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December 22, 2024

Month: June 2024

Ocean City Theatre Co.’s Summer Children’s Tuesday series opens with ‘Garfield’ July 2

OCEAN CITY – The Greater Ocean City Theatre Company is about to embark on a summer season full of creativity, imagination, fun and interactive storytelling with its 2024 Summer Children Theatre Series. Tuesdays at the Ocean City Music Pier will feature five fully staged family musicals at 10:30 a.m. from July 2 through July 30. Opening the […]

Former OCBP guard gets 4 years probation in alleged sex assault case

Case related to ‘OCBP_predators’ page on Instagram in 2021 CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Former Ocean City Beach Patrol lifeguard Jonathan Howell was sentenced to four years’ probation June 18 after pleading guilty to second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Howell, 42, of Marmora, a former member of the OCBP member and teacher in […]

Ocean City High School Class of 2024 graduates receive diplomas

OCEAN CITY – More than 300 members of the Ocean City High School Class of 2024 receive their diplomas in commencement exercises June 13 on the field at Carey Stadium. All of the graduates are pictured here. – PHOTOS by DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff

Ocean City dedicates POW-MIA Chair of Honor

OCEAN CITY — The Philadelphia Eagles’ home, Lincoln Financial Field, with room for more than 67,000 spectators, would not have enough space to accommodate all of the American service members missing in action from World War II to the present. In honor of their memory, and in front of a standing-room-only audience Friday morning, a […]

Somers Point $4.66 million bond would fund road work, major purchases

SOMERS POINT — City Council voted June 13 to introduce two bond ordinances, one in the amount of $3.15 million for various improvements and acquisitions and the second in the amount of $1.51 million for sewer utility capital improvements. The larger of the bonds would earmark more than $2 million for roadway improvements. The ordinance […]

Mancini, McInerney, Gaffney fire net 62s to lead Ocean City Thursday Senior Golf

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Thirty-six members of the Ocean City Thursday Senior Golf League made their way around Harbor Pines on June 13 as the season reached one-third completion.  Golf Director Al Malatesta will be recalculating handicaps and we expect to see some shuffling of players between the A and B flights. The big question […]

More than 40 golfers at Ocean City Brambley League; Hawthorne, Karwowski lead

OCEAN CITY – Last week, more than 40 golfers took to the course as the Brambley Golf League continued its exciting season.  Rich Hawthorne and Joe Karwowski emerged as the overall Low Gross winners, each shooting a 44. They narrowly edged out JoAnn Bonanni, Mary Hughes, Mark Hemmert and Mark Franks by just one stroke. […]

Gahr, Carter, Probert win Ocean City Tuesday Senior Golf League scramble

BUENA VISTA – The Ocean City Tuesday Senior Golf League had its first scramble for the year on June 11. The schedule calls for one every fourth round and we assiduously adhere to that calendar – sometimes, more or less. This time, six teams teed it up and the winning one included another golfer who, […]

Ocean City Stingrays win 57 medals at New Jersey Special Olympics Summer Games

After seven months of weekly practice, the Area 8 regional meet at the Ocean City Aquatic and Fitness Center, and the sectional meet at Gloucester County Institute of Technology (GCIT), the Ocean City Stingrays were ready for the New Jersey Special Olympic State Games June 7-9 at The College of New Jersey. Twenty-three local athletes […]

Somers Point school budget raises tax levy 8.5 percent

District bringing back three teachers, some projects SOMERS POINT — The Somers Point Board of Education presented its amended budget June 12 after receiving some relief from the state through the Stabilized School Budget Aid Grant Program. The new spending plan raises the tax levy 8.5 percent and tax rate 8.78 cents while using the […]