Upper Township budget requests need deep cuts to stay under cap
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP – Township Committee faces the unenviable task of trimming about $400,000 from budget proposals submitted by department heads in order to come within state budget limits this year, Committeeman John Coggins reported to Township Committee on Jan. 25. Speaking at the first of a planned series of […]
Wind farm opposition continues
Mayor lays out timeline; council seeks input but notes concerns, says public most against turbines By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – In what has become a theme over the past two months, Mayor Jay Gillian and members of Ocean City Council voiced their concerns over the Ørsted wind farm planned off the coast. At […]
Ocean City Council presents MLK awards to Bowman, Thompson, Morrissey
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Council honored Jennifer Bowman, Kathy Thompson and Mike Morrissey as the 2021 winners of the city’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. awards. At council Thursday evening, individual resolutions were read for each of the MLK award winners. Thompson has been a lifelong resident of Ocean City […]
Somers Point wants to keep supporting bars and restaurants
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — Area bars and restaurants struggling to keep their doors open amid ongoing restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic got a little help Thursday, Jan. 28. City Council voted to extend the temporary expansion of the operations outside the establishments and in the city’s rights of way. Many […]
A.C. Electric finishes tranmission lines across Great Egg Harbor bay
MAYS LANDING — Atlantic City Electric has completed construction on a major transmission line-upgrade project to enhance energy service for thousands of its customers in Atlantic and Cape May counties. The project involved rebuilding and modernizing 1.3 miles of parallel transmission lines spanning Great Egg Harbor Bay. The transmission lines connect Cape May and Atlantic […]
Strathmere group wants more input on beach tags, parking
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP — The president of the Strathmere Improvement Association pushed for more community input on township plans for potential changes in parking rules and other matters now under consideration for the beachfront section of the township. Speaking at the Jan. 25 meeting of Township Committee, held remotely, Linda […]
Somers Point eases the way for short-term rentals like Airbnb
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — The city has seen an increase in short-term rentals and has welcomed the practice, but whether changes to the municipal code make it easier to operate one or exert control over the process depends on whom you ask. It’s clear the practice is something the city wants […]
Atlantic County tops 23,000 vaccinations; cases decline
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff The number of new cases of COVID-19 reported in Atlantic County has declined from recent weeks, dropping below 900 between Jan. 26 and Feb. 1. The county has administered 23,193 doses of the coronavirus vaccine as of Monday, Feb. 1. Statewide, there have been about 800,000 doses administered, including 664,548 first […]
Cape May County cases down, vaccinations top 11,000
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — The number of new cases of COVID-19 has been slowly declining in Cape May County, according to the Department of Health, which also reports 11,391 doses of the vaccine had been administered as of Monday, Feb. 1. The doses include those administered at the county site […]
Boardwalk blaze at Playland’s Castaway Cove
OCEAN CITY – Firefighters on the Ocean City Boardwalk were fighting a monster blaze Saturday morning, as plumes of orange flame and thick, black smoke poured from the front building of Playland’s Castaway Cove. The owners of the park are already vowing to rebuild. An Ocean City police officer at the scene said he had […]