Mustang football shuts out Oakcrest
Battles ahead LINWOOD – The fortunes of the 2023 edition of the Mainland Regional football team will be tested over the next two weeks with big games at Atlantic City and Hammonton after the Mustangs dispatched Oakcrest 32-0 last Friday. The victory improved the defending Central Jersey Group IV champions’ record to 3-0 on the […]
New tennis season, two new coaches Fortis takes over Mustangs, Ballezzi at helm of Ocean City
OCEAN CITY – The Mainland Regional and Ocean City High School girls tennis teams have new coaches at the helm this year, one blessed with a roster of six returning starters and the other with freshmen at three starting spots. The two teams faced each other Friday afternoon on the OCHS courts, with the Mustangs […]
Upper Township Committee continues look at short-term rentals
PETERSBURG — Upper Township Committee has appointed an ad hoc subcommittee to investigate the pros and cons of short-term rentals and report back on its findings. An ordinance introduced last spring met with a lot of opposition, and was tabled for more work. Township Committee put the brakes on the new rental housing regulations April […]
Upper Township Committee, school board elections
Corson faces familiar foe UPPER TOWNSHIP — Incumbent Curtis Corson is facing a challenge for his seat on Township Committee for the second time from independent Jon Grubb in the election Nov. 7. They last faced off in 2017, when Corson defeated Democrat Kiesha Bond and Grubb for a three-year term. Corson took 2,191 votes […]
Norman Houser, 86
Norman Houser, 86, of Seaville, passed away at home on Sunday, September 3, 2023. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dan lived his adult life in Oaklyn and Seaville, New Jersey. He graduated from Collingswood High School in 1955 and served his country for four years, stationed in London, England, as a member of the Air Force. […]
70-year prison term for shooting death of boy
MAYS LANDING – Alvin Wyatt, 35, of Atlantic City, NJ, was sentenced Monday to an aggregate term of 70 years in state prison for shooting into a crowd at a Pleasantville football game, killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring two others. The Honorable Donna M. Taylor, J.S.C., sentenced him to the term where he must […]
B.L. England smokestack demolition set
This will make room for development and wind farm link to power grid BEESLEYS POINT — While it has taken a lot longer than planned to demolish the smokestack at the former power plant in Beesleys Point, the overall project is way ahead of schedule. Chris Wilson, co-founder of property owner Beesley’s Point Development Group, […]
Protest delays test borings for wind farm project
Tuesday morning’s peaceful rally was mostly symbolic in fight against Ocean Wind 1 UPDATE: After this story was filed Tuesday morning for the Sentinel’s print edition, six people were arrested at the protest Tuesday afternoon by the Ocean City Police Department for refusing to leave the work zone where a contractor was beginning to dig […]
Nnewihe’s hat trick leads Ocean City over Mustangs
OCEAN CITY – A hot and humid morning at Carey Stadium was not enough to slow down junior Naomi Nnewihe. The Red Raider racked up a hat trick in the first half to lead the Ocean City girls soccer team over rival Mainland 4-0. “I was excited and a little nervous because of the Mainland-Ocean […]
Volleyball heads into first varsity season at OCHS
OCEAN CITY – Moving up from a junior varsity program to varsity this fall, the Ocean City High School girls volleyball team will be facing tougher competition and a tougher schedule, but the players and coaches can’t wait. Red Raider volleyball was new at OCHS last fall, but it attracted a large turnout for an […]