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 […]
Hartzell to challenge Gillian for mayor
Serving fourth term on Ocean City Council, he says it’s time for new leadership Editor’s note: This story has been updated. By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Keith Hartzell, who has served on Ocean City Council since 2006, made it official on Monday that he will be running for mayor in the May 2022 […]
2nd District to expand after 2020 Census
Neighboring congressmen Van Drew, Kim may benefit By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew’s congressional district, already the largest geographically in the state, is going to get larger thanks to the 2020 U.S. Census that saw population drops in the southernmost counties – Cape May, Cumberland and Salem. Although it’s […]
Census data reveal changes in counties and communities
Cape May population shrank; Atlantic County about even By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff The U.S. Census is going to be used to redraw legislative districts, something that will have an impact on the congressional districts, but it also includes a number of interesting statistical facts on the populations in the counties and in our local communities. […]