LINWOOD — Winners in five of their last six games, the Mainland Mustang girls basketball team kept rolling with a dominant performance Friday. Mainland Regional High School turned a three-point halftime lead into a nearly 20-point, 52-34 win over Clearview High School on Jan. 23. Junior Sammy Funk led the Mustangs with 15 points and […]
Banker predicts consumers will drive economic growth OCEAN CITY — More money in consumers’ pockets from tax cuts, less withholdings and low gas prices will offset geopolitical uncertainty, an escalating federal deficit and stubborn inflation for a strong economy in 2026. That’s what Greg Matuson, president and CEO of Sturdy Savings, predicted in his 2026 […]
Teddy Bear Picnic Jan. 29 CAPE MAY — The Cape May County Library Children’s Department has scheduled Teddy Bear Picnic for 11 a.m. Jan. 29 at the Cape May branch. The program is a cozy and playful early literacy experience designed for children ages 2 to 6 and their loved ones. Bring a favorite stuffie and […]
School board president: This is a bit of a bomb dropped on us OCEAN CITY – Superintendent of Schools Dr. Christian Angelillo “dropped a bomb” on the Ocean City Board of Education Thursday evening, catching members by surprise by announcing his plans to retire at the end of the school year. Angelillo, 53, who will […]
Ocean City celebrates Dr. King with singing, speeches, awards and a community meal OCEAN CITY — Ocean City celebrated the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 19 with a ceremony overflowing with good will and powerful emotions. The city’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration brings the religious, […]
OCEAN CITY — “Is this the one you’ve been waiting for?” real estate agent Joan Farrell asks. The multilevel single-family home at 2020 West Ave. in America’s Greatest Family Resort offers numerous places for family and friends to gather and get away, making it ideal for a summer vacation. It features an open great room with […]
BEESLEYS POINT — While many houses at the shore are built as vacation homes to be used only during the summer months, the newly renovated stunner at 17 E. Golden Oak Lane in Upper Township was clearly designed with family in mind. “With every detail newly completed and no expense spared in the finish work, […]
OCEAN CITY — Watch the sun rise on another great day at the beach from the front porch at 3600 Central Ave., Unit C3. Covered to keep out the elements, the wide porch provides the perfect vantage point to welcome the morning with a hot cup of coffee in hand. Updated and upgraded inside and […]
Mustang boys comfortably atop Power Points; Mustang girls second LINWOOD — The Mainland Regional High School girls and boys teams won Group B titles at the South Jersey Swim Coaches Association Invitational on Saturday at Gloucester County Institute of Technology. For the girls, two of the highlights of the meet were winning the 200-meter medley […]
OCEAN CITY — The Red Raider girls swim team wrapped up its regular season with a 129-41 win over Clearview Regional, improving its record to 6-3 and putting it in third place in Power Points. That should cement a home meet in the playoffs. Unbeaten Shawnee holds the top spot and Mainland Regional (6-2) is […]
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City High School boys swim team solidified its second-place standing in the South Jersey Group B Power Points, behind lead Mainland Regional, after the Jan. 22 win over Clearview. The Red Raider boys are now 7-3 on the season, behind points-leader Mainland, giving both teams home meets in the sectional […]
Council didn’t want to appear indifferent to business fears Some in the audience at the Dec. 4 City Council meeting were surprised by the reversal of the August vote on the Wonderland Pier property that is home to a defunct amusement park. Others were shocked. We weren’t shocked. We didn’t know exactly how it was […]
Is City Council going to change its mind Thursday evening over the future of the former Wonderland Pier amusement park site? In spite of what seemed a definitive vote in August and subsequent support for a comprehensive study on that property, this is a resolution that just won’t die. Critics allege shady backroom dealing and […]
Three of the candidates running for the Ocean City school board have claimed their opponents are getting political in a non-partisan election. What is hypocritical is that all three of those candidates, in their profiles that appeared in last week’s edition of the Sentinel, all listed as most important getting a Republican elected governor. They […]
It was whipflash. The Ocean City administration rushed a resolution before Ocean City Council Sept. 24 to buy the former Crown Bank building and two parking lots for $12.6 million. The prospect was to make the old high-rise at 801 Asbury Ave. into the new police station. The city was already planning to renovate and […]
