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Month: August 2021

Mustang football defeats Eagles

SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTO GALLERY By CLYDE HUGHES/Special to the Sentinel EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – It was one heck of a debut for Marlon Leslie as quarterback for the Mainland Regional Mustangs – 187 yards running and accounting for both scores in a 14-6 season-opening victory over the Egg Harbor Township Eagles last Friday night.  […]

Red Raider football shuts out Vineland

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE PHOTO GALLERY By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — Red Raiders running back Jacob Wilson scored two touchdowns on the ground and quarterback Riley Gunnels added another, but it was Ocean City’s defense that really shined in the 21-0 victory over the Vineland Fighting Clan on Friday, Aug. 27, at […]

OCSD school forum turns into mask debate

100 show up at back-to-school meeting, question superintendent over mask requirements By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — At a more-than-two-hour meeting Tuesday night, as Interim Superintendent Thomas Baruffi talked about what the district is doing to reopen the Ocean City School District with full-time, in-person instruction, parents pressed him to do more to oppose […]

Oceanfront condominiums even better than new after major upgrade of amenities

OCEAN CITY — On the corner of Fifth Street and the boardwalk, just a clam shell’s throw from the surf, are two fully upgraded condominium units offering fantastic ocean views and incredible boardwalk access. The two homes — Units 12 and 14 at 925 Fifth St. — are nearly identical and in fact located in […]

$16 billion flood control project

Army Corps’ NJ coastal proposal includes a storm surge barrier across Great Egg inlet, bay barrier off south end By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff TRENTON – Last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection released a $16 billion flood mitigation proposal to protect the Jersey shore that includes storm […]

Cape May lifeguard dies in boat accident

Outpouring of support for the family of teen By JACK FICHTER/Sentinel staff CAPE MAY — Norman V. Inferrera III, 16, of Phoenixville, Pa., a first-year lifeguard with the Cape May Beach Patrol, died Aug. 21 at Cooper University Hospital from injuries suffered on duty when the boat he was rowing was broadsided by a wave […]

Northfield P.D.: Body cams are good for police

They protect public and officers; more on the way By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff NORTHFEILD — The city has received a $48,912 grant to purchase more body-worn cameras for the Northfield Police Department. Police Chief Paul Newman said he is requesting the purchase of 24 more cameras to provide one for every officer on the […]

Upper Township candidates calling for forum

Nine seeking three seats By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff UPPER TOWNSHIP — Lenora Boninfante Kodytek and Shawna Mulford are calling on all candidates running for positions on Upper Township Committee to participate in a candidates forum to discuss issues affecting the township. Three seats are up on the five-member, all-Republican committee: two three-year terms and […]

Mary Patricia Witchko

Mary Patricia Witchko (née Smith) most recently of Newtown Square, passed peacefully in the early hours of August 14, 2021 surrounded by her husband and children.  She is survived by her devoted husband of 51 years, James C. Witchko, and her three children Tracey Witchko of Philadelphia, Matthew Witchko (Jacquelyn) of Virginia, and Juliane Keener […]

‘Breakfast walks with Grandpa’

Duo visited 20 restaurants to help those hit by pandemic, to spend quality time together By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – On a warm August morning, 13-year-old Calum Binder sits at a table on the second-floor deck of his family’s bayside home on Fourth Street. A big notebook is in front of him. His […]