Small businesses adapted, survived
Throughout Cape May and Atlantic counties, owners had to revise strategies for 2020, are hopeful about new year By RACHEL SHUBIN/Special to the Sentinel The importance of shopping small found a new meaning this year. Small businesses are known for their creative abilities, and staying open during a pandemic is no easy feat. In addition […]
Murphy rips Van Drew, GOP
Calls Republicans trying to overthrow election ‘shameful’ By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff TRENTON — Gov. Phil Murphy blasted U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew and his fellow Republicans for trying to overturn the presidential election, calling it shameful and unpatriotic. During his COVID-19 press conference Monday, Murphy spent a few minutes going off on the “shameful, dangerous, […]
Renovations too costly for museum at old Township Hall
By BILL BARLOW /Special to the Sentinel TUCKAHOE — Bob Holden and other members of the Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township still believe there will be a museum in Upper Township. But it will not be in the former city hall on Mount Pleasant Avenue as had long been hoped. The cost of the needed […]
Two deaths investigated
VILLAS – Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Chief William Priole of the Lower Township Police Department announce an ongoing death investigation on Cardinal Avenue in the Villas section of Lower Township. On the morning of Jan. 4, the Lower Township Police Department responded to a residence on Cardinal Avenue to check the […]
Atlantic County accepts vaccine appointments
Atlantic County is now accepting appointments for COVID-19 vaccines for residents in group 1A on the county website: www.aclink.org. The county began administering vaccines Tuesday and is continuing that through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Atlantic Cape Community College in Mays Landing. The federal Centers for Disease Control has designated the first group […]
Northfield, Somers Point officials sworn in during Jan. 1 ceremonies
Congressman makes rounds to administer oaths By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff NORTHFIELD — Despite being busy with his efforts to block President-elect Joe Biden from taking his place as the 46th president of the United States, U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew stopped by City Hall on Jan. 1 to swear-in newly elected City Councilman Dave […]
Legislators have to navigate odd year in pandemic
Editor’s note: Antwan McClellan, a former Ocean City councilman, was elected to the Assembly in November 2019 with former Lower Township mayor Erik Simonsen. The third member of their Republican team is state Sen. Michael L. Testa Jr., an attorney from Cumberland County. This week, McClellan and Simsonsen reflect on this first year in office […]
Atlantic County Toys For Kids makes things brighter for younger patients at Shore
SOMERS POINT – Thanks to the Atlantic County Toys for Kids Program (ACTFK) and its generous sponsors, the holidays will be a little brighter for the young patients at Shore Medical Center. Greg DePiano, a retired sergeant from the Atlantic County Department of Corrections, has been running the Toys for Kids Program for the past […]
Pandemic dominates discussion at Upper school board meeting
By BILL BARLOW /Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP — Budgets, standardized testing, school lunches and transportation issues were discussed during the Upper Township Board of Education meeting Dec. 21, but as with so much in 2020, the pandemic and its impact were center stage at the meeting. Schools are scheduled to reopen after the winter […]
Ocean City moves forward with Merion Park flood mitigation
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel OCEAN CITY — City Council unanimously approved a $215,300 contract with ACT Engineers to design a new flood-mitigation project for the Merion Park and Four Seasons area, the latest step in a long-term, multimillion-dollar effort to reduce flooding island-wide. The vote came at an afternoon meeting held Monday, Dec. […]