Ceremony recognizes those men and women serving and protecting, details incidents PETERSBURG — Upper Township Committee honored its hometown heroes Feb. 25 during the 2nd annual Public Safety Recognition Ceremony. “The ceremony tonight is about honoring those who put safety first, those of you who protect and serve our community to make it a better, […]
As Celtic lore would have it, the man who would become St. Patrick was born Maewyn Succat. As a boy, he was a captive of Irish pirates and, in turn, an escaped slave. Later in life, he would return to Ireland as a Catholic missionary, driving the snakes of paganism off the Emerald Isle. He explained the […]
OCEAN CITY — When a time capsule from 1976 is opened in Philadelphia to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary, some of the children whose names are inside may be from Ocean City. On Sept. 11, 1976, more than a thousand people gathered at the Lewis Quadrangle at Independence Hall to celebrate the bicentennial and seal […]
OCEAN CITY – Atlantic City no longer has the Miss America Pageant, but Ocean City will again be home to the Miss New Jersey Pageant, which is returning this year and bringing a popular parade with it. Atlantic City was the home of the Miss America Pageant for the better part of a century. One […]
OCEAN CITY – The new Ocean City Police Department substation adjacent to the boardwalk opened Friday, March 6, as the city gets ready to demolish the old police station. “I’m proud to announce that a new police substation at Eighth Street and Boardwalk opened today,” Mayor Jay Gillian reported Friday. “I was joined by Police […]
OCEAN CITY — The three-story home at 101 W. 14th St. combines the benefits of life on the bay with those of living off the beaten path just a clam shell’s toss from all of the action. “This home is ideal for a family who truly loves life on the water,” listing agent Tim McLaughlin […]
OCEAN CITY — Set in mature, professionally landscaped gardens, the unique home at 1436 Simpson Ave. is fabulous from floor to ceiling and operated by the touch of a button. Designed to be light and bright, the home needed no lamps during a tour on a recent gloomy winter’s day. What could be seen of […]
OCEAN CITY — Just two blocks from the boardwalk, the first-floor condominium at 1721 Central Ave. is just steps away from the large beaches in the Central neighborhood of Ocean City. The island is one of the most popular shore resorts on the East Coast, featuring an oceanfront boardwalk filled with hundreds of shopping, dining […]
Ocean City boys beat Delsea 51-33 in sectional basketball final in front of Raider Nation fans OCEAN CITY – Last season, Dean Lappin helped the Ocean City Red Raiders win the South Jersey championship while awaiting his turn in the spotlight. One season later, Lappin and the Red Raiders are back-to-back champions after he took […]
He wins at 215 pounds in District 30; Red Raider, Mustang wrestlers move on to Region 8 tournament GALLOWAY – Red Raider Jacob Chapman is a District 30 wrestling champion. Wrestling in the 215-pound class at the district tournament at Absegami High School Saturday, the junior won by technical fall, 19-4, over Mainland’s Eban Kuhns […]
OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School boys basketball team had an easy time in the opening round of the South Jersey Group III sectionals, but Mainland Regional High School’s team pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament. The Mustangs, seeded 15th, knocked off No. 2 Shawnee (17-9) 44-39 Friday night. Sean Burke […]
Although it is hard to fathom there will be wholesale change in the way the city operates following the May 12 municipal election in Ocean City, it is good that residents will have choices to make when they cast their ballots. Mayor Jay Gillian announced the earliest that he would be seeking a fifth consecutive […]
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 […]
