Brady tops 1,000 points
SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY OF THIS GAME Red Raider senior needed 11, scored 34 By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Red Raider senior Gannon Brady needed 11 points in Thursday night’s game against Lower Cape May Regional to hit the 1,000-point plateau in his basketball career at Ocean City High School. He […]
Boardwalk blaze at Playland’s Castaway Cove
OCEAN CITY – Firefighters on the Ocean City Boardwalk were fighting a monster blaze Saturday morning, as plumes of orange flame and thick, black smoke poured from the front building of Playland’s Castaway Cove. The owners of the park are already vowing to rebuild. An Ocean City police officer at the scene said he had […]
Wonderland survives pandemic
Key boardwalk business struggled before COVID; bank demanding payment in fall almost sealed fate By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic almost shuttered Gillian’s Wonderland Pier, a staple of the Ocean City Boardwalk with a history dating back to 1929, but the amusement park will open again this summer. […]
Cape May County: Lowest per-capita COVID rate
Officials point to leading vaccination rate as long-term care cases rise By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Although active cases of COVID-19 have risen in long-term care in Cape May County, numbering 15 cases in Ocean City and 24 in Woodbine as of Sunday, officials report the county had the lowest per-capita number of cases in the […]
Another 29 COVID-19 deaths in Atlantic County
County tops 18,000 cases as New Jersey nears 600,000 and 18,851 deaths By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff It was another tough week in Atlantic County with 29 deaths attributed to COVID-19 and 1,139 new cases for an average of 162 cases a day between Jan. 19 and 25. So far, according to the Atlantic County Division […]
Key points: How to register, what to know
To register for COVID-19 vaccines: Go online to covidvaccine.nj.gov or capemaycountynj.gov or call: 855-568-0545 By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff During Friday’s video conference about Cape May County’s efforts to provide the COVID-19 vaccine, officials including county Health Officer Kevin Thomas and COVID-19 liaison Michael Donohue advised the public to be patient. Here are some of the […]
Officials on vaccine: wait for 2nd email
They ask for patience, explain confusion over registering with state By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Be patient and wait for that second email. That is the advice from Cape May County officials for residents anxiously awaiting their COVID-19 vaccines. Officials say they have the infrastructure in place to deliver many more vaccines but they don’t have […]
Richard Kabat remembered for men’s shop
Credited with supporting Ocean City community By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Richard Kabat, who took over the family business on Asbury Avenue and built Kabat Men’s Shop into a 9,000-square-foot regional destination for fashion while employing four tailors, died Jan. 19 at age 88. Kabat was remembered for operating one of the cornerstone […]
A green energy job future for New Jersey
In his State of the State address on January 12, Governor Phil Murphy pledged to help New Jersey emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic “stronger, fairer, and more resilient than before.” The pandemic has taken a terrible toll on New Jersey, and swift, expansive vaccinations will be one of the governor’s top priorities in pulling the […]
Cape May County leads during COVID-19 crisis
It is not an exaggeration to say Cape May County had been a leader in New Jersey during the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit goes first to the Cape May County Board of Commissioners, then it filters through other public officials at the county and community levels all the way down to the residents. This isn’t opinion. […]