Ocean City reinstates zoning against all marijuana uses
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – After vociferously opposing the state’s new marijuana legalization laws at the last meeting in February, Ocean City Council members quietly approved a new zoning ordinance banning the sale, distribution and manufacture of marijuana in the resort. The city had enacted a similar law in 2019, but city Solicitor […]
Upper Township Committee weighs action on limiting cannabis sales
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP — With Ocean City moving forward with an ordinance banning growing or selling cannabis, Upper Township Committee members say they don’t want it in their municipality either. Members discussed the topic March 8 during a committee meeting, at which there seemed to be a consensus that the […]
Cape May County: 1,000 shots a day for 10 days
More than 45,000 doses have been administered across the county so far By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Cape May County surpassed 45,000 doses administered of the COVID-19 vaccine between the county-run site in Avalon and other institutions. According to the county Department of Health, as of Monday the county and entities including pharmacies had administered 45,210 […]
Atlantic County helping vaccinate homebound
Number of cases, deaths attributed to COVID remain about the same By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff The Atlantic County Division of Public Health announced it is participating in a pilot distribution of 500 doses of the new Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Those doses will go to recipients of the county’s home-delivered meal program and will […]
Upper school board blames loss of state aid for tax increase
By BILL BARLOW Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP — School Business Administrator Laurie Ryan on Monday presented the Upper Township Board of Education with a $35.5 million budget that will cost the average taxpayer slightly over $122 more a year. The board voted unanimously to introduce the budget. The spending plan for 2021-22 now […]
Centenarian on her long life: Put your trust in God
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — Juanita B. Moore has lived her 100 years by a simple philosophy: “Do unto others as I would have them do unto me.” She marked her centennial on Thursday, March 11, 2021. She was born on March 11, 1921, and is the oldest African-American woman in Ocean City, according […]
Northfield returning to school full time starting April 12
By Claire Conway Jones/Special to the Sentinel NORTHFIELD — With only one dissenting vote, the Northfield Board of Education approved the districts “Next Step” plan to return to a seven-hour full day of classes after spring break. April 12 is the proposed first day of full-day classes. Northfield School District Superintendent Pete Bretones explained the […]
Ocean City to host Easter events, including boardwalk egg hunt
OCEAN CITY – Last March and April, Easter events in the resort were squashed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which eventually stopped almost all of Ocean City’s popular events through the end of the year. The Great Egg Hunt is back, but with a twist to make sure the participants are safe. The hunt used to […]
Bunting starts regional baseball league
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff NORTHFIELD — The first pitch will be tossed out May 24 at five of 10 diamonds around the area in the South Jersey South Shore Baseball League, a new organization for players 16 and older. Joe Bunting, a Linwood resident who owns Bunting Family Pharmacy on Route 9 in Northfield, […]
Fishing industry concerned about wind farm
Worried about potential ecosystem changes for commercial, recreational By JACK FICHTER/Sentinel staff CAPE MAY — The commercial and recreational fishing industries are viewing a potential project that would erect as many as 99 wind turbines 15 miles offshore with a wary eye, expressing concerns about changes to the “cold pool” and inability to harvest scallops […]