Corson tops Amenhauser in Upper Township Committee race
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP – Voters returned Curtis Corson to Township Committee last week by a comfortable margin of more than 1,000 votes. All returns were not in on Wednesday morning, but neither candidate doubted the outcome at that point. “I’ve got to believe it’s a win,” Corson said. “It can’t […]
Scheffler leads race for Atlantic County sheriff
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff MAYS LANDING — Atlantic County Sheriff Eric Scheffler of Northfield appears to have defeated challenger “Tokyo” Joe O’Donoghue of Egg Harbor Township. Scheffler, a Democrat, received 69,197 votes to O’Donoghue’s 58,503. Scheffler retired as a lieutenant with the Atlantic City Police Department, where he served from 1992 to 2015. He later […]
City official: We want to work together with citizens
Savastano cites progress, although slow, on pesticide change as evidence By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Business Administrator George Savastano said although it may take time, city officials sincerely want to work with citizens to address their concerns. At the Nov. 5 City Council meeting, Savastano addressed how the city is moving […]
Ocean City expects to give church refund
Property taxes were paid after Tabernacle lost exempt status, but now it has it back By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – The city is waiting for an appeal process to be over, but expects when that happens, Ocean City’s Tabernacle Baptist Church will have its tax payments refunded. The church battled with the former […]
Resort got $3.4M cash premium on $50.7M bond
Official explains how it received money, is using it on certain purchases By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – A question about how Ocean City is funding $645,000 in purchases revealed the fact the city got a $3.4 million cash premium when it went out to bond $50.7 million for capital work earlier in the […]
Ocean City mayor: Please keep dogs on a leash
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Mayor Jay Gillian is asking dog owners to keep their pets on a leash. At the Nov. 5 City Council meeting, the mayor said he has been getting multiple complaints about dog owners letting their pets run free, in violation of city ordinance. He said he wants to […]
Linwood’s Fitzpatrick ahead for freeholder
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff MAYS LANDING — One of two local candidates for the Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders was ahead in the race for two at-large seats as of Saturday, Nov. 7. Incumbent Caren Fitzpatrick, a Democrat who is wrapping up her first term in office, received the second-most votes among the […]
Two Republicans, one Democrat lead in Somers Point
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — Two Republicans and one Democrat were leading the race for three seats on Somers Point City Council, which will have three new members on the seven-member board regardless of who wins. Republican Joseph McCarrie Jr., a financial manager with public service experience, was ahead of college history […]
Outcome of Atlantic County races unclear
Races in Somers Point, Northfield, freeholder still up in the air By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff The winner of some elections in Atlantic County remained unclear as of Friday, Nov. 6. Two city council seats in Northfield and three in Somers Point, as well as the freeholder race involving Linwood’s Caren Fitzpatrick and Somers Point’s […]
Ocean City School District publicizing COVID-19 cases
Superintendent Taylor: We want parents to understand this is serious By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – From the start of the school year through Oct. 30, there have been nine cases of COVID-19 in the Ocean City School District and 100 students and/or faculty quarantined as a result, but none of the cases has […]