Atlantic County is advising the public of a Code Blue alert effective at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10 through Monday, Jan. 14. A Code Blue alert is required to be issued within 24-48 hours of weather conditions that may meet the following criteria based upon National Weather Service forecasts: Temperatures will Read more…
By MADDY VITALE Would-be sommeliers won’t have to go to the Bordeaux region of France, which is famous for wines, to become experts on the libation. Michael Bray, owner and founder of Passion Vines & Spirit Company, is offering the area’s first ever Wine Foundations seven-week course that will enable Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY and MADDY VITALE ATLANTIC CITY – Newly appointed Miss New Jersey Education Foundation Executive Director David Holtzman of Ventnor held a press conference Wednesday morning to announce that the annual Miss New Jersey competition, which has been held at the Ocean City Music Pier for the Read more…
ATLANTIC CITY – Atlantic County will honor the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at its 32nd annual birthday commemoration 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18 at the Atlantic County office building, 1333 Atlantic Ave. The ceremony will feature the presentation of the Community Spirit award to Read more…
PHILADELPHIA – With the holidays in the rearview mirror, it’s time to start daydreaming about the beauty of spring and summer. The 2019 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show is one way to get your summer on, this year with a view of the 1960s’ Flower Power generation. The show will pay Read more…
TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal Monday, Jan. 7 announced that a former police officer was sentenced after being convicted in October of stealing $187,000 by filing fraudulent applications for federal relief funds related to Hurricane Sandy. His wife, who was convicted with him, was sentenced to probation and Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY VENTNOR – The city is considering working with the Atlantic County Improvement Authority to get abandoned properties fixed up, sold and occupied. Officials discussed introducing an ordinance that would allow the city to assume ownership of several eyesore properties using funding provided by the ACIA to Read more…
The North Beach Ventnor Residents Association will hold its first meeting of 2019 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12 at the Ventnor Community Room located at the rear of the Atlantic County Library building, 6500 Atlantic Ave. North Beach area residents are invited to attend and learn about what’s happening in Read more…
MAYS LANDING – Atlantic Cape Community College is hosting the following events during the month of January: Free Nursing and Health Careers Information Session 5:30- p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 in Room C3 of the Mays Landing Campus. This session includes a tour of the state-of-the-art simulation lab and covers topics including Read more…
TRENTON – The NJ Department of Community Affairs will hold a public hearing 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 in Toms River regarding plans to reallocate funds to the Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and Mitigation (RREM) program, the low-to-moderate-income Homeowners Rebuilding program and the Fund for Restoration of Multi-family Housing program. The Read more…