Ocean City car show at Tabernacle was a drive down memory lane
By ELIZABETH LITTLE/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — For 65 years, the Jersey Cape Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America has been putting on a car show in Ocean City. This year, the vehicles rumbled onto the lawn at the Ocean City Tabernacle, 550 Wesley Ave., followed by car buffs. A plethora of vintage […]
Fire destroys Marmora home, but everyone gets out safely
MARMORA – Everyone got out safely from a house fire in Marmora last week. The Marmora Volunteer Fire Company and Upper Township Division of EMS were dispatched to a structure fire on North Quail Drive in the Marmora section of Upper Township around 9:50 p.m. Wednesday, June 23. According to the Marmora company, firefighters were […]
Fatal accident at Ninth and Bay in Ocean City
OCEAN CITY – Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Chief Jay Prettyman of the Ocean City Police Department announce the joint investigation into a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred at the intersection of 9th Street and Bay Avenue, Ocean City Tuesday, June 22. At approximately 6:10 p.m., Ocean City Police Patrol Units […]
Bill cuts Ocean City’s power in fight over wind farm
Moving fast in Legislature, it limits right of municipalities to control rights of way By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – A new bill moving quickly through the New Jersey Legislature would take away leverage Ocean City has to hold up the Ocean Wind off-shore wind farm project. That leverage is the ability to deny […]
Pot biz may be legal in Northfield
Council splits 5-2 in favor of ordinance By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff NORTHFIELD — City Council voted 5-2 to introduce an ordinance that would allow four types of cannabis businesses to operate in the city. All municipalities in the state are up against a deadline of Aug. 21 to permit, prohibit or otherwise limit cannabis […]
MRHS graduates celebrate roots in their communities
SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY By ELIZABETH LITTLE/Sentinel staff LINWOOD – The 2021 graduates of Mainland Regional High School have had a memorable four years. On Monday, the seniors graduated on the field at the Mustang Corral with the stands full of family members, a stark contrast to last year’s commencement ceremonies that limited […]
OCHS Class of 2021 graduates
SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY By ELIZABETH LITTLE/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School Class of 2021 is unique in the sense that they only attended less than three years of high school in person, but they all gathered to graduate at Carey Stadium on Tuesday evening, June 15. The class […]
Chamber salutes McGuckin
Keynote speaker: Value all the working women By ELIZABETH LITTLE/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – The Salute to Working Women Award was presented to Mary McGuckin on Thursday afternoon during a luncheon at the Ocean City Yacht Club. McGuckin was honored for her work as manager of the Lightkeeper’s Society with Shore Medical Center. McGuckin is […]
Annual Art in the Park Saturday
Art show, sale in Somers Point’s Kennedy Park By CRAIG D. SCHENCK Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — What’s better than strolling through an art show on a beautiful summer’s afternoon? Strolling through an art show at a picturesque park overlooking Great Egg Harbor Bay. Better still is that all of the art — both paintings […]
Cape May City Council member is charged with cyber harassment
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Cape May City Councilman and local real estate agent Christopher Bezaire, 43, has been charged with crimes related to the alleged cyber harassment of a former girlfriend. Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland and Chief Paul Skill of the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office announced Bezaire’s arrest following the execution […]