Citizen moves forward with referendum in Ocean City
Seeks help to force vote on Public Safety Building; city officials say it is best plan By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – A local resident is seeking “soldiers” for a petition drive to force a referendum on Ocean City’s proposed $42 million Public Safety Building, a project the administration contends is the best option […]
O.C. Theatre Co. honors recipients of its scholarships
By ELIZABETH LITTLE Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — There were speeches, laughs, tears and entertaining musical breaks Sunday, July 11, as supporters and members of the Greater Ocean City Theatre Company gathered at Greate Bay Country Club to honor the 2021 OCTC scholarship recipients. The scholarship brunch, dubbed the “Broadway Banquet” by the theater company, […]
Somers Point wants input on pot businesses
Neighbors EHT, O.C. taking different routes; what do residents want? By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — Members of the city’s Economic Development Advisory Commission have been working to determine what residents and other stakeholders want regarding marijuana businesses. John Helbig, a professional planner and chairman of the EDAC, said he raised the issue […]
Free concert Sunday in Somers Point
A.C. Jazz Band to perform benefit for Somers Mansion restoration By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — The Atlantic City Jazz Band is tuning up for a free concert to help focus attention on one of the city’s historical gems. The performance, scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday, July 18, on the grounds of Somers […]
Finding a community in open-ocean racing
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – For a lot of the swimmers who came out to Saturday’s T. John Carey Master’s Swim, running off the beach and heading out into the open ocean together is being part of a community. The 2021 one-mile swim started at the 42nd Street beach in Ocean City and […]
OCHS grads Grisbaum, Teofanova win Master’s Swim
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – New Ocean City High School graduate Dolan Grisbaum won Saturday’s one-mile open-ocean Master’s Swim – the middle event in three days of competitions for him – and fellow OCHS grad Andrea Teofanova finished as the fastest woman in the race. Grisbaum, 17, of Ocean City, is a 2021 […]
Lifeguards happy to return to racing
Longport wins women’s invitational; Ventnor second, Ocean City third By DAVID NAHAN Sentinel staff LONGPORT – The home beach patrol dominated the Longport Women’s Lifeguard Invitational Wednesday, July 7, but to many of the competitors, they were all winners because they were back to racing after being denied that chance in the summer of 2020 […]
Market Days in Ocean City
Thursdays extra busy downtown By ELIZABETH LITTLE/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — Market Days have returned to downtown, featuring many activities to entertain shoppers as they stroll Asbury Avenue. Market Days are held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays throughout the summer and include a magician, some musicians, pony rides and live princesses throughout the […]
Custom-built log cabin part of 4-acre property near 4 key destinations
HAMMONTON — The custom-built log cabin at 1350 Mays Landing Road in Hammonton features 4,500 square feet of exquisite woodwork and quality craftsmanship, but is just a small part of what makes the property a secluded paradise. With four bedrooms, four bathrooms, an open-plan eat-in kitchen, dining room and living room, plus multiple decks, a […]
Martha Jane Vanderslice, 95
Martha Jane Vanderslice (née Scheetz). William Shakespeare said “Though she be but little, she is fierce”. No one had a more fierce love of life than our little dynamo known as Martha (Marty) Jane Vanderslice (née Scheetz), who passed away on July 6th, 2021, literally surrounded by her family and an outpouring of love. Marty […]