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Month: October 2020

COVID-19 Cases climb in Atlantic County: five new fatalities since Sept. 20

By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff New cases of COVID-19 have continued to climb in Atlantic County and there have been five deaths from the coronavirus over the past week. There was one death on Oct. 7 in Somers Point, the first since Sept. 20, and then three more on Thursday, Oct. 8, and another on Saturday, […]

COVID-19 cases lower, but Ocean City, Upper Twp. still lead county

By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Ocean City and Upper Township continue to lead Cape May County in the number of active COVID-19 cases, but the numbers have dropped since a week ago.  The same is true of new cases, which were at a high of 16 on Oct. 7, but have decreased since. According to the […]

Red Raider girls hold off Mustangs

SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY FO THE GAME By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — The defending state champion Ocean City girls soccer team continued its winning ways Saturday, Oct. 10, against Mainland Regional — but it wasn’t easy. The Red Raiders’ Summer Reimet scored early and late in the 3-2 win, flanking a […]

Red Raider boys soccer prevails, 3-2

SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY OF THE GAME By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – In a game that didn’t fully satisfy either coach, the Red Raiders boys soccer team outlasted Mainland Regional, 3-2, Saturday morning at Carey Stadium. After hanging onto a 2-1 first-half lead for more than 32 minutes of the second […]

Mustangs score 2 late goals to force overtime against Ocean City field hockey

By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff LINWOOD – The Ocean City and Mainland Regional field hockey teams had a chance to test their endurance Saturday morning when their game went into overtime. The Mustangs trailed 2-0 in the fourth quarter against the undefeated Red Raiders in a game well matched in midfield play but in which Ocean […]

Red Raiders blank Falcons, 48-0

SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY OF THE GAME By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff MAYS LANDING — In a nearly flawless performance, the Ocean City Red Raiders football team defeated the Oakcrest Falcons 48-0 on Friday night in Mays Landing. Quarterback Joe Repetti threw four touchdown passes — three to wide receiver Jake Schneider and […]

Mustang football falls to Absegami

By CLYDE HUGHES/Special to the Sentinel ABSECON – All streaks come to an end eventually and for the Mainland Regional football team, it came on the heels of four costly turnovers and a special teams breakdown this past Friday in a 28-13 road loss to the Absegami Braves. The loss snapped the Mustangs 13-game regular […]

Spacious Riviera single large enough for family, friends with water view

OCEAN CITY — It’s big and it’s beautiful. The three-story waterfront home at 23 Walnut Road — in the city’s popular Riviera section — has six bedrooms, six bathrooms and a wide-open great room with a gourmet kitchen, as well as a bounty of bonus spaces and 52 feet of anchorage on Sunny Harbor with […]

Mail in those ballots

Fervent Republicans and Democrats claim this is the most important election in our lifetimes or, in a greater display of hyperbole, since the Civil War. Depending where you stand on the political spectrum, when it comes to the presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, you may well agree. It shouldn’t matter: citizens should […]

Two Marmora men sentenced to jail for prescription fraud

CAMDEN, N.J. – Two former New Jersey state public education system employees were sentenced Tuesday, Oct. 6, to prison terms for defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary compounded prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Richard McAllister, 45, a former schoolteacher, and James Wildman, 46, a former maintenance […]