Rising with the tide
More women lifeguards taking leadership roles on patrols across southern New Jersey OCEAN CITY — Historically, lifeguarding has been a male-dominated profession, but times are changing. More and more women have been taking over leadership roles on beach patrols across southern New Jersey after serving for years protecting ocean-goers and working their way up the […]
Ocean City Red Raider football stuffs Seneca, 38-0
OCEAN CITY — The Red Raiders football team delivered yet another blowout win Friday night at Carey Stadium. Ocean City got better as the game went on and ran away with it against Seneca, prevailing 38-0. “I thought that team was really good,” said Raider Jack Hoag, “but we were just at our best today. […]
Ocean City real estate guru Jay Lamont dies in Ca.
Remembered as opinionated and knowledgeable By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Jay Lamont, 76, a longtime Ocean City resident, real estate adviser, radio talk-show host and founder of the Real Estate Institute at Temple University, died Aug. 21 after a long battle with cancer at Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, […]
A nation divided
Can we stitch the population of the country back together? A few weeks ago, during ceremonies around the area commemorating the bravery of our police and firefighters during the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States, most speakers spoke of the unity felt in the aftermath. America appeared as one in response to […]
Ocean City Homecoming Queen 2021
Charis Holmes chosen during halftime at Ocean City High School football game OCEAN CITY – Charis Holmes, accompanied by her brother, Air Force serviceman Matthew Holmes, was elected 2021 Ocean City High School homecoming queen Friday evening at halftime of the Red Raiders’ football game against Seneca.Runners up were Riley Madden and Mallory Gould. Other […]
DEP, Army Corps take flood mitigation project to the public
Online presentations begin to discuss massive scope, impacts, timeline In an online presentation Monday night, federal and state officials said the massive flood mitigation project proposed for New Jersey’s coastal and back bay communities needs considerable public input to look at all of the potential environmental impacts. Officials said they will need to manage their […]
Former NYPD chief: Firsthand tale of Sept. 11
‘I probably watched two dozen people jump’ Bernard Kerik SOMERS POINT — “I probably watched two dozen people jump. As they got closer to the ground, the air pulled them away from the buildings. When they hit the awnings on the outside of the towers, it was like they exploded.” That’s how Bernard Kerik, 40th […]
Lois Meyers, 89
Lois Meyers, age 89, of Ocean City, NJ formerly of Cranford, NJ, passed into Heaven peacefully on September 11, 2021. Lois was a member of Cranford United Methodist Church in Cranford. She enjoyed singing in the choir and spending time volunteering for Plainfield Free Meals. She also was an associate member of Saint Peter’s United […]
Samuel Goff, 67
Samuel Bishop Goff III died Thursday, September 9, 2021 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sam was born September 14, 1953 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Ocean City, New Jersey. After graduation from Stevens Institute of Technology he began a professional career as a Civil Engineer working in transportation and construction, and eventually performing […]
Richard Somers Day
Somers Point honors Barbary War hero SOMERS POINT — About 40 members of the USS Richard Somers Crewmembers Association visited the birthplace of their ships’ namesake during the city’s annual recognition ceremony Sept. 15. It was the association’s 10th anniversary and the 217th birthday of Master Commandant Richard Somers, who was born in 1778 in […]