Ocean City restaurants adapt to outdoor dining
They offer more seating on sidewalks, on boardwalk, curbside service By RACHEL SHUBIN/Special to the Sentinel OCEAN CITY — Many normal aspects of daily life are very different this summer, especially with the indefinite delay of indoor dining at New Jersey restaurants. Owners are modifying business plans to incorporate alternative dining options not previously offered, […]
Summer parking remains an issue in Strathmere
By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel STRATHMERE – Traffic crawls on summer weekends in the shore town section of Upper Township, with drivers taking care to watch for pedestrians, car doors opening and more along the narrow streets. In some areas, when cars are parked along both sides of the road, the route is tight […]
Cape May County COVID cases rise with population
Officials cite influx of tourists, eased restrictions, not following protocols By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff The number of cases of COVID-19 has increased in Cape May County in July compared to June. County officials cite eased business restrictions by the governor, the large influx of tourists and younger people not following social distancing protocols. Overall, however, […]
State will allow option for remote learning
Murphy said they’ll follow DOE guidelines, but specifics remain undecided By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff New Jersey will be looking at federal Department of Education guidelines on remote learning for students, Gov. Phil Murphy said on Monday at his 97th press conference on COVID-19 since the pandemic began in March. The governor said the state would […]
Somers Point Mayor Glasser doubts plan to shut Exit 30
GSP Exit 29 would become full exit By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel SOMERS POINT – Overwhelming traffic has long been a fact of life on summer weekends for the neighbors along Laurel Drive, a narrow residential street standing between the west end of MacArthur Boulevard and the northbound entrance to the Garden State Parkway. […]
Resident: Make Central Ave. one way for bicycle safety
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – A longtime Central Avenue resident asked if the city could make the avenue one way with a lane for cars and a lane for bikes to make it safer. Speaking before Ocean City Council Thursday, July 16, and in a later phone call to the Sentinel, the 85-year-old […]
Congrats, Class of 2020
Mainland Regional grads gather – half and half – one last time for a pair of safe, socially distant commencement ceremonies By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — Great plan, great execution. Mainland Regional High School said goodbye to the Class of 2020 on Thursday, July 9, in two well-thought-out ceremonies that were at once […]
Congrats, Class of 2020
OCHS grads made it through trying times By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — “This is a big deal, and I think they did the best that they could with the circumstances that we have,” said Upper Township resident Michelle Powell, whose daughter Brooke Powell was getting ready for the culmination of four years […]
Manco & Manco workers test for COVID
OCEAN CITY – Manco & Manco Pizza on the Ocean City Boardwalk announced on Facebook Monday that its boardwalk operations were closing until Wednesday, July 15, after three employees tested positive for COVID-19. Two of the employees, the business said, were asymptomatic. “We have been in touch with the Cape May County Board of Health […]
Swimmer missing off Ocean City
OCEAN CITY – The search continued Tuesday morning for a swimmer reported missing about 7:27 p.m. Sunday at an unprotected beach on the Great Egg Harbor Inlet just south of the Ocean City-Longport Bridge. According to Ocean City officials, when first responders arrived, family members indicated that one bather had not returned to shore. Ocean […]