LONGPORT – The Board of Commissioners Wednesday, Dec. 5 unanimously agreed to settle a dispute with former Acting Municipal Clerk Matthew Conlon, 56, of Atlantic City, who left his post in November. Following an executive session on Nov. 29 held to discuss Conlon’s employment, Mayor Nicholas Russo failed to get Read more…
VENTNOR – Residents gathered Sundaynight, Dec. 9 to light the community Christmas tree outside City Hall. The Ventnor Middle School Choir sang Christmas carols and James Pacanowski III played the saxophone. Officiating over the tree lighting was Mayor Beth Holtzman, Commissioners Lance Landgraf and Tim Kriebel and Congressman-elect Jeff Van Drew. Read more…
VENTNOR – In a compromise over the amount of fees charged for beach vending licenses, the city will consider raising the fee for veterans to sell ice cream on the beach. Commissioner Tim Kriebel Thursday, Nov. 29 suggested the fee be raised to $500 from the $55 currently charged for Read more…
VENTNOR – Those who attended the Ventnor Cultural Arts Center’s 11th annual Holiday Art Show and Sale not only enjoyed seeing hand-made art creations, but also snatched up a few pieces for holiday gift-giving. More than 30 artists and makers presented their creations during the show and some were demonstrating Read more…
VENTNOR – Just a month after announcing she would run with Atlantic County Freeholder Chairman Frank Formica in the 2019 race for New Jersey Assembly in District 2, Ventnor Mayor Beth Maccagnano Holtzman said she would drop out of the race for health reasons. Holtzman, 56, announced Nov. 18 that Read more…
MAYS LANDING – U.S. Congressman Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02) this week joined colleagues in the Congress in a bipartisan effort opposing the president’s plans to allow seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean. Trump administration recently announced it would allow five companies to bid for the rights to conduct seismic airgun Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Stockton University has been awarded a state grant to establish a college bound program for students in Atlantic City and Pleasantville. The program will be based at the new Atlantic City campus starting in early 2019. Stockton’s Atlantic City College Bound program will accept 100 students in Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Attorney James M. Savio of Margate has joined the Casino and Hospitality Industry Defense Litigation Practice Group at Cooper Levenson. Savio will work in the firm’s Atlantic City office. Savio was a summer law clerk in the Casino and Hospitality Industry Defense Litigation Practice Group at Cooper Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Elvis Cadavid and his staff at Vagabond Kitchen and Tap House get about 10 extra unplanned vacation days every year. Those are the high-tide, full-moon days when the intersection of the Black Horse Pike/Route 40 and West End Avenue floods and the restaurant is surrounded by a Read more…
Downbeach holiday events Downbeach communities know how to celebrate the holidays, whether it’s Hannukah, Christmas or Kwanzaa, there’s lots of family fun to be had during December. Ventnor Dec. 7 Santa Claus is Coming to Town and will be touring homes in city with the Ventnor City Fire Department and Read more…