Small businesses still waiting for chance to reopen
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff While major companies like Walmart and Home Depot have remained open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Main Street businesses are in a struggle to survive. They are still awaiting their opportunity to welcome customers back into their stores, but when they do, it won’t be the same. The Ocean City Regional Chamber […]
Levchuk beats incumbent Wilson in Third Ward race
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – After the additional mail-in ballots were counted Friday, May 15, political newcomer Jody Levchuk came out on top. He defeated incumbent Third Ward Councilman Tony Wilson by a narrow margin. In the city’s mail-in election, with polls closed due to COVID-19 fears, residents in Ocean City’s Third Ward […]
State’s beaches open for Memorial Day weekend, Murphy says
Thanks Freeholder Desiderio for representing Cape May County and his task force By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff With Cape May County Freeholder Vice Director Leonard Desiderio on the dais with him Thursday afternoon, May 14, Gov. Phil Murphy announced beaches will be open – with restrictions – starting the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. While non-essential […]
Sea Isle mayor to be at governor’s press conference Thursday
More restrictions eased on businesses, beaches By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff There are more ways the COVID-19 restrictions are loosening with beaches opening, curbside service allowed at non-essential businesses and more unfettered construction, although construction never seemed to stop in Ocean City. Mayor Leonard Desiderio said effective Saturday morning, May 16, the beaches will be open […]
New center-city condos located right in heart of the action in Ocean City
OCEAN CITY – Duncan Homes spent a year demolishing the old Tradewinds Motel at the corner of Ninth Street and Wesley Avenue and building three triplexes on the site and a fourth facing Ocean Avenue, where the parking lot was located. Seven of the 12 condominiums have been sold but five remain up for grabs. […]
COVID changes rental contracts
Seminar: Consider impacts for coming season By JACK FICHTER/Sentinel staff CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Renting your home or condo as a short-term rental or being a renter of a summer property has changed due to the COVID-19 epidemic. A rental could be cancelled if stay-at-home restrictions return and the possibility of a tenant becoming […]
Governor may announce ‘hard dates’ for reopening
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Gov. Phil Murphy said “hard dates” for reopening the state’s economy could come as early as the end of the week. Speaking at his daily press conference Monday, he emphasized that data on the COVID-19 pandemic will take precedence in deciding when New Jersey’s economy will reopen, but “I hope to […]
Local yoga classes stretch into a new territory
Teachers, practitioners use technology to work on an ancient practice By BILL BARLOW/Special to the Sentinel OCEAN CITY – For Suzanne Chew, the lack of physical contact required by the COVID-19 crisis has been tough. “I’m a hugger,” she said recently. “It’s been a challenge.” Like many businesses in town and around the country, Chew […]
South Jersey COVID-19 doubling rates highest in state; overall numbers lower
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Cape May and Atlantic are among the New Jersey counties with higher rates of COVID-19 cases doubling. Both counties reported more cases and fatalities over the past few days as Gov. Phil Murphy said he may announce “hard dates” for reopening the state’s economy later this week. Across the state, most […]
Shore Medical, Cape Regional fight for funds
HHS formula left them out of funding even though they sacrificed for pandemic By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT – Shore Medical Center and Cape Regional Medical Center were left out of federal funding even though each sacrificed millions of dollars in revenue to prepare and handle the COVID-19 crisis. “This situation is untenable since […]