Linwood wants to ease the development process
Idea is to cut cost to the applicants and the city By CRAIG D. SCHENCK Sentinel staff LINWOOD — Getting approval for a development project in Linwood just got a little easier. Councilman Eric Ford proposed creation of a technical review committee so that residents could meet somewhat informally with city officials to discuss planning and […]
Ocean City girls fall to Middle, 46-41
SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY OF THE GAME Panther Kate Herlihy gets hot from 3-point range By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School girls basketball team controlled the first half of the Feb. 3 game against Middle Township and quickly ran up a 9-point lead early in the second […]
BACK TO SCHOOL AT LAST
Younger Ocean City students return to class Kindergarten to fifth grade starts full-time in-person learning By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Ocean City’s welcome back for in-person learning didn’t go exactly to plan last week because of bad weather and flooding Monday and Tuesday on the island, but on Wednesday, Feb. 3, excited children […]
Red Raider boys basketball edges WCA, 46-44
SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY OF THE GAME Ocean City hustles to get ball back, hit foul shots with 2.2 seconds to go to win By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – With 20 seconds left and the score tied 44-44, Wildwood Catholic Academy had the ball and plenty of time to set up […]
Top-of-the-line materials, fantastic design, location at corner Gardens single
OCEAN CITY — The Mediterranean-style villa at 830 Seacrest Road in the popular Gardens section of the city offers something terrific to see everywhere one looks — whether inside the home or on one of its many decks. It’s just one block away from the northend beach at Great Egg Harbor Inlet with a view of […]
Athlete Profile/MELINA GALIAS
By JACOB WEEKS/Special to the Sentinel SOMERS POINT – Leaving high school behind but cherishing the lessons learned, Melina Galias, a 17-year-old Somers Point resident, will soon be flipping to the last page of her four-year athletic career in cross country and spring track. Now a senior, Galias has been a consistent runner for the […]
Playland fire accidental
ATF says electrical problem caused blaze at Castaway Cove OCEAN CITY – The fire that raged at Playland’s Castaway Cove on the Ocean City boardwalk Jan. 30 was determined to be accidental, officials announced Monday. The blaze, which Ocean City firefighters, assisted by seven other fire companies, fought for hours, destroyed Castaway Cove’s office and […]
Probe begins into Castaway Cove fire
OCEAN CITY – Personnel from multiple agencies will be in Ocean City this week as the investigation into the Jan. 30 fire at Playland’s Castaway Cove continues, according to Doug Bergen, public information officer for Ocean City. On Wednesday afternoon, he said agencies involved in the investigation include the Ocean City Fire department Investigation Unit, […]
Mainland girls edge rival Ocean City in season opener
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE A FULL GALLERY OF THIS GAME Game starts out ugly but builds to its usual crescendo down the stretch By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – The first quarter of last week’s season-opening basketball game between fierce rivals Ocean City and Mainland was ugly. It took nearly four and a half […]
Red Raiders beat Mustangs
By CLYDE HUGHES/Special to the Sentinel LINWOOD – While Gannon Brady may be going to Fordham on a baseball scholarship, he is getting the most out of his senior year of basketball so far, helping Ocean City beat Mainland in the season opener last Tuesday, Jan. 26. For Mainland, which lost nearly all of its […]