follows the club-strike […]
PETERSBURG — Upper Township is likely to join many other shore communities by instituting a beach tag program and charging for use of Strathmere’s beaches. Township Administrator James Van Zlike gave a presentation during Upper Township Committee’s workshop session July 13, outlining the need for offsetting township taxes already being spent on the beach. According […]
SOMERS POINT — City Council has adopted regulations aimed at reducing the amount of dust and plastic contaminants generated at work sites. John Helbig, chairman of the Somers Point Environmental Commission and Green Team, thanked City Council for bringing the measure forward. “I did poll our Environmental Commission members on this and it was unanimously […]
Bone-marrow transplant kept her from the ocean for nine years … until Masters Swim ‘It was a completely transformative experience and it just felt like I was home.’ – Dana Eiselen on being back in the ocean again. OCEAN CITY — Dana Eiselen didn’t enter Sunday’s T. John Carey Masters Swim with any intention of winning, […]
OCEAN CITY – This July, the spotlight shines on the next generation of performers as the Ocean City Theatre Company (OCTC) proudly presents “Fame The Musical,” featuring the talented students of OCTC’s High School Junior Company. Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. July 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Ocean City Music Pier. Based on the […]
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Arts Center presents ‘More Than Touch, A Connection,” a groundbreaking traveling exhibition that reimagines how art is experienced. Opening July 1 at the Arts Center Gallery on the second floor of the Ocean City Community Center, the exhibition invites visitors — especially those who are blind or have low […]
OCEAN CITY — “The truly one-of-a-kind beach-block home offers the flexibility to be enjoyed as a single family or a duplex, perfect for extended family living or investment potential,” listing agent Cindi Henes said. The three-story home at 812-814 Moorlyn Terrace, just a clam shell’s toss from the beach and boardwalk, offers seven bedrooms and […]
OCEAN CITY — The fantastic home at 133 Folger Court in the Nantucket Condominiums is an excellent headquarters for a summer vacation in America’s Greatest Family Resort. Located adjacent to the Ocean City Municipal Airport, the 91-unit community was designed by award-winning architect Robert Johnson. The complex is located at Bay Avenue and 28th Street, […]
OCEAN CITY — “The truly one-of-a-kind beach-block home offers the flexibility to be enjoyed as a single family or a duplex, perfect for extended family living or investment potential,” listing agent Cindi Henes said. The three-story home at 812-814 Moorlyn Terrace, just a clam shell’s toss from the beach and boardwalk, offers seven bedrooms and […]
By TONY CHERBY/For the Sentinel BUENA VISTA – The rules covering golf scrambles are many and varied and I’d review a few here but only if you were having trouble falling asleep. Not only that, but once a foursome is out of sight of any reliable witnesses, who knows what goes on anyway? In any […]
By BEN FONG/For the Sentinel EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Week 9 of the Thursday Ocean City Senior Golf League season featured some of the finest golf of the year as several players posted exceptional rounds at Harbor Pines Golf Club. Two net 63s, an eagle, and a collection of birdies highlighted another exciting Thursday morning […]
OCEAN CITY — The T. John Carey Masters Swim, a one-mile jaunt in the Atlantic off of Ocean City’s beaches, draws young and old alike. More than 220 swimmers completed the swim Sunday, July 12, from 9-year-old Payton Reardon of Strathmere to 84-year-old Charles Butler of Cherry Hill. The fastest, Frankie Brady, a 30-year-old former guard […]
I was in a rotten mood because I missed a 3-year-old’s tea party. My granddaughter Dove’s birthday coincides with Juneteenth. Her mom had a tea party for her, inviting her cousin Rya, who is almost 3, Rya’s mom, Dove’s grandmothers (including my wife), a great-grandmother and a few select friends. I didn’t make the cut […]
Any good will Ocean City Council gained through the release of the Boardwalk Subcommittee report June 12 was lost two weeks later when it pushed ahead with a vote to declare the former Wonderland Pier property “an area in need of rehabilitation.” The timing was atrocious. Although the 5-2 decision demonstrates delaying the vote a […]
When people think of sexism in sports, they often picture obvious examples: unequal funding, fewer opportunities or blatant discrimination. Thanks to decades of progress and the protections of Title IX, many assume those battles have largely been won at the high school level. But misogyny in athletics hasn’t disappeared. It has simply become more subtle. […]
Thoughts from the Ocean City mayoral and council election Judging from the social media firestorm that preceded the May 12 election, having three candidates vying for mayor and more than a year-long public battle over the future of the Wonderland Pier amusement park property, we expected a higher turnout at the polls. Turns out, it […]
