Ocean City Homecoming Queen 2021
Charis Holmes chosen during halftime at Ocean City High School football game OCEAN CITY – Charis Holmes, accompanied by her brother, Air Force serviceman Matthew Holmes, was elected 2021 Ocean City High School homecoming queen Friday evening at halftime of the Red Raiders’ football game against Seneca.Runners up were Riley Madden and Mallory Gould. Other […]
DEP, Army Corps take flood mitigation project to the public
Online presentations begin to discuss massive scope, impacts, timeline In an online presentation Monday night, federal and state officials said the massive flood mitigation project proposed for New Jersey’s coastal and back bay communities needs considerable public input to look at all of the potential environmental impacts. Officials said they will need to manage their […]
Former NYPD chief: Firsthand tale of Sept. 11
‘I probably watched two dozen people jump’ Bernard Kerik SOMERS POINT — “I probably watched two dozen people jump. As they got closer to the ground, the air pulled them away from the buildings. When they hit the awnings on the outside of the towers, it was like they exploded.” That’s how Bernard Kerik, 40th […]
Richard Somers Day
Somers Point honors Barbary War hero SOMERS POINT — About 40 members of the USS Richard Somers Crewmembers Association visited the birthplace of their ships’ namesake during the city’s annual recognition ceremony Sept. 15. It was the association’s 10th anniversary and the 217th birthday of Master Commandant Richard Somers, who was born in 1778 in […]
Resort is in a pickle
$18.4 mil bond approved; talk is of bathrooms, pickleball courts OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Council unanimously approved an $18.4 million bond ordinance proposed by the Gillian Administration for big capital projects to be completed over the next year. Of all the money being spent, the most attention at the Sept. 9 meeting was paid […]
Coming to fruition in Somers Point
Whole city was deemed in need of rehabilitation; projects move ahead for lot, condos to replace derelict homes; an ALDI market on New Road SOMERS POINT — City Council is continuing its efforts to improve the city through real estate redevelopment agreements, granting preliminary approval to two more Thursday, Sept. 9. One will involve the […]
Ocean City Boardwalk Aerobatic Airshow Sunday; Parachute Pyrotechnic Show Saturday
OCEAN CITY – All eyes will turn to the sky for Ocean City’s Boardwalk Aerobatic Airshow Weekend on Sunday, Sept. 19. The event is free to attend and is one of the annual highlights of September in Ocean City. Before the airshow, the Parachute Pyrotechnic Show will return for its fourth year at 8 p.m. […]
Interim OCHS principal Mark Napoleon: Communication is important
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Mark Napoleon is a retired educator, but he’s not done with education. Longtime Ocean City High School principal Matt Jamison retired after the 2020-21 school year. Napoleon, interviewed at Carey Stadium before the Red Raider football team’s home opener Aug. 27, said he is beginning his second career […]
Ocean City Police department adding deputy chief
Construction at 9th and West prompts temporary sidewalk issue By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Council approved changes to ordinances governing the Ocean City Police Department, supporting Chief Jay Prettyman’s request to add a deputy chief position and allow an alternate means to hire new police officers. The reorganization, unanimously supported by […]
Sept. 11, 2001: Never forget
Ocean City, Upper Township, Somers Point among many commemorating response to terror attacks 20 years ago By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff For one day at least, the events of Sept. 11, 2001, put the unity back in community as neighbors, first-responders and elected officials gathered to mark the 20th anniversary of the worst attack on […]