Mustang wrestlers looking to senior leadership this season
LINWOOD – The Mainland Regional wrestling team will look to its senior leadership and depth to carry them to success this season. “We’re a well-balanced team this year,” head coach Clayton Smith said. “I have seniors who have developed over the last four years, some people in the middle who are in the process of […]
New mayor, Upper Township Committee ready to work
Corson, Newman, Hayes, Pancoast want township moving forward, but keeping character UPPER TOWNSHIP – The Upper Township Committee swore in its two newest members and named Curtis Corson the new mayor Friday night. “It’s quite an honor, to be honest,” Corson said. Corson has served for more than 20 years on the committee. He has […]
Inflation adds to food insecurity
Social service agencies handle demand in SJ, worry what lies ahead Food insecurity has been rising in southern New Jersey since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, with prices increasing and across-the-board inflation squeezing budgets even tighter. Social service agencies in the region, ordinarily busy this time of year trying to provide […]
Cape May County reports 9 new deaths attributed to COVID
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Cape May County recorded nine more deaths attributed to the surge of COVID-19, county commissioners announced Friday. The deaths include two men, a 94-year-old and 81-year-old, from Upper Township; an 89-year-old man from Ocean City, an 86-year-old man and a 78-year-old woman from West Cape May, an 87-year-old man and a […]
National Guard ‘strike team’ arrives to assist at Meadowview home
NORTHFIELD — Men and women wearing a different kind of uniform are now walking the halls of a local nursing home. A 10-member New Jersey National Guard strike team was deployed Monday to Meadowview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Northfield. Gov. Phil Murphy announced Jan. 6 that the National Guard would be deploying to long-term […]
Joseph P. Dever, Sr.
Joseph Patrick Dever, Sr. of Media, PA and Ocean City, NJ, passed away from complications of Pulmonary Fibrosis on Sunday, January 9, 2022. Joseph (“Joe”) was the loving and devoted husband of Frances (nee Zalewski) and proud father of his three sons and their wives, Joseph Jr. & Kim, Jonathan & Chrissy and James […]
Last week’s storms worth their salt … and shovels
Having just dug out from the previous storm, area residents woke Friday morning to find 3 to 4 more inches of snow ahead of their morning commute Jan. 7. Hardware stores were doing a brisk business for snow shovels and salt. Area schools closed for the third day of the week and some businesses opened […]
School districts celebrate top educators, staff
School districts across the state celebrate their best and brightest in December, naming Teacher of the Year and top support staff members before the holiday break. The Sentinel solicited information on these special public servants from superintendents in Linwood, Northfield, Somers Point and Mainland Regional High School. Linwood Brian Pruitt, who oversees Seaview Elementary School […]
Ocean City Arts Center hosts Upper Township artist
Summer at the shore courtesy of Faherty’s ‘Tidelands’ – reception Friday OCEAN CITY — The gallery at the Ocean City Arts Center kicks off the new year with a solo show featuring the work of painter Tim Faherty. “Tidelands” — a name that sums up Faherty’s fascination with the shore — opened Jan. 4 and […]
Fighting the COVID surge
AtlantiCare, Atlantic County open drive-thru NORTHFIELD — With the Omicron variant of COVID-19 rapidly spreading across the country, the U.S. is now averaging more than 700,000 new cases per day. To help deal with the increase, in collaboration with AtlantiCare, Atlantic County opened a drive-thru test facility Monday in the county’s Public Works Yard at […]