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December 22, 2024

Month: February 2022

Cherokee swimmers prep Ocean City girls for playoffs

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School girls swim team tested their mettle against a powerful Cherokee Monday, a meet that will help prepare the Red Raiders for the sectional tournament. The Chiefs (8-2)  took a lead right from the opening race and were able to hold it the entire meet. After trailing by […]

Ocean City Boys swim meet decided by fractions of a second

Visiting Cherokee tops Ocean City as teams fight for lead from start to finish OCEAN CITY – One-hundredth of a second made the difference between the Ocean City High School boys swim team and the Cherokee Chiefs Monday at the Ocean City Aquatic and Fitness Center. That was the margin that separated the two teams […]

Somers Point argues it belongs in Second District

Officials: City more connected to Atlantic City, neighbors than Cape May, Cumberland towns SOMERS POINT — City officials and political leaders are advocating for Somers Point to remain in Legislative District 2 when new boundaries are drawn up later this month. The state’s 564 municipalities are divided into 40 Legislative Districts, whose boundaries shift based on […]

Ocean City, Linwood, Northfield libraries to be telehealth hubs

NORTHFIELD — Fiction, nonfiction, periodicals, telehealth … telehealth? The Otto Bruyns Public Library of Northfield is among 152 depositories across the state that will become a hub of medical information as the New Jersey State Library administers a statewide telehealth program. The Ocean City Free Public Library and the Linwood Library also will be taking […]

Joan Pflueger Hartley

Surrounded by her loving family, Joan Esther Pflueger Hartley passed peacefully from this world to the next on  December 23, 2021.   Joan’s last days were happy ones and she’ll be remembered for the joy and energy she brought to life and the graceful way she prepared for death.  Joan was born March 21, 1932 in Philadelphia, the […]

Ocean City High School grad, author vying for Military Spouse of Year; voting open now

Editor’s note: Ocean City High School graduate Athens (Voyadgis) Pellegrino was featured in an article in the Nov. 24, 2021 edition of the Sentinels about her ongoing book series, “The Military Child Chronicles.” Find the story here. OCEAN CITY — Ocean City High School graduate Athens (Voyadgis) Pellegrino, who is authoring a series of books […]

Former councilman first to return petitions to run for council

OCEAN CITY – Former First Ward Councilman Michael DeVlieger was the first person to turn in his petition to run in the May 10 election. The City Clerk’s Office has not yet reviewed it. DeVlieger is seeking one of three at-large seats. Five others have taken out petitions – two incumbent at-large council members, Pete […]

COVID-19 high, but dropping in Cape May County; 6 deaths reported

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — As fast as COVID-19 cases rose in Cape May County, they’re dropping just as fast, although the lagging indicators show six more residents’ deaths were attributed to the coronavirus in last Friday’s weekly report. Active cases of COVID-19, attributed to the more contagious Omicron variant, quadrupled from about 250 cases around […]

DIGGING OUT AFTER A BLIZZARD

Second major storm dumps on shore towns A weekend snowstorm dropped double digits on Ocean City and even more on the mainland communities of Somers Point, Linwood and Northfield. State, local and county officials urged residents to avoid travel during Saturday’s storm as many businesses and municipal sites shut down because of blizzard conditions. Ocean […]

Sturdy Savings Bank turns 100

CEO Reeves: Century of success linked to close ties to the communities, deep understanding of market CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Sturdy Savings Bank understands this market. That knowledge and longstanding close ties to the local communities it serves is why, according to President and CEO Gerald L. Reeves, Sturdy is celebrating its centennial in […]