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 […]
Editorial: Whiplash on decision about police station
It was whipflash. The Ocean City administration rushed a resolution before Ocean City Council Sept. 24 to buy the former Crown Bank building and two parking lots for $12.6 million. The prospect was to make the old high-rise at 801 Asbury Ave. into the new police station. The city was already planning to renovate and […]
Opinion: Now what?
Wonderland hotel concept is finished. What will replace it and when will it happen? For more than an hour before the meeting started and then through nearly two hours of public comment Aug. 21, the atmosphere was tense in Ocean City Council Chambers. Citizens packed the room early, hoping the show of force would send […]
Editor’s Desk: Defensive driving, the E-bike and E-scooter edition
Almost everyone who drives tries to avoid running into an errant E-bike or E-scooter rider. It’s a problem that seems to keep getting worse with those riders believing they are unencumbered by traffic laws and common sense. I was driving south on West Avenue in Ocean City toward the Ninth Street intersection around 5 p.m. […]