Sea&Do: Upcoming events
Marine Mammal Stranding Center Suds for Seals EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The Marine Mammal Stranding Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of the sick and injured marine mammals and sea turtles that visit New Jersey, is holding a Suds for Seals fundraiser hosted by Hidden Sands Brewing Company 5:30 to […]
A Singular Sensation
Broadway’s Baayork Lee, who helped originate ‘A Chorus Line,’ teaches master class at Gateway Playhouse SOMERS POINT — Who better to teach the high school actors/dancers in the Gateway to the Arts program about “A Chorus Line” than one of the originators of the storied Broadway musical, Baayork Lee? The famed dancer/actor/choreographer, who a few […]
Somers Point strikes redevelopment agreement on hotel conversion
SOMERS POINT — City Council voted unanimously July 11 to adopt on ordinance creating a redevelopment agreement with AVIA NJ Mays Landing to allow for the conversion of the Sonesta ES Suites, a 120-room extended-stay hotel, into 120 long-term rental apartments with an affordable component. On June 13, council authorized an executive session seeking advice […]
Somers Point honors Navy aviation electrician Keegan McDevitt
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK Sentinel staff SOMERS POINT — City Council saluted a hometown hero July 11, congratulating and thanking a native son for his commitment and sacrifice. U.S. Navy Aviation Electrician 2nd Class Petty Officer Keegan McDevitt, who grew up on Higbee Avenue in the city’s historic district, recently was honored for a second […]
Sea&Do: Upcoming events
Tabernacle Baptist fourth Saturday Fellowship activities OCEAN CITY – Please join Tabernacle Baptist Church’s fourth Saturday Fellowship Activities in July, August and September. There will be a canning class at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 27. Deadline to register is Wednesday, July 24. Participants will learn how to can and preserve fruit and vegetables and to can […]
Sea&Do: Upcoming events
Rotary Club hosts speaker OCEAN CITY – The Rotary Club of Ocean City – Upper Township is hosting Rae Griffiths, operations manager of the Cape May Point Science Center, at a breakfast meeting at 7 a.m. Thursday, July 11, at Uncle Bill’s Pancake House, 21st Street and Asbury Avenue, Ocean City. Walk-ins are welcome. Rotary […]
Robert ‘Bob’ David Carlson, 88
Robert “Bob” David Carlson, age 88 years, of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on June 26, 2024. He was born on March 2, 1936 in Atlantic City Hospital, and lived in Linwood and Margate, NJ. During adulthood he lived in New Haven, CT; Philadelphia, Plymouth Meeting, […]
Sea&Do: Upcoming events
July 4th events in Ocean City OCEAN CITy – The Ocean City Pops will once again give a pair of free outdoor concerts on July 3 and July 4 to celebrate Independence Day. In 8 p.m. shows are at Carey Stadium, just off Boardwalk between Fifth Street and Sixth Street, the Pops will perform patriotic […]
‘Eddie lives in Somers Point’
Documentary will highlight town’s part in 1983 cult classic movie SOMERS POINT — Locals offered up fond memories about Tony Mart’s, the Somers Point music scene and cult classic movie “Eddie and the Cruisers” as they reminisced June 21 for a producer filming a documentary for PBS NJ. The episode is about Somers Point’s role […]
Other school districts facing major cuts
While the Ocean City School District has reaped the benefits of its School Choice program to collect additional state aid, other area districts have suffered tremendously over the past seven years under the School Funding Reform Act of 2018. Mainland Regional High School, Somers Point and Upper Township school districts have all lost millions of […]