Editorial: Is it that bad here that we need personal attacks?
Is it that horrible living here on this barrier island, forcing people to live in valuable homes protected by paid police and firefighters with a great downtown, beautiful boardwalk and beaches? (And a great Senior Center and Community Center, extensive work to mitigate flooding and a ton of other amenities not available to those on […]
Editorial: Hope that new hire breaks trend in Ocean City School District
We hope that the Ocean City Board of Education’s hiring of Dr. Brian Latwis as the new superintendent of schools last week breaks the trend in recent years. The current superintendent, Dr. Christian Angelillo, is leaving after only two years, following a superintendent who lasted only a year and multiple interim superintendents in between that […]
Opinion: What does resort want out of of the mayoral election?
Ocean City voters will be sending in their ballots or going to the polls May 12 to choose who will lead the resort for the next four years. What do they want? Mayor Jay Gillian is seeking his fifth term. He is facing a pair of longtime city councilmen, Keith Hartzell and Pete Madden, who […]
Our Opinion: Uphill climb for Democrats running for Congress
The Sentinel is profiling the four candidates running in the Democratic primary for the Second Congressional District seat. This may or may not be the year one of them can topple incumbent Republican Jeff Van Drew, and if they do, they’ll be overcoming the voter registration that gives Republicans a big edge and the power […]
Editor’s Desk
From championships to beyond sports It was a thrilling afternoon in Piscataway Sunday, March 15, when the Ocean City High School boys basketball team won its first state championship in more than 60 years. Being there was a perk of my job as an editor, reporter and photographer at a small community newspaper. Make no […]
Our View: American voting doesn’t need saving
It’s years beyond time this nation ended the farce about fraudulent voting by non-citizens. Although the House narrowly capitulated on the SAVE America Act, we hope and expect this legislation to fail in the Senate. We would love to see a majority of senators, Democrats and Republicans alike, acknowledge that there is no real issue […]
Opinion: Contested election good for Ocean City
Although it is hard to fathom there will be wholesale change in the way the city operates following the May 12 municipal election in Ocean City, it is good that residents will have choices to make when they cast their ballots. Mayor Jay Gillian announced the earliest that he would be seeking a fifth consecutive […]
Editorial: Business community’s narrative worked
Council didn’t want to appear indifferent to business fears Some in the audience at the Dec. 4 City Council meeting were surprised by the reversal of the August vote on the Wonderland Pier property that is home to a defunct amusement park. Others were shocked. We weren’t shocked. We didn’t know exactly how it was […]
Our View: Will council change its mind on Wonderland?
Is City Council going to change its mind Thursday evening over the future of the former Wonderland Pier amusement park site? In spite of what seemed a definitive vote in August and subsequent support for a comprehensive study on that property, this is a resolution that just won’t die. Critics allege shady backroom dealing and […]
Editorial: Non-partisan election looks plenty partisan
Three of the candidates running for the Ocean City school board have claimed their opponents are getting political in a non-partisan election. What is hypocritical is that all three of those candidates, in their profiles that appeared in last week’s edition of the Sentinel, all listed as most important getting a Republican elected governor. They […]