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 […]
Plunge draws some for fun, others for a cause
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff SEA ISLE CITY — Some people went into the water. Others just came to watch. Some were there just for fun. Others for a cause. Bernadette Sherman, Jody Hammond and Diane Boudwin used Sea Isle City’s annual Polar Bear Plunge celebration to wait in line for their chance to be photographed […]
Citizens say they’ll fight supper clubs, that it’s like BYOB
By ERIC AVEDISSIAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Residents upset over dinner clubs that allow patrons to pay membership fees and bring alcohol to local eateries made their displeasure known at the Feb. 13 city council meeting. Ocean City has had a long history of prohibiting alcohol sales and public consumption. In 1879 four Methodist […]
Going out to sea and be seen
Revelers go all out for Sea Isle City Polar Bear costume contest By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff SEA ISLE CITY — For hundreds of people, one particular Saturday in mid-February is for braving winter weather, putting on a swimsuit and racing into — and back out of — a cold ocean during Sea Isle City’s annual […]