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SOMERS POINT — Organizer Rob Hopkins said three new vendors joined the Somers Point Farmers Market on July 16 on the grounds of Somers Mansion overlooking Great Egg Harbor Bay. Hopkins, a member of the city’s Economic Development Advisory Commission who was tasked with organizing and managing the market, said his goal is to double […]

Celebration of Thomas Gibson’s life will be Thursday in Somers Point Editor’s note: This story has been updated. MIDDLE TOWNSHIP – An Ocean City pilot who was killed Saturday when his small plane crashed at the Paramount Airfield in Middle Township worked for the Cape May Aerial banner tow and formerly worked at the Ocean […]

Stockton has Innovation Center, competitive team; Boyd sees spillover effect for southern Jersey SOMERS POINT — Esports don’t get the same widespread attention as professional sports, but competitive video gaming has a massive audience and comprises a multibillion-dollar industry that is growing quickly. Unlike sports, which are tied to a specific location, such as how […]

OCEAN CITY – Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Lodge is bringing the songs of the Moody Blues to the Music Pier stage Monday, July 25. Lodge joined the Moody Blues on bass and vocals amid lineup changes just ahead of their seminal album “Times of Future Passed.”  He played with the band throughout […]

Residents criticize housing project, fear infringing on old burial ground NORTHFIELD — A Dolphin Avenue couple is pushing back against a proposal for a senior housing community on county property in the city, saying it’s both inappropriate and irresponsible to build there. The Diocesan Housing Services Corp. of the Diocese of Camden approached Atlantic County […]

By RACHEL SHUBIN Special to the Sentinel CAPE MAY — The U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 24 is a day that will live in infamy for current and future generations of Americans.  As the new reality of living in the “post-Roe generation” sets in, a local movement to protect bodily autonomy […]

CAMDEN – Two Atlantic County men admitted defrauding New Jersey state and local health benefits programs and other insurers by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced last week. Brian Pugh, 45, of Absecon, and Thomas Schallus, 45, of Northfield, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert […]

CAMDEN – Guiseppe Cannuscio, 74, of Linwood, pleaded guilty to failing to pay the IRS approximately $208,448 in taxes, following an investigation by IRS Criminal Investigation Newark Field Office Special Agents of an Ocean City pizza shop he used to co-own.. Cannuscio pleaded July 13 before U.S. District Judge Karen M. Williams to an Information […]

OCEAN CITY– The City of Ocean City offered this guide to the Night in Venice boat parade that starts at 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 23.  Where does the parade route begin and end? The boat parade begins near the Ocean City-Longport toll bridge and travels along the bayside to Tennessee Avenue, looping in and […]