Young defiant, to fight for seat
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP — Despite Hobie Young’s assertion that he never resigned, Upper Township Committee filled his seat Monday, Nov. 9, after hearing from three applicants for the position. Township Committee unanimously approved a resolution naming Kim Hayes to replace Young. She was sworn in immediately. According to Committeeman Curtis […]
CapeGOP helps push Van Drew, others over top
Freeholders re-elected By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Conservative Cape May County voters helped propel U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew back to Congress, giving him a wide margin of votes in the Nov. 3 election along with decisively voting for other Republicans from freeholder to president. Van Drew, who was elected as […]
Northfield likely in GOP control
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff NORTHFIELD — Former councilmen Dave Notaro and Tom Polistina are leading the race for City Council seats that would swing the pendulum of power back to the Republican Party in Northfield. Notaro, a self-employed builder and landscaper who owns Notaro Construction and Landscaping, was ahead of two opponents for the […]
FBI raids office of Northfield pain specialist, charged Antebi with fraud
CAMDEN — A South Jersey doctor was charged in connection with his role in a longstanding billing fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced Monday. Morris Antebi, 68, of Long Branch, is charged with three counts of health care fraud, wire fraud and mail fraud for his alleged role in the scheme. Antebi was scheduled […]
Corson tops Amenhauser in Upper Township Committee race
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP – Voters returned Curtis Corson to Township Committee last week by a comfortable margin of more than 1,000 votes. All returns were not in on Wednesday morning, but neither candidate doubted the outcome at that point. “I’ve got to believe it’s a win,” Corson said. “It can’t […]
Scheffler leads race for Atlantic County sheriff
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff MAYS LANDING — Atlantic County Sheriff Eric Scheffler of Northfield appears to have defeated challenger “Tokyo” Joe O’Donoghue of Egg Harbor Township. Scheffler, a Democrat, received 69,197 votes to O’Donoghue’s 58,503. Scheffler retired as a lieutenant with the Atlantic City Police Department, where he served from 1992 to 2015. He later […]
Marianne Hiller Smith, 98
Marianne Hiller Smith passed away on Thursday, November 5th, 2020 at The VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach, FL. She was 98. At her side was her middle son, Douglas Hiller Smith, and her eldest grandson, Ashley Hiller Smith. Also at her side was Doug’s wife and Ashley’s mother, Viki Hein Smith. Marianne resided at […]
Janet Ruth Reed, 89
Janet Ruth Reed (nee Peters), age 89, passed away peacefully on November 2, 2020 in Oceanview, NJ. Janet was born in Reading, PA. She graduated from South Philadelphia High School for Girls in January 1949. She raised six children in Blackwood, NJ while working as a word processor for Smithkline in Philadelphia. Janet […]
Anne Catherine Muller, 61
Anne Catherine Muller, 61 years old, was born in Philadelphia, PA and sadly died November 6, 2020 surrounded by family after a tough and courageous battle with metastatic breast cancer in her favorite place near the beach. Anne is survived by her wife of 30 years, Desiree Fleck. Surviving siblings include Gerri, Paul (Kathy), Frank […]
City official: We want to work together with citizens
Savastano cites progress, although slow, on pesticide change as evidence By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Business Administrator George Savastano said although it may take time, city officials sincerely want to work with citizens to address their concerns. At the Nov. 5 City Council meeting, Savastano addressed how the city is moving […]