MRHS students create HERO Campaign video
SOMERS POINT – A pair of Mainland Regional High School (MRHS) students has created a new video for friends and peers, promoting the John R. Elliott HERO Campaign and its safety message, “Be a Hero. Be a Designated Driver.” The video, which was recently added to the HERO Campaign’s YouTube channel and its website can […]
Multiple options for Somers Point, Northfield voters
City councils will have new members for 2021 By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff City councils in both Northfield and Somers Point will be getting new or returning members following the Nov. 3 elections, while local incumbents for both freeholder and sheriff face challenges. In Northfield, five candidates are running for two seats after incumbents Jim […]
Each Cape May County voter to get mail-in ballot
Clerk Fulginiti explains there will be no voting machines on Nov. 3 By JACK FICHTER/Sentinel staff CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Voting machines will not be found at polling places Nov. 3, but every active voter in the county will receive a vote-by-mail ballot as ordered by Gov. Phi Murphy. Voters may mail their ballot, […]
One new COVID death in Cape May County
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff The death toll from COVID-19 has reached 90 among residents of Cape May County. The county Department of Health announced Monday, Sept. 14, that a 64-year-old man from Woodbine had died. There have now been 1,240 positive test results in the county since the pandemic began in mid-March. As of Monday, […]
State warns of possible ‘twindemic,’ urges flu shots
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff State officials are warning of a possible “twindemic” this fall and winter and recommending all residents over 6 months of age get a flu shot. At Gov. Phil Murphy’s COVID-19 press conference Monday, Sept. 14, state Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said the combination of a severe flu season and a resurgence […]
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 […]