Mayor’s Zoom visit starts U.T. Business Association’s 10th anniversary year
UPPER TOWNSHIP – The Upper Township Business Association’s (UTBA) annual meeting was much different this year due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. However, the all-volunteer community organization carried on with a special ceremony Zoom meeting held Feb. 25 with the induction of officers and board members, along with a timely program by Upper Township Mayor […]
Ocean Wind project gets critical federal approval
TRENTON — Gov. Phil Murphy lauded the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s issuance of a Notice of Intent (NOI) to advance Ocean Wind, Ørsted’s 1,100-MW wind project 15 miles off the coast of New Jersey. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s NOI for Ocean Wind marks a critical step in the project’s federal review, […]
Ocean Drive erosion cause for concern in Upper Township
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel STRATHMERE — After Hurricane Sandy slammed much of Cape May County in 2012, including deluging long sections of Ocean Drive along the barrier islands, a Cape May County project armored the stretch of roadway between the Rush Chattin Bridge and the Strathmere Bridge on an undeveloped island to the […]
Atlantic County: More appointments available for 65+
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff There were 12 deaths attributed to COVID-19 over the past week in Atlantic County and 698 new cases of the coronavirus as the county closes in on 25,000 total cases and 600 deaths since the pandemic began. As of Monday, March 29, there have been 24,206 cases and 589 fatalities. According […]
Cape May County: lowest number of new COVID cases
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff The Cape May County Department of Health announced Sunday that 35,208 county residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 22,434 had been fully vaccinated. The department noted the county has “consistently led the state in per capita administration of the COVID vaccine” and that a study […]
Somers Pt. school board presents its preliminary budget with no tax hike
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — The school district’s preliminary 2021-22 spending plan does not require a tax increase, according to a presentation March 17 during the Board of Education meeting. Superintendent Michelle CarneyRay-Yoder presented the budget to the board, detailing the creation of the plan and what items factored into it. She […]
Linwood’s proposed budget has no tax increase
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — City Council introduced its spending plan March 24 showing a slight increase in operating budget and no increase in the municipal tax rate. According to a presentation from Councilman Matthew Levinson, who oversees the finance department, the operating budget would increase by about $96,000 to $4.036 million and […]
Resort busy, gets boost by early Easter egg hunt
Businesses hope it is sign of good things to come By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — Easter weekend is the traditional time for many summer residents to open their homes for the season and take part in the family-fun activities hosted by the city. It’s also the time many merchants begin opening their […]
Somers Point group has ‘roadmap to the end goal’
State, city, nonprofit working on process for Somers Mansion acquisition By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — The amount of red tape a nonprofit group has to deal with to take over operations at Somers Mansion likely would stretch across Great Egg Harbor Bay — the view from the home of the city founder. […]
Ocean City students all back full-time live April 12
Learning in-person five days a week By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City School District will be opening for five-day in-person instruction in April, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kathleen Taylor and Board of Education Presient Joseph Clark announced last week. Taylor said the students in grades seven and eight at the intermediate […]