Message to council on more openness
All voters don’t want issues worked out in private It is hard not to see the Ocean City Third Ward election as a partial rebuke to the way Ocean City Council has been doing business. In the only race that was contested among the four ward elections, the vote was nearly evenly split between challenger […]
Economic reopening plan is nothing radical
Safety comes first, but try to support small businesses The Cape May County task force sent a sensible and not overly aggressive proposal to the governor seeking to reopen the local economy in stages. Officials, including task force leaders Freeholder Vice Director Leonard Desiderio and Freeholder Will Morey, sent the proposal last week, talked with […]
Help our hospitals, Sen. Booker, Menendez
Cape Regional, Shore Medical have sacrificed We ask that our U.S. senators, Cory Booker and Robert Menendez, come through for our local hospitals that were left out of federal Health and Human Services funding earlier this month. Shore Medical Center and Cape Regional Medical Center have geared up just like hospitals across the country to prepare […]
Relief from the pandemic: The Complete Far Side
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel Staff The pandemic forced me to do something I had put off for years: start reading a prized collection of comics. Frankly, I need the relief. I can’t think of anyone who doesn’t right now. There is a popular piece of advice nowadays: “Don’t postpone joy.” Well, I’ve postponed it. For someone […]
Disagrees with closing beaches and boardwalk
Editor’s note: This was directed to Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian: To the Editor: Dear Mr. Mayor, I own a home on Fifth Street and I strongly disagree with your decision to close the Boardwalk and beach at this time. Now, more than ever, people need to spend some time outside for exercise and relaxation. […]
Do read Second Amendment: there are limits in there
To the Editor: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” You’ve just read the entire Second Amendment to the Constitution that everyone has been lecturing you about for decades. Read all the words, not just […]
OUR VIEW: Closures are to keep people from visiting
No walks on beach, boards We hade mixed emotions about the decisions to close the beaches and Boardwalks and Promenades in Cape May County because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The wide open beaches and the oceanfront walkways in places including Ocean City, Sea Isle City and Cape May seem to be perfect for getting some […]
OUR VIEW
Patience, precautions will see us through People have every right to worry about COVID-19. The novel coronavirus pandemic is causing the type of worldwide disruption not seen since the last world war. It is creating panic across the planet and in our communities here in Cape May and Atlantic counties. But we cannot let fear […]
Letter to the community from Mayor Chuck Lear
Dear Friends & Neighbors: Please be assured that maintaining the health, safety and well-being of the people of city of Cape May remains our top priority. The city’s essential workforce, notably our first responders, continue their vigilant operations on your behalf. The city’s Coronavirus Task Force communicates regularly, and City Manager Jerry Inderwies actively […]
The annual rite of spring in Victorian Cape May
Spring is nigh. The vernal equinox has arrived. Tis the season of rebirth, and renewal, of growing warmth and sunshine, and of celebrating our survival, today more mental than physical, of winter. For Cape Mayans in the Victorian Era and today, spring also brings with it the prospects of another summer tourism season with […]