No tax hike in Ocean City budget
By DAVID NAHAN Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – If Ocean City’s fiscal 2020 budget is approved on final reading June 25, taxpayers won’t feel an increase in their taxes. The new budget held the line on taxes. Initially, when Mayor Jay Gillian presented his budget on Feb. 27, it came in with a half-penny increase […]
Ocean City High School seniors get their red carpet moment
Sophia Meyler poses in front of a banner outside Ocean City High School Wednesday afternoon, May 27. Seniors, who missed their prom because of the COVID-19 pandemic, were given the opportunity to walk a red carpet beneath the old entrance to OCHS and across Atlantic Avenue to their high school. Scroll down for full image […]
More business freedom … two weeks from now
Retailers can open June 15 and salons can open June 22 By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Gov. Phil Murphy continues to slowly reopen the New Jersey economy. That means another two weeks of waiting – at minimum. On Monday, June 1, the governor said non-essential retail businesses can start having limited patrons in their stores starting […]
Hundreds protest peacefully in Somers Point, Ocean City
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — A couple of hundred people gathered Tuesday, June 2, at the foot of the Route 52 causeway in Somers Point before making their way across the bridge to Ocean City, where they gathered in front of the police department. It was the latest show of opposition to the […]
Upper Township school deals with bullying issue
Father believes district did not do enough with incident involving son By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel UPPER TOWNSHIP – A father took issue with how the Upper Township Middle School handled an incident in which his son lost consciousness at the school. At the May 19 Upper Township Board of Education meeting, held remotely […]
Ocean City Theatre Company forced to cancel season
OCEAN CITY – Unfortunately, the old saying “the show must go on” will not apply to the Ocean City Theatre Company’s 2020 season. OCTC has made the difficult decision to cancel its Summer Broadway Series and Music Pier Children’s Theatre Series. “Ultimately the safety of our staff, artists, students and patrons are at the foundation […]
New restrictions at Humane Society of Ocean City
Officials say to think carefully before adopting animals during pandemic By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel OCEAN CITY – Like animal shelters around the country, the Humane Society of Ocean City has seen a run on animal adoptions during the economic shut-down of COVID-19. And like almost every other organization in the country, it has […]
Memorial Day 2020
Veterans organizations, first-responders and elected officials joined forces with a parade Veterans organizations, first-responders and elected officials joined forces Monday, May 25, to mark Memorial Day with a short parade down Dolphin Avenue in Northfield from the county facility at Shore Road to Meadowview Nursing and Rehabilitation, where residents and staff were treated to a […]
Virtual Memorial Day in area
Many ceremonies aired because of COVID restriction By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel For the first time in decades, there was no rifle salute at the graves of veterans throughout Upper Township. The parade route in Somers Point saw the usual shore traffic, while a few bike riders passed the red, white and blue wreath […]
Drive-thru graduation at MRHS?
High schools eye ways to celebrate new graduates By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — It looks like members of the Class of 2020 will be taking the figurative next step in their future not on the football field at the Mustang Corral but in a procession of cars out front in the horseshoe. Officials […]