HAMMONTON – Coming off a huge upset win in the first round of the playoffs, the Red Raiders girls basketball team ran into the Hammonton Blue Devils for the third time this season. The teams split the season series. Ocean City High School’s girls broke Hammonton High School’s undefeated 17-0 record with a 60-47 victory […]
OCEAN CITY — At-large Ocean City Councilman Sean Barnes feels like he’s just getting started. Barnes is running for re-election, but if he wins it would be his first full term on council. In the 2024 election, which is usually reserved for the four ward seats on the seven-member council, he handily defeated former councilman Michael […]
OCEAN CITY — At-large City Councilman Tony Polcini announced a few months ago that he was not going to seek re-election, but after others asked him to re-evaluate that decision, he agreed. Polcini is one of the four candidates in the May 12 election for the three seats. He ran successfully with Councilman Pete Madden […]
OCEAN CITY — Jocelyn Palaganas is running for Ocean City Council with what she considers the perfect slogan for herself — “Bringing people together.” In her various capacities, whether on the local Parent-Teacher Organization, the Ocean City Education Foundation or multiple other community groups, that is what she likes to do. Palaganas, in her third […]
PETERSBURG — While there was plenty of opposition to Township Committee allowing a cannabis shop on Roosevelt Boulevard, not everyone was against the idea. One area political figure and several people representing the industry spoke out Feb. 25 before the five committeemen unanimously approved creation of a cannabis overlay zone, licensing and taxation. Carol Sabo, […]
OCEAN CITY — Set in mature, professionally landscaped gardens, the unique home at 1436 Simpson Ave. is fabulous from floor to ceiling and operated by the touch of a button. Designed to be light and bright, the home needed no lamps during a tour on a recent gloomy winter’s day. What could be seen of […]
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 […]
He wins at 215 pounds in District 30; Red Raider, Mustang wrestlers move on to Region 8 tournament GALLOWAY – Red Raider Jacob Chapman is a District 30 wrestling champion. Wrestling in the 215-pound class at the district tournament at Absegami High School Saturday, the junior won by technical fall, 19-4, over Mainland’s Eban Kuhns […]
OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School boys basketball team had an easy time in the opening round of the South Jersey Group III sectionals, but Mainland Regional High School’s team pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament. The Mustangs, seeded 15th, knocked off No. 2 Shawnee (17-9) 44-39 Friday night. Sean Burke […]
HAMMONTON – Coming off a huge upset win in the first round of the playoffs, the Red Raiders girls basketball team ran into the Hammonton Blue Devils for the third time this season. The teams split the season series. Ocean City High School’s girls broke Hammonton High School’s undefeated 17-0 record with a 60-47 victory […]
Although it is hard to fathom there will be wholesale change in the way the city operates following the May 12 municipal election in Ocean City, it is good that residents will have choices to make when they cast their ballots. Mayor Jay Gillian announced the earliest that he would be seeking a fifth consecutive […]
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 […]
Upper Township OKs cannabis sales despite public opposition
PETERSBURG — Township Committee voted unanimously Feb. 25 to allow one retail cannabis shop on Roosevelt Boulevard just outside Ocean City, despite numerous pleas for the five members not to do so. Multiple residents of Upper Township and Ocean City spoke out in opposition for nearly two hours but failed to sway one vote as […]