Banner plane lands on Rt. 52 causeway
Pilot, 18, experienced engine trouble, saw open lanes and landed safely By ELIZABETH LITTLE/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — The Route 52 causeway between Somers Point and Ocean City became a landing strip early Monday afternoon when a banner plane experienced engine trouble and the pilot decided he couldn’t make it to the Ocean City Municipal […]
New plan moves skateboard park, adds parking, avoids temporary HQ
By DAVID NAHAN Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – The latest plan for the Ocean City Public Safety Building involves more parking for the downtown, creating a parking lot and skateboard park behind the Ocean City Primary School, and avoiding the need for a temporary fire department headquarters while the new building is being constructed. In […]
Upper Township teen to debut EP
Young singer/songwriter has six songs on her first album By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff UPPER TOWNSHIP – Méabh Stanford was immersed in music before she could walk. She went to baby music classes when she was less than a year old. She started writing admittedly “pretty bad songs” when she was 7 or 8 years old and […]
Citizen moves forward with referendum in Ocean City
Seeks help to force vote on Public Safety Building; city officials say it is best plan By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – A local resident is seeking “soldiers” for a petition drive to force a referendum on Ocean City’s proposed $42 million Public Safety Building, a project the administration contends is the best option […]
O.C. Theatre Co. honors recipients of its scholarships
By ELIZABETH LITTLE Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — There were speeches, laughs, tears and entertaining musical breaks Sunday, July 11, as supporters and members of the Greater Ocean City Theatre Company gathered at Greate Bay Country Club to honor the 2021 OCTC scholarship recipients. The scholarship brunch, dubbed the “Broadway Banquet” by the theater company, […]
Somers Point wants input on pot businesses
Neighbors EHT, O.C. taking different routes; what do residents want? By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — Members of the city’s Economic Development Advisory Commission have been working to determine what residents and other stakeholders want regarding marijuana businesses. John Helbig, a professional planner and chairman of the EDAC, said he raised the issue […]
Free concert Sunday in Somers Point
A.C. Jazz Band to perform benefit for Somers Mansion restoration By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — The Atlantic City Jazz Band is tuning up for a free concert to help focus attention on one of the city’s historical gems. The performance, scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday, July 18, on the grounds of Somers […]
Market Days in Ocean City
Thursdays extra busy downtown By ELIZABETH LITTLE/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — Market Days have returned to downtown, featuring many activities to entertain shoppers as they stroll Asbury Avenue. Market Days are held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays throughout the summer and include a magician, some musicians, pony rides and live princesses throughout the […]
Fun on a summer day in Ocean City
When the weather turns hot and the sun beats down, there is no place better to go than the boardwalk and the beach in Ocean City, New Jersey. Ocean City’s beach was just chosen again as the best in New Jersey. The resort’s boardwalk also is a favorite for families with members of all ages. […]
Dredging moves forward after another debate
Council members feel they were set up, but vote for survey contract By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – A spirited debate sidelined a vote June 24 on a contract for ACT Engineers to get on track with bay and lagoon dredging, but a week later council voted 6-1 to approve that contract. The contract is […]