Freeholder director: Don’t visit Cape May County
He asks visitors, second home owners, to stay away for the time being CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – In normal times, Cape May County Freeholder Gerald Thornton would encourage visitors to experience Cape May County. These aren’t normal times. On March 17, Thornton released a statement urging visitors to stay home during the next two […]
Siekerka: Virus business impact to be wide-ranging
NJBIA president says it is right to have an overabundance of caution By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – With the worldwide coronavirus pandemic spreading to the United States, the disease has affected businesses, from empty supermarket shelves to mom and pop shops. Michele Siekerka, president and CEO of the New Jersey Business & Industry […]
Uncertainty abounds for college students
They say working online from home will be different, more difficult By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff With fears of COVID-19 sweeping the nation and many institutions taking precautions to try to slow or stop the virus from spreading, area college students were filled with uncertainty as they began their spring breaks last week. They did […]
Business leader: N.J. ‘least affordable, most expensive’
By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — New Jersey is “the least affordable, most expensive, non-best business climate” in the region, according to Michele Siekerka, president and CEO of the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA). Siekerka outlined issues facing the state, including the increase in the minimum wage, in an address March 12 […]
Bay Ave. work will affect traffic ‘til Memorial Day
By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – A $6.7 million wastewater force main replacement project along Bay Avenue will temporarily impact traffic, according to Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority (CMCMUA) Chief Engineer Thomas LaRocco. The CMCMUA project involves installing new PVC pipe from 31st Street and Haven Avenue to south of Eighth Street and […]
Colleges extend break, plan for remote studies
By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff Extended spring breaks, canceled events, moratoriums on travel and mandatory online courses — welcome to college during the COVID-19 pandemic. While there are no presumptive or confirmed cases on the region’s college campuses, schools are taking precautionary measures. Stockton University in Galloway Township has extended its spring break through Tuesday, March […]
Virus test difficult to find in Cape, Atlantic counties
By JACK FICHTER/Sentinel staff Coronavirus testing kits were scarce to nonexistent last week in Atlantic and Cape May counties. Those with symptoms of fever and cough could be seen by physicians and tested for flu but not diagnosed with coronavirus. County Health Department Public Health Coordinator Kevin Thomas said March 13 that persons needed a […]
Light it up, say advocates of city skate park
Park popularity has been proven, no issues there By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – A local educator approached city council on March 12 and trumpeted the success of the city’s skateboard park and asked that the facility be given lighting. Steve Beseris, an Ocean City Intermediate School librarian, said the skateboard park is […]
Ørsted doing test borings in Ocean City
1 optional wind power route to B.L. England By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Ørsted, a Denmark-based wind energy company, will conduct testing borings for underground cables in Ocean City as part of its project to build a wind farm 15 miles off of the south Jersey shore. Property owners 200 feet from areas […]
Closings, curfews amid COVID-19
State implements strong measures to help stop spread TRENTON — New restrictions on travel and widespread closings announced this week are aimed at encouraging residents to stay home and practice social distancing during the rapidly spreading worldwide novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut Gov. Ned […]