MAYS LANDING – The Atlantic County Unit of the League of Women Voters will host a freeholder candidates forum 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27 at Atlantic Cape Community College, Walter Edge Theater, Building C, 5100 Black Horse Pike. Candidates invited to participate in the forum include Freeholder-at-large candidates Frank Formica Read more…
VENTNOR CITY – The Ventnor Business Association has rescheduled the “Welcome Stockton” Music Festival originally scheduled for Sept. 8 at the Newport Avenue beach pavilion. Although there was a rain date, the soggy weekend forced cancellation of the event. The music festival is now scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 20 at Read more…
Hundreds of residents in the Downbeach communities of Ventnor, Margate and Longport lined city streets waving American flags to give a hero’s welcome to U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Adam Fleck and his family Wednesday evening, Sept. 12. It was the seventh time Longport American Legion Post 469 bestowed the Read more…
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – In October 2008, Stockton University obtained railroad tracks from Bialystok, Poland, a central point in the network of rail lines that moved Holocaust victims to the Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, Theresienstadt and Majdanek concentration camps. The tracks were used in the powerful design of the entrance to the Sara Read more…
VENTNOR – The Planning Board is scheduled to hear an application 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24 requesting variances needed to build a pocket park on Ventnor Avenue between Oakland and Nashville avenues in the North Beach section. TDN Land Acquisitions, LLC, a shell corporation, quietly purchased four undersized lots, including Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – AtlantiCare will host a Men’s Health Day, 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 15 at the William L. Gormley AtlantiCare HealthPlex, 1401 Atlantic Ave. The organization will offer free screenings for prostate cancer, heart disease and diabetes on a research study to those who qualify. Reservations are Read more…
Downbeach communities turned out to honor those who perished in the attacks on America on Sept. 11, 2001. Longport American Legion Post 469 held a service at Thomas B. Reed Park. Margate’s service was held at Firehouse No. 1. Ventnor held a joint service with Atlantic City on the Boardwalk Read more…
The Downbeach communities of Longport and Margate will hold 9-11 remembrance ceremonies Tuesday, Sept. 11. Longport American Legion Post 469 will hold a service honoring first responders 9 a.m. Tuesday at Thomas B. Reed Park, located at the foot of the Longport bridge. The Margate City Fire Department will holds Read more…
VENTNOR – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will host a public meeting in Ventnor 6-8 p.m.Wednesday, Sept. 12 regarding the New Jersey Back Bays Coastal Storm Risk Management study. An additional meeting will be held Sept 13 in Toms River, The Read more…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02) recently announced the 2018 Congressional App Challenge. This is the fifth year of the challenge with the submission period running through Oct. 15. The competition is open to all students who meet the eligibility requirements, regardless of coding experience. “For the Read more…