Goodbye, summer
Enjoying a beautiful Labor Day weekend in Ocean City By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – It would have been hard to pick nicer weather for Labor Day weekend, the unofficial end to summer at the Jersey shore. Although the COVID-19 pandemic and the myriad restrictions imposed statewide limited much of the fun at the […]
Fight brewing over ‘Inn at Strathmere’
Neighbors prepare objections to big new project they say goes against new zoning regulations By BILL BARLOW /Special to the Sentinel STRATHMERE – As opposition builds for a proposed large-scale new hotel at 513 Commonwealth Ave., the application has been delayed for a month. Originally slated for the Sept. 10 meeting of the Upper Township Zoning […]
Northfield city officials: school won’t budge
Will not pick up tab for extra crossing guards or change the schedule By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff NORTHFIELD — City Council has made it clear that it was not involved, nor was it asked to participate, in the school district’s reopening plan amid the COVID-19 pandemic that requires nearly triple the hours of crossing […]
OCHS grad joins winning team in competitive world of sports broadcasting
Editor’s note: This story was first published on the Syracuse University website (syracuse.edu) on May 12 and updated June 18. It is being published in the Sentinel with permission of the author. Photos by Jeremy Brinn for Syracuse University. By MARY BETH HORSINGTON/Special to the Sentinel Nothing could stop Mackenzie Pearce from pursuing a career […]
Atlantic County has positive tests
Residents as young as 1 year old have been infected By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Atlantic County keeps recording multiple days without a fatality from COVID-19, but continued positive tests results include very young people, a reminder that not only adults are susceptible to the coronavirus. On Monday, the Atlantic County Division of Public Health reported […]
COVID-19 cases climb among Cape May County residents
Health officials offer advice on talking to children about the coronavirus By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Active cases of COVID-19 in Cape May County have been adding up over the past week and now include 99 residents, 19 non-residents and nine residents of long-term care facilities, health officials reported Monday, Sept. 7. As recently as Sept. […]
‘Partyologist’ makes a bet on Ocean City
Timing odd, but owner of new business expects that economy will turn around By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — “I call myself the partyology firm — I know how to do everything for a party,” said Laura Gibbons, 58, from her new store Showstoppers Plus in downtown Ocean City. “We hold parties at people’s […]
East Village Drive residents in Somers Point: make street one-way
Drivers racing through from Rt. 9 to MacArthur Blvd. causing problems, accidents By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — City Council appears to be moving forward with a plan to make East Village Drive one-way for safety reasons. “It’s being looked at by the police to see if they have any problem with that […]
Atlantic County goes another five-day stretch without COVID death
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Atlantic County went another five days without a COVID-19 fatality, health officials reported Monday, Aug. 31. Since the pandemic began, 245 residents have died from the the coronavirus and 3,976 have been infected. The Atlantic County Division of Public Health has reported 2,689 residents have recovered. On Monday, there were 14 […]
Cape May County gets one-day reprieve on new cases of coronavirus
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Cape May County had one day of relief over the weekend when there were no new COVID-19 cases reported among residents or non-residents. Officials from the county Department of Health said that was the first time that occurred since the county began to report non-resident cases two months earlier on June […]