Ocean City drops Sentinel as legal newspaper
Will reconsider once it’s printed inside NJ again By BILL BARLOW /Special to the Sentinel OCEAN CITY – After members slammed the Ocean City Sentinel over the publication of opinion pieces from a local resident they found went beyond the pale, Ocean City Council on Thursday removed the newspaper as the city’s designated paper of record. […]
Ocean City Council rejects ACT for drainage contract
Split vote follows criticism, support of firm resort has used for years By BILL BARLOW /Special to the Sentinel OCEAN CITY – In a rare divided vote, Ocean City Council on Thursday rejected the city administration’s pick to design a flood mitigation project for West 17th Street. Mayor Jay Gillian’s administration has looked to the firm […]
Upper Township moves to ban weed biz, talks Tuckahoe traffic
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP – Upper Township Committee moved to ban all cannabis businesses with a zoning ordinance introduced Monday, April 12. Committee members were unanimous for the zoning amendment, which will need to be reviewed by the township Planning Board before returning for a public hearing and final vote May […]
Northfield wants info: Countywide municipal court
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff NORTHFIELD — Mayor Erland Chau updated City Council on the proposal for a countywide court system during its meeting April 6. He said he requested county counsel Jim Ferguson attend an upcoming meeting of the body “to bring everybody up to speed as to what has transpired and answer any […]
15 COVID deaths in Atlantic County
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Starting April 19, all individuals aged 16 and up will be eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine in New Jersey. As of Monday, April 12, Atlantic County had administered 172,439 doses, part of the 5,440,258 doses administered throughout the state. Over the past week, from April 6 to 12, there were […]
Active COVID-19 numbers drop in Cape May County
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Active COVID-19 cases have dipped below 250 at of the beginning of the week after climbing above 400 in recent weeks. Still, according to the website covidactnow.org, Cape May County and New Jersey as a whole remain at “very high risk” for exposure to the coronavirus. On Monday, April 12, the […]
Sheriff Nolan: Secure Mexican border
He joins 275 other sheriffs in letter to President Biden By JACK FICHTER/Sentinel staff CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — County Sheriff Robert Nolan added his signature to those of 275 other sheriffs from 39 states, representing a combined 19.8 million Americans, in a letter to President Joe Biden last week, urging him to secure the […]
Somers Point delays adopting municipal budget
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — City Council was expected to adopt the 2021 municipal budget April 8 but decided to wait for guidance on how the city can spend federal COVID relief funding before doing so. City Administrator Jason Frost said the budget, which was introduced March 11, increases the amount to […]
Spring Girls Weekend is a big draw; others need no excuse to visit Ocean City
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — Rain was in the forecast Saturday and Sunday but that didn’t dampen the spirits of those out for Girls Weekend in downtown Ocean City — and they weren’t all women. Walking down Asbury Avenue were Jared and Nicole Gaeta of Horsham Township, Pa., enjoying a kids-free getaway. […]
Boardwalk Republic vision: Build seaport in Atlantic City
Young world traveler’s book meant to start conversation about area, cruise industry By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Just shy of a decade out of high school, Miles Schoedler has already traveled to 40 countries across five continents as a brand ambassador for Microsoft and the Holland America Line. Now, during a roughly year-long […]