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May 11, 2024

Month: June 2020

More business freedom … two weeks from now

Retailers can open June 15 and salons can open June 22 By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Gov. Phil Murphy continues to slowly reopen the New Jersey economy. That means another two weeks of waiting – at minimum. On Monday, June 1, the governor said non-essential retail businesses can start having limited patrons in their stores starting […]

School districts begin solidifying plans for graduation ceremonies

By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — Like many around the area and nation, administrators at Jordan Road School have been working to find a way to mark the graduation of their eighth-graders amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Phil Murphy announced May 26 that the state will allow school districts and colleges/universities to hold […]

Hundreds protest peacefully in Somers Point, Ocean City

By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — A couple of hundred people gathered Tuesday, June 2, at the foot of the Route 52 causeway in Somers Point before making their way across the bridge to Ocean City, where they gathered in front of the police department. It was the latest show of opposition to the […]