Virus impacts Ocean City’s budget
City reworks spending plan, expects hit to parking, tag revenues By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Mayor Jay Gillian presented the new Ocean City municipal budget in February. It won’t look the same as the one coming May 14. The COVID-19 pandemic intervened, forcing the city to take a new look at revenues and […]
Governor: ‘Fiscal disaster’ is weeks away for NJ
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Gov. Phil Murphy said “a fiscal disaster” is weeks away for New Jersey. In his daily press conference Monday, May 4, the governor said aiming for a $1.28 billion surplus this year is no longer realistic “because of plummeting revenues” caused by the near-shutdown of the state’s economy and the “skyrocketing […]
Schools will stay closed through end of school year
Plans unclear for summer, fall; no spring sports, but alternative graduations possible By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, public and private school buildings throughout New Jersey will remain closed to the end of the school year and students and teachers will continue remote learning. There will be no spring sports season […]
Cape Regional, Shore Medical left out of pandemic funding
Local hospitals appeal to U.S. senators, Health and Human Services, to help them after the financial sacrifices they have made Editor’s note: Officials at Cape Regional Health Systems and Shore Medical Center released the following statement Tuesday afternoon. Heeding to the directives of the Federal and State governments, hospitals across the country discontinued elective surgeries […]
Five COVID-19 deaths, 76 new cases over weekend in Atlantic County
Over the weekend, Atlantic County reported 76 new COVID-19 cases and five additional deaths. On Saturday, May 2, the Atlantic County Division of Public Health said four residents of long-term care facilities died. All had pre-existing conditions that put them at higher risk for the coronavirus, officials said. The fatalities were an 82-year-old woman and […]
One death, 15 new COVID-19 cases in Cape May County over weekend
Guidance offered for pets On Saturday, May 2, the Cape May County Department of Health reported a new COVID-19 death, an 85-year-old from Lower Township, and four new cases of the coronavirus. On Sunday, cases increased by 11, bringing the countywide total to 361 so far. Of the 361 cases, health officials reported 155 of […]
Atlantic County surpasses 1,000 COVID-19 cases
Two more deaths reported Atlantic County COVID-19 cases surpassed 1,000 Friday, May 1, with the confirmation of 63 new positives, according to the Atlantic County Division of Public Health. Linda Gilmore, public information officer for the county, said the division reported new cases among 40 females – the youngest at 22 months and the oldest […]
Atlantic County COVID-19 doubling rate leads the state
Governor talks about south Jersey’s rise in cases, parks reopening, thanks Ocean City duo By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel and Star and Wave Atlantic County has the fastest doubling rate of COVID-19 cases among New Jersey counties, with cases doubling every eight days, according to the New Jersey Department of Health. Cumberland County’s rate is 10 days […]