Earlier than the Bird a fun, wacky shopping morning
SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY OF THE MORNING By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — America’s Greatest Family Resort is known for its wild and wacky events and has successfully paired one with shopping to give a boost to downtown merchants in a traditionally slower time of year. The city celebrated its “Earlier […]
Boy charged with arson in Acme fire
No one hurt in midday blaze but customers evacuated By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel OCEAN CITY – Black, acrid smoke poured from the parking garage underneath the downtown Acme supermarket on Sunday. A 12-year-old boy faces arson charges in connection with the fire. The child’s name was not released. Detective Sgt. Dan Lancaster and […]
Mainland cancels football
Positive tests, quarantines By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — Mainland Regional High School has canceled the remainder of its football season due to a player testing positive for the coronavirus. Athletic Director Michael Gatley notified media of the situation Tuesday, Nov. 10. “Unfortunately, due to a positive COVID case on the football team today, […]
District surveys parents
Quarantines, cases rise in Ocean City schools By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – As the Ocean City School District began surveying parents about the remote education students have been receiving, the district updated its COVID-19 statistics Friday, Nov. 13, showing that here have been 18 positive cases in the district since the school year began […]
Ocean City leads in active COVID
Breakout in long-term care, Upper Township coronavirus also higher By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff COVID-19 claimed the lives of three Ocean City residents over the past week as active cases surpassed 400 in Cape May County. The resort town leads the county in overall active cases with 63 in the community and a breakout in long-term […]
COVID not yet at peak; state adds new limitations
Private gatherings kept to 10; winter H.S. sports may have no spectators By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Gov. Phil Murphy placed a 10-person maximum on private gatherings, most notably Thanksgiving, and set new limits that could mean no spectators at indoor winter youth sporting events, including high school. In his Monday afternoon COVID-19 press conference, Murphy […]
Veterans Day 2020: Communities remember
Somers Point: We didn’t serve for a ‘thank you’ By CRAIG D. SCHENCKSentinel staff SOMERS POINT — Local, county, state and federal officials gathered with veterans advocates and the public Wednesday, Nov. 11, to mark Veterans Day at Patriots Park in Somers Point. Robert Frolow, commander of American Legion Post 352 and county veterans service […]
170 new COVID-19 cases in one day reported in Atlantic County
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Although there were only 63 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Atlantic County Monday, there were nearly triple that number on Saturday with 170 cases. There have been four coronavirus-related fatalities since last Wednesday, Nov. 11, including a 51-year-old, and a total of 265 deaths in Atlantic County and 7,613 cases […]
Northfield scraps plans for Birch Grove dog park
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff NORTHFIELD — City Council has decided not to move forward with leasing land to a nonprofit group for creation of a dog park at Birch Grove Park. City Council President Frank Perri said after consideration, the majority of council is not in favor of the plan. “I’ve got some reservations […]
Bike path is dedicated as ‘Purple Heart Way’
Somers Point, veterans organizations ACIT students bring project to fruition By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — The city has found yet another way to honor those who have served their country in the military, this time naming its popular bike path in honor of the men and women who were injured or killed […]