Lukewarm reception to nonprofit’s plans for Somers Mansion
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — Members of a local nonprofit group received a lukewarm response to their proposal to take over stewardship of Somers Mansion, with plans for physical, cultural and educational improvements. The Patriots for the Somers Mansion presented their “comprehensive plan to assume responsibility for our city’s National Register treasure, […]
Linwood schools’ preliminary budget calls for 4.5¢ hike
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — The school district’s preliminary budget calls for collecting an additional $134 on the average tax bill for 2021-22. The Linwood Board of Education discussed the spending plan during a meeting Feb. 24, with Business Administrator Kevin Byrnes presenting the information via PowerPoint. The $15,237,429 budget calls for a […]
Palombo says a major developer interested in former power plant
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP — Mayor Rich Palombo looked back on the effets of COVID-19 and plans for 2021 in his annual address to the Upper Township Business Association on Feb. 25. Plans for the sprawling site of the former BL England power plant top the township priorities, he said, in […]
Upper Township likes ideas, balks at cost of flood-protection proposals
Strathmere group says conditions likely to worsen By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel STRATHMERE — Seas are rising, and unless steps are taken quickly the damage from flooding in coastal areas is likely to get worse, members of the Strathmere Fishing and Environmental Club wrote in a recent letter to Upper Township Committee and the […]
Taylor explains barriers to full-time in-person instruction
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — In a letter to the community Tuesday morning, Ocean City School District Superintendent Kathleen Taylor detailed the hurdles to returning all students to the classroom full time and the efforts the administration is taking to overcome those obstacles. Taylor also announced plans to return sixth-graders to five […]
Atlantic County has given 62,000 COVID vaccines
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff The number of new cases of COVID-19 and fatalities attributed to the virus continue to drop in Atlantic County from the peaks in January. Over the past week, from Feb. 23 to March 1, there were 16 deaths and 525 new cases. That represents about half the highest number of deaths […]
Cape May County hopes for additional vaccines with J&J
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff The Cape May County Department of Health is hoping with the new Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine coming out, additional vaccine doses will be coming to the state and, by extension, the county. As of the end of February on Sunday, there have been 28,118 doses of vaccine administered in the […]
Team delivers sheriff’s department’s new bloodhound
By RACHEL SHUBIN/Special to the Sentinel CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — The Cape May County Sheriff’s Department has a new staff member of the four-legged variety. An 11-month-old bloodhound named Hank (or possibly Hercules) is now on the staff as a search and rescue officer for the Cape May County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit. “With the […]
Joan Carolyn Wallis Miedama, 90
Joan Carolyn Wallis Miedama, 90, died Feb. 5, 2021. She was born on August 23, 1930 in Morrisville, Pennsylvania to Leslie Jerome Wallis and Vera Margerum Wallis. Joan graduated at the top of her class at Morrisville High School in 1948 and was proud to be the Honor Soloist. Additionally, she excelled at field hockey, […]
Donald Michele Pileggi, 90
Donald Michele Pileggi of Ocean City, New Jersey, died peacefully at the age of 90 with his family and beloved pets Charlie the Dog and Nurse Kitty by his side at his home in Marmora, NJ on Sunday, February 21, 2021. Born in Ocean City, NJ 1930 to Michele Pileggi Jr. and Jessie Jack. Don’s […]