OCHS Alumni Weekend kicks off this Friday: Red + White = Pink
OCEAN CITY – Red and White will mix with plenty of Pink this year as the Ocean City Alumni Association hosts the 17th Annual Red & White Weekend, part of the Ocean City High School Homecoming festivities. The celebration begins Friday, Oct. 10, with a community-wide “Get Your Pink On” pre-game rally from 4 to […]
Upper Township honors local boy killed in 2024 accident
PETERSBURG — A family friend thanked Township Committee on Sept. 22 for honoring a local boy who died in a car accident a year prior. “I want to thank you for honoring the life of a very special boy, Easton Beisler,” Katie Sementa said. On Monday, Township Committee named Sept. 23 Easton Beisler Day in […]
Tom Sherf to lead Ocean City Tabernacle
OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Tabernacle announced the appointment of Tom Sherf as its new executive director. Sherf brings more than two decades of leadership experience in Christian higher education and ministry, including his most recent role as vice president of marketing and enrollment at Cairn University. “As the Ocean City Tabernacle nears its 150th […]
Four candidates for two seats on Point City Council
Five running in Northfield SOMERS POINT — Two incumbents are facing challenges for their seats on City Council when the public casts ballots before or on Election Day, set for Nov. 4. Longtime Ward I representative Sean McGuigan is facing former candidate Levi Fox, while Ward II veteran Mike Owen is competing with former candidate […]
Sea&Do: Upcoming events in the area
Knights present flags Wednesday OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Knights of Columbus are presenting Flags for Forgotten Soldiers from Nov. 8 until Veteran’s Day in honor of the number of veterans who commit suicide monthly. The number is over 600 this year. The Knights will be at Ninth Street and Bay Avenue in Ocean […]
Ocean City won’t pursue buying Crown Bank building
Editor’s note: This updates story from Thursday’s Ocean City Council meeting. OCEAN CITY – On Tuesday afternoon, Ocean City officials announced the city won’t consider the purchase of the former Crown Bank Building at 801 Asbury Ave. In a press release issued after the Sentinel’s Oct. 1 print edition went to press, the city wrote that […]
Furious response on surprise Ocean City Council resolution
Madden asks to revisit Wonderland property vote, but it gets tabled indefinitely OCEAN CITY — A surprise motion by City Council Vice President Pete Madden to revisit the vote on the Wonderland Pier property sparked an intense discussion on council and furious reaction from public speakers. After mixed reactions from councilmen, followed by charges from […]
Upper devising township-wide noise ordinance
PETERSBURG — Township Committee is looking to make changes to its noise ordinance that would go into effect throughout the community. On Sept. 22, four residents of the island community of Strathmere expressed their concerns about what they characterize as disruptive noise generated by a popular waterfront restaurant. Addressing the agenda item listed as “noise […]
Somers Point slaps limits on E-bikes
SOMERS POINT — City Council is hoping to boost the safety of people using the bike path, which stretches along former railroad tracks from Somers Point north through the neighboring communities. On Sept. 25, members of the governing body voted unanimously to introduce rules prohibiting electric vehicles from operating on the bike path, on sidewalks […]
Cancer survivor Dawn Coyle has important story to tell
She’ll share it at Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk OCEAN CITY — For years, Dawn Coyle took part in the American Cancer Society Making Strikes Against Breast Cancer walk on the Ocean City Boardwalk. “Just being a local and being a woman, I thought, you know, I should go do that,” she said. Then […]