Gillian presents budget, touts accomplishmens
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – During his State of the City address Thursday night, Mayor Jay Gillian proposed a budget “that maintains everything Ocean City residents have come to expect in services, improvements and quality of life.” His proposal at the beginning of the budget process contains a 2.2-cent tax hike per $100 […]
Ocean City police sergeant to run for election to Township Committee
By BILL BARLOW Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP — Mark Pancoast is running for Upper Township Committee this year, according to township Republican leader Larry Trulli. The sergeant with the Ocean City Police Department is the Republican organization’s pick to round out the three-person ticket. Pancoast has the party’s backing for the nomination for […]
OCTC enjoys critical acclaim as city extends lease
By DAVID NAHAN Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Before City Council unanimously approved a new lease for the Greater Ocean City Theatre Company last week, the company received a lot of love and support from young people who took part in its programs and from council members. Council formally approved a new five-year lease, with […]
Van Drew demands an apology: Here it is
Editor’s note: This was updated Wednesday afternoon. In a press conference Monday morning, U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew demanded the Ocean City Sentinel apologize for a guest column published in last week’s edition of the newspaper excoriating Van Drew for his support of former President Donald Trump. The congressman said the column, an Another View […]
Van Drew excoriates Sentinel over guest column in paper
Cick here to see related story in the Opinion Section By STAFF REPORTS CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – U.S Rep. Jeff Van Drew held a press conference March 15 claiming he received a death threat from a member of the media. Van Drew said while he was in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28 at 8:03 […]
Maralyn Ortlieb, 89
Maralyn (Murphy) Ortlieb, 89, of Hershey’s Mill, PA. On March 11, 2021 our loving Mother, Grandmother, GiGi and friend was reunited with her beloved husband of 66 years, Joseph W. Ortlieb, who passed away on April 6, 2018. They also lived in Drexel Hill, Sarasota FL and Ocean City NJ. She was born on February […]
Ocean City girls finish season with two victories
SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY OF THE GAME Seniors take their last shots; Carey leads teammates in scoring in both games By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – After two weeks of no games because of COVID-19 cancellations, the Ocean City High School girls basketball team wrapped up its shortened season Friday and Saturday, […]
Red Raider boys avenge season’s only loss
Ocean City finishes atop East Division in their abbreviated winter season By R.E. HEINLY/Special to the Sentinel ERMA – For a few hours in Lower Cape May Regional High School’s gym on Friday, March, 5, the teams and spectators alike could escape from the traumatic world of the pandemic and multiple other problems and enjoy […]
George Jefferson Meng
George Jefferson Meng was born February 10th, 1930 in Mineola, NY and raised in Reading, PA. He graduated from Reading Sr. High Class of 1947. George attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a Bachelor of Sciences in Economics in 1951 and met his wife Charlotte Swan Anderson, class of […]
Christopher Eric Homme, 75
Christopher Eric Homme, 75, passed away peacefully Sunday, March 7, 2021, at Shore Medical Center in Somers Point. Born in 1945 in Franklin, Pa., Chris lived in North Braddock and North Huntingdon, Pa., before moving to Ocean City in 1985. He worked in various jobs including as a steel mill crane operator and […]