Portrait painter Paul Fuentes’ opening is this Friday night
OCEAN CITY — Oil painter Paul Fuentes brings his exhibit featuring people, places and things, to the Ocean City Arts Center March 2-31. A “Meet the Artist” reception will be 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 13. Fuentes will exhibit several of his portraits of famous people such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State […]
Levchuk challenges Wilson for council seat in Third Ward
By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Jody Levchuk, whose Boardwalk businesses sell everything from T-shirts to ice cream and candy, threw his hat in the political ring as a Third Ward council candidate in the May 12 municipal elections. Four four-year ward council seats will be filled this year, including one for the Third […]
Stand up and be counted:
Census shapes local future By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff Just like many things in life, the census is about money and power. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the count provides critical data that lawmakers, business owners, school districts and many other governmental, private and nonprofit agencies use to provide daily services, products and support […]
U.T., O.C. preparing virus response
School districts send out letters, heed agencies By DAVID NAHAN and KRISTEN KELLEHER/Sentinel staff PETERSBURG – Superintendents of Cape May County schools met with the executive county superintendent Monday over concerns about the COVID-19 virus. In the Upper Township school district, Superintendent Vince Palmieri posted a letter to parents saying if schools were closed because […]
Colony Club marks 70 years with fashion show, luncheon March 28
By KRISTEN KELLEHER/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – In 1950, the newly formed Colony Club of Ocean City advocated for fluoride in the city’s drinking water and fundraised for student scholarships. Seventy years later, the club’s members continue to advocate for and support education and charities in the community. A group of 50 women formed […]
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN O.C.
FREE CONCERT – The brass ensemble of the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band will perform 2 p.m. March 15 at the Ocean City Music Pier. The show will feature orchestral transcriptions, patriotic favorites, jazz standards, new compositions and distinctive arrangements. The concert is free, but anybody who wishes to attend must reserve a […]
Tom Rotondi files to run for Second Ward seat on Ocean City Council
By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Tom Rotondi was a soldier, a police officer, and a salesman and if all goes right in the May 12 election, he could add city councilman to his resume. Rotondi, 41, filed his petition with the city clerk March 5 to run as a candidate for the vacant […]
Herbert Edward Reese, Jr., 66
Herbert Edward Reese, Jr., “Ed”, 66, passed peacefully to Heaven on Monday, March 2, 2020, with his loving wife, Diane, by his side, after spending the day surrounded by his family and friends. Ed was born in Philadelphia on August 10, 1953, to Herb and Jeanne Reese. His family spent summers in the Southend of […]
GTAMA to host bingo fundraiser
TUCKAHOE — The Greater Tuckahoe Area Merchants’ Association is hosting its inaugural Designer Bag Bingo as one of several annual fundraising events to fund its scholarship funds. The event is scheduled for Saturday, March 7, at the Tuckahoe Volunteer Fire Hall on Route 50 in Tuckahoe. Doors open at 6 p.m. and games start at […]
Upper plans forum on flood insurance
By BILL BARLOW /Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP — Upper Township Committee members have committed to hosting a pub-lic information meeting on flood zones and flood insurance in July. Homeowners within flood zones will have a chance to speak with experts about their properties and flood insurance rates. The intent is that owners will gain […]