Ship-building artifacts land in a new port
Linwood museum donates items, Sindia model, to S.P. Museum By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — Somers Point Historical Museum Director Sally Hastings said the collection of artifacts it recently received from the Linwood Maritime Museum is a welcome addition to the museum’s display. “It enhances the museum and it gives a lot more […]
Ørsted project would generate jobs for region
It’s ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity,’ officials say By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – The Ocean Wind generating farm may be constructed out in the ocean, but manufacturing jobs are expected to “come back” to land in New Jersey as part of the supply chain. That was part of the message Tuesday morning at a forum for […]
Plunge draws some for fun, others for a cause
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff SEA ISLE CITY — Some people went into the water. Others just came to watch. Some were there just for fun. Others for a cause. Bernadette Sherman, Jody Hammond and Diane Boudwin used Sea Isle City’s annual Polar Bear Plunge celebration to wait in line for their chance to be photographed […]
Citizens say they’ll fight supper clubs, that it’s like BYOB
By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Residents upset over dinner clubs that allow patrons to pay membership fees and bring alcohol to local eateries made their displeasure known at the Feb. 13 city council meeting. Ocean City has had a long history of prohibiting alcohol sales and public consumption. In 1879 four Methodist […]
Going out to sea and be seen
Revelers go all out for Sea Isle City Polar Bear costume contest By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff SEA ISLE CITY — For hundreds of people, one particular Saturday in mid-February is for braving winter weather, putting on a swimsuit and racing into — and back out of — a cold ocean during Sea Isle City’s annual […]