Somers Point celebrates Good Old Days
SOMERS POINT — Families and friends crowded into John F. Kennedy Memorial Park on Sept. 9 to take in the live music, children’s activities, food and drinks, classic cars, an art show and sale, civic organization displays and craft vendors during the Good Old Days festival. Walking down Broadway toward the beautiful bayfront park, Joe […]
Powerful hurricanes have struck the county
CAPE MAY — While all eyes are on Hurricane Lee, some locals will tell you Cape May County avoids direct hits from severe hurricanes. Unfortunately, history proves them wrong. No one is alive today to recall it, but Cape May experienced a Category 4 hurricane in 1821. Old newspapers and military logs carry accounts of […]
Upper Township Committee continues look at short-term rentals
PETERSBURG — Upper Township Committee has appointed an ad hoc subcommittee to investigate the pros and cons of short-term rentals and report back on its findings. An ordinance introduced last spring met with a lot of opposition, and was tabled for more work. Township Committee put the brakes on the new rental housing regulations April […]
Upper Township Committee, school board elections
Corson faces familiar foe UPPER TOWNSHIP — Incumbent Curtis Corson is facing a challenge for his seat on Township Committee for the second time from independent Jon Grubb in the election Nov. 7. They last faced off in 2017, when Corson defeated Democrat Kiesha Bond and Grubb for a three-year term. Corson took 2,191 votes […]
70-year prison term for shooting death of boy
MAYS LANDING – Alvin Wyatt, 35, of Atlantic City, NJ, was sentenced Monday to an aggregate term of 70 years in state prison for shooting into a crowd at a Pleasantville football game, killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring two others. The Honorable Donna M. Taylor, J.S.C., sentenced him to the term where he must […]
B.L. England smokestack demolition set
This will make room for development and wind farm link to power grid BEESLEYS POINT — While it has taken a lot longer than planned to demolish the smokestack at the former power plant in Beesleys Point, the overall project is way ahead of schedule. Chris Wilson, co-founder of property owner Beesley’s Point Development Group, […]
Protest delays test borings for wind farm project
Tuesday morning’s peaceful rally was mostly symbolic in fight against Ocean Wind 1 UPDATE: After this story was filed Tuesday morning for the Sentinel’s print edition, six people were arrested at the protest Tuesday afternoon by the Ocean City Police Department for refusing to leave the work zone where a contractor was beginning to dig […]
Wind farm work begins in Ocean City Sept. 12
Ørsted’s Ocean Wind 1 project commissioning pushed back to 2026 OCEAN CITY — Ørsted announced on its web site that it is pushing back the Ocean Wind 1 commissioning until 2026, but company officials say onshore work is set to start in the next few weeks in Ocean City and offshore work at some point […]
FIT argues for local superintendent of schools
Group uses OPRA requests to try to stop payment to former superintendent OCEAN CITY — Members of civic group Fairness in Taxes are advocating for a local candidate to be chosen as the next superintendent of the Ocean City School District while pushing the school board not to pay the former superintendent anything more. David […]
Vineland swimmer drowns in Strathmere
Was swimming at unguarded beach Sept. 4 STRATHMERE — A Vineland man drowned Sept. 4 while swimming at an unguarded beach near Taylor Avenue in Strathmere. According to State Police, the 43-year-old succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital. The man and another person were swimming at Taylor Avenue near the border of Upper […]