Former MRHS teacher Denn takes a plea deal, admits to sexual crime
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK and KRISTEN KELLEHER/Sentinel staff CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Christopher Denn, a former senior guard with the Ocean City Beach Patrol, as well as a gym teacher and swimming coach at Mainland Regional High School, pled guilty Feb. 13 to fourth-degree criminal sexual contact. According to Cherie Fossett, Cape May County […]
Wrongfully convicted, man spent 30 years on death row
By RACHEL SHUBIN/Special to the Sentinel CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — In a packed auditorium full of community stakeholders, elected officials, parents and youth, author Anthony Ray Hinton told his story of living on death row for 30 years for a crime he did not commit, a story also told in the best-seller “The Sun […]
Woman documenting history of resort’s African-American community
By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – For Loretta Thompson Harris, the envelope held all the answers. In 1993, she received a letter from a relative on her mother’s side. One day she was sitting outside on the steps with her father and mentioned the letter. He told her how her great-grandfather had a delivery […]
Night in Venice to have 2020 Olympics theme
OCEAN CITY – Plans for the 66th annual edition of Ocean City’s premier summer event, Night in Venice, are in the works, and registration for participating boats and waterfront homes is now open. The parade this year starts at 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 18. This year’s theme – “The Olympics: Go for the Gold” […]
OCFD responds to duplex fire
OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Fire Department responded to a duplex fire at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at 5840 Central Avenue. According to Fire Chief Jim Smith, the first floor of the duplex was unoccupied, but the second floor unit had tenants who smelled something burning and called 911. “Upon arrival, one of our […]
Mayor to present budget, ‘State of the City’ Thursday
By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Mayor Jay Gillian will present the proposed 2020 municipal budget to city council on Thursday, Feb. 27. “We are a Faulkner Act form of government here in Ocean City,” said city Financial Management Director Frank Donato. “Under that form of government the mayor by a certain date each […]
Ex-OCBP guard, MRHS teacher, pleads guilty to 4th degree sexual contact
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK and KRISTEN KELLEHER/Sentinel staff CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Christopher Denn, a former senior guard with the Ocean City Beach Patrol, as well as a gym teacher and swimming coach at Mainland Regional High School, pled guilty Feb. 13 to fourth-degree criminal sexual contact. According to Cherie Fossett, Cape May County […]
Linwood historians blame city, library for loss of display space
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK and KRISTEN KELLEHER/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — A disagreement over the best use of space in the basement of the former Crestlea Park School ended with the Linwood Maritime Museum out of its longtime lodging. “We were pressured out of the library by the city; we had been fighting them for years […]
Ship-building artifacts land in a new port
Linwood museum donates items, Sindia model, to S.P. Museum By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — Somers Point Historical Museum Director Sally Hastings said the collection of artifacts it recently received from the Linwood Maritime Museum is a welcome addition to the museum’s display. “It enhances the museum and it gives a lot more […]
Ørsted project would generate jobs for region
It’s ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity,’ officials say By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – The Ocean Wind generating farm may be constructed out in the ocean, but manufacturing jobs are expected to “come back” to land in New Jersey as part of the supply chain. That was part of the message Tuesday morning at a forum for […]