Somers Point honors Medal of Honor recipient
SOMERS POINT — “It’s going to happen, it’s just a question of when,” veterans advocate Tom Innocente said in July about erecting a monument to Medal of Honor recipient Oscar Schmidt Jr. That question was answered Friday, Nov. 11, as the nation honored its military heroes on Veterans Day in ceremonies across the country. While […]
Author writes about Vietnam vets’ lives
Their experiences, how war affected them and to clear up misconceptions OCEAN CITY — U.S. Army veteran Ken Byerly wrote a book about the lives of Vietnam War veterans to give them the honor they didn’t get when they returned home, to set the record straight on some misconceptions about the war and for families […]
UTBA is hosting comeback Community Night
First since 2019 with businesses, giveaways Thurday at Upper Township Elementary MARMORA — “We call it Community Night because we want the community to come out, see the organizations in the community, see the businesses,” Blanche Adams said of the event coming up Thursday. The Upper Township Business Association will host the event from 6 […]
Consumers: Cannabis prices are too high
Dispensaries selling cannabis at $450 per ounce; CRC hopes costs drop TRENTON — With cannabis selling at $450 per ounce at dispensaries, the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) is hopeful the price will drop as more facilities open in New Jersey. During a CRC meeting Oct. 27, Executive Director Jeff Brown said medical cannabis enrollment […]
Split evident at Ocean Wind public hearing
Focus is on support, opposition of project more than diversion of Ocean City land OCEAN CITY – The virtual public hearing Monday evening was supposed to focus on Green Acres land the Ocean Wind 1 project wants to use to run its transmission cables through Ocean City to connect to the power grid at the […]
Are you eating enough seafood?
Rutgers presentation at O.C. Library touts nutritional value, health benefits, sustainable industry employing thousands OCEAN CITY — Seafood is abundant, a terrific source of lean protein and a sustainable industry that employs tens of thousands and feeds many more. What’s the catch? Americans consume far below the recommended dietary amounts and are missing out on […]
On mainland, most incumbents re-elected
Northfield voters support cannabis retailers and deliveries 55% to 45% Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in the online at ocnjsentinel.com on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Incumbents won nearly every election in Somers Point, Linwood and Northfield while voters approved a nonbinding referendum supporting retail marijuana sales and rejected another seeking $2.6 million in […]
Upper Township: State should help fund skyrocketing health benefits costs
PETERSBURG — Faced with a 21 percent increase in the cost of employee health care, Upper Township is urging Gov. Phil Murphy to use COVID relief funds to help municipalities statewide offset the expense. Township Committee adopted a resolution Nov. 14 requesting help with the increased premium of the New Jersey State Health Benefits Program. […]
The freight train is coming down the tracks
No public hearing will slow it What was the point of Monday evening’s virtual public hearing on Ocean Wind 1’s plans to divert less than an acre of Green Acres land so it can put transmission lines through the island? For more than two hours, a hearing took place over Zoom. Ostensibly, it was to […]
Honoring our veterans
Ocean City’s Veterans Day reminder of the sacrifice of military families OCEAN CITY — Think not only of the nation’s veterans and service members, but also of the families who support them. That message was voiced by different speakers on a rainy Friday morning inside the Ocean City Tabernacle auditorium, where servicemembers from different generations […]