Ordinance on covering dumpsters needs to be revised
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – After a citizen spent months complaining about large construction dumpsters that have been left uncovered, City Solicitor Dorothy McCrosson explained the regulations are confusing and suggested Ocean City Council change the language in the ordinance. Ocean City resident Bob Forman has spent months emailing city officials asking them to […]
‘Stolen’ church saved
Trustees of Tabernacle Baptist got the deed back, but city won’t budge on putting it up for tax sale By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – The trustees of Tabernacle Baptist Church won their fight against the former pastor who had the church property improperly deeded into his name last year and then tried to […]
Show goes on at Gateway
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — The show must go on, even if it has to be outside. That was the thought behind Backyard at the Gateway, an open-mic piano bar Thursday night at the Gateway Playhouse on Bay Avenue. “This is a way to offer live entertainment in a safe environment and […]
Indoor dining ‘too little, too late’
It resumes Sept. 4 as summer season ends Boardwalk mer By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Starting Friday morning, you can have breakfast inside a restaurant and then hit a movie. Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday afternoon, Aug. 31, that he was signing an executive order allowing indoor dining in restaurants to resume as of 6 a.m. […]
The Haves and Have Nots
Al fresco dining has been the key to survival for restaurants on Bay Avenue in Somers Point By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — The story of summer 2020 for restaurants on Bay Avenue in Somers Point is about the haves and the have nots. With indoor dining not allowed as the state works […]
No new COVID cases among residents for first time since June 21
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff For the first time since June 21, the Cape May County Department of Health reported no new cases of COVID-19 among residents, but there were five positive test results of visitors to the county. Although the numbers had increased over the past week, by Monday, Aug. 24, the Department of Health […]
Gulls have been pesky this summer because of dredging and feeding
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – As quick as a french fry fell from a boy’s hand to the boardwalk beneath an outdoor table in Ocean City last Thursday afternoon, a gull perched on a nearby roof swooped down and grabbed it, flying off faster than the boy at the table could reach down […]
All in the family: Sons follow dad onto the OCBP
Lt. Gallagher’s boys grew up at the beach and grew up to become lifeguards By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – The Gallagher boys, Andrew, Gavin and Luke, grew up at 12th Street and Wesley Avenue. As kids, they used to follow their dad to work. Now all three have followed him into one of […]
Plans: Demolish the Strathmere Motel, build a larger hotel
By BILL BARLOW /Special to the Sentinel STRATHMERE – The owner of the landmark Strathmere Motel plans to demolish the building and replace it with a much larger new motel with fewer rooms. Plans are expected to go before the Upper Township Zoning Board on Sept. 10, although an agenda has not yet been set. The […]
Atlantic County deaths by COVID-19 infrequent; positive cases near 4,000
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Although Atlantic County is approaching 4,000 residents who have been infected by COVID-19, there have been fewer deaths reported in recent weeks. On Monday, the county Department of Public Health noted it has been six days since the last death related to the coronavirus and two deaths since Aug. 2. Both […]