ATLANTIC CITY – Determined paddleboarders tested their mettle to help raise more than $85,000 for the Dean Randazzo Cancer Foundation Saturday, June 9. Local businesses provided more than $15,000 through in-kind donations. Despite an impending thunderstorm, more than 100 people participated across four events at the 11th annual Paddle For Read more…
VENTNOR – The North Beach Residents Association presented its first-ever college scholarship Saturday, June 16 at its eighth annual Meet & Greet event held at Uncle Gino’s restaurant, which is located at 5000 Boardwalk. The scholarship paid tribute to Stockton University’s soon-to-open Atlantic City campus. A check for $2,000 was Read more…
MARGATE – Single dad Dan Feltwell doesn’t have anything special planned for Father’s Day. Spending the day with his 9-year-old son is gift enough. “Father’s Day at home with Danny is the greatest gift I could ever receive,” Feltwell said Friday, June 15 at his Vendome Avenue home where he Read more…
MARGATE – Brilliant, warm sunshine greeted shoppers during the season opener of the Margate Community Farmers Market Thursday, June 14. “It didn’t rain, yay,” said Cookie Till of Steve & Cookies By the Bay, which has been hosting the farmers market in the parking lot of the restaurant at Amherst Read more…
MARGATE – When her friend Becky Orsatti, Ms. New Jersey Senior America 2010, asked her to participate in the Ms. New Jersey Senior America Pageant several years ago, Margate’s Suzie Neustadter wasn’t old enough to compete. But after achieving her milestone 60th birthday, she decided to give it a go. Read more…
VENTNOR – Volunteers have toiled for weeks to beautify the broken fountain and revitalize the landscaping behind the Ventnor Cultural Arts Center. According to Susan Van Duyne Hunter, the garden beautification project is a collaborative effort between several Ventnor organizations, including the Ventnor Green Team and Atlantic County Library/Ventnor, which Read more…
VENTNOR – Faculty and staff from Stockton University will share their expertise on happiness, Stockton’s archives, “songs of the sea” and the university’s plans in Atlantic City at the annual 21st annual Salute to Stockton summer lecture series at Shirat Hayam Synagogue at 700 N. Swarthmore Ave. Rabbi Gordon Geller Read more…
The Atlantic County Division of Public Health has advised Atlantic City, Ventnor and Margate that water samples collected from ocean waters along its beaches on Monday, June 11 have indicated bacteria levels over the recreational bathing standard. As a result, swimming advisories are currently in place, however, beaches remain open. The Read more…
Margate Mutual Benevolent Association Local 41 presented six $1,000 O’Hara-McCormick scholarships during the Board of Commissioners meeting Thursday, June 7. Margate firefighter and FMBA President Brian Duffey and Secretary Perry Coker presented the awards. “We get to see the best of what Margate has to offer with our young people Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Stockton University and Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation are inviting cancer survivors to participate in a research study examining the impact of an education and movement awareness/relaxation program on cancer survivors who suffer from chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). Participants will learn a various strategies to manage some of Read more…