Healthy foods help body cope with stressful times
By CHRIS ZELLERS/Rutgers Cooperative Extension The past month has proved stressful for Americans, and making healthy food choices and staying active can assist in reducing that stress. Just as managing stress is important every day, it is especially important during uncertain times. Mindful decisions about eating habits can support long-term wellness. Continuing healthy behaviors or […]
Grocery shopping tips to maintain healthy heart
By RYAN CHAMPION/UMC at The Shores The following are six great grocery shopping tips for seniors that will help keep hearts both healthy and strong. — Plan Meals: Meal plans make healthy eating easier and are great for budgeting. When looking to create a week’s worth of heart-healthy recipes, look at the websites for the […]
Gov. update: More deaths from COVID-19
Field hospital in A.C.; new jobs portal; standardized student tests may be cancelled By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff At 2 p.m. Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy and the commissioner of the state Department of Health gave a public address on how New Jersey is proceeding amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including planning a field hospital in Atlantic City, […]
Nauti Spirits making hand sanitizer
Doing first to first responders, nursing facilities By RACHEL SHUBIN/Special to the Sentinel NORTH CAPE MAY — The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, is quickly changing life for both people and businesses. The global pandemic has seen a spike in the purchase of goods of all kinds, especially toilet paper and hand sanitizers. When store shelves were […]
Take-out food, delivery businesses continue to serve customers
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff While many businesses around the area have been forced to close dur to Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order related to COVID-19, food take-out and delivery shops have remained open on limited hours. Al Sacco, owner of Sack O’ Subs at Ninth and 55th streets in Ocean City, said the current […]
COVID-19 cases rise locally, statewide; 44 dead
See related story, page A8. By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff As New Jersey as a whole was reporting 3,675 positive tests for the COVID-19 virus by Tuesday afternoon, officials at Shore Medical Center and AtlantiCare said they were treating their own limited cases of the coronavirus. So far, there are 44 COVID-19 related deaths in New […]
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New website for our newspapers Stories and photos in the Ocean City Sentinel and its sister newspapers, the Cape May Star and Wave, Upper Township Sentinel and The Sentinel of Somers Point, Linwood and Northfield, can now be found on the newspapers’ new website, ocnjsentinel.com. “Because of the breaking news nature of what is taking […]
Grocery stores keep inventory stocked; some exceptions
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff A tour of stores in the region last week showed that many are keeping inventory available, with some exceptions, during the COVID-19 crisis. The Acme Market in Ocean City was short on some vegetables, frozen foods and chicken, but supplies were not completely exhausted. Outside, Whitney Randles was loading her […]
COVID-19 tests remain in short supply in this area
By JACK FICHTER/Sentinel staff Testing kits for coronavirus (COVID-19) remain in short supply in Cape May and Atlantic counties, with most of the tests being administered to those admitted to a hospital. Cape May County Health Department Public Health Coordinator Kevin Thomas said some doctors were conducting COVID-19 testing on their own as well as […]
Petition: Don’t visit Ocean City right now
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — After a public official asked people to stay away from Cape May County last week, a change.org petition has begun in Ocean City to ask summer residents, vacationers and day-trippers to stay away from the resort to avoid spreading COVID-19. Across New Jersey, Pennsylvania and other states, governments […]