Dems challenge incumbents in Cape’s freeholder race
Editor’s note: Democrats Brendan Sciarra and Liz Casey are challenging Republic incumbents Will Morey and Jeffrey Pierson in the Nov. 3 election for the Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Two seats are up for grabs. Sciarra, Casey and Morey are profiled here. Pierson, of Upper Township, did not respond to multiple requests for […]
Upper Township Committee allows wind power at B.L. England
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel BEESLEYS POINT – Upper Township Committee took a step toward allowing wind-generated electricity to be brought in to the former B.L. England power plant, unanimously voting to introduce an ordinance to allow Ocean Wind to install electrical cable and conduit along township roads. That ordinance is expected to come […]
Murphy: Trump’s fundraiser was ‘reckless’
Gov. uses press conference to criticize president for actions, statements By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff President Donald Trump getting COVID-19 dominated Gov. Phil Murphy’s press conference Monday, Oct. 5. Murphy said it was poor leadership by example because the president has on multiple occasions downplayed the use of face coverings to avoid being infected by the […]
Ocean City, Upper Township lead county in active COVID-19 cases
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Ocean City and Upper Township were leading Cape May County in the number of active COVID-19 cases as of Monday, Oct. 5, combining for more than a third of all active cases among county residents. Ocean City was reporting 25 active cases among residents and Upper Township reported 16, according to […]
Somers Point bike path improvements finished
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — It was three years in the making, but the city’s bike path improvement project is finally complete. “People are raving about it,” Mayor Jack Glasser said Thursday, Oct. 1. “What a great addition to Somers Point.” City engineer Greg Schneider, of Mott Associates, said the contractor is […]
Ocean City, Upper Township, Sea Isle haven’t decided on trick or treat
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel Like the Great Pumpkin, the full moon is set to rise from the Atlantic on Halloween night. The second full moon of October, the Hunter’s Moon for 2020 on Oct. 31 will be a blue moon, meaning the second full moon in a calendar month. All of this will […]
Library plans StoryWalk® at small Ocean City park
Outdoor activity for parents, their children By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Free Public Library is mixing the great outdoors with reading in the form of a StoryWalk®. Pages of the children’s book “The Gruffalo” will be posted in Lake Memorial Park at 407 Wesley Ave. Parents can walk their children […]
She said ‘Yes!’
Community journalism can lead to bond with readers By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff As journalists, we are often on the outside looking in — from city council meetings to social and political rallies, HERO Walks and holiday parades, we are simply there to observe and report on what we see and hear. But at small […]
Taxes paid off, church able to focus on ministry again
Successful drive shows what Ocean City is all about By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — The community came through for its oldest church. A citywide fundraising effort helped Shari Thompson pay off 2019 property taxes last week to avoid a looming tax sale on the Tabernacle Baptist Church, which is at the northwest corner […]
Tabernacle Baptist members ‘overflowing’ with gratitude
By DAVID NAHAN Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — Tabernacle Baptist Church is deeply embedded in the lives of its members. Some are the third generation of their families to worship in Ocean City’s oldest church, which was built in 1890. They are grateful for the church and for the community that has helped support it […]