Linwood schools’ preliminary budget calls for 4.5¢ hike
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — The school district’s preliminary budget calls for collecting an additional $134 on the average tax bill for 2021-22. The Linwood Board of Education discussed the spending plan during a meeting Feb. 24, with Business Administrator Kevin Byrnes presenting the information via PowerPoint. The $15,237,429 budget calls for a […]
Palombo says a major developer interested in former power plant
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP — Mayor Rich Palombo looked back on the effets of COVID-19 and plans for 2021 in his annual address to the Upper Township Business Association on Feb. 25. Plans for the sprawling site of the former BL England power plant top the township priorities, he said, in […]
Upper Township likes ideas, balks at cost of flood-protection proposals
Strathmere group says conditions likely to worsen By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel STRATHMERE — Seas are rising, and unless steps are taken quickly the damage from flooding in coastal areas is likely to get worse, members of the Strathmere Fishing and Environmental Club wrote in a recent letter to Upper Township Committee and the […]
Taylor explains barriers to full-time in-person instruction
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — In a letter to the community Tuesday morning, Ocean City School District Superintendent Kathleen Taylor detailed the hurdles to returning all students to the classroom full time and the efforts the administration is taking to overcome those obstacles. Taylor also announced plans to return sixth-graders to five […]
Atlantic County has given 62,000 COVID vaccines
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff The number of new cases of COVID-19 and fatalities attributed to the virus continue to drop in Atlantic County from the peaks in January. Over the past week, from Feb. 23 to March 1, there were 16 deaths and 525 new cases. That represents about half the highest number of deaths […]
Cape May County hopes for additional vaccines with J&J
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff The Cape May County Department of Health is hoping with the new Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine coming out, additional vaccine doses will be coming to the state and, by extension, the county. As of the end of February on Sunday, there have been 28,118 doses of vaccine administered in the […]
Team delivers sheriff’s department’s new bloodhound
By RACHEL SHUBIN/Special to the Sentinel CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — The Cape May County Sheriff’s Department has a new staff member of the four-legged variety. An 11-month-old bloodhound named Hank (or possibly Hercules) is now on the staff as a search and rescue officer for the Cape May County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit. “With the […]
Neighbors angered by Deauville Inn project
Residents say dredged material is mud; township says it was mostly sand By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel STRATHMERE — Some neighbors have questioned the placement of material dredged for a dock-replacement project at The Deauville Inn on the beach at Williams Avenue. The material was removed from the back bay as part of a […]
Ocean City sets new rates for pickleball, field use
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Ocean City approved an amendment for fees for city facilities, primarily to be more specific about the costs for playing pickleball, an increasingly popular sport. City Solicitor Dorothy McCrosson said time frames for pickleball prompted the change, because it was being treated like tennis even though it is […]
Bulkhead, chiefs’ pay changes
Resort changes ordinances, compensation range By DAVID NAHAN Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Council made a subtle but important change to its ordinances on bulkheads and increased the maximum pay range for the police chief and fire chief. At Thursday’s City Council meeting, an ordinance was adopted raising the maximum salary for department […]