First Dip starts off 2022 like a normal year in Ocean City
OCEAN CITY — A slow, steady drizzle welcomed revelers New Year’s Day in America’s Greatest Family Resort, but the wind was light, the air and water temperatures mild, making it a great day for the First Dip in the Ocean. An Ocean City tradition created by the First Night Committee about 20 years ago, the […]
Ocean City’s Frank Rapp started flying in WWII, didn’t stop for 75 years
OCEAN CITY — Frank Rapp has interesting tales to tell from when he flew seaplanes in the Pacific Theater during World War II. More than 75 years later, the Philadelphia native was still flying his own twin-engine plane out of the Ocean City Municipal Airport. Rapp, who turned 100 on Dec. 11, only gave up […]
Burning hot market for real estate in ’21
Competition for houses was intense as pandemic changed mindsets; the market should remain good in 2022 OCEAN CITY — Homebuyers faced a market so hot in 2021 that one agent quipped that you couldn’t find a doghouse on the island for less than $1 million. That certainly was hyperbole, but if the doghouse could be […]
Upper Township mayor looks back on 24 years serving township
Editor’s note: Sentinel editor David Nahan interviewed Upper Township Mayor Richard Palombo in early December, just before he finished his 24-year career on the Upper Township Committee, including the last 22 years as mayor. Asked a range of questions, he reflected on his long tenure of public service, issues in the township and with neighboring […]
Celebrating students and teachers in Somers Point
TV show’s production team to be at Dawes, giving supplies, asking teachers about careers SOMERS POINT – Next Tuesday, teachers in Somers Point will be feeling the love. Superintendent Michelle CarneyRay-Yoder said the district will be the only one in the state to get a visit from the “Abbott Elementary” Give Back Tour Bus, which […]
COVID cases quadruple in county since November
More than double this time in 2020, but local hospitalizations are down CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Lower, Middle and Upper townships have recorded the highest number of new cases during the latest COVID-19 surge, with two deaths reported last week, but county officials say hospitalizations this December are well below those of the peak […]
Perri didn’t miss a meeting in 29 years
NORTHFIELD — What’s more incredible than his devoting 29 years of his life to the city is that Councilman Frank Perri Jr. had perfect attendance, never missing a meeting in almost three decades. Perri, who lost the at-large race in November to Councilman Greg Dewees, sat on the dais for his final meeting Dec. 14, […]
Northfield man happy to be working on his hometown police force
NORTHFIELD — Johnathan Scull was raised in a law enforcement family and will continue that tradition after becoming the Northfield Police Department’s first full-time Special Law Enforcement Officer (SLEO) Class II. A 2014 graduate of Mainland Regional High School, he grew up in the city, having attended Northfield Community School. “It’s just a fantastic town,” […]
Testa touts natural immunity over vaccine
Bill: Confirmation of antibodies as good as proof of vaccination TRENTON — Republican state Sens. Mike Testa and Joe Pennacchio introduced a bill that would allow schools, workplaces, restaurants and other businesses and venues to accept an individual’s verbal confirmation that they have natural immunity due to a prior COVID-19 infection and in theory now […]
Local schools all dealt with fake threats
Ocean City High School, Mainland Regional High School, Linwood, Northfield all forced to react to bogus incidents OCEAN CITY – Last week, Ocean City High School, Mainland Regional High School and Linwood and Northfield public schools had to react after potential threats were received in the districts. All of the threats turned out to be […]