Hazards: Upper Township preps for the worst to protect life, property
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP – With a rare tornado, and an even rarer pandemic, 2020 has offered more than its share of emergencies. But it didn’t cover everything that could possibly go wrong. A draft of Upper Township’s portions of the Cape May County Hazard Mitigation Plan tries to do so, […]
Target replacing Kmart
Somers Point planners give approval By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — The vacant Kmart store at the Somers Point Plaza will have a new tenant after Target renovates the store and opens some time next year. The Planning Board gave its unanimous approval for a couple of variances — regarding signage and number […]
Atlantic County expands COVID-19 testing as cases, deaths jump
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff With more COVID-19 cases among Atlantic County residents from infants to the elderly and rising fatalities – including those around 50 years old and younger – county government and AtlantiCare are expanding testing for the coronavirus over the next 18 months. Between Dec. 15 and 21, there have been 1,202 new cases […]
Officials herald vaccine’s arrival in New Jersey
Health care workers get it first; long-term care residents, staff are next By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff New Jersey health care workers began receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, a milestone Gov. Phil Murphy called a “momentous day.” With fewer than 100,000 vaccines arriving in the state this week and the need to vaccinate 70 percent […]
Upper Township still weighing beach tags for Strathmere
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP – Are beach tags coming to Strathmere? Township officials continue to consider the possibility as talks continue about how to address parking issues in the seaside community. The question became a hot topic over the summer, drawing attention from members of the Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company, who […]
Take your children for a walk with ‘Snowmen at Night’ at Ocean City park
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — “I found it!” Kristin Barth exclaimed as she turned to tell her two young sons, who had wandered off to another part of Lake Memorial Park with their grandfather. What the young Somers Point mother found was an image hidden on one of the illustrations in “Snowmen at […]
OCHS grad is three books into YA series
Upper Township native wrote first book in senior year, put it aside By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Kelly Brady Channick, a former Ocean City High School basketball player who loved to amuse her teammates with stories on bus rides back from away games, has published three young-adult books this year. They are part […]
New police chief in Linwood
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — City Council appointed Capt. Jason Weber as acting police chief and Lt. Steve Cunningham as acting captain Wednesday, Dec. 9. Weber replaces Chief John Hamilton and Cunningham replaces Weber in the command structure. If Weber is later appointed as chief, he would be the Linwood Police Department’s fourth […]
Petersburg’s Eisele Rotary Citizen of Year
O.C. – U.T. Rotary Club praises him for his community volunteerism UPPER TOWNSHIP – In keeping with an annual tradition, the Ocean City – Upper Township Rotary Club has named William J. Eisele of Petersburg as the 2020 Upper Township Citizen of the Year. Rotary Club President Randi Scheck made the announcement last week. Michael Bolicki, […]
Ørsted already proposing new project south of Ocean Wind
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – With about four years to go before Danish wind-farm company Ørsted completes its roughly $1.6 billion Ocean Wind project off the southern New Jersey shore, it is already proposing to greatly increase the scope of the project. On Dec. 10, Ørsted announced it put in a bid to […]