New police chief in Linwood
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — City Council appointed Capt. Jason Weber as acting police chief and Lt. Steve Cunningham as acting captain Wednesday, Dec. 9. Weber replaces Chief John Hamilton and Cunningham replaces Weber in the command structure. If Weber is later appointed as chief, he would be the Linwood Police Department’s fourth […]
Petersburg’s Eisele Rotary Citizen of Year
O.C. – U.T. Rotary Club praises him for his community volunteerism UPPER TOWNSHIP – In keeping with an annual tradition, the Ocean City – Upper Township Rotary Club has named William J. Eisele of Petersburg as the 2020 Upper Township Citizen of the Year. Rotary Club President Randi Scheck made the announcement last week. Michael Bolicki, […]
Ørsted already proposing new project south of Ocean Wind
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – With about four years to go before Danish wind-farm company Ørsted completes its roughly $1.6 billion Ocean Wind project off the southern New Jersey shore, it is already proposing to greatly increase the scope of the project. On Dec. 10, Ørsted announced it put in a bid to […]
Somers Point promotes police officers, names poet laureate
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — City Council on Thursday approved a slate of personnel moves, including two promotions in the Police Department and two retirement payouts, as well as the appointment of its poet laureate. Detective Sgt. Jack Sementa, who has been with the department for 13 years, was promoted to […]
Cape May County prepares for COVID vaccinations
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff COVID-19 cases in Cape May County continue to be reported in substantial numbers, keeping active cases around or above 500 in the communities, not including those among visitors and in long-term care facilities. “Our Department of Health and Office of Emergency Management have been working closely with state officials and Cape […]
Atlantic County COVID jumped each 4-week period
COVID-19 cases went from 922 to 2,490 to 4,335 over the last three months By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Over the course of six months in Atlantic County at the start of the pandemic, from mid-March to mid-September, there were 4,138 cases of COVID-19 reported. Since then, the numbers have jumped each month. As of Monday, […]
Bike path extension coming in Linwood
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — City Council paved the way for another extension of the bike path that Councilman Eric Ford said will be a great addition to the city. Council accepted a 15-foot-wide easement from GLB Management owner Gerry Bird to extend the popular path from Wabash Avenue through SJI Park (south […]
August, September helped tourism
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – A strong end of summer and an early fall lift in visitors to the County has helped to offset the lodging revenue losses created by the pandemic shut down in March, April, and May, according to county Tourism Director Diane Wieland. April losses were 99 percent compared to April 2019, […]
Veterans advocate, MRHS teacher Josephine Carney dies
Beloved member of faculty worked with students to support veterans By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — A beloved member of the Mainland Regional High School teaching staff and supporter of military veterans has passed away. Linwood resident Josephine Carney died Friday, Dec. 11. A close friend of the family who did not want to […]
Upper Township to improve remote meeting process
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP – Township Committee on Monday, Dec. 7, authorized Mayor Rich Palombo to submit an application for a Local Government Emergency Fund Grant, which could help cover some township expenses related to COVID-19. Part of the funds could be used to improve the township’s system of remote meetings, […]