GSP walkway between Upper Township, Somers Point opens
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel BEESLEYS POINT – An extraordinary view of Great Egg Harbor Bay that could once only be glimpsed can now be savored, as the New Jersey Turnpike Authority quietly unlocked the gates of a bike and pedestrian lane on the multimillion-dollar Garden State Parkway bridge. The 10-foot multiuse path was […]
American Legion Post in Tuckahoe awards first scholarships
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel PETERSBURG – On a hot, sunny afternoon, two Upper Township students ducked into the shade of a canopy outside Petersburg United Methodist Church to accept the first scholarships from the American Legion Aaron Wittkamp Coldwell Post 239 of Tuckahoe. The $750 scholarships went to a boy and a […]
COVID-19 cases rise a little among Cape May County residents, visitors
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Cape May County continues to show small numbers of COVID-19 cases and even more among non-residents visiting here. Health officials also reminded residents and visitors of the quarantine required of individuals traveling to New Jersey or returning from 19 states, including Delaware. Those individuals are advised […]
Governor Murphy says more people should get tested for COVID-19
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday again urged that residents of New Jersey get tested for COVID-19 so contact tracing can track new cases and prevent new flare-ups of the coronavirus. Just because other states are in the news now with outbreaks of COVID-19, he said, “doesn’t mean that testing is any […]
Party leaders made the wrong call
The wisdom of the south Jersey Democratic political machine is open to question. Maybe that’s the wrong way to put it because there is no question: its wisdom has been proved wrong again in glorious fashion. When Amy Kennedy ran away with the vote in this month’s Democratic primary in the Second Congressional District, she […]
Kathleen E. Dusz, 87
Kathleen E. Dusz, 87, died May 7, 2020, at Wesley Manor in Ocean City. She was born Feb. 14, 1932. She graduated Sacred Heart High School in Vineland in 1949. In 1953, she married Robert Dusz, who survives. They have two sons, Robert III of Elmer and Glenn of Scottsdale, Ariz.
Mildred ‘Millie’ S. Wheaton, 96
Mildred “Millie” S. Wheaton, a lifelong resident of the Ocean City area, passed away peacefully at her home in Upper Township on Thursday, July 1 at the age of 96. Born in Marmora on June 14, 1924, she grew up in Upper Township, graduated from Ocean City High School in 1942 and Drexel University in […]
Face coverings required outdoors
Murphy said it applies when social distancing is not possible By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order today – July 8 – requiring the wearing of face coverings by everyone when they are in outdoor public spaces and social distancing is not practical. “This is absolutely vital when individuals find themselves […]
Kennedy wins congressional primary
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Amy Kennedy, of Brigantine, won the Democratic primary for the Second Congressional District Tuesday, July 7. She easily outpolled the other four Democrats in the races, including her closest rival Brigid Callahan Harrison, of Longport, a political science professor who had been supported by the south Jersey Democratic machine and the […]