Slower drainage after storm flood, more heavy rain expected from Ida
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – The area around 28th and 29th streets in Ocean City remained flooded for hours after Sunday’s rain, stranding some vehicles and giving others a chance for a little water-based recreation. More heavy rain is expected today and Thursday throughout the region as the remnants of Hurricane Ida, that […]
Somers Point charges ahead with project
Contract awarded for solar energy canopy for city By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — City Council has taken another step toward greater energy independence by awarding a contract for installation of a solar canopy on public property. The governing body entered into agreement Aug. 20 with National Energy Partners for installation and operation […]
$16 billion flood control project
Army Corps’ NJ coastal proposal includes a storm surge barrier across Great Egg inlet, bay barrier off south end By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff TRENTON – Last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection released a $16 billion flood mitigation proposal to protect the Jersey shore that includes storm […]
Cape May lifeguard dies in boat accident
Outpouring of support for the family of teen By JACK FICHTER/Sentinel staff CAPE MAY — Norman V. Inferrera III, 16, of Phoenixville, Pa., a first-year lifeguard with the Cape May Beach Patrol, died Aug. 21 at Cooper University Hospital from injuries suffered on duty when the boat he was rowing was broadsided by a wave […]
Northfield P.D.: Body cams are good for police
They protect public and officers; more on the way By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff NORTHFEILD — The city has received a $48,912 grant to purchase more body-worn cameras for the Northfield Police Department. Police Chief Paul Newman said he is requesting the purchase of 24 more cameras to provide one for every officer on the […]
Upper Township candidates calling for forum
Nine seeking three seats By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff UPPER TOWNSHIP — Lenora Boninfante Kodytek and Shawna Mulford are calling on all candidates running for positions on Upper Township Committee to participate in a candidates forum to discuss issues affecting the township. Three seats are up on the five-member, all-Republican committee: two three-year terms and […]
‘Breakfast walks with Grandpa’
Duo visited 20 restaurants to help those hit by pandemic, to spend quality time together By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – On a warm August morning, 13-year-old Calum Binder sits at a table on the second-floor deck of his family’s bayside home on Fourth Street. A big notebook is in front of him. His […]
Active COVID cases rise locally
New rules require all teachers, school staff to be vaccinated or tested By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff All teachers and school staff must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 18 or will have to get tested for the coronavirus at least once or twice a week. That new order for all public, private, charter and […]
Miss Crustacean takes her place among Ocean City’s royal ambassadors
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — The sultry month of August is pageant time in America’s Greatest Family Resort, where three young ladies and a hermit crab are crowned each summer. Seasonal resident Maddyn Randazzo was “over the moon” after being crowned Miss Ocean City 2022 on Aug. 14 at the Ocean City […]