A few bullies sully pro-police rally in Northfield
“None of the Black Lives Matter supporters shoved me,” I thought as I walked away from a pro-police rally Tuesday, July 14, in Northfield, turning multiple times to make sure I wasn’t being followed. No, it was a small number of the Back the Blue folks, the defenders of law and order, who threatened me, […]
Defunding the police an unfounded fear in our communities
The city of Northfield is not going to defund its police department. The city of Ocean City is not going to defund its police department. The city of Cape May is not going to defund its police department. We could go on with the list of communities because we know defunding our local police departments […]
Party leaders made the wrong call
The wisdom of the south Jersey Democratic political machine is open to question. Maybe that’s the wrong way to put it because there is no question: its wisdom has been proved wrong again in glorious fashion. When Amy Kennedy ran away with the vote in this month’s Democratic primary in the Second Congressional District, she […]
Give customer service a break
We were upset by the news that a long-time ice cream parlor in Cape May County was forced to temporarily shut down because of problems arising from COVID-19. It is a reminder for all of us to be considerate to the businesses we frequent and to be patient, understanding that many of them are working […]
The best and worst of our communities on display
By DAVID NAHAN I saw the best and worst of our local communities last week. The best was the protest. The few hundred people who gathered for a Black Lives Matter march in Somers Point walked the two miles across the Route 52 causeway and gathered peacefully in front of the Ocean City Police Department. […]
Give small businesses their opportunity now
Big stores followed guidelines and so can Main St. stores; the crowds are already here The waiting is becoming too much for the small businesses in our local communities. It is time for Gov. Phil Murphy to allow small retailers to open their doors to customers instead of limiting them to curbside delivery. The frustration […]
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 […]