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 […]
Ocean City approves creating engineering firm pool
Resort will move ahead before that with RFPs for W. 17th St. study By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Council approved, on first reading, a new ordinance that will create a pool of qualified engineers from which the city will be able to choose future engineering contracts. The administration, with support from […]
Atlantic County calls for 1.8-cent tax rate increase
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff NORTHFIELD — Atlantic County’s general purpose tax rate is set to increase 1.8 cents under the proposed $232,954,114 budget. The county portion of a homeowner’s tax bill would increase to 49.3 cents per $100 of assessed value, or $493 for each $100,000 — an increase of $18. “Although this is […]
Criticism of wind farm continues
Citizens, council members fear harm from view of turbines on horizon By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Council has continued its barrage of opposition to Ørsted’s planned wind farm off the coast with one member noting most of the project is out of the hands of city officials and another suggesting groups […]
Committee backs next step on Strathmere beach fees
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel STRATHMERE — Discussions continued on introducing beach tags for Strathmere — with the most detailed picture to date presented at a Township Committee meeting Monday — but it is clear some members of the governing body still have questions. Members unanimously approved a resolution requesting an ordinance be prepared […]