2 charged in multiple Cape May County bank robberies
ERMA — State Police arrested Lower Township residents Edward Hulme, 43, and Damian Leblanc, 39, for allegedly committing three bank robberies and attempting to commit two others in Cape May County. On Dec. 30, detectives from the Troop “A” Criminal Investigation Office began investigating a robbery that occurred at the Sturdy Savings Bank on State […]
14th St. Fishing Pier growing by 113 feet
Beach limited fishing; ‘we’re not in the practice of catching beach-goers’ By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – What good is a 635-foot-long fishing pier, for fishing, if you look down from the end of it just to see people strolling by in a foot of water? That was the long and short of it […]
ATF: Playland fire accidental
OCEAN CITY – The fire that raged at Playland’s Castaway Cove on the Ocean City boardwalk Jan. 30 was determined to be accidental, officials announced Monday. The blaze, which Ocean City firefighters, assisted by seven other fire companies, fought for hours, destroyed Castaway Cove’s office and arcade building. The rides and other outdoor parts of […]
Virus cases drop, vaccinations up in Cape May County
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff The number of active COVID-19 cases has fallen in Cape May County over the past week and close to 14,000 vaccinations have been administered. Officials said studies are showing Cape May County has the lowest number of coronavirus cases per capita and the best vaccination rate by population. On Friday, Feb. […]
Atlantic County tops 20,000 COVID cases, nears 500 deaths
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff With 31 fatalities attributed to COVID-19 over the past week, Atlantic County is fast closing in on 500 coronavirus deaths as the total number of residents infected surpassed 20,000 this past week. There were 841 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the county from Feb. 2 to 8, bringing the total […]
Murphy: State tops 1,000,000 vaccines given
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff As of Monday morning, there have been more than 1 million COVID-19 vaccines administered in New Jersey. As Gov. Phil Murphy touted the increasing speed of vaccination, he said the goal is to get all 4.7 million adults in the state vaccinated by somewhere between Memorial Day and the Fourth of […]
Ocean City featured on HGTV’s ‘Beachfront Bargain Hunt’
Real estate agent takes couple on search for a home on island By CRAIG D. SCHENCK Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — The producers of HGTV’s “Beachfront Bargain Hunt” shot an episode of the series in Ocean City in September 2019 that was released on the cable channel’s streaming service discovery+ on Feb. 2. Young parents […]
Somers Mansion is a key to heritage tourism in city, area
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — “We want to turn a frog into a prince,” Donna Mohr said. The head of the city’s Historic Preservation Commission was referring to Somers Mansion, the oldest home in Atlantic County that was built by Richard Somers, the city’s founder. The building has overlooked Great Egg Harbor […]
Meaningful events for students a goal at MRHS this year
More in-person days, musicals, prom, graduation By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — Prom, After-Prom and graduation are among the events Mainland Regional High School seniors have looked forward to since they first walked into the school four years ago. But as pages of the calendar keep turning on their final year in school amid […]
Saving local church was a saving grace for a tumultuous 2020
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – 2020 was a tumultuous year for the Ocean City community and for the world at large with the COVID-19 pandemic raging, the virus infecting more than 100 million people, taking more than 2 million lives, including 439,000 and counting in the United States, and wreaking havoc with economies […]