Donny’s Family Kitchen marks grand opening
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — The grand-opening celebration was late coming, but hopefully your food won’t be at Donny’s Family Kitchen. Owners Shaylee Whisman and Kyle Gillen opened the restaurant in mid-May, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, and joined the Ocean City Regional Chamber of Commerce, which held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, […]
NJSIAA on fall season: Focus on participation, not championships
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Fall high school sports are official, but they won’t be the same. At the beginning of last week, Gov. Phil Murphy gave his go-ahead for the fall sports season, but said the final determination would be up to the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). A few days later, the […]
Fatal boating accident off Ocean City
Coast Guard recovers two in ocean after unmanned boat runs aground two and a half miles away By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – A boating accident off of Ocean City left one man dead and another hospitalized Wednesday, Aug. 19. The men were recovered by a U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer in the ocean […]
BACK TO SCHOOL PLANS
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff 2 in-person, 3 remote days for Somers Point SOMERS POINT — Students in the Somers Point School District will begin the 2020-21 school year with a hybrid schedule of both in-person and remote instruction. The district’s plan includes five four-hour days of instruction, with Wednesdays as fully virtual learning days […]
Helen Crozier-Breed, 78
8, passed away peacefully on August 9 at her daughter’s home in Providence, RI. Born in Pittsburgh in 1941, a daughter of the late Dr. Alfred W. and Lucille (Breeding) Crozier. Educated at Winchester-Thurston School (1959), attended Wheaton College (MA) and University of Pittsburgh where she graduated with a BA in English Literature (1966). She […]
MudGirls
Grant helps studio continue mission By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — An Atlantic City-based nonprofit ceramics studio was among the recipients of a grant from the Community Foundation of South Jersey (CFSJ) for its work on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CFSJ provided grants to 26 nonprofit organizations from the COVID-19 […]
Upper Township schools going hybrid
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP – Words like “unprecedented” and “extraordinary” have gotten a workout as the world continues to adjust to the pandemic. They both seem to fit the preparations under way in Upper Township and other school districts around the state and around the country as they prepare for the […]
Flooding group criticized for questioning city contracts
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Representatives from the Ocean City Flooding Committee asked City Council to delay its vote on a bevy of flood-control contracts Thursday, Aug. 13, but their long list of concerns drew a rebuke from city officials who were offended by accusations they weren’t being judicious with taxpayer money and […]
Gov. Murphy supports fall High School sports
NJSIAA will make final determination this week By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association is expected to make its final determination on the fall high school sports season by the end of the week, but judging by the comments at Gov. Phil Murphy’s press conference Monday, Aug. 17, indications are that […]
Unique Gardens single offers views of beaches clam shell’s throw away
OCEAN CITY — The contemporary home at 832 North St. stands out for many reasons, not the least of which is that its neighbors are set back farther from the street, providing an unobstructed view of the ocean down two streets. Built in 1986 right on the edge of the city’s popular Gardens section, the […]