Sheriff Nolan: Secure Mexican border
He joins 275 other sheriffs in letter to President Biden By JACK FICHTER/Sentinel staff CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — County Sheriff Robert Nolan added his signature to those of 275 other sheriffs from 39 states, representing a combined 19.8 million Americans, in a letter to President Joe Biden last week, urging him to secure the […]
Somers Point delays adopting municipal budget
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — City Council was expected to adopt the 2021 municipal budget April 8 but decided to wait for guidance on how the city can spend federal COVID relief funding before doing so. City Administrator Jason Frost said the budget, which was introduced March 11, increases the amount to […]
Spring Girls Weekend is a big draw; others need no excuse to visit Ocean City
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — Rain was in the forecast Saturday and Sunday but that didn’t dampen the spirits of those out for Girls Weekend in downtown Ocean City — and they weren’t all women. Walking down Asbury Avenue were Jared and Nicole Gaeta of Horsham Township, Pa., enjoying a kids-free getaway. […]
Investment property includes apartments, downtown storefront
OCEAN CITY — The mixed-use building at 1048 Asbury Ave. includes a storefront in the city’s award-winning downtown and five rental units up top. Vito DiMarco, the listing agent with Marr Agency, bought the building in 2011 and renovated two of the five apartments before Hurricane Sandy hit in 2012, flooding much of the island. […]
Boardwalk Republic vision: Build seaport in Atlantic City
Young world traveler’s book meant to start conversation about area, cruise industry By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Just shy of a decade out of high school, Miles Schoedler has already traveled to 40 countries across five continents as a brand ambassador for Microsoft and the Holland America Line. Now, during a roughly year-long […]
OCPD sergeant charged with sexual assault
CAPE MAY COURT HOSUE – Ocean City Police Department Sergeant Tyrone Rolls, 50, of Marmora, was arrested Wednesday, April 7, on sexual assault allegations, according to Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Chief Paul Skill of the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office. On April 7, Rolls turned himself into the Cape May County […]
Mazzeo and Fitzpatrick teaming up
One for Senate, one for Assembly By CRAIG D. SCHENCK Sentinel staff NORTHFIELD — Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo is looking to move to the upper house of the state Legislature, while Caren Fitzpatrick has her eye on Mazzeo’s Assembly seat. Mazzeo, a Northfield resident who owns B.F. Mazzeo Fruit & Produce on Route 9, served on […]
Cape May County to shore up Ocean Drive
New erosion threat to link between Ocean City, Strathmere By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP — A long-term fight to protect the stretch of Ocean Drive between Ocean City and Strathmere continues with a county project aimed at stopping erosion. At one time, there was beach between the two-lane roadway and Corson’s Inlet. […]
Tough budget year for resort
City looks to COVID relief By BILL BARLOW /Special to the Sentinel OCEAN CITY — 2020 was a tough year, which at this point is about as newsworthy as the fact that the ocean is salty and Ocean City does not allow BYOB. Frank Donato, Ocean City’s chief financial officer, drove home just how tough it […]
Shore opens sensory-friendly Pediatric Care Center
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — Children with autism and other sensory needs can now have a more sensory-friendly experience when they visit Shore Medical Center’s Pediatric Care Center, thanks in part to an Ocean City resident. The new program, developed in partnership with the Atlantic County Special Services School District, was first […]