Local officials on virus: Don’t panic, but be prepared
No COVID-19 cases here yet By KRISTEN KELLEHER/Sentinel staff CAPE MAY COUNTY – A new strain of coronavirus, COVID-19, has yet to impact New Jersey residents as of Tuesday, March 3. Local public health officials, however, are urging residents to take precautions, such as washing hands regularly, to prevent the spread of the new virus. […]
Vigil to raise awareness, support in a national crisis claiming lives
Those struggling need to know help is available By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – They lit their candles as the music played a song of hope and healing. In the darkened room they hugged, cried, and remembered loved ones gone too soon. More than 100 people attended a prayer and candlelight vigil at the […]
Mayor gives his ‘shareholder’ report on city
Gillian touts investment, ongoing improvements paying off for the resort By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – A robust public improvements program, a clean audit, and growing real estate values were all points Ocean City’s municipal government touted as successes, according to Mayor Jay Gillian’s annual State of the City Address. Gillian’s comments, delivered before […]
Upper approves plan for walkway near Beacon Animal Rescue on Butter Road
By BILL BARLOW /Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP — Township Committee unanimously backed a plan to create a new walking path near Beacon Animal Rescue on Butter Road. Andrew Lea, a volunteer at the animal shelter, has proposed creating the path as a service project, one of the steps toward attaining the rank of Eagle […]
Township wants farm market proposal in writing
By BILL BARLOW /Special to the Sennel UPPER TOWNSHIP — With approval, or at least a waiver, from the Upper Township Planning Board, and a commitment from the township Green Team to provide volunteers, Bill Simmerman seems set to move forward with a plan to host a farm market at his Misty Meadow sheep’s milk creamery […]
Upper discusses beach access
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP — The beaches in the north end of Strathmere have already seen some erosion since the completion of a badly needed replenishment project over the fall and winter, but they still are in great shape for the summer. That’s according to the final report for 2019 from […]
Tax hike expected as budget talks conclude
Change in assessment of B.L. England power plant lowers ratables By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPPER TOWNSHIP — Property owners likely will face a tax increase when Township Committee introduces a municipal budget for 2020, expected Monday, March 9. The hike, which township finance director Barbara Lund estimated will cost the average taxpayer about […]
Former MRHS teacher Denn takes a plea deal, admits to sexual crime
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK and KRISTEN KELLEHER/Sentinel staff CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Christopher Denn, a former senior guard with the Ocean City Beach Patrol, as well as a gym teacher and swimming coach at Mainland Regional High School, pled guilty Feb. 13 to fourth-degree criminal sexual contact. According to Cherie Fossett, Cape May County […]
Wrongfully convicted, man spent 30 years on death row
By RACHEL SHUBIN/Special to the Sentinel CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — In a packed auditorium full of community stakeholders, elected officials, parents and youth, author Anthony Ray Hinton told his story of living on death row for 30 years for a crime he did not commit, a story also told in the best-seller “The Sun […]
Woman documenting history of resort’s African-American community
By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – For Loretta Thompson Harris, the envelope held all the answers. In 1993, she received a letter from a relative on her mother’s side. One day she was sitting outside on the steps with her father and mentioned the letter. He told her how her great-grandfather had a delivery […]