Mainland Regional High School: In school one day a week
Students will be remote learning on other days By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — Students at Mainland Regional High School will be attending school in person just one day a week this fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the nation. The district released its back-to-school plan during a virtual Board of Education […]
G.E.I. Oyster Farm/Ocean City Oyster Co.
Trio’s 5-year plan is to bring 500,000 oysters to market from farm in the Great Egg Inlet; their first crop, planted in 2019, is maturing this summer By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – If you look down from the walkway on the western side of the Garden State Parkway bridge over the Great Egg […]
Path of destruction nearly 2 miles long in Upper Township
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff UPPER TOWNSHIP — Tropical Storm Isaias threw a twist into the mix of heavy rain and strong winds when a tornado formed and touched down Tuesday, Aug. 4, in Marmora, causing widespread damage. Martin Pagliughi, Cape May County Emergency Management coordinator, said the county suffered a lot of downed trees […]
Aftermath: Coming to terms with a tornado
‘How did we survive that?’ Workers ducked under table as tornado hit By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff MARMORA – Unharmed by the grace of God. That’s how the employees at Sterling Tackle felt after a tornado touched down on Route 9 by their building, giving them only seconds to dive under work tables before the outside […]
Aftermath: Coming to terms with a tornado
Tornado tossed around pool house, big gazebo, destroyed swath of trees across Stagecoach Road property By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff MARMORA – To Charles Pomlear, the wind giant that stomped through his property at 326 Stagecoach Road, smashing a fence, picking up and knocking over a big pool house and a gazebo, then snapping off and knocking […]
Active COVID cases in long-term care facilities fall to 1 in Cape May County
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff The Cape May County Department of Health announced Monday, Aug. 3, that there was only one active COVID-19 case in long-term care in the county. It is in Lower Township, which saw the largest number of cases and fatalities (33) in long-term care since the pandemic began. As of the middle […]
COVID stats rise; gatherings restricted
Gov. Murphy blames party knuckleheads By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff As the rate of transmission of COVID-19 increases across New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy is blaming “knuckleheads” having big indoor parties without face coverings and social distancing. In response, he cut the allowed number of people to gather in any room down from 100 to 25 […]
Upper Township up in air over events, sports
Officials want more information to avoid putting residents at risk By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel PETERSBURG – As emergency measures drag on through the summer and COVID-19 seems unlikely to disappear anytime soon, members of the Upper Township Committee worked on plans for special events and sports in September. The local governing body is […]
Court ICEs sheriff’s lawsuit
Nolan lost to N.J. attorney general, who wouldn’t allow jailers to check with feds on inmate status By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff U.S. District Court dismissed the lawsuit filed by Cape May County Sheriff Robert Nolan and Ocean County officials who sued New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal over his order barring county officials from working […]
Dems kick off campaign for CMC freeholder campaign
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Democrats Brendan Sciarra and Elizabeth “Liz” Casey kicked off their campaigns for the Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders last week, challenging a pair of Republican incumbents. Sciarra is a Wildwood businessman and third-generation county resident. Casey is an attorney who lives in Upper Township and has a practice in […]