Feb. 1 is the deadline for New Jersey high school students and groups, grades 9-12, to submit a song to the 15thannual New Jersey Shout Down Drugs competition. Students are invited to let the whole state hear your voice in music and lyrics on how drugs destroy lives. No matter Read more…
The legendary Spinners will perform Grammy-nominated hits like “Working My Way Back to You” and “The Rubberband Man” in three shows at the Ocean City Music Pier. The Fabulous Greaseband will get the crowd dancing with three shows of their own at the Ocean City Civic Center. Families can Read more…
Downbeach.com started publishing stories in June, but in six short months readers have demonstrated that hyperlocal news content is what they prefer. According to our data sources, these are the most read stories of 2018. Please keep in mind that our readership increased substantially as the year progressed. Ventnor households Read more…
The gifts are opened, the wrapping paper has been recycled, and the tree is dropping needles like crazy. This can only mean one thing: it’s time to recycle your live Christmas tree. “Recycling your live Christmas tree pays off in three ways,” Atlantic County Utilities Authority President Rick Dovey Read more…
After participating in No Shave November, Atlantic County Sheriff Eric Scheffler allowed members of the Sheriff’s Office to continue to continue their giving ways with No Shave December. Sheriff’s officers were permitted to wear beards during the month of December to money for local charities and collect toys for needy Read more…
The Ventnor City Cultural Arts Center, located at 6500 Atlantic Ave., provides fine arts, fine crafts and performing arts classes on a year-round basis. The center also sponsors several special events to showcase the art of its students, including the annual Ocean Breeze Arts and Crafts Show and Holiday Art Read more…
VENTNOR – Local business owners can stay on top of their game by attending the Ventnor Business Association Education Series events, which are scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Atlantic County Library/Ventnor, 6500 Atlantic Ave. On Jan. 8, business owners can learn how to use Google and Microsoft to Read more…
MARGATE – The place to be to welcome the New Year at the shore is at Robert’s Place where revelers will take a quick dip in the ocean at noon. It is the 25th anniversary Downbeach Polar Bear Plunge for the Margate bar, which welcomes families and friends, including some West Read more…
VENTNOR – A Ventnor firefighter who admitted to defrauding the New Jersey State Health Benefits program in a drug compounding scheme has resigned his position with the Ventnor City Fire Department. At their meeting on Dec. 27, the Ventnor Board of Commissioners approved a resolution accepting Corey Sutor’s resignation effective Read more…
NORTHFIELD – To encourage public participation in county government, the Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders will meet after normal business hours once a month. Scheduling meetings after work hours was suggested by Freeholder Caren Fitzpatrick, who is completing her first year in office. “It was a campaign issue,” she Read more…